Designed for those with busy lives and exacting standards in the kitchen, these budget cookery books make no compromise, offering variety of choice, delicious and proven recipes with serving suggestions and brilliant design and photography, 24 titles coming in 2010 and a further 24 by spring 2011.

From the bestselling author of Dumplings and Noodles, Bowls & Broths is a super-fresh collection of broth-based recipes that will teach you how to season, layer and create versatile and exciting dishes from scratch. Pippa Middlehurst (aka @Pippy Eats) tells the story of building a bowl from the bottom up - with seasoning and sauce, crunchy bits and fresh herbs, aromatics and toppings - and offers accessible recipes that use these building blocks to maximise the power of ingredients, texture and flavour. Packed with mouth-watering recipes to make again and again, and chapters on dumplings, noodles, hotpots, rice and even sweets things. All are perfect to try at home for a weekend feast and for quick and easy weeknight dinners there's handy batch cooking and freezer tips. With beautiful photography and useful step-by-step explanations, this book is a must-have for beginners interested in the basics or more experienced cooks curious about techniques and flavour combinations. Whether you fancy Ramen with Hand-Pulled Noodles or Miso Chicken Claypot Rice, Pippa's vibrant recipes are sure to satisfy every craving.

**YORKSHIRE PUDDINGS ARE NOT JUST FOR SUNDAYS** The beloved hollowed-out cup shape of the Yorkshire Pud can house delicious fillings to suit any time of the day or week. From breakfast to dessert and everything in between, use these pages to transform the humble Yorkshire Pudding into mouth-watering wraps, pizzas, blinis, canapes, burritos, tacos or even burgers. Then whip up some scrumptiously sweet pancakes with any leftovers! Celebrate the untapped versatility of the Yorkshire Pudding and make life a little bit batter.

Gluten-free and dairy-free recipes and cookbooks abound these days, yet there's not been a great book exclusively about soups and stews. Now, James Beard Award winning author Rebecca Wood has teamed up with food writer and recipe developer Leda Scheintaub to develop a delicious and satisfying set of recipes to fill this gap. More than 50 recipes accompanied by beautiful photographs will fill those cold winter days with tasty, nutritious delights, ranging from staples like a hearty vegetarian stock that will be the base for many other soups to exciting new possibilities like Congee Five Ways or Quinoa Hokkaido Pottage. No winter's day should be without a delicious bowl of soup, and no cook should be without a copy of The Whole Bowl."

The complete guide to cooking soups and sides by our most famous cook - fully updated for the 21st-century kitchen. Mrs Beeton knew that the essence of good cooking was to capture, and compliment, the main ingredient in a meal with sumptuous side dishes. In this delicious cook book, Mrs Beeton's recipes will show you how to combine the best produce and ingredients to create a meal full on flavour and packed with locally sourced produce. From a delicate and light chestnut and celeriac soup, wintry cauliflower parmesan and a confit of parsnips, this gorgeous collection of recipes will provide you with the inspiration to cook for your friends and family. All of the recipes have been drawn from Mrs Beeton's original Book of Household Management and have been updated for the 21st-century kitchen. Combined with sound, modern advice on how to source good food, plus detailed information on ingredients and equipment, and illustrations of all the techniques required, this is the go-to mini-book for any aspiring or experienced home cook.

Acclaimed superfood chef Julie Morris has chosen 100 favourites packed with nutrient-dense, plant-based whole foods and boosted with scientifically lauded superfoods as chia, medicinal mushrooms, tumeric and kale. From a comforting Smoky Pumpkin Soup with Candied Seed Clusters, to an irresistibly inventive Watermelon Goji Gazpacho, to Cacao Black Bean Soup, every health-giving bowl delivers deeply nourishing and satisfying goodness.

As the world's first prepared dish, soup has been at the forefront of filling and nutritious meals since rudimentary cooking vessels like troughs, animal hides, and even earthen pots were finally replaced by more durable and versatile metal pots and cauldrons. With this development, man advanced from simply eating wild grains, seeds, or meat placed in or near a fire to preparing honest-to-goodness soups and stews that followed some vague notion of food as a pleasing experience rather than the simple necessity of fueling the body. Soup became the unpretentious, unparalleled comfort food for all of civilization, the one dish that would, in turn, sustain thousands of ancient Roman plebeians, millions of medieval peasants, and countless settlers of the New World. This book provides a comprehensive culinary history of soup in all its forms, from the days of stone boilers through the food rationing of World War II. Part One provides an overview of the earliest cuisines of the ancient world, including rudimentary soup recipes in the ancient empires of Egypt, Greece, and Rome and their later adaptation to form the culinary backbone of national cuisines in Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Germany, and other European nations. Part Two examines soup in the New World, identifying the vegetables and grains used in the earliest soups of Native American tribes; the more meat- and fish-based soups and chowders introduced to the New World by settlers; military rations and wartime soups from the American Revolution to World War II; the influence of slavery on Caribbean and Southern cuisine; and the history of soup kitchens and philanthropic cuisine since the Great Depression. Appendix One provides a reference guide to vegetables and herbs used in centuries-old soup recipes, including the dates or period during which each was used, a discussion of period cooking techniques, and a brief account of each ingredient's use through the ages. Appendix Two contains dozens of original soup recipes from the medieval era through World War II.

Nick Sandler guides you through bone broths with creative recipes that are not only good for you but also deliciously tasty. Split into sections covering Beef, Pork, Poultry, Fish, Veggie Broths and Steamboats (which are similar to hotpots), plus another that looks at the different approaches to broth diets, The Magic of Broth offers something for everyone. Broths are great for everyday eating, both at home and on the move, and Nick makes these nutritionally beneficial recipes accessible for the home cook. Comfort recipes such as Pork Fritters in Broth or Chicken Minestrone, as well as speedy options like a Quick Beef Bourguignonne, will satisfy any appetite while more exotic recipes such as Pho or Korean Red Pepper and Shredded Pork provide a more adventurous challenge. With Nick's complete guide to broths you can enjoy this healthy, life-enhancing food to its full potential.

Hearty and healthy recipes straight from an authentic Japanese kitchen! Soup is an integral part of the traditional Japanese meal--whether a delicate miso soup in a lacquered bowl to be sipped as you eat your rice, or a rich and flavorful broth poured over a noodle dish. In this book, Japanese culinary expert Keiko Iwasaki shares the homemade soup recipes that she makes regularly for her family and friends at home--ranging from filling one-pot meals to light and tasty accompaniments. Recipes include: Japanese-Style Oyster Chowder Egg Soup with Shrimp and Napa Cabbage Pork Belly Soup with Vegetables Sesame Miso Soup with Beef and Watercress Summer Vegetable Soup Curried Tomato Soup with Pork Meatballs And many more--66 in all! All the soups in this book are made from homemade stocks that use healthy ingredients such as konbu seaweed or shiitake mushrooms, so that they are natural and additive free. The soup recipes themselves are based largely on vegetables, which are combined with seafood and meat to maximize the nutritional balance. They are also low calorie, and naturally gluten free. One of the main differences between Japanese and Western soups is that Japanese soups are cooked lightly rather than simmered for a long time. By following the recipes in this book, you can quickly and easily rustle up a warm bowl of soup to soothe your soul after a busy day.

With ENLIGHTENED SOUPS in hand, home cooks will have more than 150 quick, delicious, and innovative options from which to choose. From new takes on classics like chicken soup with herbed dumplings and Tuscan minestrone to innovations like butternut bisque with Gruyere croutons and Hanoi beef noodle soup, ENLIGHTENED SOUPS is filled with choices for any day of the week, any time of the year. Like all of the books in the Enlightened Cooking series, the recipes are straightforward, the ingredients commonly available, and the techniques geared toward the home cook. Every recipe includes a nutritional analysis, and at the back of the book, quick-search appendixes indicate which soups are especially low in fat (fewer than 3 grams per serving), especially low in calories (150 or less per serving), and especially low in total time required (from start to finish). The recipes are divided into pureed, meat, poultry, seafood, vegetable, and legume soups.