This is an incredible collection of tempting ways to end a meal, from simple classics to wickedly indulgent sweet treats, shown in 500 photographs. It features delicious desserts for every occasion, from a quick-and-easy scoop of homemade ice cream, to healthy weekday sweets for the family or dazzling confections for a grand dinner party. You can choose from classics, such as profiteroles, lemon meringue pie and apple crumble, or experiment with international dishes like tiramisu or brandy-soaked borracho cake from Spain. Glorious photographs inspire cooks of every level of expertise and show how the finished dish should look. It includes many specially developed healthy low-fat recipes that are packed with taste. Nutritional notes detail energy values as well as cholesterol, fat, carbohydrate and sugar content. Desserts are the ultimate culinary luxury - delightful confections to pamper the tastebuds and allow free reign to the cook's imagination. Whether treating yourself to a rich chocolate mousse on an evening in alone, enjoying a citrus sorbet on a hot summer's day, keeping the family's winter colds at bay with a hot fruit pudding or impressing guests with a spectacular meringue creation - there is the right dessert for all occasions. This book opens with a short introduction covering the main ingredients, techniques and equipment needed to make the recipes, with advice on buying, storage and preparation. The recipes provide all the dessert dishes you could need, from a rich vanilla ice-cream or fruit summer pudding to lemon meringue or syrup sponge. From simple sweets to elaborate show-stoppers, there is a recipe in this book.

This title features over 100 inspiring ways to make stunning pieces from all kinds of materials, with practical step-by-step projects. It contains over 100 ideas and easy-to-make projects, plus scores of tips and inspiration for creating many different types of hand-crafted jewellery. It features every kind of jewellery - from bangles, brooches and pins, to necklaces, rings, pendants and earrings - plus designs for buttons, badges, cufflinks, hair ornaments and trinket boxes. All techniques are shown in fully illustrated step-by-step format - clear, simple and easy to achieve, with stunning pictures of every finished piece. It covers a wide range of different crafting techniques using easily acquired equipment and material: including metal, wire, beads, ribbon, felt, silk, shells, mosaic, ceramics and paper. Jewellery always makes a very personal statement, and creating your own pieces is a wonderful way of saying even more about yourself and your taste. Better still, many of these ideas are so inexpensive, you can give yourself a new look quickly and easily. This book is designed to teach you everything you need to know about making jewellery, and covers all the materials, techniques and equipment you will need. Projects include bracelets and earrings, necklaces and brooches and even cufflinks and rings, and cover all kinds of crafting techniques. Throughout the book there is an emphasis on having fun while inspiring you to create a fabulous and individual look, with the minimum amount of expenditure.

This is a collection of 500 dessert recipes for every occasion. Includes recipes for cold and hot desserts, healthy but enticing low-fat and low-calorie options, and easy dishes for those in a hurry.

This is a superb collection of seasonal dishes for every occasion, gathered in one indispensable volume. It shows how to eat as nature intended - season by season - using wholesome fresh-tasting produce to prepare imaginative and inspiring dishes. Enjoy recipes using ingredients in their prime, such as Teriyaki Salmon Fillets with Ginger Strips or Pea and Mint Omelette in spring; summery Classic Gazpacho and Wild Berry Tart; Mushroom Stroganoff and Mussels in a Cider and Cream Broth in the autumn; and for winter, hearty Potato and Sausage Casserole and Baked Leek and Potato Gratin. Every kind of meal is catered for, from simple soups and snacks to quick family suppers and ideas for entertaining. More and more people are now rediscovering the delight of eating seasonal food. Food that is grown and harvested when nature intended has more taste, and if it hasn't flown thousands of miles across the globe, it will be stored for less time and be all the more nutritious. In addition, it will be cheaper! Enjoy the first peas, asparagus or new potatoes of the season, tomato and mozzarella salad and strawberry shortcake in summer, or mushrooms, root vegetables and apples in autumn. The recipes include soups, appetizers, salsas, dips, snacks, salads, meat and poultry main courses, fish and shellfish, vegetable dishes, desserts and drinks. There are meal ideas suitable for all occasions, from breakfasts and light lunches to easy suppers and dinner parties. With more than 480 beautiful pictures and tried-and-tested recipes presented in a simple-to-follow format, this is the essential book for all cooks wanting an inspirational resource of recipe ideas throughout the year, from season to season.

This enticing introduction to art appreciation for children looks at art history, themes in art, and art techniques - from cave paintings to modern art.

Children will learn to step back, think, and look at art in a new way. This fabulous book explores themes in art, including women in art and symbolism in art. Kids will be encouraged to look closely at a painting and understand why and how it was made.

By tapping into STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Maths), Art ... And How it Works helps with the understanding of colour and the materials artists use. The mathematical side of art will be highlighted and kids will learn about patterns and shapes in art.

The book looks at the history of art for kids - from prehistoric paintings, Impressionism, abstract art, through to the art of today. It includes biographies of major artists from Fra Angelico to David Hockney. Art ... And How it Works cuts through the jargon that surrounds the art world and offers a fresh, new, and accessible approach for kids.

This is a mouthwatering selection of tempting ideas for all dessert occasions, illustrated with over 200 delectable photographs. It features 170 of the most scrumptious cakes, bakes, pies and tarts to delight family and friends. Useful advice and techniques include how to work with pastry, preparing fruit and making sauces. It includes specially selected recipes perfect for every event - from a simple chocolate birthday cake to fruit pies, and from light cheesecakes to elegant pastries. You can choose from classic recipes such as Strawberry Tart and Blueberry Pie or more exotic delights such as Frozen Grand Marnier Souffles or Tuscan Citrus Sponge. Over 200 glorious photographs will inspire cooks of every level of expertise, and show exactly how the finished dish should look. This tempting collection of recipes contains something special for every dessert lover. Whether exotic or comforting, served warm or cold, for sophisticated dinner guests or for a midweek family treat, this book will provide the perfect dessert inspiration. Every recipe has step-by-step instructions and is illustrated by a stunning photograph so you can see what you are aiming for. The recipes are organized into irresistible chapters on cakes, flans, pies, tarts, souffles, puddings and bakes, each containing a wide selection of much-loved traditional bakes and new and adventurous ideas. You can choose from Carrot Cake, Apples Baked with Caramel, Death by Chocolate or Grape and Cheese Tartlets and Sicilian Brioche with Hot Fudge Sauce. This irresistible book of desserts is a must-have for all lovers of fine food, especially the sweet-toothed.

Have you ever grieved over the loss of your father, tragically killed in an airplane crash? Have you longed for friendship, felt lonely or emotionally empty? Have you asked: Can God be trusted? Is God fair? Why doesn't God answer my prayer? Does God even care? The author of this book has. If you have struggled with understanding God from a human perspective then this book is for you. Barbara has taken a serious look at God's character both from scripture and personal experience. Barbara Ann Norton Kay was born in Vancouver, Washington, but Chiapas, Mexico became home when her family moved there as missionaries when she was eight years old. Growing up in a third world culture broadened her perspective of life and gave her the desire to help people.

Spanning two thousand years of Christian religious women's quest for spiritual and vocational fulfillment, Sisters in Arms is the first definitive history of Catholic nuns in the Western world. Unfolding century by century, this epic drama encompasses every period from the dawn of Christianity to the present. History has until recently minimized the role of nuns over the centuries. In this volume, their rich lives, their work, and their importance to the Church are finally acknowledged. Jo Ann Kay McNamara introduces us to women scholars, mystics, artists, political activists, healers, and teachers--individuals whose religious vocation enabled them to pursue goals beyond traditional gender roles. They range from Thecla, the legendary companion of Paul, who baptized herself in preparation for facing the lions in the Roman arena, to Hildegard of Bingen, whose visions unlocked her extraordinary talents for music, medicine, and moral teaching in the twelfth century. They also include Sister Mary Theresa Kane, who stood before the pope--and an American television audience-in 1979 and urged him to consider the ordination of women. By entering the convent, McNamara shows, nuns gained a community that allowed them to evolve spiritually, intellectually, and emotionally; but the convent was never a perfect refuge. Women's struggles continued against the male church hierarchy, the broader lay community, and the larger cultural and historical forces of change. The history of nuns is an important part of the larger story of western women whose gender provoked resistance to their claims to autonomy and power. As we enter the third millennium, this groundbreaking work pays fitting tribute to the sisters who have labored with prayer and service for two thousand years, who have struggled to achieve greater recognition and authority, and who have forged opportunities for all women while holding true to the teachings of the Gospel.