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The Cookbook that Changed the World | |||
| The Origins of Modern Cuisine | Crafts & Hobbies | |||
| T Sarah Peterson | ||||
| Tempus 2006 256 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0752440268 | ||||
| Published Price £17.99 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| To what do we owe the awesome and enduring reputation of French cuisine? This book explores one of the most dramatic and influential changes in the history of Western food: the appearance of modern French cuisine in the mid-17th century. Peterson looks at why food changed so drastically from medieval sugar and spice to the salt-acid taste, focusing on Francois Pierre de la Varenne's Le Cuisinier Francois (1631), a book that changed the course of culinary history | ||||
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Caribbean Cooking | |||
| Recipes, Landscapes, People | Crafts & Hobbies | |||
| Camilla de la Bedoyere | ||||
| Star Fire 2007 200 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1844517411 290x300mm | ||||
| Published Price £20.00 | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| A celebration of the vibrant tastes and beautiful lands of the West Indies, this colourful travel-cum-recipe book describes each island and the characteristic cuisine of the whole region, illustrating both landscape and food in colour photographs. Starting with street food and snacks such as Mixed Satay Sticks and Cassava Chips, there are recipes for rice and curry, fish and seafood, meat and poutry and deserts, with Bananas with Sugar and Rum to round off the feast. | ||||
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At Home with Amy Willcock | |||
| 180 Recipes for Every Occasion from the Queen of Aga Cookery | Crafts & Hobbies | |||
| Amy Willcock | ||||
| Ebury 2005 192 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0091903890 251x190mm | ||||
| Published Price £20.00 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| Well-known for her columns in Homes and Gardens and The Shooting Gazette, Amy Willcock, the 'queen of Aga cookery', presents a collection of 180 recipes for entertaining. With simple to follow instructions for both conventional and Aga cooking, here are imaginative menus and dishes for every occasion, from picnics and house parties (spring, summer, autumn and winter) to high days and holidays, including Foolproof Mothering Sunday Lunch, and white tie events (New Potatoes with Caviar for before the ball). | ||||
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Charlemagne's Tablecloth | |||
| A Piquant History of Feasting | Crafts & Hobbies | |||
| Nichola Fletcher | ||||
| Weidenfeld 2004 256 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0297843435 | ||||
| Published Price £20.00 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| There has probably never been a society that did not use food to celebrate and impress, and Nichola Fletcher's eclectic collection of feasts, banquets and dinners provides ample evidence of the importance of good eating. The various occasions included here may be flamboyant, eccentric, or homely, dazzling successes or dramatic failures, but Fletcher demonstrates that the key to understanding them resides far more in the social context than the menu itself. | ||||
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The Food of London | |||
| A Culinary Tour of Classic British Cuisine | Crafts & Hobbies | |||
| Kathryn Hawkins | ||||
| Periplus 2002 120 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0794600891 | ||||
| Published Price £9.99 | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| A recent renaissance in British cooking has elevated London to its current position as one of the food capitals of the world. This book from the Periplus World Cookbooks series takes a fresh look at the city's culinary history and culture and its contemporary cuisine, both at home and in restaurants. The major part of the book - the recipes - includes favourites such as Potted Shrimps, Cod and Chips, Turkey and Ham Picnic Pie, Beef Wellington, Bubble and Squeak and Lemon Meringue Pie. | ||||
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The Decadent Cookbook | |||
| Recipes of Obsession and Excess | Crafts & Hobbies | |||
| Medlar Lucan; Durian Gray | ||||
| Four Walls Eight Windows 2003 222 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1568582692 | ||||
| Published Price $14.00 | Sale Price £1.99 | |||
| Cited by Nigella Lawson as one of her Sunday Times books of the year, can this compendium of improbable recipes and literary excerpts possibly be the rotten stinker its authors' names suggest? Here are recipes from the dark side of culinary art - Mock Hedgehog, Mephistophelian Sauce (for turkey remains), The Tarporley Hunt Black Pudding or Edward Lear's Crumbobblious Cutlets - served up with anecdotes of food fetishists and readings from the likes of de Sade and Huysmans. Felt-tip mark on upper trimmed edge. | ||||
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Bringing Italy Home | |||
| Crafts & Hobbies | ||||
| Ursula Ferrigno | ||||
| Mitchell Beazley 2005 224 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1840009217 265x194mm | ||||
| Published Price £20.00 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| Filled with the colours, scents and above all the flavours of Italy, Ursula Ferrigno's richly illustrated book offers many of the best contemporary Italian vegetarian and almost-vegetarian dishes for the keen domestic cook. Her seasonally grouped dishes explore the ingredients and unusual flavour combinations that make Italian food so special, and include Stuffed Artichokes, Mixed Seafood Casserole, Pastry Crescents with Mozzarella and Roasted Peppers, Bitter Chocolate Ice-Cream and a mouth-watering Anise and Bay Crown Loaf. | ||||
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Green Cook's Encyclopaedia < | |||
| Crafts & Hobbies | ||||
| Janet Hunt | ||||
| Green 1991 262 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1854250574 | ||||
| Published Price £7.99 | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| Janet Hunt's book is designed to help organically-minded cooks make the most of the growing variety of wholefoods and fresh produce, herbs and spices now in the shops. As well as buying and nutritional advice, historical facts, cooking hints and hundreds of vegetarian recipes, this alphabetical handbook also offers guidance on such diverse subjects as barbecues, baby food, utensils, veganism, dieting and macrobiotics. | ||||
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A Flummery of Food | |||
| Feasts for Epicures | Crafts & Hobbies | |||
| Andre Simon | ||||
| Little Books 2005 256 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1904435440 160x110mm | ||||
| Published Price £10.99 | Sale Price £1.99 | |||
| "The Carpenter said nothing but 'Cut us another slice'." (Lewis Carroll). Andre Simon's delightful selection of food and dining inspired literary excerpts encompasses poetry, songs, humorous anecdotes and commentary on diverse aspects of gastronomy. Authors include Dickens, Brillat-Savarin, Chaucer, Lewis Carroll and Guy de Maupassant, and evoke memories of memorable meals and intriguing dining experiences from around the world. | ||||
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Appreciating Wine | |||
| The Flavour of Wine Explained | Crafts & Hobbies | |||
| Phillip Hills | ||||
| Collins 2004 192 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0007101538 | ||||
| Published Price £9.99 | Sale Price £1.99 | |||
| Why do different wines have distinctive flavours? What do these tell us about what we are drinking? Phillip Hills's fascinating book examines the tastes and scents of wines, and explains the viniculture techniques and chemistry that make them different. He also offers information and practical tips about sourcing, tasting and storing wine successfully so as to maximize your drinking pleasure. | ||||
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Grape Varieties | |||
| Hachette Wine Library | Crafts & Hobbies | |||
| Pierre Galet | ||||
| Cassell 2002 159 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0304364096 | ||||
| Published Price £9.99 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| One of the oldest cultivated plants, the grape has been enjoyed by people around the world for centuries. Pierre Galet describes 36 well known varieties, from aligote and chardonnay to syrah and viognier. For each grape, a full page artwork illustrating the variety is accompanied by key points about identification, cultivation and wine production. Also included is a useful introduction about vines and their origins, ampelography (grape identification) and the cultivation and characteristics of specific cultivars. | ||||
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The Pharaoh's Feast | |||
| From Pit-Boiled Roots to Pickled Herring: Cooking Through the Ages | Crafts & Hobbies | |||
| Oswald Rivera | ||||
| Four Walls Eight Windows 2003 275 pages | ||||
| Paperback 156858282X | ||||
| Published Price £11.99 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| Oswald Rivera traces the development of cookery since antiquity through a selection of intriguing recipes. Whether recreating Roman desserts, a banquet from medieval India, traditional Jewish fish dishes or snacks from the Americas, the author reveals the secrets of many of the world's most distinctive cuisines and explains how they have contributed to our own tastes and eating habits. Felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge. | ||||
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Seafood of South-East Asia | |||
| A Comprehensive Guide with Recipes | Crafts & Hobbies | |||
| Alan Davidson | ||||
| Ten Speed Press 2003 368 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1580084524 | ||||
| Published Price $24.95 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
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The Wines of Colchagua Valley | |||
| Crafts & Hobbies | ||||
| Patricio Tapia | ||||
| PMC 2001 203 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 9568119000 | ||||
| Published Price £14.99 | Sale Price £5.99 | |||
| A colourful review of the Chilean wine valley of Colchagua, including how to get there, its history, climate and geography, the wines themselves, tourism and the best wineries. 10"x5" colour throughout | ||||
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Portuguese Table Wines | |||
| The New Generation of Wines and Wine Makers | Crafts & Hobbies | |||
| Giles MacDonogh | ||||
| Grub Street 2001 192 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1902304861 250x211mm | ||||
| Published Price £25.00 | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| During the last two decades, the wines of Portugal have been transformed by new cultivation and production techniques and they now boast some of the most distinctive vintages in the world. The first comprehensive guide to this new generation of Portuguese wines, Giles MacDonogh's book gives details of the different regions' produce - from the honeyed Moscatels of the Setubal Peninsular to the velvety reds of Alentejo - and offers tips on selection, storage and tasting. | ||||
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