With over 100 recipes elevating traditional Spanish food and drink to new heights, Bar 44 Tapas y Copas is a celebration of things Spanish. Restauranteurs Owen and Tom Morgan's recipes and stories of their experiences in Spain are accompanied by beautiful food photography and design. The must-have tapas book of the year.

'n Versameling van Jan se beste vegetariese resepte en nog baie nuwe kinkels, alles op die vuur. As jy iets soek vir vleislose Maandag, jou nuwe vegetariese skoondogter moet onthaal, of die kleinkinders moet kosgee - is daar geen rede waarom jy nie kan braai nie. Met Jan se liplekker braaibroodtjies, potjies, kerrie, brode, burgers tot poedings sal selfs die vleiseters terugkom vir nog 'n skeppie!

Dit bevat volledige planne met tafelversierings, blomme en alles anders wat nodig is om tafels vir 25 verskillende geleenthede te dek, asook meer as 50 watertandlekker resepte en aanwysings om tafelelemente soos servetringe, naamkaartjies, plekmatjies, geskenkboksies en ander dekoratiewe bykomstighede te maak. Praktiese inligting oor basiese beplanning, van die samestelling van inspirasieborde en idees vir ongewone onderborde tot die uitsoek van musiek en die volmaakte gasgeskenk, word aangevul deur uitgebreide fotobyskrifte wat die leser vertel hoe om alles na te doen. Die resepte is in 'n afsonderlike afdeling, gevolg deur aanwysings en patrone vir selfdoenprojekte wat nie volledig in die byskrifte gedek kon word nie. Daar is ook 'n oorvloed wenke en voorstelle vir eenvoudige aanbiedingstegnieke, die skedulering van take sodat jy die geleentheid saam met jou gaste kan geniet, en maniere om jou persoonlike stempel op alles af te druk.

A bustling, vibrant tour of flavour-packed Syrian dishes 120 sensational recipes celebrating the flavours of Syria, that can easily be made in the comfort of your own home This is the first cookbook from Imad Al Arnab, a renowned chef from Damascus. Imad now runs an acclaimed restaurant in London, which was named GQ’s ‘Best Breakthrough Restaurant 2022’. Imad’s Syrian Kitchen is a bustling, riotous tour through 120 traditional and adapted Syrian dishes that can be made in the comfort of your own home. Imad will introduce us to the delicious flavours and techniques of the Syrian kitchen – showing you just how easy this wonderful cuisine can be. Alongside delicious recipes, Imad will share the unforgettable details of how he came to settle in London, as well as the story of his home country, Syria. This book is a celebration of how food has the power to bring people together.

In Kaap, kerrie & koesisters neem die tweelingsusters Fatima en Gadija ons op ’n tradisionele Kaaps-Maleise kosreis wat terselfdertyd ook ’n lewensreis is, want die resepte word saamgesnoer met herinneringe aan hulle grootwordjare op die Kaapse Vlakte en die vroue wat so ’n groot rol gespeel het om ’n liefde vir koskook en bak by hulle te kweek.

Die susters glo aan lekker huiskos en resepte wat vinnig, maklik en bekostigbaar is – soos wat hulle geliefde oorlede moeder se kookstyl ook was. Maar die boek bevat ook uithangresepte vir daardie spesiale geleenthede! Wat is dan nou lekkerder as ’n pot tradisionele gheemakerrie, of Fatima se alombekende kerrievis, akni, dhaltjies en piesangbrood? En probeer gerus Gadija se sambals, smoortjies en bredies met die geurigste speserye.

Met afdelings soos sop, bredies, poedings, vleis, vis, koeke en gebak is die boek beslis ’n moet vir elke Kaaps-Maleise lekkerbek – en elkeen wat nog altyd meer wou weet van die Kaaps-Maleise kookkuns!

Die bereiding van lekker en voedsame maaltye vir die gesin is gewoonlik hoog op die lys van uitdagings wat ons elke dag die hoof moet bied. In Maaltye – maklike geregte vir elke dag kan jy slim oplossings kry vir middagetes, aandetes en onthaalmaaltye wat jou familie en vriende sal geniet en weer voor sal vra. Geïnspireer deur mense wat graag interessante en gesonde kos eet maar nie baie tyd het vir koskook nie, het Christine Capendale verleidelike geregte geskep wat nogtans maklik is om te maak en jou nie ure lank in die kombuis besig sal hou nie.

Curry Compendium is based on the two top-selling paperback prequels Indian Restaurant Curry at Home Volumes 1 and 2 which have collectively sold over 50,000 copies in three years. Both books won Gourmand World Cookbook awards for the best UK self-published cookbooks. Richard Sayce has combined all the content from both these books into a quality hardback format, added a splattering of new recipes, and updated many of the photographs and illustrations.Inside the new book you'll find an abundance of mouth-watering, delightfully easy to follow Indian restaurant recipes. These are all backed up with detailed and comprehensive informational chapters: everything you need to learn the art of curry cooking. Curry Compendium contains all you need to create your own restaurant quality food at home in your kitchen. Start saving a fortune on takeaways! - 99 recipes, fully detailed and explained, covering starters, mains, sides, rice, accompaniments, and traditional Indian & streetfood. - Video Tuition throughout. A QR code is included for most recipes which can be scanned with a smartphone to instantly open up the associated YouTube video - A quick and easy base gravy recipe to cook in 30 minutes - Scaling Up - a detailed but easy to follow chapter about cooking multiple curry portions at once - Inside an Indian Restaurant kitchen - a chapter showing the workings of a busy kitchen. - Additional recipe photos crediting social media followers. - Based on the top-selling, Gourmand award-winning* paperbacks Indian Restaurant Curry at Home Volumes 1 & 2 (ISBN 978-1-9996608-0-2 & 978-1-9996608-2-6)

The Curry Guy aka Dan Toombs is back, and this time he is taking on Thai takeaway and restaurant favourites.

Dan has spent over two decades working with chefs and eateries to research and create recipes that taste just like the takeaway. Thai cuisine is known for its light dishes that are packed with diverse flavours and textures, and which make the most of a fine balance of sour, sweet and salt. In The Curry Guy Thai, Dan offers up his own versions of those much-loved dishes, including beef massaman curry, red duck curry, pad Thai, fishcakes and summer rolls. With over over 100 recipes, beautiful colour photography throughout, plus store cupboard tips and advice, you'll learn how to create your own classic dishes at home.

Suid-Afrikaners vier elke jaar Nasionale Braaidag op 24 September. ’n Dag vir al die burgers van Suid-Afrika om lekker te ontspan en rondom die braaivleisvure te kuier met hul vriende en familie. Die dryfkrag agter hierdie inisiatief is ’n man bekend as Jan Braai.

In die boek gaan Jan verder as algemene raad oor vuurmaak en die braai van steak, tjops, hoender en wors. Beslis 'n moet vir alle braailiefhebbers!.

This book is the never-before-told story of the dream to set up camp in a vast African wasteland and return it to its former glory as one of the world’s premier wildlands.

Outdoor writer Mike Arnold takes us on an impressionistic journey through Coutada 11, a once again magnificent natural area in Mozambique’s Zambeze Delta. Mike leads us from its poached-out days as a source of bush meat for starving villagers and civil war military troops to the arrival in the early ‘90s of hunting outfitter Mark Haldane and his partners, on their often perilous, sometimes hilarious, travails to take the defiled and uninhabitable place and make it whole again.

Through Mike’s encounters with Haldane and his crew of scientists, guides, and motor-cycle-riding poacher patrols; with local villagers who were an integral part from the beginning; and, of course, with the apex predators, birds, and game animals that 30 years ago no one could have imagined thriving in this locale, this book serves as proof that a small group of dedicated people can make all the difference, and dreams can come true.

This comprehensive sewing book will take you through the entire process from picking the right fabric and notions to completing a pair of jeans that will rival high-end denim brands. Learn garment industry insider techniques, explained in an easy to understand, visual format. All tutorials can be done using regular home sewing machines and tools that are easy to access. Sewing Jeans: The complete step-by-step guide also includes chapters on pattern alterations, a comprehensive guide to the best seams and stitches plus an extensive section on denim fabric and their care and uses. Making your own jeans doesn't have to be hard, with the techniques shown in this book you'll be able to sew a great looking pair of denim that are uniquely you.

Find inner calm and happiness in this beautiful, meditative and earthy watercolour instruction book from nature lover, teacher and artist Inga Buividavice. Art therapy and the act of painting is widely acknowledged to bringpositive mental health benefits, as it helps us centre ourselves, focus our intentions and engage creatively with the world around us. This beautiful guided watercolour book combines these aspects with the healing powers of nature to take you on a journey toward peace and tranquility. Even if you have no experience with watercolours or painting, Painting Calm’s accessible and easy-to-follow prompts will allow you to express yourself and create with ease and joy. Gather inspiration from artist Inga Buivadavice’s beautiful illustrations, designed to capture an emotional connection with the natural world through texture and colour, as you explore:   An overview of watercolour painting supplies and how to use them Basic watercolour techniques and colour theory Exercises for finding inspiration in nature Seasonal projects that include painting trees, leaves, flowers, natural light and patterns found in nature Tips for building a creative practice Discover your inner artist – and forge a new and powerful relationship to nature – in this calming project book, as you watercolour your way to mindful wellbeing.

Following the same approach as the runaway bestseller, Jewellery in a jiffy, this follow up will not disappoint. Once again aimed at the impatient beader, it contains loads of original jewellery designs with the focus on crystals, pearls and gemstones. Some pieces can be completed in a few minutes while many others will take no more than an hour or two - quick results indeed. Pearls, crystals and gemstones all come in a dazzling variety of shapes and colours and were used either singly or in splendid combinations for necklaces, chokers, bracelets and earrings for every taste and occasion. Whether you want it glitzy and glamorous, sophisticated or casual, you will find suitable creative ideas and suggestions in this titel. Clear step by step instructions and photographs explain the amazingly simple techniques so anyone can achieve attractive results quickly and easily. A treasure trove of handcrafted jewellery, this title also has stunning commissioned photographs of all finished pieces.

The Secret of Cooking is packed with solutions for how to make life in the kitchen work better for you, whether you are cooking for yourself or for a crowd. Bee shows you how to get a meal on the table when you’re tired and stretched for time, how to season properly, cook onions (or not) and what equipment really helps. The 140 recipes are doable and delicious, filled with ideas for cooking ahead or cooking alone and the kind of unfussy food that makes everyday life taste better.

Do you want to cook delicious meals for one or two people? With 80 triple-tested recipes, inspirational photographs, handy QR code shopping lists and easy-to-follow instructions cooking for one or two can be a real pleasure. And with recipes written specifically for one or two people, there's no need to worry about wasted ingredients and conundrums, such as how to halve an egg! There's something to tempt everyone in three chapters: EVERDAY EATING with its fabulous everyday meals, which are simple enough to make any time. EAT & FREEZE where each recipe provides several portions - eat one or two portions and freeze the rest. EAT OUT, IN which shows you how to create restaurant-quality food at home with a few ingredients and little effort. Why not whip up a fabulous Prawn Cocktail Pasta in less than 15 minutes, put your feet up while Lemon & Thyme Poussin roasts beautifully in the oven, or indulge in succulent Roasted Strawberries with Lemon Ripple. Just for One or Two is a brand new cookbook from the makers of the Dairy Diary, which provides straightforward recipes for gorgeous meals, desserts and bakes written specifically for one or two people. Each carefully crafted recipe shown in full colour uses readily available ingredients, requires little effort and tastes amazing.

The Cottage Life reflects our collective desire to escape the chaos of modern existence; to live with more purpose, more compassion and more joy.   The Cottage Life is an essential guide to slow and simple living, inspired by the magical world of cottagecore. To follow the cottagecore aesthetic is to wear secondhand clothes that tell their own stories; to bake fresh bread and cakes, no matter how wonky the outcome; to spend time in nature, to observe and draw the plants, to breathe freshair and to connect with species beyond our own. It is taking the time to notice the seasons change, or to turn off your screen mindfully and pick up an old novel instead. It is lighting a fire on the first cool night of autumn and sipping a fresh cup of tea by the fireplace, or watching the first spring leaves unfurl after the long, dark winter. Celebrating the small joys in life, from the first birdsong of the morning to the taste of ripe plums on a summer afternoon. And, above all else, it is learning to slow down, connect with the world around you and be a more compassionate, conscientious citizen of the earth.   Each chapter explores different ways of embracing the cottagecore lifestyle, such as interacting with nature, eating seasonally and getting creative. Inherently low-impact and green, cottagecore embraces reuse and recycling and celebrates an old-fashioned no-waste ethic. Fortunately for most, possession of a country cottage is not essential to embody the cottagecore spirit. With guidance on nurturing your home and small touches for interior decoration, The Cottage Life brings country living ideals to any space.   Cottagecore is much more than a fashion trend or social media bandwagon. It is a peaceful protest against the darker elements of modern life—The Cottage Life is a gentle embrace with the past, encouraging you to truly enjoy the present and nurture a brighter future.    

Featuring a wide variety of techniques, from folding and punching to stitching and inking, the title contains all the information you may need never to be stuck for original construction or composition ideas. Each technique is explained with clear step-by-step photographs and instructions, followed by a gallery of cards using that technique. Further information and a host of practical hints and tips come in the form of extended captions with every card individually photographed. From detailed cards that are artworks in their own right, to quick and simple creations to make in a moment, this title is a most useful hands-on resource for all those paper addicts out there. Handmade cards are suitable for every imaginable occasion and bring much joy to both the card-maker and the receiver. This inspiring book will help you create to your heart's content. Techniques include: punching, stamping, quilling, textiles and haberdashery, alcohol inking, glass painting, embellishments: bought and handmade, folding, metalwork and embossing.

This is a paperback reprint of the 1999 original, back by popular demand. This is a unique collection of over 300 photographs, which vividly depict the people and places of yesteryear Chorley. It captures a fascinating glimpse of the town in a decade of great change. To the generation of today, whose parents and grandparents were themselves young people during the 1950s, stories about what was the norm in those 'far off days', can be equated with history lessons. It was so long ago...yet to those of us who lived in Chorley before, during, and after that decade, we can remember the period so well - or can we? Is it perhaps, that we can remember living in Chorley because of events that happened worldwide or nationally, thus recalling what we were doing at the time? Was it because we met our partner at some dance in the town? Or was it because we recall the records and songs that we listened to, or the films we saw? During the 1950s, Chorley had five cinemas, some of them changing their programme midweek, allowing us to see plenty of films, if we had the pocket money. The records we listened to were usually 78rpm and played on 'wind up' gramophones during the early part of the decade. On Saturday mornings, there was the Mickey Mouse Club at the Odeon for the younger children, where "Flash Gordon" or "Hopalong Cassidy" serials left us in suspense until the following week. On Sunday evenings, the "Big Band Sound" could be heard at live shows on the stage of the Plaza Cinema, many of the famous dance bands of the time, with their singers coming to entertain there. Dancing was usually at church clubs or the Ambulance Hall, until the 'Vic' and the 'Tudor', dancehalls opened. Or, there were the excursion trains to Backpool every Saturday night! There was a roller skating rink off Cunliffe Street, and on Sunday afternoons it was the thing to do, to dress in your best and walk up and down the 'main drag' (Market Street), to view the opposite sex! Then finish up in Howarth's Milk Bar for a hot Vimto or a milk shake. 'Young people', (there were no teenagers then) had to be home by 10.30pm and the girls stayed in on Friday nights to 'wash their hair'. Traffic through the town was heavy, especially at weekends when all the coaches and cars would be en route to Blackpool or the Lake District - there were no motorways then! 'King Cotton' still held sway in the employment stakes, together with the R.O.F. and Leyland Motors. And many lads aspired only to join a church club so they could play snooker, then own a cue...with their name on the case! This then was Chorley through the 1950s.

"Historic Cheeses" discusses the production of cheese in Leicestershire and the Midlands and looks at how it has developed and expanded over many centuries. This is a must read for anyone with a love for fine cheese! When Trevor Hickman published the first history of Stilton cheese in 1995, he had spent over 30 years researching the manufacture of the 'King of English Cheeses'. He has encountered much opposition from local politicians and cheese makers. They argued that Stilton cheese was never made in the village of Stilton in Huntingdonshire on the Roman road called Ermine Street, but was instead made around the district of Melton Mowbray. In this book the author has attempted to correct this. A blue-veined, pressed cream cheese was made in the town of Stilton by 1721, and it was called Stilton cheese. A different type of cream cheese which developed blue veins was produced in the farm dairies in the village of Wymondham, Leicestershire, before 1600, and was marketed in the name of the producers. Frances Pawlett of Wymondham and Cooper Thornhill, an entrepreneur living in Stilton and trading into London, changed the manufacture and marketing of this world-famous cheese. Another influential individual, Shuckburgh Ashby, an entrepreneur with connections with the banking community in London, began dealing with Leicestershire cheese from Hinckley, Leicester and eventually Quenby Hall. This pressed cheese developed in the Sparkenhoe Hundred in Leicestershire, off the Roman roads known as the Fosse Way and Watling Street. The marketing of the pressed wheels of Leicestershire cheese brought many competitors. In the 1740s Ashby became aware of a new cheese that was being marketed in London, Stilton cheese, which was sold out of Cornhill, London, by Cooper Thornhill. After Thornhill's death, Ashby controlled much of the Stilton cheese trade into London, which was by then being made at Quenby Hall. The production of cheese in Leicestershire and the Midlands has developed and expanded over many centuries. In the 20th century cheese production came under the control of national Government, which stipulated that all blue-veined cream cheese must be produced from pasteurised milk. There was considerable opposition to these controls and protests surfaced again in 1989 when the Minister of Agriculture intended to ban the sale of unpasteurised cheese. The Specialist Cheesemakers' Association was formed in opposition, with Randolph Hodgson as chairman. Nowadays a fine Leicestershire cheese is made near Hinckley and Stichelton cheese is made in Nottinghamshire from the original Stilton cheese recipe. Both are made from organic, unpasteurised milk.

This title comes from the author of the best-selling "Mysterious Lincolnshire", "Mysterious Northamptonshire" and "Mysterious Cambridgeshire". Daniel Codd takes the reader on a mystery tour through this beautiful, mystical, enchanting and yet eerie county. "Mysterious Somerset and Bristol" is the next volume in DB Publishing's "Mysterious Counties" series. It takes the reader on a fascinating journey through this most beautiful, mystical, enchanting and yet sometimes eerie county, looking at its strange historical curiosities, unexplained mysteries and supernatural phenomena. Covering a wide area - from Exmoor, through the Brendon Hills and the Quantocks, the Mendip Hills and Cheddar Gorge, to the Avon Gorge and southern Bristol - the author has unearthed hundreds of strange tales and anecdotes to capture the imagination and, sometimes, chill the blood. Researched and compiled from archive sources, although up-to-date and including many contemporary first-hand accounts and contributions, "Mysterious Somerset and Bristol" should prove a satisfying read for the lovers of all that is weird, wonderful and unexplained in this part of the South West. What is behind the ghostly sobbing that plagues an organic farm near North Petherton? Can it be that King Arthur's ghost still patrols South Cadbury? What are the monstrous creatures that have occasionally been encountered in the Bristol Channel? Does a petrified witch really glare at tourists in the subterranean recesses of Wookey Hole? And what to make of the strange things that have been witnessed in the skies: phantom battles over Lansdown, exploding meteorites over Yeovil, twin suns over Chard and, most recently, a staggering array of missiles, phantom aeroplanes and mysterious UFOs? Within these pages, the reader will discover a Somerset and Bristol rich in folklore, supernatural and paranormal phenomena, myth and legend - a land where every town and village from Minehead to Bath hides a perplexing mystery; "Mysterious Somerset and Bristol" is the most thought-provoking and comprehensive look at the region's mysteries in years.