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Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Etiquette & entertaining > General
Have you ever wished you could live in an earlier, more romantic
era? Ladies, welcome to the 19th century, where there's arsenic in
your face cream, a pot of cold pee sits under your bed, and all of
your underwear is crotchless. (Why? Shush, dear. A lady doesn't
question.) UNMENTIONABLE is your hilarious, illustrated,
scandalously honest (yet never crass) guide to the secrets of
Victorian womanhood, giving you detailed advice on: ~ What to wear
~ Where to relieve yourself ~ How to conceal your loathsome
addiction to menstruating ~ What to expect on your wedding night ~
How to be the perfect Victorian wife ~ Why masturbating will kill
you ~ And more Irresistibly charming, laugh-out-loud funny, and
featuring nearly 200 images from Victorian publications,
UNMENTIONABLE will inspire a whole new level of respect for
Elizabeth Bennett, Scarlet O'Hara, Jane Eyre, and all of our great,
great grandmothers. (And it just might leave you feeling
ecstaticallygrateful to live in an age of pants, super absorbency
tampons, epidurals, anti-depressants, and
not-dying-of-the-syphilis-your-husband-brought-home.)
Fresh, artistic and cheeky designs for a new generation of creative florists.
Bold, modern and more than a little bit cheeky, Flower Porn ditches the traditional floral bouquets for designer arrangements that you can recreate at home. Kai Kaimins, founder of East London florist My Lady Garden, shows you how to fill your home or office with eye-catching, Instagram-worthy arrangements. By following her flower recipes, you'll unlock the secrets of colour theory and get up close and personal with a huge array of blooms, season by season.
Complete with an essential chapter on floristry techniques, this book will show you how to choose the best flowers for each arrangement, and prepare each stem to make sure that your bold creations will last.
Float into the pages of this flirty flower book to explore:
- Four chapters of flower arrangements are arranged by season, with each project presented as a recipe, complete with a food-related heading
- A preliminary chapter will cover the key techniques and processes readers will need to create each flower recipe
- vivid photography and modern layouts that capture Kai's style and the My Lady Garden aesthetic.
There's nothing quite like a bouquet of flowers, and there is absolutely nothing at all like the bouquets, arrangements and stunning displays in Flower Porn to bring beauty to a room. A must-have addition to the library of every flower-arranger - whether you're discovering the art form for the first time, or already a professional florist looking for new ideas for the business, Flower Porn has something for everyone to love.
Being a grazer means tasting lots of things but not committing to a
single one. IPs the opposite of meal monogamy, the antithesis of
boredom at the table. When you graze, you skip from dish to dish,
bending the rules of convention. From shrimp with chile to unique
takes on cheese and charcuterie to tiny creme brulee spoons, Lenzer
gives us a guide on how to create dishes and snacks for grazing and
entertaining, whether it be a dinner for two or a party for twelve.
Tapping into the tapas style trend of eating, Graze is full of
easy, delicious dishes, that, combined together, can make a unique
meal. Cooking small bites is a way to try your hand at fun new
recipes, including simple pear crisps, pizza slivers, grilled
polenta cakes, scallop and plum ceviche, lavender panna cotta cups,
and so much more. The book is written for home cooks eager for
ideas and inspiration on how to integrate smaller dishes into their
kitchen. The trend toward grazing is growing rapidly - more and
more of us are interested in eating lighter meals focused on high
quality, sustainable ingredients. The desire to be more conscious
about consumption is integral to all of Lenzer's recipes.
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