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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 Jessica Harlan
    £8.99

    Grab your takoyaki pan and whip up dozens of adorable, delicious recipes from traditional Japanese street foods to inventive breakfast-inspired creations and scrumptious mash-up bites. This delightful, illustrated cookbook takes you step-by-step through dozens of recipes to make with your takoyaki pan -- from the traditional Japanese "octopus ball" street foods to inventive creations inspired by kitchens around the world. Recipes include:Japanese classics ·Traditional octopus takoyaki ·Salmon onigiri (rice balls) ·Rice cups with salmon roe and seaweed ·Rangoon dumplingsWestern delights ·Arancini ·Cheesy hash brown bites ·Pigs in a blanket ·Jalapeno cornbread ballsSweets & desserts ·Matcha cake pops ·Molten brownie bites ·Sweet cream and berry dumplings ·. . . and many more!Whether you have a stove-top version or electric takoyaki pan, chef Jessica Harlan has you covered. She shows you how to mix up batters, prepare hidden centers, fry up your takoyaki creations and beautifully decorate and garnish them. These fun, delightful dishes are perfect for every occasion -- from afterschool snacks to entertaining finger foods.

  • - A Practical Guide to Renewed Health Through Nutrition
    by Adelle Davis
    £26.49

    In this extraordinary book, Adelle Davis, the nation's most highly regarded nutritionist, advises the millions who suffer from illness how to select the best foods that contain the most needed nutrients for repairing and rebuilding a sick body. Whether your trouble is arthritis, anemia, diabetes, heart attacks, infections, kidney or liver ailments, allergies, sexual problems, or almost any known disease, Miss Davis outlines a nutritional program to aid recuperation. She includes all the practical aspects of planning diets, her renowned anti stress formula, and invaluable tables of food composition. The tragedy of illness is that it prevents the full expression of outgoing, healthy emotions and creative ability. Here is a treasury of advanced nutritional information written in clear, layman's terms and backed by medical references. It will guide you to renewed health-get you well and keep you well. "The vast majority of sick persons, if given a ray of hope, will make every effort to recover. A nutritionist discusses the values of certain food and vitamins in curing disease and maintaining good health .

  • by Stanley Marianski
    £15.49

    "Spanish Sausages, Authentic Recipes And Instructions" is the first book written in English that describes Spanish sausages, their origin, composition, and instructions for making them. "Spanish Sausages, Authentic Recipes And Instructions" unveils secrets of sausage making as practiced in Spain for centuries.

  • - Make Your Bones Strong and Healthy In Less Time
    by Joe & CSN Correa
    £20.99

  • by G Edward Griffin
    £29.99

  • - From Muggles To Magic
    by Gina M. Meyers
    £10.99

    Smuggle in some muggle magic with The Unofficial Harry Potter Muggles To Magic Cookbook. Inside this new and improved edition of The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: From Cauldron Cakes To Butterbeer, you will find all things sugary to satisfy your sweet tooth, including Ron's Love Spell Sugar Cookies, Butterbeer Cupcakes, Pumpkin Juice, Hermiome's Precious Potion, Mulled Mead, Rock Cakes, Treacle Crisp, Pumpkin Fudge, Yorkshire Pudding, Cauldron Cakes, King's Cross Butterscotch Bars, Harry's Tea and Get Out Of a Jam Cookies, Cockroach Clusters, and much, much more, if you dare. With The Unofficial Harry Potter Muggles To Magic, you will conjure up easy to follow recipes that have been thoroughly researched and taste tested. Harry Potter fans will delight in recreating their favorite delicacies so smuggle in some muggle magic and try your hand or magic wand at Potter Stew, Hogwarts Best Bruscetta, Lasagna, Banoffi Inspired Pizza Pie, Christmas Coconut Soup, Dumbledore's Delightful Dumplings, and much, much more.

  • - More than 100 delicious recipes--pegan, vegan, paleo, gluten-free, dairy-free, and more--for lifelong health
    by MD Hyman
    £23.99

    The companion cookbook to Dr. Hyman's New York Times bestselling Food: What the Heck Should I Eat, featuring more than 100 delicious and nutritious recipes for weight loss and lifelong health.

  • - The Only Book You Need for Your Small, Medium, or Large Air Fryer
    by Bruce Weinstein
    £14.99

    The only book you need to make the most of your air fryer, with 300+ delicious, healthy recipes from the bestselling authors of the INSTANT POT BIBLE.

  • - 85 delicious vegetarian recipes all for GBP1 per person
    by Miguel Barclay
    £13.49

    Over 80 delicious vegetarian recipes from the bestselling One Pound Chef.

  • by Mark Bittman
    £25.49

    The ultimate kitchen companion, completely updated and better than ever, now for the first time featuring colour photos.

  • by Susi Gott Seguret
    £13.99

    Featuring over 100 recipes, Cooking with Truffles: A Chef's Guide is the perfect primer to use truffles in so many creative recipes.Many people seem to know that truffles are a staple in expensive and luxurious dishes, but a lot fewer know anything else about them let alone the best way to use them in their own recipes. Cooking With Truffles: A Chef's Guide seeks to demystify this mysterious and prized ingredient with a basic introduction on its history and its varied uses in food preparation. To further make this ingredient accessible to the home cook, special attention is made to feature American variety of truffles found in the Pacific Northwest and the Appalachian regions.

  • - Simple Vegetarian Recipes Inspired by My Travels
    by Erin Gleeson
    £19.99

    This is a reimagining of the produce, flavors, and signature dishes of the Mediterranean coastline. The book offers 100 new vegetable-centric recipes immersed in the flavors of France, Portugal, Spain, and Italy, focusing on small plates and vegetarian adaptations of local dishes. Richly illustrated with atmospheric images of Mediterranean coastal villages, charming watercolor illustrations, and mouthwatering food photography,The Forest Feast Travels is an irresistible escape from the everyday, no matter where you might live.

  • - Celebrated libations & other fancy drinks
    by Joe Schofield
    £14.99

    A collection of classic and contemporary cocktails made with expert techniques for the cocktail aficionado.

  • - The Petromax Cookbook
    by Carsten Bothe
    £16.49

    Discover the pleasure of outdoor cooking, using the great variety of handy camping cookware just like cast-iron frying pans or plates, a Dutch Oven, or fire pots.This book supplies all the necessary information on how to use them, along with a great collection of tasty recipes, both savoury and sweet!

  • by Wendy Jo Peterson
    £14.99

    Over 100 Quick and Easy RecipesWondering how get the most out of your Instant Pot or your favorite multi-cooker? This one-of a kind guide will walk you through what you need to know to start cooking with your Instant Pot today. It covers what you can cook to setting functions to keeping your pot looking (and smelling!) like new, plus what will happen step-by-step through the cooking process. You will also get over 100 tasty, family-friendly recipes for making delicious mains, appetizers, sides, breakfasts, and desserts--in a flash.Inside, you'll get the lowdown on getting to know your pot and all its features. Discover all that you and your Instant Pot can achieve, from cooking fluffy rice, beans from scratch, and creating roasts, soups, vegetarian, Mediterranean, Keto, and Indian dishes, to making homemade yogurt, baby food, and decadent desserts.* Prep, set it, and go* Compatable with Instant Potmodels and brands like Ninja All-in-One Multi-Cooker* Get hours back in your day* Save time without losing flavor* Baby-friendly recipesIncludes recipes to suit the entire family, including baby-friendly, keto, gluten free and vegan options created by two dietitians! Now you can serve up home-cooked meals in a fraction of the time of a slow cooker--without feeling guilty about not spending a lot of time in your kitchen.

  • - All you need to know in one concise manual
    by Louise Newson
    £10.99

    Written by a menopause specialist, this will give women and their families the facts for stages and symptoms and details for safe and effective treatments for their particular needs.

  • - A Pocket-Sized Collection of Gin Drinks for a Night In or a Night Out
    by Pyramid
    £7.99

    A pocket-sized collection of classic gin cocktails.

  • 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.

  • - Essential Recipes and New Explorations
    by Sean Brock
    £27.49

    In the follow-up to the award-winning and bestselling Heritage, Sean Brock writes the bible on Southern cooking and teaches all the elements of this beloved cuisine.

  • - Maximum flavour, minimum fuss: the ultimate in vegan food
    by Niki Webster
    £19.49

    ''What a ridiculously good book! From belly-busting breakfasts and mega mains to decadent desserts, Rebel Recipes has the lot!'' Henry & Ian, BOSHGet ready for vegan food like you''ve never tasted before! You won''t find any limp lettuce or boring old-school vegan dishes here. Instead, within these delectable pages, Niki Webster gathers some of her favourite recipes for her rebellious debut book.Expect to find all kinds of awesomeness, such as:mouth-watering spicy Indian crepesbaked aubergine with cashew cheese and pestosweet potato, cauliflower and peanut stewand chocolate cherry espresso potsIt''s deliciously indulgent plant-based food like you''ve never experienced.Based on the hit blog of the same name, Rebel Recipes is the debut book for Niki Webster, an exciting food writer who has worked with brands like Waitrose, Holland & Barrett and many others.Rebel Recipes is unashamedly about taste; it''s all about pleasure, vibrancy and flavour ΓÇô food for the soul that happens to be good for you (and the planet) too. Vegan food has never tasted so good.

  • - The Story of How Buffalo Trace Distillery Became The World's Most Awarded Distillery
    by F. Paul Pacult
    £15.99

    Learn about one of the most impactful distilleries in American history in this comprehensive taleBuffalo, Barrels, & Bourbon tells the fascinating tale of the Buffalo Trace Distillery, from the time of the earliest explorations of Kentucky to the present day. Author and award-winning spirits expert F. Paul Pacult takes readers on a journey through history that covers the American Revolutionary War, U.S Civil War, two World Wars, Prohibition, and the Great Depression.Buffalo, Barrels, & Bourbon covers the pedigree and provenance of the Buffalo Trace Distillery:* The larger-than-life personalities that over a century and a half made Buffalo Trace Distillery what it is today* Detailed accounts on how many of the distillery's award-winning and world-famous brands were created* The impact of world events, including multiple depressions, weather-related events, and major conflicts, on the distilleryBelonging on the shelf of anyone with an interest in American spirits and history, Buffalo, Barrels, & Bourbon is a compelling must-read.

  • - 123 Step-by-Step Recipes
    by Jane Hornby
    £23.99

    The essential step-by-step recipe book for home cooks - the 'best of the best' from three Phaidon bestsellers

  • - Irresistible and Totally Achievable Recipes from Our Chinese-American Kitchen
    by Margaret Li
    £23.49

    Wildly inventive Chinese-American home cooking from the siblings behind Boston's acclaimed Mei Mei restaurant.Too intimidated to cook Chinese food at home but crave those punchy flavors? Not anymore. Put down that takeout kung pao chicken and get in the kitchen! Full of irresistible recipes that marry traditional Asian ingredients with comforting American classics and seasonal ingredients, Double Awesome Chinese Food delivers the goods. The three fun-loving Chinese-American siblings behind the acclaimed restaurant Mei Mei take the fear factor out of cooking this complex cuisine, infusing it with creativity, playfulness, and ease. Take the Double Awesome: flaky scallion pancakes stuffed with two oozy eggs, sharp cheddar, and garlicky pesto; could there be anything better? Ridiculously delicious and unexpected dishes like Cranberry Sweet and Sour Stir-fried Pork and Red Curry Frito Pie will become new staples for your cooking lineup. Throw a hands-on dumpling-making party and let your friends decide whether to serve them chewy and pan-seared or crackly and deep-fried. Packed with pro-cooking tips, sauces to amp up any meal, sustainable sourcing advice, and over 100 delicious recipes, this book is your ticket to making the Chinese food of your dreams any night of the week.

  • - Fresh and Vibrant Recipes from a Unique Mediterranean Island
    by Ursula Ferrigno
    £15.49

    Discover the unique fusion of flavours that Sicilian food has to offer and bring some Mediterranean sunshine into your own kitchen.

  • - Fresh and Foolproof Plant-Based Recipes for Your Electric Pressure Cooker
    by Coco Morante
    £13.49

    This enticing collection of more than 75 easy, inventive, well-tested vegan recipes for the incredibly popular electric pressure cooker, the Instant Pot, is the go-to source for mouthwatering plant-based weekday meals.The best-selling Instant Pot makes cooking delicious meals a snap! But finding vegan recipes that are both inspiring and trustworthy has proven difficult, until now. The Essential Vegan Instant Pot Cookbook presents a collection of quick and easy vegan recipes that cover each meal of the day, offering tried-and-true dishes with a modern twist, such as Black Bean Tamale Casserole, Root Vegetable Tagine with Couscous, African Peanut Stew, Jerk Tofu Wraps, and more. And best of all, they''re all well-tested and authorized by Instant Pot. With beautiful photography and an attractive package, this book is an indulgence for home cooks who live a plant-based lifestyle as well as healthy eaters looking to incorporate more meatless Mondays into their week.

  • - A portrait of Islay and its whiskies
    by Andrew Jefford
    £10.99

    Reissue of a wonderfully evocative book that reflects a place and a taste never to be forgotten once sampled: the perfect book to curl up with in front of the fire.

  • - Cult recipes from the streets that make the city
    by Sarin Rojanametin
    £18.99

    This beautiful book features 70 recipes of dishes that define Bangkok, so you can capture the city's magic in your own home. Bangkok is any explorer's dream and a food-lover's paradise. Of course, you'll find the best green curry and pad Thai of your life in this dynamic city. But Bangkok holds infinite secrets for anyone truly passionate about food. Bangkok Local follows one culinary day, with sections marked for Early, Mid and Late. It's the second in our Local series, which unites intimate food knowledge with stunning gonzo-photography.

  • - The Book of Preserves
    by Pam Corbin
    £15.49

    -''Pam Corbin is the master, and the first person I turn to for everything to do with preserving. I''ve learnt so much from her'' ΓÇô DIANA HENRYPam Corbin is the expert who professional cooks consult when they want to make jams, jellies, marmalades, chutneys, pickles or anything else to do with preserving. They know her as ''Pam the Jam'', and this book is the culmination of her years of experience, distilled into more than 100 tried-and-tested recipes. Her jams, marmalades and fruit spreads contain far less sugar than traditional recipes, which means that they taste astonishingly fruity and delicious. Likewise, her chutneys and pickles are lighter and sprightlier than the old-fashioned kind. Pam will show you how to make more unusual preserves too ΓÇô such as glossy fruit cheeses to serve with everything from Stilton to manchego (which calls for her classic quince membrillo). Or creamy yet zesty fruit curd: there''s a recipe for classic lemon curd, and also a wonderfully light lime and coconut one. If you have an array of Pam''s preserves in your store cupboard, you can transform any meal in an instant. She''ll inspire you to dig into your jars of preserves to make spin-off recipes such as scrumptious lime cheesecake, cherry pie or spicy sausage rolls. Packed with detailed instructions, explanations and tips, this is the only preserve-making bible that you will ever need.

  • - Recipes and Stories from a Southern Boy's Heart
    by Timothy Pakron
    £23.99

    Celebrate the gorgeous and delicious possibilities of plant-based Southern cuisine.Inspired by the landscape and flavors of his childhood on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Timothy Pakron found his heart, soul, and calling in cooking the Cajun, Creole, and southern classics of his youth. In his debut cookbook, he shares 125 plant-based recipes, all of which substitute ingredients without sacrificing depth of flavor and reveal the secret tradition of veganism in southern cooking.Finding ways to re-create his experiences growing up in the South--making mud pies and admiring the deep pink azaleas--on the plate, Pakron looks to history and nature as his guides to creating the richest food possible. Filled with as many evocative photographs and stories as easy-to-follow recipes, Mississippi Vegan is an ode to the transporting and ethereal beauty of the food and places you love.

  • - Delicious budget-friendly plant-based recipes all for GBP1 per person
    by Miguel Barclay
    £13.49

    Over 85 quick, delicious, and budget-friendly vegan recipes from the bestselling One Pound Chef.

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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