Food & Drink

Delve into this captivating collection of the world's 75 most iconic menus which reveal not just the story of food but periods of history, famous works of literature, notable events, and celebrity figures from prehistoric times up to the modern day.

Enjoy the taste sensations of Magnolia Kitchen at home. Bernadette 'Bets' Gee shares her delicious recipes, clever tips and decorating inspiration.

We are familiar with the medical opinion that a daily glass of wine is good for the health and also the rival opinion that any more than a glass or two will set us on the road to ruin. Whether or not good for the body, Scruton argues, wine, drunk in the right frame of mind, is definitely good for the soul. And there is no better accompaniment to wine than philosophy. By thinking with wine, you can learn not only to drink in thoughts but to think in draughts.This good-humoured book offers an antidote to the pretentious clap-trap that is written about wine today and a profound apology for the drink on which civilisation has been founded.In vino veritas.

A guide for baking and decorating impressive desserts at home, emphasising the potential of icing work, pastry technique and other artisanal touches for a show-stopping finish to any dinner party.

Delicious teas to keep you hydrated and feeling young.

"e;I can't recommend this book highly enough. Never pretentious, always fun, it reflects Ainsley Harriott's persona wonderfully."e; The Telegraph on SaturdayThe stunning official tie-in to Ainsley s major ITV1 show includes all the recipes from the series. Join the nation s favourite TV cook on his food adventure. Ainsley Harriott is going back to his roots to uncover the best-kept secrets and simple dishes of Caribbean home cooking in this ultimate feel-good cookbook. Among the brand-new, mouthwatering recipes that are featured on the show, there will be over 80 dishes inspired by the diverse culture and the rich food heritage of these much-loved islands. You ll find light dishes and snacks such as Crab and chilli cornbread muffins and Chickpea and plantain patties; flavoursome main meals including Grilled chicken roti wrap with mango dressing and Grilled lamb cutlets with green herb yoghurt; not forgetting indulgent desserts and cocktails including White chocolate, rum and raspberry cr me brulee and Lazy man s long island iced tea. This stunning cookbook will bring exciting new meals to your family table and transport you to the real Caribbean in your own kitchen.

The New Power Eating delivers a science-based nutrition plan that explains what to eat and when and how to customize your diet for your physique, performance, and energy needs. This is the authoritative guide for adding muscle and cutting fat.

The first economic analysis of the beer market and brewing industry, this volume examines the history and consumption of beer, industrial organization, and new beer markets. It presents global developments as well as country studies from Europe, the US, China, Russia, and India.

A cookbook encouraging newlyweds to cook at home, cook as a team, and set up a home kitchen they'll want to cook in day after day; with recipes for classic and modern dishes to build the couple's culinary arsenal, plus a keepsake element so couples can record their cooking and entertaining efforts.

This cookbook is 100 main recipes and endless variations that marries the style and inspiration of Gjelina with the scope and reference of Vegetable Literacy from an exciting, smart point of view.

Gold Winner, 2019 Taste Canada Awards - Health and Special Diets CookbooksCheeky registered dietitian, food lover, and YouTube star Abbey Sharp is often described as "Nigella Lawson in a lab coat." In her debut cookbook she shares fun, satisfying, and unbelievably healthy recipes that will ignite your love affair with food.In over 100 recipes, Abbey shows us how she eats: healthy and nourishing meals that are packed with flavour like PB & J Protein Pancakes, Autumn Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese, Stuffed Hawaiian Burgers, Chicken, Sweet Potato and Curry Cauliflower, Chocolate Stout Veggie Chili, Chewy Crackle Almond Apple Cookies, and Ultimate Mini Sticky Toffee Puddings. Many of her recipes are plant-centric and free of dairy, gluten, and nuts. Others contain some protein-rich, lean beef, poultry, eggs, and dairy, so there are plenty of delicious recipes for every one and every occasion. Featuring gorgeous photography throughout, The Mindful Glow Cookbook is perfect for anyone looking to fully nourish their body, satisfy food cravings, and enjoy every snack, meal, and decadent dessert in blissful enjoyment.

From chef and bestselling author Andy Ricker comes this definitive guide to the most delicious and time-honored noodle dishes of Thailand with recipes anyone can make at home.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY CHICAGO TRIBUNEFrom iconic dishes like phat thai and phat si ew to lesser-known (at least Stateside) treasures like kuaytiaw reua (boat noodles), noodles represent many of the most delicious and satisfying dishes in the Thai culinary canon. In POK POK Noodles, chef Andy Ricker shares recipes for his favorites-including noodle soups, fried noodles, and khanom jiin, Thailand's only indigenous noodle. Filled with stunning food and location photography and the thoughtful, engaging storytelling that has earned Ricker legions of fans, this book will become an instant classic for armchair travelers and lovers of Thai food and culture.

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If you have a dietary sensitivity to inflammatory compounds, this cookbook can help you manage your symptoms and alleviate your discomfort. Along with more than 100 delicious dishes, from a Cornmeal Scallion Waffle Egg Sandwich to Maple Shortbread Cookies, you'll get food checklists, kitchen hacks, tips for eating out, a month of sample meal plans, and 15-minute meal ideas. Eating healthy never tasted so good!

THE BEST GARDENING BOOKS OF THE YEAR - GARDENS ILLUSTRATED''Informative and enthusiastic'' i PaperPLANT-BASED MEDICINE FOR A CALMER, HEALTHIER LIFE It''s easy to turn to the pharmacy when we''re stressed, sick or feeling under the weather, but what if you turned to your garden instead?In this accessible and easy to use manual, horticultural expert, former Gardener''s World presenter and Guardian columnist, Alys Fowler, shows how to take control of your health by adopting a more natural lifestyle. For thousands of years, people who had no access to clinical medicine knew how to boost their well-being by using the ingredients they found in plants. Herbs are the people''s medicine; often freely available and abundant, they are ready and waiting to be plucked from around you to soothe and heal your body and mind. With guides for how to use and grow over 100 herbs - for example how to use fennel for indigestion, camomile for anxiety and nettle for hayfever - you''ll soon be heading into the garden, rather than opening the medicine cabinet. Offering a fusion of botanical, practical, cultural and historical information, A Modern Herbal reveals how common herbs are the simple, cleansing way to better health and happiness.''An important and accessible herbal for the 21st century . . . For anyone delving into herbs for the first time or those who want to broaden their herbal repertoire in the garden and home, this book is much needed'' Gardens IllustratedAS SEEN IN THE GUARDIAN

Learn how to make exquisite, lifelike sugarcraft floral displays for showstopper cakes that are perfect for special occasions.

100 two-serving, easy and delicious low-carb recipes from hearty breakfasts to satisfying snacks to mouth-watering dinners-perfectly sized for both couples and singles following the keto diet.

Supermarket wines now win Gold Medals in International Challenge. Best Wines in the Supermarkets, identifies these superior wines, often at bargain prices. It provides the tasting and style notes for readers to use in finding what they enjoy. Now with its own secure website for searching and sorting- at www.bestwinesinthesupermarket.uk.

In this revised and updated edition, renowned cardiologist William Davis explains how eliminating wheat from our diets can prevent fat storage, shrink unsightly bulges and reverse myriad health problems.

The Doctor's Kitchen - Eat to Beat Illness is a groundbreaking book written by Dr Rupy Aujla, a renowned physician and culinary expert. Published in 2019 by HarperCollins Publishers, this book falls under the genre of health and wellness. In this book, Dr Aujla shares his unique health philosophy that emphasizes the power of food as medicine. He provides a wealth of delicious recipes that are designed to combat various illnesses, enhance overall health, and improve the quality of life. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in leading a healthier lifestyle and learning more about the correlation between nutrition and health. HarperCollins Publishers is proud to have this book as part of their collection, further cementing their reputation as a leading publisher of health and wellness literature.

One of the Best Cookbooks of 2021 by the New York Times Experience the sublime beauty and flavor of one of the oldest and most delicious cuisines on earth: the food of Shanghai, China's most exciting city, in this evocative, colorful gastronomic tour that features 100 recipes, stories, and more than 150 spectacular color photographs.Filled with galleries, museums, and gleaming skyscrapers, Shanghai is a modern metropolis and the world's largest city proper, the home to twenty-four million inhabitants and host to eight million visitors a year. ?China's crown jewel? (Vogue), Shanghai is an up-and-coming food destination, filled with restaurants that specialize in international cuisines, fusion dishes, and chefs on the verge of the next big thing. It is also home to some of the oldest and most flavorful cooking on the planet.Betty Liu, whose family has deep roots in Shanghai and grew up eating homestyle Shanghainese food, provides an enchanting and intimate look at this city and its abundant cuisine. In this sumptuous book, part cookbook, part travelogue, part cultural study, she cuts to the heart of what makes Chinese food Chinese?the people, their stories, and their family traditions. Organized by season, My Shanghai takes us through a year in the Shanghai culinary calendar, with flavorful recipes that go beyond the standard, well-known fare, and stories that illuminate diverse communities and their food rituals.Chinese food is rarely associated with seasonality. Yet as Liu reveals, the way the Shanghainese interact with the seasons is the essence of their cooking: what is on a dinner table is dictated by what is available in the surrounding waters and fields. Live seafood, fresh meat, and ripe vegetables and fruits are used in harmony with spices to create a variety of refined dishes all through the year. My Shanghai allows everyone to enjoy the homestyle food Chinese people have eaten for centuries, in the context of how we cook today. Liu demystifies Chinese cuisine for home cooks, providing recipes for family favorites that have been passed down through generations as well as authentic street food: her mother's lion's head meatballs, mung bean soup, and weekday stir-fries; her father-in-law's pride and joy, the Nanjing salted duck; the classic red-braised pork belly (as well as a riff to turn them into gua bao!); and core basics like high stock, wontons, and fried rice.In My Shanghai, there is something for everyone?beloved noodle and dumpling dishes, as well as surprisingly light fare. Though they harken back centuries, the dishes in this outstanding book are thoroughly modern?fresh and vibrant, sophisticated yet understated, and all bursting with complex flavors that will please even the most discriminating or adventurous palate.

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The first book to provide a 360 approach to the new diet phenomenom, Keto: combining the scientific exploration into health benefits with a practical plan and lifestyle guide complete with recipes and exercises

If the word "cure" intrigues you, this book will also. High doses of vitamins have been known to cure serious illnesses for nearly 80 years.Claus Jungeblut, M.D., prevented and treated polio in the mid-1930s, using a vitamin. Chest specialist Frederick Klenner, M.D., was curing multiple sclerosis and polio back in the 1940s, also using vitamins. William Kaufman, M.D., cured arthritis, also in the 1940s. In the 1950s, Drs. Wilfrid and Evan Shute were curing various forms of cardiovascular disease with a vitamin. At the same time, psychiatrist Abram Hoffer was using niacin to cure schizophrenia, psychosis, and depression. In the 1960s, Robert Cathcart, M.D., cured influenza, pneumonia, and hepatitis. In the 1970s, Hugh D. Riordan, M.D., was obtaining cures of cancer with intravenous vitamin C. Dr. Harold Foster and colleagues arrested and reversed full-blown AIDS with nutrient therapy, and in just the last few years, Atsuo Yanagasawa, M.D., Ph.D., has shown that vitamin therapy can prevent and reverse sickness caused by exposure to nuclear radiation. Since 1968, much of this research has been published in the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine. This book brings forward important material selected from over forty-five years of JOM directly to the reader.At some 800 pages, The Orthomolecular Treatment of Chronic Disease is a very large book, but it is also a very practical book. If you want to know which illnesses best respond to nutrition therapy, and how and why that therapy works, this is the book for you. Part One presents the principles of orthomolecular medicine and the science behind them. Part Two is devoted to orthomolecular pioneers, presenting an introduction to maverick doctors and nutrition scientists in a reader-friendly way that brings the subject to life. Part Three brings together extraordinary clinical and experimental evidence from expert researchers and clinicians.The Orthomolecular Treatment of Chronic Disease shows exactly how innovative physicians have gotten outstanding results with high-dose nutrient therapy. Their work is here for you to see and decide for yourself.The Orthomolecular Treatment of Chronic Disease, subtitled "65 Experts on Therapeutic and Preventive Nutrition," is a complete course in nutritional healing for less than thirty dollars.

The six-pack diet is a long-term weight-loss solution that specifically targets problem areas like the abdominal region. This plan uses your body''s natural components, such as hormones, to help you win the battle of the bulge and create an environment in your body that is fat-loss friendly.

Foods of Sierra Leone and other West African countries is a unique cookbook focusing on West African foods many of which have a global appeal. It is loaded with overwhelming details about these foods as well as interesting personal food stories that will delight children and adults alike. In addition, the book exposes the reader to many delectably tasty recipes for dishes like joloff rice, various soups and stews, the fascinating groundnut soups and stews, the delicious cassava leaf sauce, okra sauces, beans sauces, other mixed sauces and many more including vegetarian variations of some of the sauces. Food lovers will learn how traditionally Western vegetables like spinach, collard green, swiss chard and many others can be cooked using West African recipes. All these are lavishly presented by a West African national who was born and brought up in the region, and has lived in the region cooking and eating these foods for more than 50 years.