There is nothing as cosy or relaxing as a day spent baking in the festive season. Freshly-baked cookies are very much a part of the advent period - filling your home with the scent of warm, sugary dough is sure to raise a smile before a single bite is taken out of them! Joy to the World sweetens the lead-up to Christmas with 24 favourite biscuit and cookie recipes from around the world -- one for every day before Christmas. Try the famous gingerbread from Sweden, Christmas cantucci from Italy, or millionaire's shortbread from Scotland. The recipes are simple, fun and festive, and make a tasty gift or indulgent treat. Beautifully designed with charming photographs throughout, Joy to the World will make your Christmas extra special, and the book itself is a stylish stocking filler for the baker in your life.

Fun, tasty, and flavourful recipes that help you cook for the entire week! Save time and money and make a variety of mouthwatering meals. Author Kim Duke will show you how to make delicious, affordable meals over weekends that can be repurposed for weekday meals. Save time, money and reduce food waste with this batch-cooking guide. Weekly Provisions places variety and fun back into meal prep and seasonal cooking and shows how to spice up leftovers. In this book you'll discover: - Recipes for 12 complete menus - each with a starter, main event, side dish and pudding - followed by creative ideas for turning what's left into new meals during the week - 100 leftover makeovers for breakfast on the go, packed lunches, speedy suppers, and more - How to stock your larder and make a weekly shopping list without food waste - The indulgence of comfort food with an added element of meal planning and purpose Meal preparation can be a tedious weekend task that nobody really wants to do. When you're time-poor and weekdays are filled with work, family, and other activities, cooking new meals can quickly become overwhelming. Weekly Provisions is packed with recipes for 12 complete menus - each with a starter, main event, side dish and pudding - followed by more than 60 creative ideas for turning what's left into new meals and snacks during the week. So say goodbye to sad leftovers and boring batch-cooking, and let chef Kim Duke show you a new way to cook that's easy on your time and money, but big on taste and pleasure!

The Ultimate Book of Party Food presents the know-how required to master the art of entertaining guests with savoury and sweet canapes and bites.

Including basic building-block recipes for sauces, breads, doughs and fillings, the bulk of the book is devoted to brilliant recipes for fingerfood, small bites, sandwiches, rolls, soups, and tarts, as well as sweet treats such as macarons and mini crèmes. Each recipe features a full-colour cross-section illustration, step-by-step photography and a beautiful hero image to inspire the reader and demystify the cooking and preparation process.

With tips on menu planning, preparation timing and food storage, alongside sample menus, cooking and preparation techniques and information on produce, The Ultimate Book of Party Food is the complete toolbox you need to host your next celebration.

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Crowd Breakers and Mixers Ideas Library-- Break the ice and warm up your group at meetings, parties, studies, or any other youth group event with one of these 230 crowd breakers and mixers! Make it fun for kids to get acquainted! Lots of creative ways for a group of strangers or classmates to circulate and learn a lot about each other in a short amount of time. If you're a youth worker or recreation director in a church, school, club or camp, Crowd Breakers and Mixers is your storehouse of proven, youth group tested ideas.

The Ultimate Bundt Cook Book 120 fabulous recipes for Bundt cakes, ice cream Bundts, breads and bun Bundts for elevenses, deserts, afternoon tea, birthday and every celebration. Elevate humble sandwich cakes into show-stopping Bundts to wow your friends and family. Cut slices to reveal swirls, hearts and even a surprise Easter bunny. Made using a wide range of strikingly beautiful traditional and new pans designed by bakeware specialists Nordicware, Bundt cakes both taste and look spectacular and whether for afternoon tea or a festive celebration, they are the perfect centrepiece for any table. Chapters include everyday Bundts, fruit Bundts, a whole section on chocolate Bundts, Bundts with 'star' quality, swirl Bundts, jelly and ice cream Bundts, as well as breads, bun Bundts and cro-nuts and a spectacular special celebration chapter with children's birthday, Valentine's day, Easter, Mother's Day, Halloween and Christmas Bundts. There truly is a Bundt for everyone from kitchen novices to baking pros. Tantalise and indulge your tastebuds with classic recipes, new flavours and top techniques that are nothing short of baking wizardry. Recipes include Cookies 'n' cream Bundt, Victoria 'Bundtwich', Salted Miso Caramel Bundt, Blueberry cheesecake buns, Bundtnuts with passion fruit glaze, Strawberry trifle Bundt and Babka Bundts and the show-stopping chocolate, rose and pistachio with chocolate ganache, Valentine's Bundt with a heart in every slice and the stunning Christmas Tree Bundt.

Want to be the hostess with the mostest? Acclaimed London-based American food writer and stylist Jennifer Joyce will show you how. Drawing on her many years of successful soirees and laid-back lunches, Jennifer will teach readers how to plan, cook and present with style and ease. Most importantly this book will ensure you have time to slip on your heels, pop on your lippy and have a martini in hand when guests arrive. Meals in Heels is packed with time-saving tips, show-stopping recipes and glamorous illustrations.

From the humble sandwich to creative party food, in this collection of recipes Mark Northeast, Founder of Funky Lunch, provides inspiring ideas for even the most fussy of eaters, some savoury and some sweet, but all perfect for hungry little girls and boys. Every parent knows how stressful meal times can be, young minds need inspiring and this is exactly what Fun Food sets out to do.

The book features many of the very best sandwich ideas, from simple farmyard creatures and cucumber crocodiles to favourite characters from the world of children's TV, as well as some fun and creative ideas to help get the little ones involved in choosing and making their own lunch.

Within these pages you'll find special creations guaranteed to set the right tone for any party and fill the tummies of all tiny party-goers. These are perfect recipes for parents who want to create memorable party food for their children, with ideas that are ideal for birthdays or themed parties and which also cover ideas for smaller crowds, whether it's an impromptu supper or a sleepover. From adorable jacket potato people to garden worm 'bangers and mash', and from scotch egg owls to ghoulish meringues, Fun Food is filled with achievable ideas for parents to encourage their children to eat, experiment and enjoy food.

First in a series of elegant little books exploring Jewish culinary traditions, this perfect hostess gift or self-treat takes us through the most social part of the meal: the appetizers. From nibbles and salads to dips and meatballs, more than 25 inspired, modern starters draw from global Jewish influences. Rounding out this lovely and informative resource are vibrant photographs and helpful sidebars featuring tips on how to build a Jewish cheese plate, what foods to buy rather than make, and more. Don't expect reverence: with a wink and a nod to classic Jewish dishes, borscht has been reinvented as crostini and gefilte fish cleverly crisped into fritters. Dainty in size but mighty in delicious recipes, this book is a treasure for the nosh crowd.

A sensational collection of more than 150 colorful and vibrant recipes, celebrating the best of summer eating and drinking. The only cookbook you will need this summer celebrates the joy to be had when eating and entertaining in summer. Featuring over 150 delicious recipes and evocative images of sun-dappled dining, this book provides all the inspiration you need to create memorable occasions in the warmer months. Whether you are having an impromptu picnic on the beach with the kids, an al fresco lunch with a friend on a shaded verandah or a romantic dinner under a canopy of stars, you will find just the recipe you need here. The book features the very best dishes that summer's bounty of seasonal produce can create. Chapters include Snacks and Plates to Share--a selection of Mediterranean-style small dishes to share--perfect for serving with drinks on a warm evening. In Salads & Summer Soups, you'll find Courgette, Feta and Mint Salad, Spiced Thai Noodle Salad and iced Gazpacho. Best-Ever BBQ shows you how to get the best from cooking outdoors over charcoal. Try Olive-infused Chicken with Charred Lemons or Sicilian-spiced Seabass with Grilled Tomatoes and Baby Fennel. Sunshine Lunches features great ideas for light meals and picnics. Al Fresco has simple yet stunning ideas for more substantial fare for feeding a crowd in the fresh air, from simple pastas, such as Penne with Melted Ricotta and Herb Sauce to Oven-roasted Peppers with Anchovies and Basil. Finally, a chapter of fresh ideas for Desserts & Drinks includes Watermelon Sorbet, Caramelized Figs with Vanilla Mascarpone Cream, and Peach Iced Tea.

In the heart of Paris's exclusive Faubourg St. Honore neighborhood, the magnificent nineteenth-century residence of the American ambassador to France is the center of Franco-American relations and the site of elegant entertaining. Nearly every day of the year, master chef Philippe Excoffier prepares dazzling meals and parties for foreign dignitaries, French friends of America, and Americans in Paris. In this beautifully illustrated volume, Excoffier shares forty of his favorite recipes, including grilled veal with sage sauce and stuffed zucchini flowers, a new twist on French toast with roasted pineapple and rum raisin ice cream, and wild strawberries and cognac in dark chocolate baskets. Excoffier also reinvents American classics such as the Fourth of July picnic and Thanksgiving dinner. Specially commissioned photography sets the recipes against the backdrop of the residence's splendid interiors. Partial proceeds of the book will be donated to FXB, a charity dedicated to fighting childhood poverty and AIDS.