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Are you looking for inspiration for your next meal? At Tales you find a wide selection of books about food and drink. In the selection you find recipes for the hottest new dishes and the beloved classics made like good old mom made them. If you are looking for a lifestyle change you can also dive into our healthy cookbooks and find a guide for the best way to lose weight and keep it for life. If you instead want to spoil your sweet tooth, we recommend you dive into our selection of bakery books with the most delicious recipes for cakes and bread. Are you ready to taste a whole new world of food and drink?
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    - The complete guide to vegetarian grilling and barbecue
    by Genevieve Taylor
    £15.49

    The ultimate guide to grilling, barbecuing and roasting a multitude of marvellous vegetarian dishes

  • - ... til et liv med cøliaki
    by Mia Brandstrup Andersen
    £20.99

    Hvordan lærer man at leve med cøliaki? Hvor skal man begynde, når man skal ændre sin livsstil til at være glutenfri? Hvor finder man glutenfri produkter? Hvordan laver man glutenfri mad? Hvad betyder ordene på varedeklarationen? Denne bog er fyldt med gode råd, vejledninger, tips, erfaringer, forslag, opskrifter og nyttig information, når man skal leve glutenfrit. Bogen er en hel samling af redskaber, der kan gøre en svær begyndelse lettere.

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    - The Nordic Art of Analogue Cooking
    by Niklas Ekstedt
    £28.49

    'With equal parts of birch wood and passion, we keep the flames alive. We cook all our ingredients over an open fire. Charcoal and smoke are our most powerful tools. No electric griddle, no gas stove - only natural heat, soot, ash, smoke and fire. We have chosen these ways to prepare our food as a tribute to the ancient way of cooking. At Ekstedt it is the flames that are superior.' Through his bold flavours at the eponymous Michelin-starred restaurant, Niklas Ekstedt ignites our primal fire-side instincts. His abandonment of modern technology may be a little difficult to replicate in your own kitchen, but his spirit will convince you to get back to basics where you can. The restaurant, Ekstedt, is at the very heart and centre of the book, providing the foundation for Niklas' stories of seasonal, and regional, traditional Swedish cooking. Dishes from the restaurant, and in the pages of this sumptuous book, include braised lamb shoulder with seaweed butter and wild garlic capers, juniper-smoked pike and perch, ember-baked leeks with charcoal cream, pine-smoked mussels, and wood-oven baked almond cake. Stunning photography from David Loftus brings Niklas' recipes and the Nordic seasons to life. ------------------------------------------- Praise for Food From The FireBest books of 2016 - London Evening Standard'The Swedish cookbook that's about to set your world - ok - your dinner on fire' - Esquire Magazine

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    by Pellegrino Artusi
    £39.99

    First published in 1891, Pellegrino Artusi's La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangier bene has come to be recognized as the most significant Italian cookbook of modern times. It was reprinted thirteen times and had sold more than 52,000 copies in the years before Artusi's death in 1910, with the number of recipes growing from 475 to 790. And while this figure has not changed, the book has consistently remained in print.Although Artusi was himself of the upper classes and it was doubtful he had ever touched a kitchen utensil or lit a fire under a pot, he wrote the book not for professional chefs, as was the nineteenth-century custom, but for middle-class family cooks: housewives and their domestic helpers. His tone is that of a friendly advisor - humorous and nonchalant. He indulges in witty anecdotes about many of the recipes, describing his experiences and the historical relevance of particular dishes.Artusi's masterpiece is not merely a popular cookbook; it is a landmark work in Italian culture. This English edition (first published by Marsilio Publishers in 1997) features a delightful introduction by Luigi Ballerini that traces the fascinating history of the book and explains its importance in the context of Italian history and politics. The illustrations are by the noted Italian artist Giuliano Della Casa.

  • - The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking
    by Yamuna Devi
    £38.99 - 42.99

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    - Classic and Modern Recipes
    by Rachel Wharton & Sohui Kim
    £21.99

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    by David Flynn & Stephen Flynn
    £14.99

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    - From fridge to fork in 40 minutes or less
    by Gennaro Contaldo
    £19.49

    Full of enticing, authentic and quick-to-prepare recipes, Gennaro Contaldo's new book demonstrates how to whip up a delicious Italian feast in 40 minutes or less. From lightning-fast risottos to pronto pastas, speedy soups and delightful desserts, these recipes showcase the very best Italy has to offer, while requiring little time in the kitchen.

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    - How to Eat Smart and Sharpen Your Mind
    by Dr Lisa Mosconi
    £9.49

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    - The classic Italian cookery book
    by Gennaro Contaldo
    £19.49

    A glorious update of a modern classic - full of colourful recipes that evoke Italian life at its most enticing, Passione is the story of Gennaro Contaldo's upbringing in Italian food and will teach you to cook like a true Italian.

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    - Why the Experts Got it All Wrong and How Eating More Might Save Your Life
    by James Dinicolantonio
    £13.49

    A leading cardiovascular research scientist upends the low-salt myth, proving that salt may be one solution to - rather than a cause of - the chronic disease crisis.

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    - A Secret History of Champagne and the Rise of the Great Growers
    by Robert Walters
    £14.49

    Bursting Bubbles is a ground-breaking new book that offers the reader an alternate history of Champagne and its greatest growers. Often controversial, it is a no-holds barred look at the world's most famous wine region and the sparkling wine that it produces.

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    - Mexican street food from scratch
    by Jonas Cramby
    £15.49

    Recreate your all-time street-food favourites with delicious recipes that are bursting with authenticity. Crunch your way through the crispiest corn tostada, feast on a classic quesadilla, and then cool off with a thirst-quenching fruit agua fresca. And, of course, you will learn how to make tacos. Lots of tacos. An incredible amount of tacos.

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    by Ulrich Sautter, Ingo Swoboda & Dieter Braatz
    £39.99

    Featuring sixty-seven exceptional color maps as well as eighty-seven vivid images by photographer Hendrik Holler and others, this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date atlas of German wine-a detailed reference to vineyards and appellations. The authors explain the geography of all the German wine-growing regions and provide independent analysis and ranking of the most significant vineyards in each region. In addressing the growing American appreciation of German wines, the atlas pays in-depth attention to Rieslings from the Mosel and other premier regions while also acquainting readers with wines from less familiar areas such as the Ahr, Baden, the Taubertal, and Franconia. Beautifully produced, with helpful sidebars and succinct essays, this book will become the standard reference on the subject.

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    by Yotam Ottolenghi & Sami Tamimi
    £21.99

    'Ottolenghi changed the way we cook in this country just as surely and enduringly as Elizabeth David s A Book of Mediterranean Food had in 1950. It brought into our kitchens bold flavours, a vivid simplicity, a spirited but never tricksy inventiveness and, above all, light. Nigella LawsonInspired by their childhoods in West and East Jerusalem, Yotam Ottolenghi s and Sami Tamimi s original cookbook Ottolenghi: The Cookbook showcases fresh, honest, bold cooking and has become a culinary classic. Yotam and Sami's inventive yet simple dishes rest on numerous culinary traditions, ranging from North Africa to Lebanon, Italy and California. First published in 2008, this new updated edition revisits the 140 original recipes covering everything from accomplished meat and fish main courses, through to healthy and quick salads and suppers, plus Ottolenghi's famously delectable cakes and breads.A new introduction sheds fresh light on a book that has become a national favourite.Ottolenghi is an award-winning chef, being awarded with the James Beard Award 'Cooking from a Professional Point of View' for Nopi in 2016, and 'International Cookbook' for Jerusalem in 2013. In 2013 he also won four other awards for Jerusalem. Praise for Ottolenghi: [A] book that has barely left my kitchen the fact that Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi have been generous to put their recipes in a book is something I had long dreamed of Nigel Slater, The Observer Magazine Possibly the best cookery book I have ever owned. The recipes are well-tested and produce results that will astound your tastebuds. Try the aubergine-wrapped ricotta gnocchi with sage butter, the chicken with three-rice salad or their famous meringues and you'll know just what I mean. Caroline Jowett, Daily Express A wonderful book for vegetarians and cake lovers alike Bee Wilson, Sunday Times

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    by Ken Hom
    £19.99

    Ken Hom is widely regarded as the world's leading authority on Oriental cuisine, and with the Complete Chinese Cookbook, he has created a seminal collection of his best-loved dishes. With Cantonese stir-fries and spicy Sichuan favourites alongside new discoveries from the lesser-known culinary styles of Yunnan and Hong Kong, this comprehensive collection is filled with accessible and easy recipes, demonstrating the amazing depth of flavour that is only now being fully appreciated in modern Chinese cuisine.Set to become a kitchen classic, this all-encompassing cookery book guides you through the essential cooking techniques, equipment and ingredients, all with Ken's trusted blend of experience and enthusiasm. Featuring 250 recipes covering all aspects of Chinese food, Ken offers tips and inspiration for a wealth of dishes that use simple, healthy ingredients to create quick and delicious meals.Over the past 25 years Ken has brought Chinese cookery into mainstream British homes, and in this beautifully photographed cookbook, he brings together all of his expertise to offer the ultimate guide to the flavours of China.

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    - A Complete Guide for Foragers
    by Roger Phillips
    £18.99

    'I can safely say that if I hadn't picked up this book some twenty years ago I wouldn't have eaten as well, or even lived as well, as I have. It inspired me then and it inspires me now' Hugh Fearnley-WhittingstalWild food is all around us, growing in our hedgerows and fields, along river banks and seashores, even on inhospitable moorland. In Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix's Wild Food, hundreds of these plants are clearly identified, with colour photography and a detailed description. This definitive guide also gives us fascinating information on how our ancestors would have used the plant as well as including over 100 more modern recipes for delicious food and drinks. From berries, herbs and mushrooms to wild vegetables, salad leaves, seaweed and even bark, this book will inspire you to start cooking with nature's free bounty.

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    by Rose Gray & Ruth Rogers
    £25.49

    With River Cafe Cook Book Easy Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers pioneered a new approach to cooking and eating. Knowing that people lead busy and demanding lives, they made their innovative Italian recipes even more accessible to those who love good food but have little time to prepare it. Recognising that the key to quick cooking is often in the ease of buying the ingredients, the easy recipes highlight the fresh produce you will need to shop for as well as the ingredients that are store cupboard essentials. Rose and Ruth then take you through simplified steps to cook great Italian dishes that are bursting with flavour and style. To complement this new concept, the cookbook has a fresh, dynamic design and superb photographs that will delight both new and established fans. Like River Cafe 'graduates' - most famously Jamie Oliver - you can learn the secrets of cooking fabulous Italian food, but now it's even easier.

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    - 1 x pastry recipe + 60 x fillings
    by Meike Schaling
    £15.49

    Little Tarts is a delightful book penned by the talented Meike Schaling. Published by HarperCollins Publishers in 2021, this book is a must-read for all the book lovers out there. The genre of the book is a blend of culinary art and storytelling, which makes it a unique addition to your bookshelf. The author, Meike Schaling, has beautifully woven the recipes of little tarts into the fabric of engaging narratives. The book was published in April 2021, and since then, it has been winning hearts with its refreshing content. HarperCollins Publishers, a renowned name in the publishing world, has added another gem to their collection with Little Tarts. The book is written in English, making it accessible to a wide range of readers. Dive into the world of Little Tarts and let the magic of Meike Schaling's words whisk you away to a world of culinary delights.

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    by Victoria Rosenthal
    £19.99

    Explore recipes inspired by Bungie's hit franchise and collected from Guardians across the solar system in Destiny: The Official Cookbook.

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    - Recipes and stories from an Afghan kitchen
    by Durkhanai Ayubi
    £18.99

    Vibrant recipes, one family's memories of their homeland and a fascinating insight into Afghanistan's rich heritage.

  • - 100 Fun & Tasty Recipes For Healthier Families
    by Rebecca Dunlea
    £19.99

    100 AirFryer Recipes that were created just for your Philips and guaranteed to amaze. With My Philips AirFryer Cookbook, you will easily get a nutritious, flavor-packed, family and figure-friendly meal on the table any night of the week. Rebecca Dunlea, shares 100 dishes that come together in a snap in your air fryer.This expansive cookbook is a MUST HAVE for any Philips AirFryer owner. Do you want your family to eat healthy and actually enjoy it? You just found your Zen with this book full of incredible air fryer recipes. The Philips AirFryer is an incredibly versatile cooking appliance. This quick & easy to use guide and recipes book will show you how to make the most out of it! These 100 recipes offer great variety and reliability and are sure fire crowd pleasers. Be careful… you'll have to come up with some new activities to do with all the time you'll be saving when you have mastered your Philips or any air fryer. And anyone who tries your food might think that you've kidnapped a master chef and are holding them hostage. These air fryer recipes are FUN, EASY, and FAST. We've included most of the POPULAR recipes people search for: - Easy to prepare breakfast recipes like French Toast ,Muffins, and Omelets - Breakfast sandwiches - Vegan and Vegetarian recipes - Chicken air fryer recipes - Air Fryer Burger recipes - Potato recipes (Side dishes, Sweet Potato recipes, etc.) - Easy & Popular Sandwich recipes - Pizza, Fish, Chicken Wings - Mouthwatering Desserts (Cheesecake, Brownies, Cupcakes, etc.) IN THIS AIR FRYER COOKBOOK, YOU WILL FIND: BREAKFAST RECIPES - Breakfast Recipes and Breakfast Sandwich Air Fryer Recipes MAIN DISHES - Chicken air fryer recipes - Beef air fryer recipes - Shrimp, Lamb Chop air fryer recipes, and more! SIDE DISH Recipes - Potato Recipes - Zucchini Poppers - Eggs, Calamari, Spring Rolls, Cheese Rolls, Pickles - And more vegetable air fryer recipes! Mouthwatering DESSERT air fryer recipes Utilizing your air fryer like a pro can help you save time & you'll realize that it is an incredible appliance for busy families. You will NOT regret buying Rebecca's Philips AirFryer Cookbook!

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    - The only book you need for every model of instant pot - with more than 350 recipes
    by Bruce Weinstein
    £16.99

    The most comprehensive Instant Pot book ever published.

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    - Recipes and traditions from the real Downton Abbey
    by The Countess of Carnarvon
    £21.99

    Highclere Castle, known as ''the real Downton Abbey'', bustles with activity at the best of times, but it is never more alive than at Christmas. Christmas at Highclere is a look behind the scenes at the routines and rituals that make the castle the most magical place to be throughout the festive season. Lady Carnarvon will guide you through Advent, Christmas preparations and Christmas Eve all the way through to the day itself, and beyond. Learn how the castle and grounds are transformed by decorations, including the raising of a twenty-foot tree in the saloon, the gathering of holly and mistletoe from the grounds. All the intricacies of the perfect traditional Christmas are here: from crackers and carol singers. The festive feeling is carried through to Highclere''s Boxing Day traditions, the restorative middle days and the New Year''s Eve celebrations. This book also tells the story of historic Christmases at Highclere – of distinguished guests warming themselves by the fire after a long journeys home through the snow, unexpected knocks on the door, and, always, the joy of bringing family – and staff – together after a busy year.As well as telling the stories of Highclere Christmases past and present, Lady Carnarvon provides recipes, tips and inspiration from her kitchen so that readers can bring a quintessentially British festive spirit to their own home. Lady Carnarvon divulges the secret to perfectly flakey mince pies, the proper way to wrap presents so that you and your guests are guaranteed a Christmas to remember. Lavish, celebratory and utterly enchanting, Christmas at Highclere is celebration of one of the UK''s most beloved historic houses and is the perfect gift for any Downton Abbey fan.

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    - Classic drinks from the golden age of cocktails
    by Henry Mcnulty
    £10.99

    A super-chic collection of 150 classic cocktail recipes created by one-time Vogue drinks expert and man about town, Henry McNulty.

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    - Easy Veggie Meals in Just One Pot!
    by Sabrina Fauda-role
    £11.99

    Bringing together classic dishes and fresh originals, this book teaches you how to cook a complete vegetarian meal in just one pot.

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    by Elizabeth David
    £11.99

    If you want to explore the authentic regional roots of the Italian kitchen, Elizabeth David's masterpiece is the place to start. The joy and relevance of this book today is that recipes that could only be read 60 years ago can now be cooked and savoured.

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    - Delicious Recipes for Moroccan One-Pot Meals
    by Ghillie Basan
    £11.99

    These hearty one-pot meals, flavoured with fragrant spices, are cooked and served from an elegant, specially designed cooking vessel, also called a tagine. In Ghillie Basan's collection of deliciously authentic recipes you will find some of the best-loved classics of the Moroccan kitchen.

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    - Recipes from the Craft of Charcuterie
    by Brian (SchoolCraft College) Polcyn
    £26.99

    The best-selling team behind Charcuterie deepens our understanding of an ancient craft.

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    - Uncomplicated Recipes to Make You a Great Cook
    by Carla Lalli Music
    £19.99

    JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER • GOOP COOKBOOK CLUB PICK • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New Yorker • Food52 • Library Journal A modern approach to mastering the art of cooking at home from the food director at Bon Appétit, with more than 70 innately flexible recipes. The indispensable recipes and streamlined cooking techniques in Where Cooking Begins are an open invitation to dive into Carla Lalli Music's laid-back cooking style. The food director at Bon Appétit, her intuitive recipes are inspired by the meals she makes at home for her family and friends and the joy she takes in feeding them. Here, too, is her guide to the six essential cooking methods that will show you how to make everything without over-complicating anything-and every recipe includes suggestions for swaps and substitutions, so you'll never feel stuck or stymied. Where Cooking Begins is also the first recent cookbook to connect the way we shop to the way we cook. Music's modern approach-pick up your fresh ingredients a few times a week, and fill your pantry with staples bought online-will make you want to click on a burner and slide out a cutting board the minute you get home. The no-fail techniques, textured recipes, and strategies in Where Cooking Begins will make you a great cook. Praise for Where Cooking Begins"An ideal tool kit to transform a timid cook into an adventurous and confident improviser."-Helen Rosner, The New Yorker"[Carla Lalli Music] is like everyone's favorite aunt, the one who shows up and makes surprising things happen. Her superpower is that she believes in you as a cook. . . . Where Cooking Begins is her 250-page argument that you should believe in yourself, too."-Julia Moskin, The New York Times"Carla Lalli Music knows how to help with ingredients, strategy and technique, but most important of all, she understands how to help you become confident as a cook."-Nigella Lawson"A gorgeous new cookbook from Bon Appétit's former food director Carla Lalli Music, Where Cooking Begins presents a beautiful guide to truly modern cooking. Laid back and built to share, these simple but sophisticated recipes are the kind you accidentally memorize and learn to live by."-The Chalkboard"If you loved Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, this is the next book for you."-PureWow

Food and drink trends
We have seen a lot of cooking trends in recent years, especially when it comes to sustainability. At Tales you find many cookbooks concerning precisely that. It is actually quite easy to cook sustainably, if you remember these three pieces of advice. 1. always remember to buy locally produced fruit and vegetables so that you reduce transportation that normally leaves a huge climate footprint. 2. use the ingredients that match the season. By doing that you reduce the use of greenhouse farming that also uses a lot of energy. 3. and maybe most importantly; try to lessen your food waste by finding new ways of combining your left-overs. By reducing food waste you also save a lot of money in addition to saving the environment for a lot of wasted energy and unnecessary consumption. If you need creative ideas and new recipes to help you fight food waste, we would recommend you to dive into the cookbook Solo Cooking for a Sustainable Planet
Another trend is food that is easy and fast to cook. In our busy everyday many haven’t got the time to cook, and that makes many choose the easy way by ordering something from the local fastfood restaurant. A choice with little variation and typically not all that healthy. Something Jamie Oliver tries to root out. Jamie Oliver is one of the most popular chiefs in modern time. He has found a way of getting the most tasty meals out of a few good ingredients. Try to dive into his cookery book 5 ingredients - quick & fastfood for easy and cheap recipes for the everyday. Oliver gives his take on healthy dishes that are as fast to make as ordering from your local fastfood restaurant. Jamie Oliver’s collection of easy recipes is also a good cookbook for beginners. 
Fermentation has also gone extremely popular in recent years. The cooking technique might just be the direct opposite of Jamie Oliver’s easy and fast recipes, but many people have started to ferment onions, beetroots, pumpkins and cucumbers at home. You can ferment almost everything, the only limit is your imagination. To ferment is also very sustainable, because it increases the durability of the products you choose to ferment. Read the cookery book The Art of Fermentation to get a guide on how to get started on fermentation. 

Vegan cookery book
Another way of making your cooking more sustainable is also by going vegan - maybe just a day or two every week saves the environment for a lot of CO2. That is why Tales’ collection of food and drink also contains many vegan cookery books. A good vegan cookery book contains delicious and innovative recipes without meat, and it also contains inspiring stories about the vegan life and the challenges it comes with. 
At Tales you find the vegan cookery book Vegan 100 by Gaz Oakley. Oakley gives you a guide with all you need to know, when you go vegan. A book he missed, when he himself went vegan. The vegan cookery book contains no less than 100 green and tasty recipes that makes you forget all about meat. If you want inspiration for your next vegan cookery book take a look at our category Vegetarian cookery that both contains vegan and vegetarian recipes. 

Cookbook for kids
If you want to teach your kids how to cook. You can also find your next cookbook for kids in Tales’ selection. A good cookbook for kids is essential in raising your child, so they can be curious on food and experiment with different recipes. Kids that have cooked in their childhood grow up to be quality-conscious amateur and even professional cooks.  
You can for example let your child discover recipes inspired by the magical world of Harry Potter. In the cookery book Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook - from Mugglers to Magic Gina M. Meyers gives her guide to enchanting meals from the fascinating Harry Potter Universe. Let your child take on a magical journey while making their first meal. The enchanting narrative in the cookbook for kids makes your child more curious about cooking and tasting new ingredients. Cooking becomes a form of play. 

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