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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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    - All-Fun, No-Fuss Food to Celebrate Eating Clean
    by Daphne Oz
    £23.99

    Bestselling author, Emmy Award-winning cohost of The Good Dish and the upcoming 8th season of FOX's hit series MasterChef Junior, and mother of four Daphne Oz shares her best tips for how to reward yourself, with 150 simply delicious recipes in a cookbook you'll return to again and again to eat clean, feel good, and have fun doing it all!Daphne Oz loves food. In fact, she's built her career around this love of exploring and enjoying the world, bite after wonderful bite. But she knows first-hand how endless indulging robs you of the truly memorable moments ? and makes it hard to stay healthy. On the other hand, restricting ourselves with too many rules means we stop enjoying mealtime and start missing out.With four young children and a busy career, Daphne is intimately familiar with how hard it can be to find the right balance in our health and fitness goals, especially when living a full life. In this engaging book, filled with useful tips and gorgeous photography to inspire health and happiness every day, Daphne shares the techniques she's used to get her mind, energy and body back on track after each pregnancy?without ever losing the joy of cooking, the fun of mealtime, and the stress-free pleasure of doing it intuitively. In the times when she's looking to bring her body back into balance, Daphne lives by just four simple rules that remove the guesswork from healthy eating and let us relax and enjoy our meals again, knowing we're making great choices. Those rules are:no glutenno refined sugarlimit dairytake the weekend off Eat Your Heart Out includes a range of simple-but-special, deliciously nourishing recipes likeGluten-Free Banana Pumpkin MuffinsBarbecue Pulled Chicken with Crispy Smashed Japanese YamsSpicy Crunchy Cauliflower Tacos with Ranch SlawFeel-Good Turkey MeatloafNori PopcornBanana BruleePistachio Dark Chocolate Energy TrufflesYour brain is your most important ally and most perilous foe on the journey toward long-term health and happiness, and Eat Your Heart Out equips readers to get their energy back, feel good and confident in their skin, and do it all while enjoying meals they love with people they love. Being healthy is a feeling of abundance, a chance to do and be all the things you want with your life. Daphne's plan is a flexible approach of ?and,? not ?or,? so you can say goodbye to choices that don't serve you and welcome all the pleasure that intuitively knowing how to feel good brings.

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    by Cathy Barrow
    £14.99

    A playful-yet-comprehensive cookbook with recipes for bagels, schmears, and other deli favourites.

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    - Modern Vegetarian Grill and BBQ Recipes
    by Martin Nordin
    £15.49

    An inspiring collection of vegetarian recipes for the barbecue or grill

  • - Many Variety Vegetarian Curry Recipes
    by Abdul Riaz
    £10.49

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    - 60 Easy & Nutritious Vegan Meals Kids Will Love!
    by Claire Swift
    £13.49

  • - Boost Your Immune System, Cleanse Your Body, and Manage Your Diabetes by Drinking a Delicious Sea Moss Smoothie Packed with 92 Essential Nutrients for Your Overall Health
    by Stephanie Quinones
    £8.49

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    - A culinary journey along the ancient spice routes
    by Eleanor Ford
    £19.49

    Award-winning writer Eleanor Ford's recipes and stories explore how centuries of spice trading and cultural diffusion changed the world's cuisine

  • - Jamaican Recipes with as Much Style as Reggae
    by Chloe Tucker
    £10.49

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    - Contemporary Cake Decorating with Elegant Gumpaste Flowers
    by Jacqueline Butler
    £13.49

    The essential reference from the internationally renowned cake designer. Known for her signature sugar flowers and her glorious wedding cakes, Jacqueline Butler has shared her tips and techniques in this beautifully illustrated guide. Bakers at every level can find clear, easy-to-follow directions to create a distinctive, contemporary look for their cakes. Covering single-tier, multi-tier, and premade arrangements, Butler reveals her secrets for lilacs, lavender, dahlia, freesia, camellia, and many other floral creationsplus advice on tools, supplies, and coloring.

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    - Burgers, Sandwiches, Tacos, Burritos, Hot Dogs & More
    by Sam Zien
    £20.99

    20 master recipes, more than 100 dishes-weeknight cooking has never been so exciting or so easy!

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    - A Whole New Approach to Making Desserts Through the Year
    by Anna Higham
    £16.99

    Celebrate dessert's like never before with this all-encompassing baking book that explores innovative flavour combinations of puddings, pastries and more!"First and foremost, make it delicious. Your goal is to make even those who 'don't do desserts' lick their plate clean - it has to be delicious from first to last bite."Award-winning pastry chef Anna Higham brings you a revolutionary recipe book that gives dessert a new name! Let Anna help you learn how to approach creating a dessert as you would do savoury cooking: by engaging your senses, tasting, seasoning, and letting your ingredients shine.Exploring key ingredients season by season, this baking bible can really help you to understand the "how" and "why" of dessert cooking, whilst teaching you how to work with fruit, grains, fats and chocolate, top tips on how to construct a dessert, how to interrogate seasoning, structure, and texture to magnify flavour and taste.With passion and puddings on every page, you can explore:-Over 150 base recipes and over 40 plated dishes including bakes, tarts, jams, mousses, meringues, ice creams and more-87 recipe and produce photographs, and illustrated openersSo whether you've taken up baking during lockdown and looking to broaden your palate, or you're already a professional, looking to expand your knowledge and skill-set in dessert-making, The Last Bite celebrates a whole new approach to modern desserts, which is sure to delight. From ricotta ice cream and roasted peaches in the summer, to apple crisps and pear sorbet in the autumn, transition effortlessly into rhubarb rice pudding and puff pastry in the winter, before indulging in milk meringues and prune purees in the springtime. No other book on the market approaches dessert cooking at the same level that chefs consider savoury cooking, and author Anna Higham is making waves on both sides of the Atlantic. After learning her trade at The Gordon Ramsay Group, Anna took roles at Gramercy Tavern in New York and Lyle's and Flor in London. She is winner of the baking category at the 2019 Young British Foodie awards, and was named as one of Code Hospitality's 100 Most Influential Women in Hospitality 2020!

  • - In Pursuit of Sustainable Spirits
    by Shanna Farrell
    £20.99

    A fun and illuminating exploration into the sustainable spirits movement and the distillers leading it.

  • - Delicious Risotto Recipes in an Easy Risotto Cookbook
    by Booksumo Press
    £9.49

  • - Delicious Quesadilla Recipes for All Types of Tasty Quesadillas
    by Booksumo Press
    £9.49

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    by Cheryl Day
    £27.49

    A complete and comprehensive Southern baking book from one of the South's best and most respected bakers, Cheryl Day.

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    by Megan McKenna
    £16.99

    Can You Make That Gluten-Free? is a captivating book written by the talented Megan Mckenna. Published recently in 2022 by the renowned Octopus Publishing Group, this book delves into the often overlooked genre of dietary guides. Megan Mckenna, with her exceptional writing skills, takes you on a journey to explore the possibilities of a gluten-free lifestyle. The book is a must-have for anyone looking to understand more about gluten-free diets and how they can be incorporated into everyday life. With interesting recipes and practical advice, Can You Make That Gluten-Free? is sure to leave you inspired and ready to try new things. Don't miss out on this enlightening read from Octopus Publishing Group.

  • - 2 Books In 1: 150 Recipes For Stir Fry Dishes And Veggie Food
    by Yoko Rice & Maki Blanc
    £15.99

  • - 1000 Days Easy Low Sodium Recipes and 4-Week Meal Plan to Help You Lower Blood Pressure
    by Samantha Parra
    £19.99

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    - Everything you didn't know about the water of life
    by Fernand Dacquin
    £16.49

    An engaging look at the most interesting facts and surprising anecdotes from the world of whisky, the perfect addition to any collection of books on spirits.

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    by Annie Rigg
    £13.49

    Annie Rigg's fuss-free cooking is all about maximizing flavours and creating healthy meals that are packed with protein and proudly plant-based. Her tempting dishes take inspiration from all over the globe, and are perfect for anyone wanting great food, whether dining solo or catering for a crowd.

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    by Darra Goldstein
    £17.99

    "The Kingdom of Rye is a fascinating read filled with culinary history from someone who has spent a lifetime immersed in Russian culture. I emerged from the book not only understanding the history of Russian tsars and serfs but also could almost taste Darra Goldstein's descriptions of such staples as kvass, kasha, and caviar. Bravo!"--Joan Nathan, author of King Solomon's Table: A Culinary Exploration of Jewish Cooking from around the World "Once again, Darra Goldstein has given the world an extraordinary gift in The Kingdom of Rye. Her clear writing, scholarly background, and avid interest in the foodways of Russia make this a book that merits reading every single word. It's a fascinating portrait of a country through time. Thank you, Darra, for this stunning brief history."--Deborah Madison, author of An Onion in My Pocket: My Life with Vegetables "Darra Goldstein's glimpse into the world of Russian cuisine is colorful, fascinating, and eye opening. The Kingdom of Rye gives humanity and dimension to a culture that, all too often, is portrayed exclusively through the lens of politics. This book is a must-read for anyone wishing to gain a better understanding of Russia."--Molly Yeh, Food Network host and author of Molly on the Range: Recipes and Stories from an Unlikely Life on a Farm

  • - The Best Bread Machine Recipes for Every Occasion
    by Will C
    £12.49

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    - An Illustrated Guide to More Than 500 Plants Used in Brewing
    by Giuseppe Caruso
    £24.99

    This book is a comprehensive and beautifully illustrated compendium of the characteristics and properties of the plants used in making beer around the world. The botanical expert Giuseppe Caruso presents scientifically rigorous descriptions, accompanied by his own hand-drawn ink images, of more than 500 species.

  • by Marit Peters
    £9.49

    Christmas is very popular in Norway, and the snowy Nordic setting suits many Christmas traditions making it a magical time. There are Christmas markets, parties and numerous other traditions and customs. The main day of Christmas in Norway is Christmas Eve on 24 December. A big part of these celebrations and occasions is Christmas food. There are many traditional Norwegian Christmas foods which are influenced by Norway's long history and rural nature. These include many meat dishes - some rather bizarre - and fish dishes as Norway is famous for its seafood. Norwegian Christmas cookies and desserts are also wonderful. Try some Norwegian recipes this Christmas in this book - The Norwegian Christmas Cookbook.

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    - Psychoactive Non-Alcoholic Cocktails
    by Noah Tucker
    £20.49

    High Cocktails is the first book to bring together 20 alcohol-free psychoactive cocktail recipes, developed by chefs Noah Tucker and Anthony Joseph, in collaboration with four of the world's top mixologists.

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    - The Sinner's Guide to a Righteous Feast
    by Leo Patalinghug
    £18.99

    Michael Foley’s fans have been devoutly drinking with the saints for years. Now it’s time for dinner! The inimitable theologian and mixologist teams up with the priest and TV chef Leo Patalinghug in a culinary romp through the liturgical year.

  • - Authentic Turkish Cooking with 50 Delicious Turkish Recipes
    by Booksumo Press
    £9.49

  • by Shelley Brownlee
    £16.49

  • - 150 Delicious No Salt Recipes for Every Family in the World
    by Gina Lemke
    £8.49

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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