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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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  • - Recipes to Decrease Pain, Optimize Health, and Maximize Your Quality of Life
    by Mercy Ballard & Joyce Choe
    £17.99

    Are you struggling with symptoms like brain fog, fatigue, or chronic pain?Are you tired of taking medications to treat symptoms and want to understand the root cause of your condition?Autoimmune disease is one of the fastest growing chronic diseases in this country, and it has many different manifestations. Multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, psoriasis...the list of debilitating diseases goes on. The good news is that many of these conditions can improve significantly by changing the diet and lifestyle.This simply written and beautifully photographed book will help you understand:¿ Why a plant-based approach is an ideal way to improve the health of the gut microbiome and the immune system.¿ Why many on typical plant-based diets might fail to improve their health¿ How you can simply prepare plant-based foods to decrease anti-nutrients, improve nutritional content, and improve digestion.These plant-based recipes are free of foods more commonly associated with food sensitivities, like soy, grains, and nuts.A seven-day meal plan is included to help readers understand how to put these recipes into balanced meals.Principles for eating to decrease inflammation, and recommendations for food sensitivity testing are provided.The Autoimmune Plant Based Cookbook will equip you to be successful in implementing a lifestyle that is the most anti-inflammatory approach to healing the gut. Whether you are just beginning your recovery process or have tried every other program out there, don't let anything stop you from reading this book and from taking your life back.

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    - 120 Classic Bar Bites from Japan
    by Wataru Yokota
    £12.99

    Bring the party home with this Japanese pub-inspired cookbook!

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    - Over 100 delicious new favourites, from terrific tray bakes to roasting tin treats!
    by Hairy Bikers
    £18.99

    The big-hearted Hairy Bikers return with a cookbook for every busy kitchen, simple and delicious recipes that use just one pot.

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    - The bread that launched 1,000 meals, plus salads, stews, and other recipes from Armenia
    by Ara Zada
    £15.49

    An ode to Armenian food and culture, and the UNESCO-recognized bread of Armenia, Lavash.This cookbook not only reveals how to make the ubiquitous and doable flatbread lavash, the UNESCO-recognized bread of Armenia, but also shares 60+ recipes of what to eat with it, from soups and salads to hearty stews paired with lots of fresh herbs. Stunning photography and essays provide an insider''s look at Armenia, a small but fascinating country comprising dramatic mountains, sun-drenched fields, and welcoming people. With influences from the Middle East and the Mediterranean as well as from Russia, the food of Armenia is the next cuisine to explore for people who want to dig deeper into the traditions formed at the crossroads between the East and West.Fans of cookbook best sellers like Yotam Ottolenghi''s Jerusalem and Ottolenghi will love exploring the Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Russian influences in Lavash.• For both armchair travelers and home cooks, this recipe book is as enticing in the reading as its recipes are to the palate• With growing interest in fermentation and the medical benefits of a Mediterranean diet, Armenian food offers a new take on healthy cookbooks and cooking.

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    - Modern and Classic Recipes for the Instant Pot
    by Madhur Jaffrey
    £15.99

    “One of the best cookbooks to come out of the Instant Pot craze. It’s full of those timeless Indian recipes Jaffrey is known for . . . The flavor to ease factor ratio in these recipes is undoubtedly high, and, as always, Jaffrey’s calm, nurturing voice guides you through each step.” —Priya Krishna, Bon Appetit   Master Indian cooking at home with more than seventy recipes from the multi-James Beard Award–winning author who “introduced the world to Indian food” (Epicurious).   For more than forty years, Madhur Jaffrey has been revered as the “queen of Indian cooking” (Saveur). Here she shares inviting, easy-to-follow recipes—some entirely new, others reworked classics—for preparing fantastic Indian food at home. While these dishes are quick and easy to prepare, they retain all the rich complexity for which Jaffrey’s food has always been known, making this the only Indian cookbook with recipes designed for the Instant Pot you’ll ever need.   RECIPES: From classics like butter chicken and buttery dal to new sure-to-be-favorites like kale cooked in a Kashmiri style and Goan-style clams, these recipes capture the flavorful diversity of Indian cuisine.   EASY-TO-FOLLOW: Written with the clarity and precision for which Jaffrey has always been known, these are flavor-forward recipes that make the most of the Instant Pot’s unique functionality. A DIFFERENT KIND OF COOKBOOK: Rather than simply adapting recipes for one-pot cooking, Jaffrey has selected the essential dishes best suited for preparing using the Instant Pot, and created some all-new delectable dishes that make the most of its strengths.   BEYOND THE INSTANT POT: Also included are thirteen bonus, no-special-pot needed recipes for the chutneys, salads, and relishes you need to complete any Indian meal. Think avocado-radish salad, fresh tomato chutney, and yogurt and apple raita. SPICES AND SPECIAL INGREDIENTS: Jaffrey provides a list of pantry essentials, from asafetida to whole spices, as well as recipes for her own garam masala blend and more. TIPS: Here too is Jaffrey’s advice on the best way to make rice, cook meat and fish in your Instant Pot, and more, based on her own extensive testing.

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    by Rosemary Gladstar
    £12.99

    Fire cider - a spicy, zesty, immune-boosting tonic of apple cider vinegar and powerhouse herbs like horseradish, onion, garlic, ginger, and cayenne - is an old-time remedy that's gaining a new generation of fans. Best-selling author and herbalist Rosemary Gladstar has created a compendium of recipes for making and using these cider vinegar tonics.

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    - The Artistry & Alchemy of Creating the Perfect Cocktail
    by Tristan Stephenson
    £10.99

    In this new small-format edition of Tristan Stephenson's original best-selling book, he explains the origins of the cocktail and showcases classic drinks alongside his own ingenious reinventions.

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    - Recipes from a Russian kitchen
    by Alissa Timoshkina
    £19.49

    A collection of delicious modern recipes from Siberia and beyond.

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    - The (Mostly) Plant-based Plan to Burn Fat, Boost Energy, Crush Cravings and Calm Inflammation
    by Dr Will Cole
    £16.99

    Ketotarian is a fresh, modern twist on keto, the craze that has taken the US by storm; where the fat-burning power of ketogenic eating meets the nutritious and delicious benefits of a plant-based plate!

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    - Your All-in-One Guide to a Healthy, Holistic, Plant-Based Pregnancy
    by Reed Mangels
    £9.49

    50 satisfying and nourishing vegan meals—especially for pregnant moms! Being a vegan mother not only means you have to worry about getting the right nutrients for your own body, but for your growing baby as well. The benefits of a vegan diet can be passed down to your baby by following a healthy, well-rounded diet that incorporates the proper nutrients and minerals. With Your Complete Vegan Pregnancy, you’ll learn everything you need to know to nourish and grow a healthy, happy baby. With 50 recipes for satisfying meals and expert advice on getting all the proper nutrition you and your baby need, Your Complete Vegan Pregnancy will keep you and your baby strong for all three trimesters.

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    - Happy, healthy and speedy salads to make in minutes
    by Alexander Hart
    £11.99

    A diverse range of easy to get ready salads drawing on the best ideas from cultures around the world. Includes vegan salads, grain salads, zoodle-based salads and seafood options.

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    - Vintage Classics Anniversary Edition
    by Nigella Lawson
    £13.49

    Nigella Lawson has written eleven bestselling cookery books including the classics How to Eat and How to Be a Domestic Goddess ¿ the book that inspired a whole new generation of bakers. These books, and her TV series, have made her a household name around the world.

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    by Carolyn Ketchum
    £14.99

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    by Rene Redzepi
    £16.49

    The world-famous chef Rene Redzepi's intimate first-hand account of a year in the life of his renowned restaurant, noma

  • - 70 Top Secrets & Tricks to Beer Brewing Right the First Time: A Guide to Home Brew Any Beer You Want (with Recipe Jour
    by Jason Scotts
    £12.49

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    - The Six-Week Program for Beautiful Skin: Foreword by John McDougall M.D.
    by Randa Nelson
    £17.99

    From YouTube rising stars Nina and Randa Nelson comes the doctor-approved, clinically-tested, low-fat vegan diet that instantly and dramatically transformed their skin.

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    - Menus, stories and places
    by Diana Henry
    £21.99

    Menus, stories, places - Diana cooks up feasts for family and friends based on meals she has cooked and loved over the years.

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    - The First Cookbook from the Cult Food Magazine
    by Peter Meehan
    £21.99

    "Delicious, straightforward recipes ... fill Lucky Peach: 101 Easy Asian Recipes, along with romping commentary that makes the book fun to read as well as to cook from." -Associated PressBeholden to bold flavors and not strict authenticity, the editors of Lucky Peach present a compendium of 101 easy, Asian recipes that hit the sweet spot between craveworthy and stupid simple and are destined to become favorites. Your friends and lovers will marvel as you show off your culinary worldliness, whipping up meals with fish-sauce-splattered panache and all the soy-soaked, ginger-scalliony goodness you could ever want-all for dinner tonight. You'll never have a reason to order take-out again.

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    - From Classic Wraps and Rolls to Modern Bowls and Burgers
    by Atsuko Ikeda
    £14.99

    A masterclass in creative modern sushi from London-based Japanese teacher Atsuko, who combines authentic knowledge and skills with contemporary, innovative ideas to give 60 recipes for rolls, wraps, moulded and deconstructed sushi.

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    - Integrating Deep Nutrition, the Ketogenic Diet, and Nontoxic Bio-Individualized Therapies
    by Dr. Nasha Winters
    £16.99

    "The Optimal Terrain Ten Protocol to Reboot Cellular Health Since the beginning of the twentieth century, cancer rates have increased exponentially now affecting almost 50 percent of the American population. Conventional treatment continues to rely on chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation to attack cancer cells. Yet research has repeatedly shown that 95 percent of cancer cases are directly linked to diet and lifestyle. The Metabolic Approach to Cancer; is the book we have been waiting for it offers an innovative, metabolic-focused nutrition protocol that actually works. Naturopathic, integrative oncologist and cancer survivor Dr. Nasha Winters and nutrition therapist Jess Higgins Kelley have identified the ten key elements of a person's "terrain" (think of it as a topographical map of our body) that are crucial to preventing and managing cancer. Each of the terrain ten elements including epigenetics, the microbiome, the immune system, toxin exposures, and blood sugar balanceis illuminated as it relates to the cancer process, then given a heavily researched and tested, non-toxic and metabolic, focused nutrition prescription. The metabolic theory of cancer that cancer is fueled by high carbohydrate diets, not "bad" genetics was introduced by Nobel Prize-laureate and scientist Otto Warburg in 1931. It has been largely disregarded by conventional oncology ever since. But this theory is resurging as a result of research showing incredible clinical outcomes when cancer cells are deprived of their primary fuel source (glucose). The ketogenic diet which relies on the body's production of ketones as fuel is the centerpiece of; The Metabolic Approach to Cancer. Further, Winters and Kelley explain how to harness the anticancer potential of phytonutrients abundant in low-glycemic plant and animal foods to address the 10 hallmarks of cancer an approach Western medicine does with drug based therapies. Their optimized, genetically-tuned diet shuns grains, legumes, sugar, genetically modified foods, pesticides, and synthetic ingredients while emphasizing whole, wild, local, organic, fermented, heirloom, and low-glycemic foods and herbs. Other components of their approach include harm-reductive herbal therapies like mistletoe (considered the original immunotherapy and common in European cancer care centers) and cannabinoids (which shrink tumors and increase quality of life, yet are illegal in more than half of the United States). Through addressing the ten root causes of cancer and approaching the disease from a nutrition-focused standpoint, we can slow cancer's endemic spread and live optimized lives"--

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    - Recipes and tips for delicious smoked food on any barbecue
    by Jamie Purviance
    £18.99

    Weber's Complete BBQ Smoking, penned by the renowned author Jamie Purviance, is a must-have for all BBQ enthusiasts. Published in 2017, this book is a comprehensive guide to mastering the art of BBQ smoking. With its unique mix of practical techniques and mouth-watering recipes, this book will take your BBQ skills to a whole new level. This book is not just a cookbook; it's a complete guide that teaches you the ins and outs of BBQ smoking. From choosing the right wood to maintaining the perfect temperature, Jamie Purviance leaves no stone unturned. The book belongs to the genre of cooking and is a delight for anyone who loves to cook or eat. Published by the Octopus Publishing Group, known for its diverse and high-quality publications, this book is a testament to their commitment to providing readers with valuable and enjoyable content. So, if you're ready to dive into the world of BBQ smoking, Weber's Complete BBQ Smoking is your perfect companion.

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    - Incredibly Nutritious and Totally Delicious No-Sugar-Added Smoothies for Any Time of Day
    by Deborah Harroun
    £13.49

    An in-depth approach to smoothie making for kids with a variety of flavors, ingredients and taste combinations to appeal to kids and adults alike, from an acclaimed blogger.

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    - More Than 100 Feel-Good Vegetarian Favorites to Delight the Senses and Nourish the Body: A Cookbook
    by Kathryne Taylor
    £18.99

    Her friendly commentary inspires readers to step into the kitchen and cook healthy meals, again and again. And the book wouldn't be complete without plenty of pictures of her lovable, food- obsessed puppy sous chef, Cookie, of course!

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    - What to Eat When You Can't Eat Anything
    by John Stepaniak
    £17.49

    FODMAPs, a broad variety of naturally occurring carbohydrates found in many plant-based foods, can wreak havoc on sensitive digestive systems, especially in people who have irritable bowel syndrome and other functional bowel disorders. Pinpointing and eliminating FODMAPs while maintaining nutritional excellence can be especially challenging for vegans, because FODMAPs are found in an extensive range of common foods and ingredients that are most popular among vegans. In this groundbreaking resource and cookbook, Jo Stepaniak lays bare not only the FODMAPs vegans with IBS need to avoid, but also the wide assortment of nutritious plant-based foods that are generally well tolerated. Easy-to-read tables and shopping lists arm readers with all the information they need to navigate the supermarket and purchase kind-to-the-gut fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, seeds, beverages, and condiments. The 70 scrumptious low-FODMAP recipes will help readers prepare spectacular seasonings as well as mainstays for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks, so they can stay healthy and satisfied while pampering their delicate digestive systems.

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    by Michelle Brachet
    £20.49

    The World of Cognac is a carefully researched study about the history and culture of Cognac - the most revered spirit in the world. Ranging from historical brandy anecdotes dating back to the 7th century all the way up to our modern-day cocktail culture, this is cognac's story.

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    - Persian Cooking Made Simple
    by Najmieh Batmanglij
    £21.99

    In Joon, master chef Najmieh Batmanglij distills one of the world's oldest and most influential cuisines to capture its unique flavors in recipes adapted to suit our busy lives. Najmieh's fans have been making meals from her Food of Life for more than 30 years. For Joon she has simplified 75of her favorite dishes and shows how, with the right ingredients and a few basic tools and techniques, authentic Persian food can easily be prepared at home. The recipes in this bookeach accompanied by a photograph of the finished dishcome straight from Najmieh's kitchen and include not only the classics of Persian cooking, but also some soon-to-be favorites, such as quinoa or kale cooked Persian-style. You'll discover delicious side dishes, from cooling, yogurt-based salads and tasty dips and spreads, to more sustaining platters of grains, beans and fresh herbs; tasty "kukus"frittata-style omelets filled with vegetables and herbs; spice-infused fish;

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    - Lose Up to a Pound a Day, Increase Your Energy, and End Food Cravings for Good
    by Dave Asprey
    £18.99

    The Bulletproof Diet is a blueprint to better total-body health, laying out compelling research and testimonials to support Dave's groundbreaking and impressive plan. Bulletproof: The Cookbook picks up where the plan leaves off, arming readers with 125 recipes to stay bulletproof for life and never get bored.

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    - Recipes from the Persian Kitchen
    by Yasmin Khan
    £19.49

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    by Bamforth Jane
    £8.99

    Make the most of this delicious shellfish, now enjoying an upsurge in availabiiity and popularity.

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    by Jeffrey Elliot
    £25.49

    Making sushi at home is surprisingly simple with these easy-to-follow step-by-step full-colour illustrated recipes and specialist knife tuition from two leading Western experts in this Oriental kitchen art.

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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