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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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    by Rhiannon Lambert
    £16.99

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    by Rachel Roddy
    £21.99

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    by Neal Martin
    £25.49

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    by Choi Heejae
    £13.49

    "Eat like your favorite K-Drama TV Stars! If you're a fan of Korean dramas, or simply a fan of Korean food, then this book is for you! Here you'll find 61 delicious recipes for classic Korean dishes, including those you may have seen on your favorite K-Drama shows; including: Make the Buchimgae Pancakes featured in Episode 3 of Crash Landing on You, when a group of nosy neighbors use a gift of pancakes as an excuse to inspect Jeonghyeok's new fiance. Make the Spicy Noodles in Black Bean Sauce that Jun-wan and Ik-sun enjoy on their date in Episode 7 of Hospital Playlist. Make the Spicy Braised Tofu that Hye-jin stuffs into Ha-nee's mouth in Episode 3 of Was It Love to make him stop talking. In addition to the easy-to-make, fully illustrated recipes for main and side dishes, you'll also find recipes for Korean cocktails and tasty snacks to enjoy while you're watching TV"--Amazon.com.

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    by Hannah Che
    £21.99

    "100+ fresh, plant-based, umami-packed recipes that show the range of traditional and modern Chinese vegan cuisine. When Hannah Che decided to become a vegan, she was concerned that it would alienate her from the traditions and food that her Chinese family celebrated. But that was before she learned about Zhai cai, or vegetarian cooking, a fascinating subset of Chinese cookery that emphasizes umami-rich ingredients and can be traced back over hundreds, if not a thousand, years to Buddhist temple kitchens. In The Vegan Chinese Kitchen, Hannah Che shows us the magic of this highly developed and creative tradition in which nearly every dish in the Chinese repertoire can be replicated in a meatless way, such as Sichuan chili-oil wontons, or using spicy mushrooms in dan-dan noodles. In this book, you'll find recipes that are naturally plant-based with a rich culinary history that are as irresistible as they are nourishing, such as flaky scallion pancakes, corn stir-fried with peppers and pine nuts, or pea shoots braised in a velvety mushroom broth made with sesame-oil roux. This book will delight vegans and omnivores alike, inviting you not only to explore a whole new world of flavors and ingredients, but also to create conversations about food, cultural traditions and identity, and wholesome, sustainable cooking"--

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    by Cassy Joy Garcia
    £25.99

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    by Charlotte Stirling-Reed
    £14.99

    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Charlotte gave me the confidence and knowledge to love every single step of the weaning journey' Joe Wicks'Charlotte really is a font of knowledge when it comes to weaning.'Jools Oliver'We've loved Charlotte's approach to weaning. Skye loves her food and we are so grateful for that!'Ella MillsThe easy weaning plan to ensure your baby becomes a happy and adventurous little eater.In this beautiful, full-colour book, expert nutritionist Charlotte Stirling-Reed reveals her renowned method that has helped thousands of parents wean their babies confidently.Based on a vegetable first approach, the perfect way to develop healthy eating habits and to tackle fussy eating before it begins, you'll be hand-held through the first 30 days of weaning as well as given lots of delicious recipes all the family can enjoy.Packed with tried and tested tips, as well as the latest evidence-based guidance, How to Wean Your Baby will fully equip and empower you to take this exciting next step.

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    by Karan Gokani
    £23.49

    Introducing 'Hoppers: The Cookbook from the Cult London Restaurant' by Karan Gokani. This book, published by Quadrille Publishing Ltd on the 27th of October, 2022, is a must-have for any food enthusiast. As the title suggests, it gives you an exclusive insight into the recipes and cooking techniques used in the renowned London restaurant, Hoppers. The author, Karan Gokani, is known for his mastery in the culinary arts, and this book is a testament to his skills and creativity. The book belongs to the genre of cooking and presents a collection of exotic and mouth-watering recipes that have made Hoppers a cult favourite in London. If you're a foodie or an aspiring chef, this book provides a wonderful opportunity to recreate some of the restaurant's signature dishes at home. Grab your copy today and embark on a culinary journey like no other. Published by Quadrille Publishing Ltd.

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    by Garrett Oliver
    £16.49

    Traditional craft-brewed beer can transform a meal from everyday to extraordinary. It's an affordable, accessible luxury. Yet most people are only familiar with the mass-market variety. Have you tasted the real thing? In The Brewmaster's Table, Garrett Oliver, America's foremost authority on beer and brewmaster of the acclaimed Brooklyn Brewery, reveals why real beer is the perfect partner to any dining experience. He explains how beer is made, relays its fascinating history, and, accompanied by Denny Tillman's exquisite photographs, conducts an insider's tour through the amazing range of flavors displayed by distinct styles of beer from around the world. Most important, he shows how real beer, which is far more versatile than wine, intensifies flavors when it's appropriately paired with foods, creating brilliant matches most people have never imagined: a brightly citric Belgian wheat beer with a goat cheese salad, a sharply aromatic pale ale to complement spicy tacos, an earthy German bock beer to match a porcini risotto, even a fruity framboise to accompany a slice of chocolate truffle cake. Whether you're a beer aficionado, a passionate cook, or just someone who loves a great dinner, this book will indeed be a revelation.

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    by Sabrina Ghayour
    £19.49

    Step into the enchanting world of Sabrina Ghayour, the author of 'Persiana Everyday.' Published by Octopus Publishing Group in 2022, this book is a delightful journey into the heart of everyday life. The genre is a blend of cultural exploration and culinary adventure, making it a must-read for those who appreciate the finer details of life. Sabrina Ghayour, renowned for her unique storytelling ability, draws readers in with her vivid descriptions and engaging narrative. 'Persiana Everyday' is more than just a book; it's an experience that leaves you yearning for more. Immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of life that Ghayour weaves with her words. Published by Octopus Publishing Group, this book is a testament to the power of storytelling and the beauty of everyday life. Dive into 'Persiana Everyday' and embark on an unforgettable journey.

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    by Nancy Birtwhistle
    £9.49 - 11.99

    'The tips and trick are just brilliant.' Jane Dunn, author of Jane's Patisserie'Finally, an eco-friendly home guide that's relatable and we can all follow.' Sophie Liard, author of The Folding LadyOne change, any change, will make a difference to our precious planet.We all want to do our best for our homes and the planet, but it's often hard to find the time and energy to think of alternatives. Nancy Birtwhistle makes it easy with 101 indispensable tips, ideas and recipes that will help you to live a more eco-friendly life without giving up on any home comforts.This practical book from Sunday Times bestselling author and Great British Bake Off winner Nancy Birtwhistle is the ultimate guide to reducing your environmental impact while saving you time and money. Inside are tips and home hacks on everything from eco cleaning, upcycling and making the most out of your weekly shop to small-space gardening and creative crafts, plus a selection of Nancy's delicious recipes. Clearly explained, accessible and beautifully illustrated with black and white line-drawings, Green Living Made Easy is the perfect guide for anyone looking to pursue a more sustainable lifestyle but unsure where to start.

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    by Maori Murota
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    by MOB Kitchen
    £15.49

    It's the return of the MOB! This time celebrating all things crispy, squidgy, cheesy, spicy, warming, sticky, nourishing... all the flavours, textures and feel of comfort pulled together in one book, 100 recipes.'This book is pure delicious joy....this feel-good collection, with delicious twists crammed into every recipe. Perfect for autumnal cooking and colder nights.' BBC Good FoodCOMFORT MOB is a celebration of hearty dishes from around the world that warm, soothe and fill us. Spending time in the kitchen recreating comfort is a way to indulge in dishes from the past and find new flavour and texture combinations that appeal to our senses.Featuring old-school bangers with a MOB Kitchen twist such as Roast Garlic Chicken Pie or Beef Brisket Lasagne, and modern dishes like Sriracha Crispy Tofu or Coca Cola Chicken Wings, COMFORT MOB encourages you to indulge every palate and craving in a fun, affordable and achievable way. If you're in a hurry but need a quick dose of comfort, recipes like the Grilled Halloumi and Peach Burger with Chipotle Mayo or Ben's Dad's Puttanesca will hit the spot in no time. For an extra dose of comfort, follow Mob's recipes for making your own pasta, focaccia and gnocchi to take your meal to the next level. Mob have also cooked up some cosy dessert recipes to finish - try Miso Sticky Toffee Pudding or extra-oozy Chocolate Jaffa Pool. COMFORT MOB is a nod to homeliness and cosy nights spent cooking with friends and family, recapturing the feeling of better, safer times with food that loves you back.

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    by Nadiya Hussain
    £16.99

    DISCOVER MOUTH-WATERING, TIME-SAVING NEW RECIPES IN NADIYA'S BRAND NEW COOKBOOK, FEATURING ALL THE RECIPES FROM HER HIT NEW TV SERIES'An abundance of refreshingly original ideas. Her recipes are achievable for us all' DAILY EXPRESS________Nadiya's Fast Flavours will bring the excitement back into your daily meals, with all the recipes she cooks on her hit BBC2 programme and more besides.Known for her bold and surprising flavour combinations, Nadiya loves to throw the rulebook out of the window, and is always adding her signature twist to classic recipes. Now she makes it easy for you to do the same, with a host of everyday recipes that are guaranteed to send your taste buds into overdrive, including . . . Brioche Custard French Toast Sweet-And- Sour Prawns with Noodles Squash, Saffron And Grapefruit Soup Blueberry And Fennel Ice Cream Cake Lemon Leg Of Lamb with Jewelled Couscous Coffee-Glazed FocacciaSour, sweet, spicy, zesty, earthy, fruity, herbal - her delicious recipes offer new and innovative ways to pack your meals with flavour, using clever shortcuts, hacks and handy ingredients to put the va-va-voom into your food but without spending hours in the kitchen.________Praise for Nadiya Hussain:'Let Nadiya fill your kitchen with pure joy' Woman & Home'All hail the brilliant Nadiya Hussain' Radio Times 'The queen of Bake Off' Good Housekeeping

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    by Nat's What I Reckon
    £13.49

    "The world's a confusing and chaotic place. We thought lockdown was over . . . it wasn't. We hoped life would go back to normal . . . it hasn't. But Nat's What I Reckon knows one thing is definitely still true: jar sauce can get f*cked. So, to help champions keep levelling up their cooking skills and making ripper feeds from scratch at home, Nat has created this collection of 25 sh*t hot recipes that will get you out of a jam. This is stuff that's simple, easy to follow and tastes delicious, like Honey B*stard Chicken, Get F*cked Roast Potatoes and Frownie Reversal Orange Chocolate Brownie. There are no questionable ingredients here: purely Nat's trademark humour, a big dash of cheekiness and some genuinely handy culinary tips to boot. Death to Jar Sauce will see you through the good times and the tough times, hopefully with a few solid laughs and some awesome food on your plate. Recipes illustrated by Sydney artists Bunkwaa, Glenno, Warrick McMiles and Onnie O'Leary"--Publisher's description.

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    - How to Grow an Abundance of Herbs, Vegetables and Fruit in Small Spaces
    by Mark Ridsdill Smith
    £18.99

    Winner of the Garden Media Guild Practical Book of the Year Award'A cornucopia of sage advice and cunning tips.' Tom Heap, BBC Countryfile'Mark's enthusiasm is infectious and . . . will give you confidence and knowledge.' Charles Dowding, author of Skills for Growing and No Dig GardeningGrow delicious fruit, vegetables, herbs and salad in containers, pots and baskets - in any outdoor space, no matter how small!Do you want to grow your own tomatoes, chillies, strawberries and more but thought you didn't have the space or know-how? Mark Ridsdill Smith, creator of the wildly popular Vertical Veg website and online community, will show you how to make the most of walls, balconies, patios, arches and windowsills to create your own kitchen garden. With over ten years' experience of growing and teaching people how to grow bountiful, edible crops in small spaces, Mark will help you produce a serious amount of nutritious food while saving money on grocery bills and discovering a lot of joy along the way. You'll ?nd:Mark's 'Eight Steps to Success', including 'Keeping It Simple'Planting projects for beginnersWhat to grow and where to grow itHow to draw up a planning calendar so you can grow throughout the yearFertiliser recipes and wormery guide for the more experienced growerTroubleshooting tips for the specific challenges of growing in small spacesBeautiful crops that support pollinators and other wildlifeDon't be confined by the space you have. Create beauty, life and ?avour in the heart of the city and beyond.

  • by Philip van Zyl
    £21.99

    This 42nd edition of the authoritative South African wine guide features 211 Five Star wines out of over 8,000 wines reviewed. Platter's features descriptions of over 900 producers across the vibrant wine regions of South Africa.

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    - Eat What You Like & Lose Weight For Life - The infographic guide to the only diet that works
    by Graeme Tomlinson
    £13.49

  • by Christopher G Yorke M Ed
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    - Over 300 recipes for Bakes, Cakes, Treats and Sweets
    by Karolina Tegelaar
    £19.49

    You shouldn't have to compromise on flavour, texture and the look of your cake just because it's vegan. From carrot cake and chocolate cookies to madeleines and muffins; in this ultimate bible, Karolina has veganised old baking favourites as well as creating new baking recipes to make vegan baking accessible and fun to the novice baker.

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    - Rethinking Our Way with Grains
    by Joshua McFadden
    £27.49

    James Beard Award-winning author Joshua McFadden gives grains the same considered and wide-ranging treatment he did vegetables in this much-anticipated follow-up to the mega-successful Six Seasons.

  • by Richard Sayce
    £23.49

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    - The official 2021 Great British Bake Off book
    by The The Bake Off Team
    £16.99

    The official book for series 12 of the hit Channel 4 show The Great British Bake Off

  • by Ian Smiley, Eric Watson & Michael Delevante
    £35.49

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    - Knockout recipes to celebrate the sweeter things in life
    by Ravneet Gill
    £15.49

    For as long as Ravneet Gill can remember sugar been her friend and constant companion, so it's little wonder that she grew up to become a pastry chef for some of London's most respected food institutions. Rav's first book, The Pastry Chef's Guide laid down the basics, but now she is back - serving more gems to help you build up your baking armory.

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    - The Misunderstood Science of Metabolism
    by Herman Pontzer
    £9.49

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    - A Plant-Based Nutrition and Training Guide for Every Fitness Level-Beginner to Beyond [Includes More Than 60 Recipes!]
    by Matt Ruscigno & Matt Frazier
    £14.99

    No Meat Athlete is a unique guidebook, healthy-living cookbook, and nutrition primer for the beginner, everyday, and serious athlete who wants to perform at their best while living a meatless (vegetarian, vegan, etc.) lifestyle.

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    - Start Healing Your Body and Reversing Chronic Illness Today with 100 Delicious Recipes
    by Sophie Van Tiggelen
    £14.99

    The first beginner's guide to cooking and living the Autoimmune Protocol Diet (AIP) easily and successfully with 100 delicious, easy-to-prepare recipes, pantry lists, and shopping guides.

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    - A Complete Course in Preparing Ramen Meals at Home
    by Amy Kimoto-Kahn
    £14.99

    Simply Ramen presents 70 traditional and non-traditional ramen noodle recipes with interchangeable soup bases, noodles, meats and vegetables, toppings, and sides alongside mouthwatering photographs.

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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