The ultimate guide to classic bakes and modern favourites that doesn't just tell you what to do - it shows you. What's the difference between beating and folding? What should "soft peaks" look like? How do you line a pastry crust? When it comes to baking, knowing what an instruction means can be the difference between a showstopper and a soggy bottom. That's where Complete Baking comes in. Each of the 80 classic recipes in this essential collection is fully illustrated, with photographs of every stage of the baking process. See what other baking books only tell you: how to knead dough, rub together butter and flour, and create a pastry lattice to top a pie or tart. Then try your hand at more than 250 variations on those classics, or use them as inspiration to build on what you've learned and experiment with your own baking creations. If you're spoilt for choice, at-a-glance recipe choosers help you find the right recipe for any occasion, while tips on freezing help you to prepare your bakes ahead of time. With sweet and savoury recipes that everyone will enjoy, it's time to roll up your sleeves, flour your work surface, and whip up something superb with Complete Baking.

Modern Bride Guide to Etiquette Cele Lalli, Editor-in-Chief of America’s #1 bridal magazine, answers all of your wedding etiquette questions. Getting ready for your wedding is tremendously exciting, and you’re going to have so many questions! But now you can have personalized advice at your fingertips from America’s foremost wedding expert. As Editor-in-Chief of Modern Bride, Cele Lalli has spent years helping couples make their dream weddings come true. Anticipating and solving today’s complications is her special domain. She can answer all your questions with tact, skill, and knowledge, giving you the advice you need on:

• Announcing the engagement
• Wording the invitations
• Sharing wedding expenses
• Choosing attendants
• Determining the guest list
• Selecting everyone’s attire
• Organizing the shower and bachelor bash
• Dealing with divorced parents
• Arranging interfaith, intercultural, and interracial weddings
• Planning long distance weddings
• Handling any special situations
• Personalizing the ceremony and reception
• Ensuring that the big day runs smoothly

Modern Bride Guide to Etiquette Cele Lalli, Editor-in-Chief of America's #1 bridal magazine, answers all of your wedding etiquette questions. Getting ready for your wedding is tremendously exciting, and you're going to have so many questions But now you can have personalized advice at your fingertips from America's foremost wedding expert. As Editor-in-Chief of Modern Bride, Cele Lalli has spent years helping couples make their dream weddings come true. Anticipating and solving today's complications is her special domain. She can answer all your questions with tact, skill, and knowledge, giving you the advice you need on:
* Announcing the engagement
* Wording the invitations
* Sharing wedding expenses
* Choosing attendants
* Determining the guest list
* Selecting everyone's attire
* Organizing the shower and bachelor bash
* Dealing with divorced parents
* Arranging interfaith, intercultural, and interracial weddings
* Planning long distance weddings
* Handling any special situations
* Personalizing the ceremony and reception
* Ensuring that the big day runs smoothly
In addition, over 125 quick tips covering the basics of wedding etiquette at a glance round out this invaluable guide. Modern Bride Guide to Etiquette is the perfect companion to Modern Bride Wedding Celebrations: The Complete Wedding Planner for Today's Bride.

Former Pub Chef of the Year Justin Brown has unveiled his first cook book, Dining Through The Seasons. Aimed at the aspirational home cook, the book is full of seasonal starters, mains and desserts to help you prepare fantastic food that's not only delicious and simple to make, but also uses ingredients which are in season. Justin is one of the country's most talented up and coming chefs. He's packed an enormous amount into his career already, including working for Jamie Oliver and Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood as well as cooking for Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Beckham and Madonna. He won Pub Chef of the Year in 2011 as well as many other accolades.

This is a superb collection of 500 recipes featuring an appetizer for every type of occasion, from first courses and finger foods to party bites. It includes dips, hot and cold soups, salads, pates, terrines and mousses, cheese and eggs, poultry and meat, fish and shellfish, and hearty vegetable dishes. You can enjoy tempting appetizers such as Fragrant Spiced Lamb on Mini Poppadums, Baba Ganoush with Lebanese Flatbread, Fish and Chermoula Mini Pies, Crab Dim Sum with Chinese Chives, and Chicken Flautas. It is illustrated with over 500 photographs and explained with clear step-by-step instructions to ensure great results every time. Nutritional notes help you to plan a healthy menu. Whether you want appetizers to start off a meal or to serve as a buffet spread, this collection of recipes will fit the bill. Here in one volume is an incredible choice of delectable little morsels to whet the appetite. The recipes are drawn from across the world to help you create a selection of appetizers that everyone will enjoy, whatever the occasion. There are classics such as French Onion Soup or Roasted Tomatoes and Mozzarella with Basil Oil; Mediterranean delights such as Tapenade and Aioli with Vegetables; Scallops Wrapped in Prosciutto for a stylish dinner; tasty party bites such as Mini Saffron Fish Cakes and Fiery Tuna Spring Rolls; and more substantial snacks and first courses such as Beef Empanadas or Halloumi and Grape Salad. Including handy hints and advice on ingredients, as well as suggestions for quick and easy variations, this cookbook is all you need for the perfect start to every meal.

This title offers 320 mouthwatering recipes for every occasion, from light bites, brunches and buffets to dinner parties, shown in 1000 photographs. It features everything you need to know about successful party planning, with advice on budgets, drawing up a guest list and invitations, as well as essential entertaining tips. You can choose from a huge collection of appetizing classics including simple nibbles, finger food, dips and dippers, and recipes for informal brunches, lunches and suppers. You can make stunning buffet spreads or dishes for formal entertaining, dinner parties and festive occasions. It includes useful information on organizing your party, getting help and supplies, advice on decor, and how to scale up quantities to cater for crowds of every size. How to select dishes and create a suitable menu, as well as tips on freezing and advance preparation to save you time on the day. If you decide to have a party, planning ahead is necessary, and this book has all the information and recipes you need to entertain with ease. The recipe selection includes elegant canapes such as eggs mimosa and cheese aigrettes. Nibbles, dips and finger food are party foods that everyone enjoys and there are many exciting recipes to choose from, for example, crisp-fried crab claws and yakitori chicken. Chapters on brunches, lunches and fork suppers include tasty dishes such as risotto frittata and salmon rillettes, while the section on special occasions contains such treats as rich game pie and beef carbonade. From the moment you send the invitations to the clearing up, this inspiring book will make your party one to remember.

A wealth of mix-and-match ideas are threaded together with visual themes for bespoke invitations, decorations, recipes and gift bags. Celebrations include a relaxed beach picnic, a vintage cocktail party and a children's fiesta. Life & Soul also contains two mini recipe books packed with all the party food you need to keep your guests happy.

How do you reply to your colleague's weird email? What might Debrett's say about your Tinder profile? And just how do you know if you're mansplaining? In this irreverent journey through the murky world of digital etiquette, WIRED's Victoria Turk provides an indispensable guide to minding our manners in a brave new online world. The digital revolution has put us all within a few clicks, taps and swipes of each other. But familiarity can breed contempt, and whilst we're more likely than ever to fall in love online, we're also more likely to fall headfirst into a blazing row with a stranger. Google's unofficial motto is Don't Be Evil, but sometimes that's easier said than done. If you've ever encountered the surreal battlefields of digital life and wondered why we don't all just go analogue, this is the book for you.

For food that's as beautiful as any photograph - and tastes every bit as good as it looks.

It's true that 'we eat with our eyes'. This beautiful, clever book provides a fantastic toolkit straight from the world of professional food styling, and it promises to change the way you cook for ever. The recipes in The New Art of Cooking include all the little preparation, cooking and serving details that make a difference to the end result: without even trying you'll pick up tips that can be applied to the rest of your repertoire.

Recipes include beetroot soup with cream clouds; sticky baked feta; bittersweet seasonal salad; pork belly roast with shaken rhubarb; fancy puff-pastry fish pie; chocolate mousse with crushed praline; salted caramel wedding cake; and strawberries and cream ice lollies. From simple workday suppers to indulgent feasts for friends and family, this is an approach that will make your cooking look better than ever and taste wonderful too.

Aphra Behn is usually described as England's first professional woman writer, but her contemporary Hannah Woolley (Wooley or Wolley) ran her close, though recipes not bodice-rippers were her speciality (mixed with some judicious teaching, housekeeping and medical marketing). It seems amazing, therefore, that apart from a slight compendium, nothing of hers is available today - when women's studies have so strong a following. Her output is confusing and disputed, even the portrait in this second edition of her book is not of her but one Sarah Gilly, but all is made clearer by the long introduction by Caterina Albano, who has studied women's domestic literature for this period, and who urged us to produce this new, unabridged setting of the book (it is not a facsimile). The Companion is a conduct- as well as cookery-book (the recipes are mainly derived from her earlier works). It also contains an autobiography of the author. In truth it is a rank, but captivating, miscellany, including recipes, medical prescriptions, advice to servants and governesses, hints on upbringing, cosmetics and education, rules of social comportment and conduct, instructions and model letters for correspondence (mainly for young ladies), and 'Pleasant Discourses and Witty Dialogues' between gentlemen and ladies. Great bedtime reading. The editor puts it all in long perspective.

Contains information on how a lady should face the predicaments of life.

Entertaining - the process of what to cook for friends and family - can be daunting. How do you cater for larger numbers? How do you make the table look inviting? And how to you deal with fussy recipes? This book provides answers to these questions and more.

A step-by-step guide to creating fifty classic and contemporary cocktails, without the need for cocktail-making equipment or tricky techniques.

Whether you're looking for a refreshing drink in the garden or a quick night cap, Mixed in Minutes contains a range of fuss-free cocktails for every time of the day. From an espresso martini to the perfect mojito, a frozen margarita to a boozy hot chocolate, you can recreate your favourite cocktails at home using these quick and simple recipes.

Beautifully illustrated with full-colour photography, this easy-to-follow cocktail book includes:

• Simple instructions for creating the perfect cocktail, without a shaker or strainer
• Cocktail-making hacks - no muddling or shaking required
• Recommendations for garnishes and creative twists
• Average cost of each cocktail
• Recommended pairing for every recipe to spritz your drink and halve its alcohol content

Easy to use and filled with a variety of accessible, delicious and bar-quality recipes, Mixed in Minutes is the go-to cocktail book that makes a lovely gift for your friends or yourself.

Pass the cookie platter, please! Frosted sugar cookies, twisty pinwheels, soft gingerbread...all the classics (and some new favorites!) are inside. Christmas Cookie Jar is chock-full of scrumptious recipes with all the flavors of the season...Chocolate Mint Stars, Raspberry Shortbread Thumbprints, Frosted Ginger Creams and Cranberry Crumb Bars. You'll find old-fashioned favorites like Pecan Icebox Cookies, Grandma's Butter Fingers and Pastel Cream Wafers...even Oh-So-Easy Cut-Outs and 1-2-3 Cookies that bake up in a jiffy. Of course we've included candies for gift-giving like Grandpa's Famous Caramels and Sparkling Sugarplums, along with lots of clever ideas for sharing cookies. There's even an all-chocolate chapter packed with goodies like Double Fudgy Cookie Bars and Buckeye Brownies. When Christmas Eve arrives, we'll be setting out a plate of Rudolph's Carrot Cookies for Santa...how about you? 224 Recipes.

Parties are full of all the things we love...getting together with family & friends, sharing conversation and laughter, and eating delicious food. Whether you're cheering on the home team, celebrating a birthday or anniversary, hosting the kids' friends for a slumber party, or getting together for a casual game night or movie night, Quick & Easy Party Recipes will help you make it memorable. Fill the appetizer table with creamy dips and spreads, crunchy snack mixes, spicy chicken wings and savory sausages...there's something for everyone! For heartier appetites, platters of sliders or sandwich loaves, cheesy nachos and saucy ribs are just the ticket. Cook up a big pot of chowder or bake a comfort-food casserole, and round out the menu with a big veggie-packed salad. Dessert is really the star of the show...a sheet pan chocolate cake or sweet fruit tart will feed a crowd. You can plan a whole party menu with the recipes in this book, or jazz up your tried & true favorites with just one or two new-to-you treats. They're all so easy, you'll spend less time in the kitchen! You'll also find helpful entertaining tips to make party planning a breeze. So start making your guest list...every day's a party with the recipes we've gathered here!

Here is a collection of recipes that makes entertaining easy for any occasion - whether it's a cocktail hour, a brunch, a dinner party, or an elaborate holiday feast Recipes for Lobster Salad, Tarragon Roasted Chicken, Potato Gratin, and Chocolate Souffle make for an easy-to-make foolproof dinner menu that even complete novices can master; cheat sheets like Ten Quick Hors d'Oeuvres and Five Entree Salads make entertaining a crowd cheaper and easierthan ever; and recipes for high-stakes holiday meals like Roasted Fillet of Beef or Roasted Turkey Parts elevate the classic crowd-pleasers to dishes that guests will rave about for months. Party Food, Holiday Cocktails, and Holiday Cookies, three new titles in the Artisanal Kitchen series, provide an indispensable arsenal of recipes that cover all the bases for a delicious holiday season.