The debut cookbook and guidebook for memorable gatherings from bestselling author and interior design expert Shea McGee.

After three years of perfecting every detail and testing recipes on her family at home, Shea McGee presents Around the Table, her first cookbook—a beautiful fusion of design expertise and culinary passion.

Filled with intimate anecdotes about hosting and entertaining, practical tips, seasonal tablescapes, and curated recipes, readers will learn how to effortlessly create elevated dining experiences. More than just a cookbook, it's a complete guide to memorable gatherings that seamlessly blends food, design, and personal storytelling.

Around the Table reveals how the right setting transforms every recipe into an invitation for meaningful moments and lasting memories.

A booming popularity has produced endless wine selections to choose from. Our wine expert Fred Swan (WSET, CS, CWAS, CSW, FWS, IWP, WSET L3 Sake, Sud-France Wine Master) has authored the ultimate cheat sheet. Every important descriptor, wine vocabulary word, region and grape is covered so you can pin point the tastes you are searching for. Enough experience is packaged in these 6 laminated pages that you can be knowledgeable enough to swirl glasses with a wine master or sommelier at the vineyard, dinner with friends, or your own tasting party. Whether a new wine drinker or a connoisseur this reference is a must-have. 6-page laminated guide includes: How to Taste Wine Common Wine Descriptors Selecting & Buying Wines Serving Wine Food & Wine Pairing Conducting a Wine Tasting Grape Profiles Climate Regional Profiles Grape Growing Making Wine

What would the world look like if more of us cared for more people? What if we were vulnerable in sharing our whole story, the good and the bad, and not just the highlight reel? How could our stories, if authentically told, help others through their pain, grief, or depression? In his new memoir, NO LUCKS GIVEN, Chef Brother Luck shares the dramatic story of his childhood, the life lessons he learned on the streets, in kitchens, and in counseling sessions, and compels us to both ask for help and do the hard work of helping others. Through the lens of his own prioritiesfaith, family, and foodBrother sets the table for meaningful conversation by acknowledging his pain, being vulnerable, and sharing the wisdom he has learned from his mentors.

This comprehensive guide in official partnership with the hit TV series Downton Abbey is a lavish celebration of the elegant institution of afternoon tea, filled with recipes, historical facts and etiquette guides. With over 150 stunning photographs featuring stills from across the series and right up to the latest film release, this collection of 70 delicious recipes will give you everything you need to take afternoon tea just like the Granthams do in the much-beloved series. With a foreword by Gareth Neame, executive producer of Downton Abbey, this book investigates the history of tea, covering its origins and varieties, the etiquette surrounding its consumption in English aristocratic life, and its presence in the series, both upstairs and downstairs. The book then turns to 70 recipes for delicious bakes, bites and assorted sweet and savoury delights to accompany a delightful afternoon tea, with sections on: Pastries, buns and biscuits - Whip up classics like the cream scone or chelsea buns, as well as enticing delicacies such as raspberry eclairs and chocolate florentines. Cakes, tarts and puddings - From colourful Battenburg cakes and lemon tarts to warming spicy dark gingerbread or steamed toffee pudding, these irresistable bakes will have something to suit every taste. Tea sandwiches and savoury bites - Enjoy mini pork pies and cornish pasties, or make carefully trimmed tea sandwiches to complete any spread. Preserves and spreads - Make aromatic strawberry-rhubarb jam, currant jelly or lemon curd from scratch to accompany your bakes. This carefully curated selection of recipes spans the world of Downton, from intimate afternoon tea taken in the drawing-room to glamorous tea parties in the garden. Full of photographs and quotes from Downton characters, with this book you can recreate the rich traditions and flavours of Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea time and time again.

The ultimate colour-by-colour flower reference guide - from New York's pre-eminent floral designers, Putnam and Putnam

Planning a wedding, a dinner, a birthday party, a romantic evening, holiday entertaining, or just arranging flowers for the pleasure of having them, more often than not your creative process begins with thinking about the colour of the flowers that you want. To help you find what you are looking for, Flower Colour Guide is the first reference book to organize flower types by colour, with an emphasis on seasonality and creative colour schemes - and the results are stunning in their sheer variety. What Pantone is to colour, Flower Colour Guide is to flowers.

Showcasing 400 flowers at their peak, with stunning photography taken by Putnam & Putnam in their Brooklyn studio, this guide includes an appendix featuring perforated pages, with tips on flower care, notes on how to prepare vessels and a list of suggested colour schemes. A great gift to give, or to have for oneself, the book speaks to the most seasoned flower enthusiasts as well as those just beginning to explore the possibilities of arranging flowers.

Michael and Darroch Putnam have built a reputation for romantic, dramatic floral arrangements and installations using colour as their guiding principle - here, they share their knowledge with readers worldwide: "This is the book we wished we had when we started doing flowers."

Organised geographically, this comprehensive cookbook takes fans on a magical journey from Privet Drive in Surrey to Hogwarts, New York City, Paris and beyond, featuring Great Hall feasts, the treats inspired by Kowalski's Bakery and much more. Learn to make traditional treats beloved at the British, American and French locations in the films as well as the favourite foods of wizards and Muggles alike, from Harry Potter and Hermione Granger to Newt Scamander, Queenie Goldstein and Jacob Kowalski.

Sprinkled with fascinating behind-the-scenes film facts and bursting with gorgeous photography, this cookbook offers step-by-step instructions on how to prepare more than 80 delicious recipes that can be enjoyed while watching the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films.

Recipes include:

- Dudley Dursley's Swirly Tail Bacon Cheddar Breadsticks
- Bill and Fleur's Wedding Chocolate Puffs
- WonderWitch Passion Juice Smoothie
- Flaming Phoenix Cocktails
- Goldstein Sisters' Hot Chocolate Mug Cakes
- And more!

From appetisers to main courses, and from drinks to desserts, Harry Potter: Official Wizarding World Cookbook is the ultimate guide to creating enchanting meals inspired by the magical Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films!