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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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  • - Traditional Jamaican Recipes Made Easy
    by Grizzly Publishing
    £15.99 - 16.49

  • - 100% Paleo: Alkaline Paleo Mix & Paleo Diet for Weight Loss and Health
    by Elena Garcia
    £13.99 - 18.49

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    - Savoury and Sweet
    by Michel Roux
    £13.49

    This collection of over 200 sauces by Michel Roux, proprietor of the 3 Michelin-starred Waterside Inn, has already attained classic status as the essential guide in every good cook's kitchen. For this newly revised edition, Michel updated all the recipes for today's lighter, healthier taste, added 20 new recipes and 50 new colour photograph.

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    - Lose up to 10lb in 10 days and stay healthy for life
    by Mark Hyman
    £13.49

    Dr. Hyman's bestselling The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet offers readers a step-by-step guide for losing weight and reversing disease. Now Dr. Hyman shares more than 150 delicious recipes so you can continue on your path to good health. With easy-to-prepare, delicious recipes for every meal - including breakfast smoothies, lunches like Waldorf Salad with Smoked Paprika, and Grass-Fed Beef Bolognese for dinner - you can achieve fast and sustained weight loss by activating your natural ability to burn fat, reducing insulin levels and inflammation, reprogramming your metabolism, shutting off your fat-storing genes, creating effortless appetite control, and soothing stress. Your health is a life-long journey. The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet Cookbook helps make that journey both do-able and delicious.

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    - the 12-step guide to science-based nutrition for a healthier and longer life
    by Bas Kast
    £11.99

    What do people with a particularly long life-span eat? How can you lose weight efficiently? Are illnesses in old age avoidable? Can you 'eat yourself young'?Discover the answers to these questions and more in this practical, science-based guide to eating well and living longer, which has sold over a million copies worldwide. When science journalist Bas Kast collapsed with chest pains, he feared he had ruined his health forever with a diet of junk food. So he set off on a journey to uncover the essentials of diet and longevity. Here, filtered from thousands of sometimes conflicting research findings, Kast presents the key scientific insights that reveal the most beneficial diet possible. From analysing how much sugar you should consume to looking at the impact of supplements, fasting, and even whether you should drink tea or coffee, Kast breaks down diet myths to present the key facts you need to know in clear, accessible language.

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    - A Simple Guide for Losing Weight and Reclaiming Your Health with a Diet You Can Stick to for Life
    by Eric C. Westman
    £21.49

    Navigate your way through the confusion of the modern diet scene and arrive at your destination with the help of two experts.

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    by The Savoy Hotel
    £13.49

    The 1930s classic, updated with a new introduction and brand new recipes

  • - Put Your PPP In Remission And Get Your Life Back!
    by Asa Karrman
    £14.49

    In this book you will learn about what causes Palmoplantar Pustulosis, the symptoms, the diagnosis process, how complex the immune system is and how it operates and what needs to be done to heal using a holistic approach. If you are looking to heal naturally and to combat PPP, you will find my book very helpful. Åsa Kärrman

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    - Plant-Based, Organic, Gluten-Free, Delicious
    by Emma Sawko
    £18.99

    Over 120 vegan, gluten-free recipes bursting with flavor that are both good for you and good for the planet. What if, with each meal, you could change the world for the better? Globetrotting, health-food-loving entrepreneur Emma Sawko turned that ideal into a reality, through recipes that combine ambrosial flavors in organic, plant-based, and gluten-free fare. Her personal quest to make great food that is as good for you as it is for the planet became an international sensation with her Wild & the Moon restaurants in Paris, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi. Wild & the Moon's team of chefs, nutritionists, and naturopaths have crafted 120 superfood-enriched recipes, including Better than Botox Juice, Chocolate Chaga, Namaste Smoothie, Pink Hummus, Abuela's Chickpea Soup, Avocado Gazpacho, Honey Mustard Kale Salad, Thai Curry, Earth Bowl, Acai Coco Loco, Chia Pudding, and Coco-Matcha Power Balls. Greta Rybus's magnificent photographs, along with notes on associated health and beauty benefits, accompany the seasonal, healthy, and purely delicious recipes. Caring for the planet and for yourself starts in the kitchen, and these simple recipes from Wild & the Moon will boost your energy, wellness, and health all while treating Mother Earth with deep respect.

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    - Meals in Minutes
    by Donna Hay
    £15.49

    From Australia's bestselling and most trusted cook comes a stunning new book featuring super-fresh, super-fast recipes to help you feel nourished and energised ... and ready to savour life. 'One of the questions I get asked most frequently is if I still cook at home. The answer is yes. Absolutely. As often as possible.'There are days when it feels as though there's barely time to eat dinner, let alone prepare it. Donna knows on days like these, we all need a little Everyday Fresh in our lives. We all want to create delicious meals packed with flavour and everything that's good for us, with a minimum of fuss. And that's exactly what Donna Hay delivers. 'Simple made special' is the foundation of almost every recipe Donna has ever written. She's all about the classics, but also about a flexible, fresher approach to eating. She's constantly on the lookout for ways to make something easier, healthier, quicker or a little more on-trend - and she also loves a cheat, a quick-fix or anything that can be made in one bowl, that still tastes great.'If I can create a dish that makes someone feel better because it's mouth-wateringly delicious, packed with nourishing vegetables, or helps them bring a little more balance to their life - that's success!'

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    - Recipes and Stories
    by Lori De Mori
    £21.99

    A lot has changed since Towpath first rolled up its shutters 10 years ago on the Regent's Canal in Hackney and everything but the toasted cheese sandwich was cooked from home across the bridge. And a lot hasn't. It is still as much a social experiment as a unique and beloved eatery

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    - Over 100 plant-based recipes that don't cost the earth
    by Saskia Sidey
    £10.99

    Easy, affordable vegan recipes everyone will enjoy

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    - Sweet and simple traybakes, pies, bars and buns
    by Edd Kimber
    £17.49

    70 sweet treats, all baked in one 9 x 13in tin

  • - Traditional Polish Recipes Made Easy
    by Grizzly Publishing
    £15.99 - 17.99

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    - An Unofficial Gossip Girl Fan Book
    by Bridget Thoreson
    £14.99

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    - Cocktails to make ahead
    by Noel Venning & Max Venning
    £10.99

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    by George Geary
    £19.99

    Geary's definitive book on cheesecake offers 200 recipes designed for the home cook for all types of cheesecake including no-bake and savory ones, a chapter devoted to sauces, and extensive tips and techniques.

  • - A Reference Guide For Year-Round Bodybuilding Success
    by Scott Walter Stevenson
    £81.99

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    - How diet can save your mental health - cutting-edge science from an expert
    by Professor Felice Jacka
    £10.99

    This is the latest cutting-edge science on how diet can affect your risk of anxiety and depression and influence the health of your brain by leading world authority, Professor Felice Jacka.

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    - Over 60 Cocktail Recipes from Caribbean Classics to Modern Tiki Drinks
    by Georgi Radev
    £10.99

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    - An Unofficial Cookbook for Fans of Friends
    by Teresa Finney
    £17.99

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    by Chrissy Teigen
    £16.99

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    - Mastering the Hidden Force That Undermines Health and Happiness
    by Douglas Lisle & Alan Goldhamer
    £13.99

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    - Four Seasons of Home Cooking
    by Russell Norman
    £21.99

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    - The Bread Ahead Cookbook
    by Matt Jones, Justin Gellatly & Louise Gellatly
    £19.99

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    - Wines Grapes Vineyards
    by Oz Clarke
    £28.49

    Oz Clarke's World of Wine, is an entertaining yet authoritative guide to the world of wine that has grown out of all recognition in the last 20 years. In his trademark lively and opinionated prose, Oz takes you on a grand tour of the great wine regions of the world, explaining the flavours behind different wines and how to find the wine you want.

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    - Why the Foods You Love-Pizza, Pancakes, Potatoes, Pasta, and More-Are the Solution to Preventing Disease and Looking and Feeling Your Best
    by John McDougall
    £14.99

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    - Chicken recipes for every day and every mood
    by Diana Henry
    £19.49

    Chicken takes centre stage in Diana Henry's new collection of recipes for every day and every mood.

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    by Nikki Duffy
    £13.49

    Introduced by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, River Cottage Baby and Toddler Cookbook has wholesome, seasonal food the whole family can enjoy

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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