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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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  • - At Home with the World's Greatest Chefs
    by Joshua David Stein
    £23.99

    Let the pros help you plan and prep meals for your family - 100 home-cooking recipes used by chefs to feed those they love!

  • by Joe Wicks
    £15.49

    Spend less time in the kitchen and more time together with 100 brand new family-friendly recipes from Joe Wicks, aka The Body Coach, the nation's favourite PE teacher and record-breaking bestselling author.With 100 healthy, tasty, simple recipes to feed the whole family, this book is sure to provide new favourite go-to meals for speedy suppers, celebrations and everything in between.As the proud dad of two kids, Joe understands the realities of life as a busy parent. Sometimes you're short of time, and it's hard to come up with a balanced meal when you have a thousand things to think about! This book does the hard work for you, so cooking and sharing nutritious food can become a social, fun activity for your family.Each recipe is specially designed to please every family member, leaving you all feeling healthy, happy and satisfied. Including:* Mexican chicken burgers with avocado smash and sweetcorn salsa* Peanut butter popcorn* Frying-pan pizzas with little trees and fennel sausage* Cheesy orzo-stuffed tomatoes* Broccoli and pancetta carbonaraFilled with swaps to cater to all tastes and ideas for involving the kids when you're cooking, this flexible cookbook will soon become your family favourite.The man who kept the nation moving during lockdown, Joe has sold more than three million books in the UK alone. He has more than four million followers on social media, where fans share their personal journeys towards a happier, healthier lifestyle. All of his books have been non-fiction number one bestsellers.

  • - 50 Amazing Food Spreads for Any Occasion
    by Maegan Brown
    £15.49

    In Spectacular Spreads-the follow-up to the best-selling Beautiful Boards-The BakerMama builds on her popular snack boards to create 50 easy, delightful, and family-friendly food spreads and build-your-own food bars for every occasion.

  • - A Personalized Plan to Relieve the Symptoms of IBS and Other Digestive Disorders--with More Than 130 Deliciously Satisfying Recipes
    by Dede Wilson & Kate Scarlata
    £16.49

    A cookbook dedicated to easy, delicious, everyday recipes for the many sufferers of IBS and other digestive disorders, by a New York Times bestselling author and former Bon Appetit contributing editor

  • - An empowering guide to your gut and its microbes
    by Lisa and Alana Macfarlane
    £11.99 - 19.49

    'We became the 'chief guinea pigs' for the British Gut Project where we discovered that despite us having 100% the same DNA our guts have only 40% the same microbiota... Thus our 'gut journey' began.'With practical advice throughout from gut experts, this is a fact-packed, achievable guide for better health.

  • - The Secret of the Champions
    by Rorion Gracie
    £19.99

  • by Sri Owen
    £21.99

    One of OFM's 50 Best Cookbooks of All TimeThe Rice Book became an instant classic when it was published almost thirty years ago, and to this day remains the definitive book on the subject. Rice is the staple food for more than half the world, and the creativity with which people approach this humble grain knows no bounds. From renowned food writer Sri Owen's extensive travels and years of research come recipes for biryanis, risottos, pilafs and paellas from Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, Korea, Russia, Iran, Afghanistan, Spain, Italy, Brazil and beyond.In a gorgeous new livery, with a new foreword by Bee Wilson and a fully updated introduction on the nutrition, history and culture surrounding rice, more than 140 delicious, foolproof recipes and beautiful illustrations and food photography throughout, this is an essential book for every kitchen and every cook.

  • - The craft of home brewing, from sour and fruit beers to farmhouse ales
    by Jaega Wise
    £16.99

    An inspiring manual that shows you how to brew beers at home using wild fermentation techniques.

  • by Dave Broom
    £31.99

    'The best whisky book ever - a must-read for drinkers!' - Forbes'The perfect go-to reference guide for the whisky lover's bookshelf' - Whisky MagazineAward-winning author and whisky expert Dave Broom profiles more than 400 distilleries and tastes more than 800 whiskies. There has been major growth in the world of whisky in the last decade, with many more distilleries opening, and this new edition brings the world of whisky right up to date.The World Atlas of Whisky is the only guide the connoisseur and newcomer will ever need in order to understand everything there is to know about the world of whisky. This is a beautifully illustrated, in-depth and comprehensive journey through the history, process, distilleries and expressions of world whiskies, featuring detailed full-colour maps. Heritage, romance, flavour and craftsmanship are all celebrated in this complete study of this most versatile of drinks.

  • - A Complete Guide from Still Design and Fermentation through Distilling and Aging Spirits
    by Aaron Hyde
    £15.49

    How to Distill offers a comprehensive overview of the art and science of distilling, including the fundamentals of still design, the distillation process, and key recipes.

  • by Ross Dobson
    £30.99

    A celebration of Australian cuisine like never before - 350 recipes showcasing the rich diversity of its landscapes and its people

  • - Amazingly Easy Air Fryer Recipes Any One Can Cook
    by Jessica Lewis
    £14.49

  • - Festive German Bakes to Celebrate the Coming of Christmas
    by Anja Dunk
    £18.49

    Traditional German baking for the festive season, all in one gorgeous package

  • by Damla Zharlt
    £15.49 - 23.49

  • - Healthy, Delicious and Affordable: 85 Mix-and-Match Bento Box Recipes
    by Maki Ogawa & Marc Matsumoto
    £13.49

  • - Simple and tasty plant-based food to nourish your body inside and out
    by Stephen Flynn & David Flynn
    £13.49

  • - Cakes and treats to die for
    by Helena Garcia
    £10.99

    Learn how to be the ghostess with the mostess, with these devilishly good recipes for cakes, cookies, breads, treats, desserts and drinks!

  • by America's Test Kitchen
    £23.49

  • - Your DIY Guide to Cider & Pet-Nat
    by Karl Sjostrom
    £13.49

    In The Cider Revolution authors Karl and Mikael seek to pass on their passion for cider and inspire others to taste, appreciate and try their hand at making their own batch at home. As well as passing on the understanding of the cider-making process, there are notes on tasting cider so that it can be appreciated in a similar way to a fine wine.

  • - Easy, At-Home Artisan Bread Making
    by Jane Mason
    £10.99

    Start, grow, and bake your own delicious, homemade sourdough bread, with or without commercial yeast!Homemade Sourdough is the ultimate guide to creating your own sourdough bread. Learn sourdough formulas and recipes and follow along as the author explains the science behind sourdough and provides a guide to the world of starters, wild yeasts, proofing, pre-ferments, and motherdough. You'll find dozens of delicious recipes, not just for bread but for other baked goods, from muffins to pizza crust to chocolate cake. Sourdough rises through the action of lactic acid, so it doesn't require store-bought yeast, but the sourdough starter method works beautifully with either commercial yeast or wild yeast. Sourdough bread baking is a great skill for a sustainable, self-sufficient lifestyle and provides the added health benefits of being made through fermentation. And if you are interested in lowering your intake of gluten, sourdough preparations can produce lively, tasty loaves with lower amounts of gluten than other methods. There is no better way to embrace heritage flavors and time-tested bread-baking techniques than with sourdough. Foodies, farmers, DIYers, and locavores—you will want to devour this book.

  • - 1000 Easy & Low Carb Recipes to Heal Your Body & Rapid Weight Loss
    by Latisha Sowers
    £13.49 - 17.99

  • - 1000 Effortless & Low-Carb Air Fryer Recipes for Beginners and Advanced Users
    by Julie Rister
    £12.49 - 16.99

  • - Plant-Forward Recipes and Tips for a Sustainable Kitchen and Planet
    by Anne-Marie Bonneau
    £15.99

    A sustainable lifestyle starts in the kitchen with these use-what-you-have, spend-less-money recipes and tips, from the friendly voice behind @ZeroWasteChef.In her decade of living with as little plastic, food waste, and stuff as possible, Anne-Marie Bonneau, who blogs under the moniker Zero-Waste Chef, has learned that "zero-waste" is above all an intention, not a hard-and-fast rule. Because, while one person eliminating all their waste is great, if thousands of people do 20 percent better it will have a much bigger impact on the planet. The good news is you likely already have all the tools you need to begin to create your own change at home, especially in the kitchen.In her debut book, Bonneau gives readers the facts to motivate them to do better, the simple (and usually free) fixes to ease them into wasting less--you can, for example, banish plastic wrap by simply inverting a plate over your leftovers--and, finally, the recipes and strategies to turn them into more sustainable, money-saving cooks.Rescue a loaf from the landfill by making Mexican Hot Chocolate Bread Pudding, or revive some sad greens to make a pesto. Save five bucks (and the plastic tub) at the supermarket with Yes Whey, You Can Make Ricotta Cheese, then use the cheese in a galette and the leftover whey to make sourdough tortillas. With 75 vegan and vegetarian recipes for cooking with scraps, creating fermented staples, and using up all your groceries before they become waste--including end-of-recipe tips on what to do with your ingredients next--Bonneau lays out an attainable vision of a zero-waste kitchen.

  • - Fresh Flexible Recipes for Body + Mind
    by Wagamama Limited
    £16.99

    Wagamama Your Way is a captivating book by the renowned author, Wagamama Limited. Published by the Octopus Publishing Group in the fall of 2021, this book is a must-read for all book lovers. The genre of the book is hard to pin down, as it's a unique amalgamation of different themes. The book takes you on an incredible journey, leaving you engrossed from start to finish. It's a testament to Wagamama Limited's storytelling prowess and the mastery of their craft. The Octopus Publishing Group has done a commendable job in ensuring the book reaches the masses. If you're looking for a book that will keep you hooked, Wagamama Your Way is the one for you. Don't miss out on this masterpiece!

  • - The Kid-Friendly, Pediatrician-Approved Way to Transform Your Family's Health
    by Stefania Patinella
    £13.49

    Transform the way your family eats with this easy-to-use, child-friendly guide to anti-inflammatory eating, including 100 simple and tasty recipes the whole family will love.

  • - 550 Crispy, Easy, Healthy, Fast & Fresh Recipes For Beginners And Advanced Users
    by Angelina Howarth
    £21.49 - 28.99

  • - The Mindful Art of Baking Bread
    by Pauline Beaumont
    £9.49

    When life gets challenging, we turn to simple pleasures and age-old traditions to help us manage. Bread Therapy is a love letter to the art of making real bread.

  • - 50 Fun and Delicious Recipes for Love at First Sip!
    by Assad Khan
    £11.99

  • - Homemade Low Carb Pasta & Noodles
    by Elizabeth Jane
    £12.49 - 20.49

  • - From still to sparkling: The NEWEST New World wine country
    by Oz Clarke
    £15.49

    It used to be the easiest way in the wine world to get a laugh: start extolling the virtues of English wine. However, the view now is of a country blessed with tracts of soil suitable for viticulture and of a country taking full advantage of the vagaries of climate change to ripen grapes and England is now the newest of the New Wave wine countries.

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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