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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 Meliz Berg
    £16.99

    Turkish-Cypriot Deliciousness Every Day.Dinner Tonight is a celebration of flavour and the simple joy of cooking. Enjoy fast, fresh and filling recipes, including zingy salads, warming soups, scrumptious sandwiches and things on toast, all-in-one pots of hearty pasta and stews, tasty traybakes, breads and sweet things. Find recipes ready in 30-minutes or less, food that's quick to prepare and effortless to cook, and Meliz's favourite 'cheat' versions of traditional recipes such as börek, dolma and manti - you'll always have something utterly delicious to eat.

  • by Eleanor Wilkinson
    £16.99

    Meals for one, cooked in one pot. Cooking for yourself just got easier and much more delicious.In a culinary landscape that primarily caters for couples, families, or larger groups, Eleanor Wilkinson wants to give people who cook for themselves the tools to make delicious food that doesn't take hours, or leave you with a sinkful of washing up.Eleanor's recipes will also offer up potential variations, substitutes or common ingredients between the recipes, so that cooks can fight food waste and make sure they are getting the most of their ingredients, and their money.With recipes such as a One Pot, One Portion Lasagne, Chicken and Cottage Pie and an unforgettable Self-Saucing Chocolate Mug Cake, cooking for one has never tasted so good.

  • by Tyson Stelzer
    £38.99

    The world's most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to Champagne, featuring all the latest vintages. It contains fully independent assessments, with profiles and ratings, of over 120 champagne producers and 800 cuve¿es.

  • by Dan Churchill
    £20.99

    "We are not all super athletes, but we all perform in one way or another, every single day. Whether we're training for a marathon, smashing that big presentation, or chasing after kids, we need energy and focus for a healthy mind and body. To be our best, we need to feel our best, and what we eat makes the difference. Dan Churchill, The Healthy Chef, has spent more than a decade coaching high performers--everyone from professional hockey greats to famously fit celebrities like Chris Hemsworth or Lindsay Vonn to 100-mile runners-to be "legendary eaters." Churchill's philosophy and methods are simple--ditch the complicated science of performance nutrition and focus on five fundamental values: Eat good. Eat easy. Eat more. Eat deliberately. Eat special. Written in his fun and friendly voice, Eat Like a Legend provides recipes for food you can actually cook--food that's packed with fiber, nutrients, and other good stuff calibrated to enhance focus, determination, gut health, muscle mass, and endurance, no matter what you do. In this lifestyle cookbook, Churchill gathers the best of the best food with simple, step-by-step instructions--the tastiest dishes in his repertoire that will provide the energy you need to perform in your daily life, including: acai bowls (that are actually good for you), chicken alfredo you can eat every day, crispy sticky salmon on sesame greens, one-skillet apple pie, sexy tofu scramble with avo-dill salsa, legendary baked ziti with a kale pesto, game-day (and work-day) shrimp tikka masala, pad thai in a flash with sunny-side up eggs, gooiest brownies ever (you'll never guess how). All of these recipes go from pantry and fridge to plate quickly and Churchill includes tips for when to eat them relative to exercise for optimum health. Many of the recipes are interactive, featuring a QR code which can be scanned to instantly drop you into his studio kitchen, where he prepares the meal at hand and answers common questions about the ingredients and cooking method. Featuring dozens of full color photographs, Eat Like a Legend is balanced, delicious, accessible nutrition for everyone"--

  • by Georgina Hayden
    £19.49

    120 straight-forward and straight-up tasty recipes from award winning food writer, Georgina Hayden. _________________________ Brimming with vibrant, modern food that sings of the Mediterranean, Greekish is a must-have for simple recipes that are perfect for weeknight cooking or effortless weekend meals. Inspired by her Greek-Cypriot roots and Greek travels, Georgina has collected recipes that are easy to throw together, bursting with flavour and sure to be cooked on repeat in countless kitchens. With fewer ingredients and less stress, the recipes showcase familiar Mediterranean ingredients in classic combinations, as well as plenty of Greek-influenced dishes with Georgina's twists. Standout recipes include: Fried sesame cheese bites to serve up as an irresistible snack Tuna, egg and caper salad to make an invigorating, easy lunch Sticky aubergine and pomegranate tart for a crowd-pleasing centrepiece Spanakopita jacket potatoes as a twist on the weeknight classic One-pot pastisio for an easy meal everyone will love Meat, fish and veggie kebabs delivering the ultimate barbecue Baklava cheesecake as a show-stopping dessert There are easy breakfasts, small dishes and snacks, salads, desserts and even whole sections of recipes inspired by the iconic spanakopita and baklava. Greekish is full of flavour-packed recipes that are easy, dependable and ready to be made your own.

  • by Kay Allinson
    £16.99

    A gorgeous fully photographed hardback cookbook from the record-breaking Pinch of Nom authors, packed with one hundred super-fast, delicious and slimming-friendly recipes.

  • by Sabrina Fauda-Rôle
    £8.99

    The ultimate book of mochi. Learn how to perfect the beloved Asian dessert at home with Mochi. This delicious, colourful book features 22 mochi recipes, from chocolate, passionfruit and sesame to lemon myrtle, matcha-coconut and red bean paste. With a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to making and shaping your own pillowy-soft mochi dough, easy-to-follow recipes for all the fillings imaginable, plus all the basics, this book will leave you never wanting store-bought mochi again!

  • by Daniel Humm
    £48.49

    Eat More Plants. A Chef's Journal is a collection of Daniel Humm's drawings and handwritten thoughts charting the re-imagination of his acclaimed three-Michelin-Star restaurant Eleven Madison Park as wholly plant-based in 2021. Shaped by the seasonality underlying Humm's cooking, the book is structured into a section each for spring, summer, fall and winter. His drawings are spontaneous and painterly, celebrating the bounty of predominantly local fruits and vegetables that inspires his creations-from familiar characters such as the carrot and cherry to the more exotic elderflower and matsutake mushroom. On the back of the drawings Humm has written notes on the ideas, beliefs and uncertainties behind his decision to re-invent (and risk) the 25-year story of Eleven Madison Park: "Our cooking should not conform to society, it should be a resolution / Most days we see endless possibility, some days fear clouds our vision / This isn't just an artistic experiment, it's our livelihood." The result is a revealing visual diary of a chef dedicated to pro-planet values as the basis of fine dining, and the liberating realization that following traditions had been his greatest limitation.

  • by Benny Blanco
    £18.99

    "Hi, I'm Benny Blanco. I'm in a television show with my best friend Dave and I probably produced most of the songs you have heard on the radio from 2008 until now. When I was thirteen, my friend got a George Foreman Grill and it changed my life forever. We would invite friends over, get stoned, and make the most elaborate sandwiches our prepubescent minds could fathom. I became obsessed with food and cooking for friends. I know what you are going to say, and I get it. Cooking is scary. But I promise you, once you get into it, it will be your new addiction. Slicing an onion is like taking a Xanax to me. I made this cookbook to teach you everything I know about food, cooking, and throwing the greatest dinner party of all time. There are the basics to get your kitchen ready, a little advice from my expert friends, then all of the dinner party menus I love to make, like: 5 Dishes to Get You Laid and One for the Morning After I Wish I Were an Italian Grandma Take Me to the Cheesy Rodeo F*ck Morton's Steakhouse. Which are filled with insane recipes like: Lose Your Mind Lobster Rolls'I Might Go Vegetarian' Veggie Sandwich Chicken Cutlets with Honey, Peppers, and Parm 'I Hope We Didn't Make a Baby' Breakfast Burrito. I've been told some of the finest stories over meals. I've laughed so hard I thought I was going to actually die. I've fallen in love--sometimes with the food, sometimes with the person across the table. I've cried in good ways, and I've cried in bad ways. I hope you've been lucky enough to have all these same memories and then some. But if you haven't, I can make you a promise. If you follow these three simple steps, it will all become a reality: Open this book. Open your heart. And open wide, baby."--]cPublisher's description.

  • by Old Time Hawkey
    £19.99

    "In videos that have captured the hearts of millions online, Old Time Hawkey, aka Fritz and his dogs Donnybrook and Kris Draper, is always there to offer a hot apple cider or an ice cream sundae on a tough day, to help you drift off to sleep with a story or a retro video game. Fritz's first cookbook, Old Time Hawkey's Recipes from the Cedar Swamp, features over 100 cozy recipes divided into three categories--indoor, campfire, and companions--with comforting recipes like Pumpkin Pancakes, Dutch Oven Nachos, and Honey Cinnamon Cold Brew. Everyone has a 'cedar swamp'. It could be a childhood home, an old journal, or something as simple as a scent or an old song. This book brings you on an adventure through Fritz's--with simple recipes inspired by three generations of campfires, deer camps, and family gatherings spent in Northern Michigan."--Provided by publisher.

  • by Cathrine Osterberg
    £20.99

    Osterberg Ice Cream produces some of the best ice creams and sorbets in Scandinavia. Founder and director of Osterberg Ice Cream, Cathrine Osterberg, wants to bring to life the science, the methods and the creative fun you can have when making this cooling treat.

  • by Arielle Johnson
    £20.99

    "An irreverent, accessible, essential guide to the science of flavor and how to use it in your own kitchen, from the food scientist-confidante of some of the world's best chefs, Arielle Johnson, with more than 75 recipes-plus a foreword by Renâe Redzepi"--

  • by Sat Bains
    £19.49

    Sat's obsession for more than three decades of being a chef has been big, bold flavor, and that's not something he's prepared to sacrifice to ensure his food is also heart healthy. He still enjoys the odd steak and glass of red wine - since we all, occasionally, need to treat ourselves - but it's always in moderation. His diet focuses on lean protein and a mix of legumes, good fats - such as avocado, nuts and olive oil - vegetables and fruits, as well as seasonings that will help elevate any dish. The recipes are designed for every day, use ingredients that can be bought from any supermarket and are accompanied by advice written by nutritionist Dr Neil Williams highlighting the ingredients that are rich in the vitamins and minerals that aid heart health.

  • by Suzanne Mulholland
    £16.99

    Delicious home cooking - ready when you want itTake the hassle out of mealtimes with 100 easy recipes to have dinner ready in no time.Grab and Cook is a simple method to put satisfying, wholesome food on the table every day. Each recipe takes no more than 15 minutes to prepare, and can either be cooked right away, or made for the freezer to cook when you're hungry.All of the recipes have instructions for cooking in multiple appliances - including oven, air fryer, pressure cooker, hob, slow cooker and microwave - so you can choose the one that suits you.

  • by Dr Gemma Newman
    £15.49

    Open your mind, look after your body'A few years ago, I was driving home from a busy day in clinic when I realised something: most of my patients were not getting better. I was tinkering with their medications to ease symptoms ... but had I actually helped anyone that day? I'd never felt so powerless.Since then, I have studied nutrition, psychotherapy and a wide range of holistic healing approaches. I have studied research papers from all over the world, tested ideas on myself, asked my patients to try additional treatments, and I've seen wonderful results.I believe in a 'whole-body' approach - treating my patient's physical , mental and emotional health - mind, body and spirit. Headaches, back pain, IBS, anxiety ... the long list of chronic illness is on the rise. I've never seen so many younger patients struggling. But I've also seen what makes people well:Six health habits. Simple daily actions. An open-minded approach, grounded in evidence.Everything in this book is free. This is truly accessible healthcare for everyone.

  • by Amanda Schuster
    £23.99

    A collection of 200 iconic drinks from around the globe, each of which has changed the culture of the cocktail

  • by Jon Kung
    £19.99

  • by Sophie Perry
    £10.99

    From the comfort of your own home, you have the power to give yourself an all-natural facelift ¿ without the price tag or surgery!

  • by Joe Woodhouse
    £16.99

    Delicious food that just happens to have no meat or fish in it.

  • by Jordan Rubin
    £30.99

    Effective, Natural Ways to Revolutionize Your Gut HealthAre you tired of suffering from stomach discomfort and digestive issues? Do you want to be free from pain, pills, and prescriptions?From ulcers and constipation to IBS and GERD, these common issues can have uncommonly debilitating effects on your life. But don't despair-there is hope and healing for even the most stubborn gut ailments by experiencing the true power of probiotics.In The Probiotic Diet, leading natural health experts and bestselling authors Jordan Rubin, Dr. Josh Axe, and Dr. Joseph Brasco give you practical, natural and effective strategies on how to overcome any gut issue and experience a vibrant, healthy life.In these pages you'll discover how to:Prepare easy, delicious "gut friendly" probiotic meals.Reduce common digestive symptoms such as gas, bloating, indigestion, heartburn, constipation and diarrhea.Fight serious gut issues such as Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, IBS and Celiac Disease.Don't be one of the millions who suffer in silence. Become more-than-a conqueror and experience true healing by following this revolutionary diet! It's time to take control of your gut and unlock your health potential.

  • by Zacchary Bird
    £19.49

    For any vegans struggling to veganize their favorite savory treats, sweets or desserts, Zacchary Bird is here to take you on a cooking experience like no other. More than just a cookbook, The Vegan Baker is packed with over 100 recipes for all our baked favorites, made vegan. Whip up cherry pies, chocolate chip cookies, or chocolate cakes without butter, eggs, milk, cheese, and honey. Learn how to make croissants ¿ yes croissants! ¿ from scratch, with step-by-step photos that show you how to laminate your own pastry. Bake fresh brioche, Japanese shokupan, and other usually dairy-laden breads, or make your own sourdough starter that yoüll love so much yoüll want to keep it by your side (or at least in your fridge) forever. If yoüre feeling adventurous, learn how to make profiteroles, millefeuille, cannoli and even a croquembouche. Or if savory snacks are more your jam, Zac has recipes for sausage rolls, cornbread, meat-filled pies, scones and more. Each recipe is explained with Zac¿s signature humor and easy-to-follow instructions. Veganism isn¿t about missing out ¿ it¿s about getting creative, and with Zacchary¿s ingenuity, baked goods are no longer forbidden.

  • by Sandy K. Snugly
    £17.49

    What’s this? What’s this? With more than 55 recipes for baked goods and desserts inspired by Jack Skellington, Sally, Oogie Boogie, and more, this is the ultimate baking cookbook for fans of Tim Burton’s iconic film.With over 55 recipes in Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Official Baking Cookbook for bars, breads, cakes, muffins and more inspired by Tim Burton’s iconic film, fans can celebrate Christmas, Halloween, and more alongside Sandy Claws, Dr. Finkelstein, and other nightmarish residents from Halloween Town and Christmas Town! Featuring recipes inspired by fan-favorite characters and bursting with beautiful photography of delicious dishes, this baking cookbook is a must-have for any Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas fan! 55 DEVILISHLY GOOD RECIPES: More than 55 baked goods and desserts inspired by Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas INSPIRING PHOTOS: Vibrant, stunning photos of finished recipes help ensure success RECIPES FOR ALL SKILL LEVELS: With accessible step-by-step instructions and helpful baking tips, Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Official Baking Cookbook is a great guide for fans of any skill level, from kitchen novices to seasoned bakers OFFICIALLY LICENSED: Created in collaboration with Disney COMPLETE YOUR COLLECTION: Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Tarot Deck and Guidebook, Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas 13 Frights of Halloween Countdown Calendar, and Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Official Cookbook & Entertaining Guide are also available

  • by Emiko Davies
    £19.49

    The everyday meals, cooked in the homes of Japanese mothers and grandmothers, is the food that Emiko grew up with. They're the dishes she makes for her own children: simple, satisfying food like tamagonogohan (stir fried egg and rice), soba noodle soup, curry, yakisoba, and miso soup, prepared with whatever seasonal vegetables happen to be around.

  • by Dr Will Cole
    £15.49

    "Working with Will Cole has changed my health and my life. Gut Feelings offers a highly effective, intuitive, and softer way to reset and reconnect your body and emotions."-GWYNETH PALTROWThe definitive guide to understanding the connection between what you eat and how you feel, offering a 21-day plan to reset your relationship with your body and heal the gut inflammation caused by stress, shame, and trauma-from the New York Times bestselling author of Intuitive Fasting and Ketotarian.It's easy to suffer from frustration and confusion when it comes to nutrition and health. With so much focus on what, when, and how to eat, the emotional component of eating tends to get left behind. Dr. Will Cole sheds light on the relationship between your physical and emotional health, providing a framework for you to better understand the gut-brain connection and influence that connection for the better. He illustrates how stress and shame can cause gut inflammation and sabotage your health in a process called Shameflammation. On the other end, problems with the gut can often present themselves in the form of mood swings, anxiety, and food cravings. True health isn't just about what you eat, but how you feel.Shameflammation can be the reason for chronic health conditions such as autoimmune disorders, leaky gut, IBS, and other GI disorders. Thankfully, it's possible to heal the connection between the physical and mental with good food and somatic practices that support a healthy gut and brain. Dr. Cole offers holistic tools to help you reevaluate your relationship with food and your body, getting you back in touch with your gut feelings. His 21-Day Gut Feeling plan helps you bridge the gap between your emotions and your health, including: More than fifty healing recipes, such as Breakfast Fried Rice, Scallop Noodle Bowls, and Honey Grapefruit Sorbet Dietary prescriptions founded upon flexibility and awareness Mindfulness techniques to strengthen your intuition and discover your prioritiesGut Feelings approaches nutrition and wellness from a place of self-love and will help you eliminate stubborn health conditions, on your own terms.

  • by Dan Toombs
    £19.99

    Dan Toombs a.k.a The Curry Guy has spent the last two decades travelling and researching the best curries the world has to offer. In Curry Guy One Pothis mission is to bring you all the best one-pot curries, stews, soups, hotpots, braises and roasts you could ever need. Dan has drawn over 200 recipes from a lifetime of global travels, spending over five months of 2022 on the road researching this book. Collaborating with local chefs and restaurants all over the world, he has developed an extraordinary collection of spicy delights, from Malaysian Devil Curry to Sri Lankan Black Pork Curry, Cape Malay Bobotie to Hungarian Goulash. Plus his popular curry house dishes no longer need a base sauce to taste just as delicious, including Chicken Tikka Masala, Beef Madras and Chicken Dhansak from Scratch. All the recipes can be made in one pot or roasting pan, following Dan's easy and foolproof instructions. Packed with beautiful colour photography, and featuring tips and tricks to make the perfect dish every time, Curry Guy One Pot will transport you thousands of miles without having to leave your own kitchen!

  • by Clayton J. Szczech
    £16.49

    "Tequila is predicted to soon become the most popular spirit in the United States, and yet few people know much about tequila's long, layered history, the quickly evolving industry, and what goes into the tequila designation. A Field Guide to Tequila is the ultimate guide to the world of tequila, for margarita lovers to 100 percent agave sippers and everyone in between. Written in easy-to-digest sections, underscored by photographs, illustrations, and charts, readers will discover everything there is to know about tequila: from the precolonial vino de mezcal to the establishment of tequila's denomination of origin (the largest in the world!), from blue agave to blancos and anejos, from expert guides on how to properly select and taste tequila to recipes for the perfect paloma or sunrise. The book features profiles on all the must-know producers, from industry giants like Patron and Josâe Cuervo to innovators like G4 and Cascahuâin. Informative essays shine light on hot topics that will bring readers' expertise to new levels, including the terroir of tequila and why so many celebrities are starting tequila brands. A Field Guide to Tequila dismantles tequila's old reputation as a party drink and reveals the truly sophisticated nature of this hallowed spirit that dates back more than two hundred years"--

  • by Donal Skehan
    £18.99

    An essential companion for home cooks, no matter what your skill level. It's packed with tips and personal anecdotes from much-loved Irish cook Donal Skehan.

  • by Shawn Stevenson
    £23.99

    "... featuring 100 family-friendly recipes to help you boost your metabolism, up-level your energy, and start living a happier life."--Provided by publisher.

  • by Nichole Accettola
    £18.99

    "A carefully curated collection of 75 recipes for luscious cookies, cakes, tarts, pastry, rye bread, and sm²rrebr²d at the heart of Scandinavian baking traditions"--

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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