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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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    - One Tin Cakes, Cookies & Bakes - quick and easy recipes
    by Rukmini Iyer
    £15.49

    Introducing 'The Sweet Roasting Tin' by Rukmini Iyer, a delightful addition to any bookshelf. Published in 2021 by Vintage Publishing, this book falls under the genre of culinary literature, combining the author's passion for food and writing in a unique way. Iyer, known for her captivating narrative and mouth-watering recipes, takes the reader on a gastronomic journey in 'The Sweet Roasting Tin'. The publication year, 2021, marks the book as a recent addition to the culinary world, ensuring its relevance and appeal to modern readers. Published by Vintage Publishing, a renowned name in the publishing industry, the book carries a stamp of quality and authenticity. 'The Sweet Roasting Tin' is a must-read for anyone interested in exploring new culinary horizons or simply enjoying a well-written book. Note: This description is in English as per the language specification provided.

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    by Nick Morgan
    £15.49

    Demystify the world of whisky.Whisky experts Nick Morgan and The Whisky Exchange open the lid on the whisky industry, revealing what makes one of the world's simplest spirits just so popular. Everything You Need to Know About Whisky will answer all of your burning questions; from what makes the perfect scotch and how to drink it like a pro to an exploration of distilleries around the world and their fascinating (often scandalous) histories. This indispensable guide is filled with insider tips on finding your new favourite bottle and brewing up the very best whisky based cocktails - essential reading for all whisky fans, novices and experts alike.

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    - Desserts, Pastries, Creams & Treats
    by Salma Hage
    £19.99

    The latest culinary treat from Salma Hage, one of the Middle East's most-loved home cooks - an authentic, indulgent collection of dessert recipes for all tastes and occasions

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    - Deliciously customisable cakes, bakes and treats. THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
    by Jane Dunn
    £16.99

    Jane's Patisserie is a delightful culinary journey penned by Jane Dunn. This book, published in 2021, takes you into the heart of Jane's kitchen, where you can practically smell the aroma of freshly baked goods. The book is a treasure trove of recipes, each one carefully curated and explained by Jane herself. Whether you're a novice baker or a seasoned patissier, Jane's Patisserie offers a variety of recipes to suit all skill levels. From classic pastries to innovative desserts, Jane Dunn shares her passion for baking in this comprehensive guide. Published by Ebury Publishing, this book is a must-have for anyone who loves baking or simply appreciates the art of patisserie.

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    - Culture and Flavors from the Mediterranean
    by Daniel Olivella & Caroline Wright
    £18.99

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    - Plant-based recipes for positive mental health
    by Lauren Lovatt
    £15.49

    Mind Food is a stunning recipe book connecting readers with the concept of feeding our minds through yummy, plant-based treats made with seasonal ingredients.

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    - The EBC Quality Handbook for Small Breweries
    by Christopher McGreger
    £38.49

    The ideal guide for the advanced home brewer who wants to learn everything about brewing processes, maintenance and analysis. Written in collaboration with the European Trade Association of Brewers.

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    - Over 100 Recipes for Everything from Cakes to Cookies, Bread to Festive Bakes, Doughnuts to Desserts
    by Becky Excell
    £17.99

    Introducing 'How to Bake Anything Gluten Free' by the acclaimed author Becky Excell. This book, published in 2021, is a treasure trove for anyone who enjoys baking and values their health. Excell, a Sunday Times bestselling author, has outdone herself in this genre of culinary literature, providing an all-encompassing guide to baking gluten-free. From breads and pastries to cakes and cookies, this book has it all. With Excell's easy-to-follow recipes, even the most novice bakers can create mouth-watering, gluten-free treats. Brought to you by Quadrille Publishing Ltd, this book is an essential addition to your kitchen library. Get your copy today and start baking gluten-free!

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    - From LeFou's Brew to the Jedi Mind Trick, 100+ Magical Disney-Inspired Drinks
    by Ashley Craft
    £10.99

    Skip the crowded bar, coffee shop, and restaurant and bring the magic of Disney's drinks right your home with over 100 easy, delicious drink recipes inspired by the Disney Parks

  • - Real Jamaican Cooking Done Simply
    by Booksumo Press
    £9.49

  • - Easy & Delicious Recipes for smart people
    by Barbara Cutts
    £15.49

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    by Maria Emmerich
    £24.49

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    - Over 100 traditional recipes
    by Laxmi Khurana
    £7.99

    Reissue of a classics, bestselling book. Discover how easy it is to make a traditional Indian curry - and other favourite, foolproof Indian family foods

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    by Rachel Ama
    £16.99

    Put flavour and flexibility at the heart of your kitchen with Rachel Ama's One Pot: Three Ways.Rachel Ama is reframing vegan cooking. Create a veg-packed centrepiece dish in one pan/pot/tray and choose from three creative and flavoursome ways to either serve it up with just a few ingredients or transform it into something else entirely. The options are endless - level up your leftovers and create a new feast each day, scale portions up or down, cook all three serving options for a vegan feast with friends, or freeze leftovers to refresh later when you're strapped for time - whatever you choose, this way of cooking will help you have dinner part-ready-and-waiting, making plant-based eating feel even more achievable every day. Transform or serve Peri Peri Mushrooms with: 1. Peri Peri Pittas2. Potato Wedges & Slaw3. Peri Peri Charred Sweetcorn Salad BowlsServe up or refresh Caribbean Curried Jack into:1. Coconut Rice & Coleslaw2. Coconut Flatbreads with Tomato & Red Onion Salad3. Caribbean Patties with Orange & Avocado SaladRachel creates her recipes by moving through 'stations' in the kitchen, weaving together fresh ingredients, pantry staples, and, most importantly, the 'flavour station', where she adds spices, dried herbs and those all-important sauces to really bring each dish to life. So pick up Rachel's handy tips to help you live a vegan lifestyle simply and deliciously.

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    - 60 Simple Recipes to Make the Most of Your Barbecue
    by Genevieve Taylor
    £11.49

    The handy guide to barbecuing at home - everything you need to know, with failsafe recipes and advice

  • by Michelle Worley
    £19.49 - 27.49

  • by June Ellison
    £13.49 - 15.99

  • - 40 Recipes for Old Fashioneds, Sours, Manhattans, Juleps and More
    by Jesse Estes
    £7.99

    Shake, stir and mix your way to whisky and bourbon connoisseur status with award-winning bartender Jesse Estes as he demonstrates how to tame these fiery spirits in 40 delicious cocktail recipes.

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    - Recipes and Techniques for Edible Plants from Garden, Field, and Forest
    by Alan Bergo
    £19.99

    "The Forager Chef's Guide to Flora explores some of the most exciting ingredients available today-but more importantly, it gives home cooks and chefs alike a whole new way of seeing and thinking about all vegetable ingredients-by looking at them through a trained forager's eyes. Over the past fifteen years, Minnesota chef Alan Bergo has become one of the nation's most exciting and resourceful chefs. Watching wild plants grow and searching for new edible parts of familiar plants transformed his culinary style, similar to how the nose-to-tail movement affected the way chefs consider animals. Now when Bergo sees squash in the garden, instead of waiting for them to ripen, he harvests some while they are still green, and the shoots, flowers, and young greens too. In The Forager Chef's Guide to Flora, Bergo shows how understanding the properties of leaves, stems, roots, and flowers can inform how you prepare something exotic-like the head of an immature sunflower-as well as more common vegetables like broccoli stems or eggplant. As a society, we've forgotten this type of old-school knowledge, including many brilliant culinary techniques that were borne of thrift and necessity. For our own sake, and that of our planet, it's time we remembered. Featuring over 200 recipes, from Seared Hosta Shoots to Raw Turnips with Acorn Oil, Friulian Sautâeed Wild Greens to Crisp Fiddlehead Pickles, The Forager Chef's Guide to Flora will unlock new flavors from familiar favorites, and make familiar favorites out of the abundant landscape around you"--

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    by Nancy Singleton Hachisu
    £22.49

    This award-winning cookbook offers a unique look at life on a Japanese farm through 165 recipes, personal stories and stunning photographs.American born and raised, Nancy Singleton Hachisu lives with her husband and sons on a rural Japanese farm, where they prepare these 165 bright, seasonal dishes. Covering everything from pickles and soups to noodles, rice, and dipping sauces, with a special emphasis on vegetables, Hachisu demystifies the rural Japanese kitchen, laying bare the essential ingredients, equipment, and techniques needed for Japanese home cooking.Combining stories and recipes, Japanese Farm Food is about food, family, and community. More than 350 vibrant images by Kenji Miura evoke the beautiful Japanese countryside and life on a traditional farm. With a focus on fresh and thoughtfully sourced ingredients, the recipes in Japanese Farm Food are perfect for fans of farmers' markets, and for home cooks looking for accessible Japanese dishes.Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2012: USA Winner, Best Japanese Cuisine Book

  • - The Ultimate Guide to Making Your Own Vodka, Whiskey, Rum, Brandy, Moonshine, and More
    by O'Connor Steve O'Connor
    £17.49 - 26.49

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    - Healthy Low-Carb Recipes for Every Occasion
    by Erica Kerwien
    £10.99

    Everyday Keto Baking is a collection of more than 80 low-carb, keto-friendly recipes for breads, muffins, cakes, and more.

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    - Harness the Power of the World's Healthiest Diet to Live Better, Longer
    by Amy Riolo
    £14.99

    Based on the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid, this illustrated cookbook offers 100 delicious, satisfying, easy recipes from 25 Mediterranean countries.

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    - Charming Recipes from Anne and Her Friends in Avonlea
    by Kate Macdonald & L. M. Montgomery
    £10.99

    Inspired by the most famous Canadian children's book, The Anne of Green Gables Cookbook includes recipes, quotes and anecdotes from the entire classic eight-book series.

  • - 1000 Affordable, Healthy & Easy Recipes to Air Fry, Bake, Grill & Roast Most Delicious Family Meals
    by Mary Arnold
    £15.49

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    - A Complete Guide to Fasting Strategies with 50+ Satisfying Recipes and 4 Flexible Meal Plans: 16:8, OMAD, 5:2, Alternate-day, and More
    by Becky Gillaspy
    £13.49

    DO LESS. BENEFIT MORE. Better health and weight loss are yours through intermittent fasting.You already fast every night when you're sleeping. Why not try extending that fast by a few hours? It's a simple strategy, and it's effective. Some might even call it enjoyable as pounds slip away, sleep improves, and brain fog lifts--and all you've done is skip breakfast! You don't need to obsess over calorie tracking or endure constant hunger to lose weight--fasting is a more effective and more sustainable diet, and it won't leave you feeling hungry. By shortening the window of time during which you eat food, for example only eating two meals per day within an 8-hour time period, you are well on your way to a more healthy, adaptable body.Intermittent fasting aids weight loss, and is a key therapeutic tool for a variety of hormone- and health-related concerns. Decrease insulin resistance, reduce inflammation, improve cardiovascular health, protect the brain from disease, and more.Dr. Becky Gillaspy is your fasting coach. With thorough up-to-date research, accessible language, plenty of anecdotal evidence, and action-ready plans, Intermittent Fasting Diet Guide and Cookbook offers everything you need to unlock the door to better health. • Discover the fasting strategies available to you, and learn how to select the best one to meet your goals. Choose from 12:12, 16:8, 20:4, OMAD, alternate-day fasting, and the 5:2 diet. • Learn about the best foods to eat for weight loss (don't worry, you'll get plenty of calories, and you won't be hungry), and decide whether a lower-carb or ketogenic diet is right for you. • Select a meal plan that's done all the hard work of fine-tuning your macronutrient intake. Choose from one of four plans: low-carb, keto, dairy-free, and vegetarian. • Enjoy phenomenal recipes that are high in flavor, nutrient-dense, and oh-so-satisfying. With over 50 recipes to choose from and a variety of flavors, vegetables, and proteins, there are dishes to satisfy anyone.

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    - A revolutionary life plan for tackling heart disease - without the use of statins
    by Dr Aseem Malhotra
    £10.99

    From the bestselling author of The 21-Day Immunity Plan and co-author of The Pioppi Diet, a revolutionary life plan for tackling heart disease - without the use of statins.

  • - 1000 Easy and Delicious Recipes to Pressure Cook, Air Fry, Roast, Bake for Every Occasion (A Cookbook)
    by Arnold Doris Arnold
    £15.49 - 21.49

  • - Easy & Delicious Air Fry, Dehydrate, Roast, Bake, Reheat, and More Recipes for Beginners and Advanced Users
    by Helen Bently
    £19.99

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    by Jessie Ware
    £8.99 - 10.99

    Sunday Telegraph's FIVE BEST BOOKS FOR FOODIES this Christmas - 'a must read... packed full of nostalgic food memoires, weaving in family, friendship and love.' "e;Are you hungry darling, shall I make you an omelette?"e;My mother's omelettes are slightly overdone but always generous in cheese and well-seasoned. My omelettes are just the same, though more often slightly underdone and less carefully considered. And like my stories, they come in many forms. You might get one late at night, after a little too much wine and alongside a little too much information. I might spend a long time on one that's just a touch extravagant. And many are for the people I care about most, thrown together and with more cheese than is strictly necessary.Collected here are things I've done, things I've seen, things I've thought, and most importantly, things I've tasted. They're slices of parts of my life. Call them omelettes, if you like. I hope you enjoy them.'Jessie's life seems to have seamlessly brought her forth on a magic carpet of food, peppered by lots and lots of laughs. Her stories are a joy to read, although probably not as much fun as they are to live. Deliciously entertaining'. - Yotam Ottolenghi 'Gobbled this up in 90 minutes. A dreamy food memoir which is stuffed full of warmth and feeling and fun. If you love Table Manners you'll adore this book by Jessie Ware. Now I'm gagging for some hot buttered toast.' - Bella Mackie 'Love it, laughed cried in parts.... I so enjoyed reading about Jessie's life through food .... Childbirth and Bolognese forever imprinted on my mind.' - Angela Hartnett'Joie de vivre is the bass note throughout the pages of Omelette' - Harper's Bazaar'A delicious fusion of memoir and ode to food.' - Grazia'A charming and funny memoir ... you want to eat everything she describes' - Daily Mail'A must read' - Stella Magazine'A great one for foodies who live for nostalgia' - GQ'A charming and funny memoir' - Irish Daily Mail 'A love letter to friends, first loves, faith and family, but most importantly - to food' - Reaction

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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