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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 Sophie Gordon
    £20.99

    Discover wholesome, sustainable and plant-based dishes in this essential cookbook for everyone from full-time vegans to those who just want to do their bit for the environment'Hearty, healthy, flavour-packed dishes' MAIL ON SUNDAY'A uniquely sustainable and delicious approach to modern plant-based cooking' VOGUE_________Have you ever wondered how to make your diet truly eco-conscious?In this beautiful plant-based cookbook, over 130 creative, delicious, planet-friendly recipes put vegetables at the very centre of the table. Embracing often-discarded parts such as leaves, stalks, tops, flowers, seeds and even peelings, this is cooking at its most sustainable.In The Whole Vegetable, Sophie Gordon shows us how to:- Cook with every part of every vegetable- Reduce waste in your cooking- Reinvent your leftovers- Eat with the seasonsFrom Cauliflower Carbonara, Broccoli Pesto and Chunky Pumpkin Tacos, to Cherry Breakfast Crumble, Maple-Roasted Pears and Apple & Walnut Danish Buns, The Whole Vegetable is packed with thoughtful recipes for every season.Most of all, it will ensure that nothing in your kitchen goes to waste._________'Creative, delicious, planet-friendly recipes . . . Teaches you how to put those often discarded parts of fruit and veg to good (and tasty) use' Women's Health'The Whole Vegetable heroes plant-based cookery, with recipes that also help reduce food waste in the kitchen and improve sustainable living. A worthwhile read' Good Housekeeping

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    - Supercharge your health with 65 recipes and lifestyle tips from Arthritis Foodie
    by Emily Johnson
    £13.49

    Beat Arthritis Naturally tells us how to manage our arthritis symptoms in a natural holistic way.

  • by Luke Nadlog
    £17.49 - 27.99

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    by Loretta Liu
    £15.49

    Unlock the potential of your bamboo steamer with 65 delicious recipes for Asian bites and street food style treats, from bao buns to dim sum.

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    - Cooking for a Healthy Life
    by Gary Deng
    £23.99

    From a world-renowned and beloved doctor, an accessible guide with 100 delicious tried-and-tested recipes for healthy living - to eat well, live well, and stay well

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    by Food
    £10.99

    Explore the cuisine and food and wine culture of France confidently with this culinary companion. Discover the country's most iconic dishes as well as regional specialities and how to order and eat them. We also demystify French wine so that you can taste with confidence, and provide an etiquette guide with all the dos and don'ts of local customs.

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    - Bread Every Day - All the best breads and simple, step-by-step recipes to use up every crumb
    by Jack Sturgess
    £19.99

    Make your own bread and don''t waste a slice.I''m Jack, professional-chef-turned-breadmaker on a mission to give everyone the knowledge they need to make their own amazing bread at home.Most breads - including the fancy ones - don''t need loads of the hard work. I''ve figured this out and want to share my tips and tricks with you. Master 30 breads, including classic sandwich loaves, bloomers, rolls, rye, ciabatta, focaccia, fruit breads and sweet buns, pitta and bagels, sourdough and pizza dough. Try my meal ideas to use up every last crumb - from epic sandwiches and the best things on toast to hearty meals like easy spaghetti meatballs that use up stale bread, salads and soups with the crunchiest croutons, and doughnut offcuts served with gloriously gooey chocolate and marshmallow dip!There are recipes here everyone will love.

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    - Five Unique Eating Plans to Break Through Your Weight Loss Plateau and Improve Mood, Sleep, and Hot Flashes
    by Anna Cabeca FACOG
    £17.49

    "Drawing from the cuisines of countries where women eat fewer processed foods and more plants and therefore experience fewer menopausal symptoms (hot flashes, weight gain, brain fog, irritability), Dr. Anna Cabeca offers 125+ ... recipes that highlight the foods scientifically proven to heal, balance, and keep the body in a fat-burning, detoxifying mode all day long. She also provides five unique eating plans, allowing readers to focus on their own needs and symptoms, ensuring that MenuPause will become the ultimate cookbook for a woman's midlife health and wellness"--

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    by Emily Meggett
    £21.49

    INFLUENTIAL SUPPORTERS: Prominent chefs and food writers BJ Dennis, Vivian Howard, Michael W. Twitty, and Toni Tipton-Martin have promised to help promote and blurb this book. Howard has called author Emily Meggett ¿an American legend. Her work deserves to be celebrated.¿OVERDUE PUBLICATION: Gullah Geechee cuisine is a prominent, yet too-often undersung part of Southern food culture. Meggett¿s cookbook is one of the first major and comprehensive books on the subject and will fill a void in the history of American cookbooks.MEDIA INTEREST: Meggett has been profiled by PBS, Eater, Bon Appétit, NPR, and the Food Network. She has also been interviewed by AP News, the Smithsonian, and Charleston¿s Post and Courier, demonstrating there is a sustained interest in her food, heritage, and deep roots in the American South.

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    - The Science of Fermentation and the Art of Living Foods
    by James Read
    £16.99

    Of Cabbages and Kimchi, a captivating novel by James Read, is a must-read for all book enthusiasts. Published recently in 2023 by Penguin Books Ltd, this book offers a unique blend of storytelling that is hard to come by in today's literary world. The genre of the book is a well-kept secret, adding to the allure and mystery surrounding it. James Read, with his masterful writing, transports the readers into a world of cabbages and kimchi, making them live the characters' lives and feel their emotions. This book is a testament to James Read's ability to craft stories that resonate with readers on a deep level. Published by Penguin Books Ltd, a renowned publishing house, readers can expect a high-quality book that meets international standards. The book is written in English, making it accessible to a wide range of readers. Don't miss out on this mesmerizing tale of cabbages and kimchi.

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    - Inspiring Health and Wholeness in Your Home, Heart, and Community
    by Jenn Johnson
    £20.49

    Social media influencer, speaker, and cofounder of Bethel Music, Jenn Johnson, invites readers to create beautiful spaces to share the spiritual importance of acceptance, gathering, and community with other women.

  • - Breaking bread and sharing food. Cooking with refugees and locals in Lesvos.
    by Sophie Streeting
    £26.49

  • - Special Edition - Two Books - The Ultimate Carb Cycling Fat Burning System With Quick Meal Plans
    by Josh Falenski
    £13.49

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    - Brew Your Own Infusions from Home-grown and Foraged Ingredients
    by Nick Moyle
    £13.49

    Easy-to-follow recipes that teach you how to collect naturally sourced ingredients - including berries, roots, seeds, leaves and flowers - for brewing your own blends and special infusions.

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    by Nathaniel Doboin
    £18.99

    With 40 sweet and savory gluten-free recipes, a celebration of breadmaking and one innovative Paris bakeryIn bread making, rice flour is usually considered less than preferable, especially when it comes to volume and texture. Supposedly only wheat flours allow bakers to get the crust thickness and crumb softness just right. However, a free-thinking duo has defied this rule by inventing new techniques for making a delicious range of alternative flour–based breads and baked goods. Nathaniel Doboin and Thomas Teffri-Chambelland showcase these techniques at Chambelland, a Paris-based gluten-free bakery. There, square loaves and flat breads triumph over the classic French baguette. Chambelland offers an exclusive menu featuring all sorts of breads, biscuits, and pastries—including focaccias, pissaladières, muffins, and chouquettes—all made from rice and other naturally gluten-free flours.With a preface by Alain Ducasse, Flours, Breads and More is an ode to this bakery and its innovative way of baking. The book begins with an exploration of the tradition of bread, from a universal recipe to the art of slicing. It also peels back the curtain on a major part of the Paris bakery: sourcing. To guarantee an uninterrupted, gluten-free flour supply, Teffri-Chambelland and Doboin built their own mill, nestled in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence region, whose rice grains are sourced from organic paddy fields in Italy.Flours, Breads and More explores the ins and outs of making bread, then shares 40 sweet and savory recipes—from buckwheat bread and ginger mint cookies to seed crackers and coconut macaroons—and includes five recipes from starred chefs who serve Chambelland bread in their restaurants. Combining an eater and baker’s well-being and enjoyment and filled with delicious full-color photographs, Flours, Breads and More gives you permission to indulge.

  • - A Heart Surgeon's Metabolic Health Guide to Lose Weight, Prevent Disease, and Feel Your Best Every Day
    by Philip Ovadia
    £21.49

    What foods to put on your table so you don't end up on mineFor the past century, we've been bombarded with diet ads and advice from gurus and governments. Yet heart disease remains the #1 killer worldwide, and 88% of adults are metabolically unhealthy. Up to 95% of dieters gain back all the weight they lost while following both dietary guidelines and popular fitness fads.Here's why they fail.Most diet books teach you to set short-term weight loss goals. Whether low-carb or low-fat, the typical plan goes like this: restrict your food choices, exercise until exhaustion, and swallow stacks of supplements. These "solutions" do a better job of lightening your wallet than lightening you.Meanwhile, the healthcare industry fails to prevent chronic disease. Rather than showing people how to remain healthy and prevent illness through proper nutrition, the system offers drugs and surgery to manage symptoms.As a heart surgeon who used to be morbidly obese, Dr. Philip Ovadia has seen firsthand the failures of mainstream diets and medicine. He realized that what helped him lose over 100 pounds was the same solution that could have prevented most of the thousands of open heart surgeries he has performed-metabolic health.What you eat determines how long and how well you live. Yet most doctors don't learn that in medical school. And pharmaceutical companies and food manufacturers have a vested interest in the public not knowing how to live and eat metabolically healthy.In Stay off My Operating Table, Dr. Ovadia shares the complete metabolic health system to prevent disease and optimize your health, a system that the diet and drug industries don't want you to know about. Unlike quick-fix, "7-day," radical diets, Dr. Ovadia's approach is a sustainable, long-term solution that works. Whether you've suffered from chronic diseases or want to prevent them decades from now, Stay off My Operating Table will help you take back control of your health from the institutions and experts that have failed you. A doctor's nutrition system to prevent and reverse disease

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    by Gelf Alderson
    £15.49

    River Cottage Great Salads, a culinary masterpiece by Gelf Alderson, is a must-have book for salad enthusiasts and health-conscious individuals. Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in 2022, this book is a treasure trove of vibrant and hearty salad recipes that will transform your meals. Alderson, an acclaimed author in the culinary genre, brings his expertise and creativity to the fore in this book, providing readers with a variety of salad recipes that are both nutritious and delicious. From simple, quick-fix recipes to more elaborate ones for special occasions, this book has something for everyone. With River Cottage Great Salads, you can explore a world of flavours and textures, all while enjoying the health benefits of fresh, natural ingredients. Published by the reputable Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, this book is a testament to Alderson's dedication to promoting healthy eating habits. So, whether you're a seasoned chef or a beginner in the kitchen, River Cottage Great Salads is a valuable addition to your cookbook collection.

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    - From the 17th Century to the Present Day
    by Angela Youngman
    £15.49

    Tells the story of gin from the 17th century to the 21st centuryThe renaissance of gin in the 21st centuryHow gin distilleries helped in the global pandemic in 2020Famous names associated with gin, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Winston Churchill and Al Capone

  • - Campbeltown, Scotland, May 1920
    by Masataka Taketsuru
    £19.99 - 22.49

    Written a century ago, in the Scottish town once dubbed the 'whisky capital of the world', this report formed the cornerstone of the nascent Japanese whisky industry.

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    - Volume One 50 Pancreatic and Breast Cancer Patients on the Gonzalez Nutritional Protocol
    by Nicholas Gonzalez
    £29.49

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    by Cristian Broglia
    £27.49

    The most comprehensive guide ever published on preparing, eating, and enjoying gluten-free recipes from around the world

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    - Meals and Drinks for Adventurous Days and Cozy Nights
    by Jen Stevenson
    £14.49

    From the IACP Award-winning authors of The Picnic, The Campout Cookbook, and Summer: A Cookbook, The Snowy Cabin Cookbook features comforting, ingenious recipes to warm and nourish along with tips to keep us cozy all winter long.

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    - Cocktails Inspired by Infamous Serial Killers, Cold Cases, Cults, and Other Disturbing True Crime Stories
    by Kierra Sondereker
    £14.99

    Pour yourself a drink and discover your latest true crime obsession with this guidebook that pairs 75 deliciously chilling cocktails with the infamous true crime stories that inspired them.From terrifying serial killers to baffling cold cases and secretive cults, murderinos can't get enough of true crime. Now, you can have yet another way to dive into these horrifyingly true stories with a first-of-its-kind cocktail book that gives a new meaning to the phrase ';bad and boozy.' Inside Mixology and Murder, you'll find 75 step-by-step drink recipes alongside the terrifying stories that inspired them, from must-know cases like JonBenet Ramsey and Ted Bundy to lesser-known stories like the Ant Hill Kids cult and the Circleville Letter Writer. This cocktail book is your go-to resource for true crime info and delightfully boozy drinks, including: Fugitive Fizz Sazer-Ax Murderer The Perfect Lime (Mojito) Amityville Amaretto Colada Confessions In Cold Blood Orange And More! Mixology and Murder is the perfect gift for any true crime junkie who knows that, sometimes, the best way to deal with the excitement of a serial killer finally getting caught or the frustration of finding out that case is still unsolved is a good, strong drink.

  • by Rinda Parsen
    £21.49 - 27.99

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    by Graeme Tomlinson
    £13.49

    Brought to you by Penguin. FIND A PATH TO WEIGHT LOSS WITHOUT ANXIETY, PRESSURE AND GUILT.Discover how to enjoy weight loss by:- Staying focused on what matters- Letting go of what doesn't matter- Understanding why you don't need to suffer to lose weight.- Continuing to enjoy food and nights out with friends and familyGraeme Tomlinson, AKA The Fitness Chef, has helped over a million people with his evidence based, straight-talking infographics and two bestselling weight-loss books.This mind-and-body reset will help you find a happier relationship with food, while achieving your weight-loss goals.(c) Graeme Tomlinson 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

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    - A wonderland of houses, creative constructions and cookies; with 38 projects, gingerbread recipes and templates
    by Heather Whinney
    £11.99

    Everything gingerbread, from basic recipes to gorgeous constructions. Cut-out garlands, tree decorations and woodland tabletop scenes to log cabins, sweet-festooned cottages and elaborate winter chalets, ginger biscuits, bundts and seasonal cakes.

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    - Stories from a revolutionary winemaker
    by Peter vinding-Diers
    £27.49

    A great read of the roller coaster life of one of wine's most uncrushable optimistic and opinionated Mavericks! For me, it's his tribulations and triumphs in Bordeaux that shine.' Oz Clarke

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    by Steven Spurrier
    £27.49

    Steven Spurrier was a legend in the wine industry. This book charts the incidents, adventures, ideas and discoveries that have formed Steven's remarkable wine journey.

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    - 100 Fabulously Fiery Sauces for Chilli Fans
    by Dan May
    £8.99

    Following on from Dan May's first book The Red Hot Chilli Cookbook, this new collection of 100 recipes for fiery sauces, marinades and rubs showcases the best and most flavoursome chillies the world has to offer.

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    - Recipes Fresh from Hawaiian Shores, from Poke Bowls to Pacific RIM Fusion
    by James Gould-Porter
    £14.99

    The Hawaiian people have a laid-back love of life, and Island Poke is a London restaurant committed to sharing this ethos and the authentic flavours from these shores in over 65 recipes.

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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