Food and Drink 13


72008 THOSE IN PERIL by Wilbur Smith


Hazel Bannock is the owner of Bannock Oil Corp, one of the major global oil producers. While cruising in the Indian Ocean, her yacht is hijacked by Somalian pirates and her 19 year old daughter Cayla kidnapped. Major Hector Cross is an ex-SAS operative and the man behind Cross Bow Security, the company contracted to Bannock


Oil to provide all their security. His loyalty to the Bannock family goes beyond the call of duty. The pirates demand a crippling ransom, and complicated political and diplomatic sensitivities render the major powers incapable of intervening. With growing evidence to the horrific torture to which Cayla has being subjected, Hazel calls on Hector to help her rescue her daughter. 409pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £3.50


72005 THE SOUND OF THUNDER by Wilbur Smith


Another Courtneys of Africa novel from the worldwide bestselling master storyteller, sequel to ‘When the Lion Feeds’. Sean Courtney, impulsive adventurer, returns from the wilderness a rich man, until he is robbed by the Boers of his wagons, his gold and the girl he loves. A grim homecoming finds his country in the cruel grip of war, but in the bloody days ahead, conflicts within his family will prove far more bitter than any fought on the veld. Mystery is piled on mystery in this action packed novel. 485pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £3


72001 ROOM by Emma Donoghue Its Jack’s birthday and he is excited about turning five. He lives with his Ma in Room which has a locked door and a skylight and measures 11 feet by 11 feet. He loves watching TV, and the cartoon characters he calls friends, but he knows that nothing he sees on screen is truly real - only him, Ma and the things in Room. Until the day Ma admits there is a world outside. Potent, entirely original here is a moving portrayal of how love can be born, nurtured and survived even in the darkest of places. 401pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £3


72147 KALOOKI NIGHTS by Howard Jacobson


Max is the son of an atheist boxer, Jack ‘the Jew’ Glickman, and a glamorous Kalooki-playing mother. He grows up enjoying all the peace and security that 1950s suburbia can offer, but the word ‘extermination’ haunts his vocabulary and Nazis lurk in his imagination. When his childhood friend Manny is released from prison, the tug of religion and history prove too strong to be ignored, and Max must accept that there is no refuge from the dead. Bursting with scabrous humour and wisdom. Paperback, 472pp. £8.99 NOW £2


71984 CHARMED: The


Donovan Legacy by Nora Roberts


Anastasia Donovan knew that her gift marked her as different, special, perhaps even dangerous. She had spent years hiding herself from the world, terrified about the


consequences of revealing what she really was. When Boone Sawyer came into her life, bent on finding out the truth about her, Anastasia had to protect herself and her magic


at all costs. Then she was confronted with a terrifying threat to everything she had learned to love. With a child’s future at stake, she could not deny her powers, even if it meant risking her own life. 328pp in paperback.


£6.99 NOW £3.50


71988 ENCHANTED: The Donovan Legacy by Nora Roberts


Rowan Murray needed the space to make an important choice, so she ran to a cabin on the wild coast of Oregon. But her new house was isolated and Rowan was a woman alone. Hiking in the woods one day, her solitude was threatened by an encounter with a stranger. Liam Donovan was mysterious, temperamental, frightening, and Rowan’s nearest neighbour. In a terrifying storm and with no power in her tiny cabin, Rowan desperately needed help, but when Liam appeared, she had no choice but to accept his aid, knowing she would have to trust an enigmatic stranger with her whole future. 331pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £3.50


71989 ENTRANCED: The Donovan Legacy by Nora Roberts A missing child. A desperate mother. A private investigator running out of time. Mel Sutherland did not need the help of a fraudulent psychic to find the abducted baby, and she wasn’t about to let a con-artist exploit a grieving mother’s vulnerability. Then all the leads dried up. Reluctantly she had to accept Sebastian Donovan’s aid. She was cynical about his powers, and suspicious of his motives, but as the clock ticked, Sebastian unfailingly knew how to follow the abductor’s tracks. Was his gift real or was something far more sinister at work? 329pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £3.50


72693 THE DONOVAN LEGACY: Set of Three by Nora Roberts


Buy all three in the Donovan Legacy and save more. £20.97 NOW £8.50


72252 LADY OF THE ENGLISH by Elizabeth Chadwick


Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I, is determined to win back her crown from Stephen, the usurper king, against all odds. Adeliza, Henry’s widowed queen and Matilda’s stepmother, has always been on Matilda’s side but now she is married to William D’Albini, a warrior of the opposition. In a world where a man’s word is law, how can Adeliza obey her husband while supporting


Matilda, the rightful queen? What does it cost to be ‘Lady of the English’? Linked by destiny and a power struggle, two very different women are linked by the English crown. 532pp, paperback. £6.99 NOW £3.75


71376 VILLAGE AFFAIRS by Miss Read


The village of Fairacre may appear idyllically peaceful to passers by, but those who live among its shady lanes always have colourful intrigues and certainly love and laughter. When a terrible rumour emerges that the Fairacre school is to be closed and the children bussed to nearby Beech Green, the village is up in arms at once. The schoolmistress Miss Read suffers


agonising indecision at the prospect, and her situation is made worse when her infants’ teacher decides to leave and the short-tempered Mrs Pringle becomes more contrary than ever. 200pp in paperback, line art. £6.99 NOW £2.50


71349 AFFAIRS AT THRUSH GREEN by Miss Read


It is not just Albert Piggott who has problems on his mind. The Revd Charles Henstock is finding it very difficult to live up to his charismatic predecessor. The fearsome Mrs Thurgood and her arty daughter are determined to ‘do good’ for the church, whether it is wanted or not. And when the eligible Kit Armitage returns, more than one heart begins to beat a little more rapidly. 226 page paperback with line art. £6.99 NOW £3


71351 AT HOME IN THRUSH GREEN by Miss Read


A row of retirement cottages is being built on the site of the old rectory, which was destroyed by a fire, and there is much debate about who should, or shouldn’t, live there. Meanwhile, Winnie Bailey has an unexpected visitor who brings surprising news. Miss Watson is worried about her brother who has been hurt in a car accident, and Dotty Harmer seems to be growing more eccentric with each passing day. 244pp in paperback with line art. £6.99 NOW £3


71360 FARTHER AFIELD by Miss Read Miss Read is on the very first day of the long summer holidays and falls and breaks her arm. Instantly, her all plans for the weeks ahead are in tatters. Then her friend Amy comes up with a plan - and so it is that the two of them leave Fairacre for the island of Crete. The change of scene provides a welcome break for both women, and when Miss Read returns refreshed to Fairacre, she is ready to tackle the problems that await her. 200 page paperback with line art. £6.99 NOW £3


72354 OFFSHORE: WITH HUMAN VOICES,


THE BEGINNING OF SPRING by Penelope Fitzgerald


After publishing her first novel at the age of 61, the author went on to become one of the most remarkable and highly acclaimed English writers of the last century. Each of the three novels that comprise this volume conjures up, vividly and unforgettably, an entire world. Offshore limns the marginal existence of an eccentric assortment of barge dwellers on the Thames in the early 1960s, a group of misfits who are drawn to life on the muddy river in exile from the world of the landlocked. Human Voices takes the reader behind the scenes at the BBC during World War II, as world-weary directors and nubile young assistants attempt to keep Britons calm in the face of a feared German invasion. In The Beginning of Spring, a struggling English printer living in Moscow in 1913 is abandoned by his wife and left alone to care for his three young children in the face of the impending revolution. 440 pages. $23 NOW £7


72149 NINA IN UTOPIA by Miranda Miller


Time travel, Bedlam and a mad Victorian painter Richard Dadd all feature in this joyfully inventive novel. Traumatised by the death of her little daughter in 1854, Nina, the wife of an ambitious doctor, finds herself in London 150 years later. She befriends Jonathan, an architect, and shockingly for Nina’s sensibilities, a divorcee, who


introduces her to the myriad wonders of modern life, including television, curry and clubbing. When she returns to her own time after a long weekend, her husband takes fright on hearing of her experiences and has her committed to Bedlam, where she is a contemporary of the fairy painter Richard Dadd. Here she finds another Utopia in the care of a doctor with modern ideas on patient’s rehabilitation. 237pp in paperback.


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72587 A MAN OF PARTS by David Lodge


H. G. Wells was one of the 20th century’s most prophetic and creative writers, a man who moved in the most important literary, intellectual and political circles of his time. David Lodge has taken the compelling true story of Wells’s life and transformed it into a witty and moving narrative about a flawed man. The ailing Herbert George


Wells looks back on a life crowded with incident, books and women. He recalls his unpromising start and early struggles to acquire an education, his rapid rise to fame as a writer, his plunge into socialist politics, his belief in free love and energetic practice of it. He relives his relationships with two wives and many mistresses, especially the brilliant young student Amber Reeves and the gifted writer Rebecca West, both of whom bore him children. 436pp in elegant hardback. £18.99 NOW £5.50


ANTHONY BOURDAIN FOOD AND DRINK


Hell, it is well known, has no fury like a woman who wants her tea and can’t get it.


- P. G. Wodehouse, Very Good, Jeeves!


72478 SMOOTHIES AND JUICES


by Clare Haworth-Maden Your essential five-a-day fruit and veg portions can be imbibed in delicious liquid form rather than by chomping your way through a head of celery. Juicing raw fruit and vegetables at home is nutritionally the best option because commercial


products have some of the goodness destroyed by pasteurisation. Your kitchen food processor may well have a blade designed for juice extraction by the centrifugal method, and it is also possible simply to liquidise the whole fruit or vegetable. Juices should be taken as part of a balanced diet, and ideally the health- conscious drinker needs equal amounts of fruit and vegetable juice. Apricots are full of antioxidants and are also good for respiratory problems, while blackcurrants, traditionally taken for sore throats, have been scientifically proven to have anti-inflammatory qualities. Bananas do not juice well but can be combined with other liquids, and they are known to promote well-being by releasing serotonin. Carrots are a popular vegetable juice and parsnips, peppers and spinach are good in combination. These 150 recipes have titles such as Papaya Power, Garlic Gargle, Cranberry Cure, Muscle Buster, Heart-Warmer and - you may wish to look away now - Dill-lightful. Full step by step instructions, nutritional information and colour photos. 224pp, paperback, fully illustrated in colour. £12.99 NOW £3


73160 100 GREAT BREADS by Paul Hollywood


Britain’s Favourite Baker does it again! Well-known to millions from his popular TV appearances, Paul Hollywood is a fanatical lover of bread of every sort, from the very basic white and wholemeal to the complex wheat sheaf loaf. He believes, quite rightly, that bread holds a social, religious and gastronomic significance for all of us and is eager to share with us, after years of learning and perfecting his craft, the tools, techniques and tips he has discovered work best. This knowledgeable book starts with an interesting history of what is, and was for thousands of years, the staple diet of most people around the world. The Egyptians were the ones who improved it in both appearance and taste and they still eat their meat or vegetables stuffed into loaves of bread. Readers will be able to cook, very easily, their favourite flavours - French, Italian, Herb and Seed, Fruit and Nut, Savoury or Sweet. There is even a section at the end called Sweet Treats which we would not exactly call ‘bread’. It includes delicious Apple and Pear Pie with Fruit Sauce, Hollywood Mince Pies and Pancakes with Bananas and Cream! But, anyway, the whole book is delicious. 144 paperback pages, 24cm x 23cm


£14.99 NOW £6


72891 TASTE COMFORT FOOD: Over 100 Mouth- Watering Recipes by Igloo Books


Every now and again we all get the craving for an indulgent treat that fills us with feelgood, something more than just food - comfort food. For many of us nothing beats a hearty, full-flavoured bowl of soup,


and while indulgent desserts do feature high on a great many comfort food top tens, you can create all the flavour and texture of your favourites in reduced calorie/ fat form with just a few small changes. Comfort food usually has nostalgic connotations, especially from childhood, family warmth and maternal indulgence and the great thing is that it is worldwide. So, the book says, why not find out what makes Greek, Italian, Moroccan, Lebanese, Mexican, Spanish or Creole (just a few examples!) comfort food so er, comforting? And wow! does it deliver! Slow cooked chicken or lamb tagine from Morocco, chilli con carne with sour cream from Mexico, fagiolata (bean soup with pasta) and spaghetti with chanterelles and parmesan from Italy, even good old Eton Mess, there are over 100 glorious recipes here, all photographed in mouthwatering colour. From soups/ starters, through mains/pasta to desserts to die for, the recipes are, like the food they describe, straightforward, mostly quick and utterly satisfying. 224pp, 8½”×10". £12.99 NOW £4.50


72431 BEST EVER RECIPES HEALTHY MEALS


by Vicki Smallwood The 100 delicious recipes in this highly recommended book are targeted at people’s increasing tendency to grab a prepared meal off the supermarket shelf without considering the nutritional implications. Convenience foods


often supply little in the way of fibre, vitamins and minerals, and in addition today’s consumer increasingly looks for ethical farming practices. The phrase “healthy eating” has negative connotations for some people, and this book challenges you to break old habits by preparing your own tasty and nutritious recipes. To get the full benefit of healthy eating the author advises us to aim at a rainbow effect on the plate and above all to eat slowly. Recipes here are all easy to prepare and each is illustrated by several colour photos. Breakfast snacks include Banana and Walnut Muffins, Flapjacks and Super Boost Juice. Starters could be Parma Ham and Scrambled Eggs, Won Ton Soup or Squid with Avocado Salsa, and there is an excellent selection of fish dishes


The bawdy and bolshie chef and novelist.


72998 KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL by Anthony Bourdain Bawdy and bolshie, after 25 years of ‘sex, drugs, bad behaviour and haute cuisine’, chef and novelist Anthony Bourdain decides to tell all. From his first oyster in the Gironde to his lowly position as a dishwasher in a honky-tonk fish restaurant in Provincetown, from the kitchen of


the Rainbow Room atop the Rockefeller Center to drug dealers in East Village, from Tokyo to Paris and back to New York again, his tales of the kitchen are unpredictable, shocking and funny. Buy also the sequel Medium Raw code 73004. 307pp in paperback. £8.99 NOW £4.50


73004 MEDIUM RAW by Anthony Bourdain Here is the best-selling sequel to Kitchen Confidential (code 72998) by the engaging writer who is a hopeless romantic when it comes to food and the people who cook it. He is a bawdy and often foul- mouthed writer who thrills in the attack and can be ferociously rude, so beware. A lot has changed since his first book. From journeyman cook to globe-


travelling professional, Bourdain found himself holed up in the Caribbean, driving drunk and way too fast over unlit golf courses and along cliff edges. Something had to change. This book explores these changes, moving back and forth from the author’s bad old days to the present, tracking his unexpected voyage through a series of confessions, rants and interrogations of some of the most controversial figures in food. Beginning with a secret and highly illegal after-hours gathering of powerful chefs, and delving into the real nature of fatherhood, in his distinctive style he cuts to the bone on every subject he tackles. With chapter headings like ‘Alan Richman is a Douchebag’ and ‘The Fish-on- Monday Thing’. 281pp in paperback. £8.99 NOW £4


among the main courses, together with healthy meat recipes such as Pork Chilli. Vegetables, Salads and Desserts complete the picture. 256pp, softback, hundreds of colour photos. £12.99 NOW £3.50


72738 QUICK COOKING


BIBLE by Reader’s Digest A 30-minute recipe for every day of the year would solve so many of life’s problems - and here it is. The introduction encourages speedy shopping and preparation, including the local deli, basic cans and jars, and a range of quick flavourings such as pesto, soy sauce and fruit chutney. Fast culinary action means salt and pepper on the work


surface and a large utensil pot next to the cooker. The six quickest cooking methods include grilling, steaming and microwaving, and of course the time-savvy cook makes extra portions for the freezer. The recipes start with soups, including Ham and Pea, Celeriac and Pear with Sausage Bites, Speedy Two-fish Hotpot and Spiced Beetroot and Apple. Light meals and a range of pasta and noodle recipes follow. Fish dishes include Cod Parcels with Chorizo, Marmalade-glazed Mackerel, and there is a double spread on Five Ways with Canned Tuna. Mouthwatering options with poultry include a One-Pot Chicken Casserole with Creamy Sherry Sauce or Orange Turkey and Brandied Blackcurrant Duck. Even Cottage Pie and Lamb Steaks Provençal can be on the table in half an hour, and Five Ways to Spice up Mince and Five Brilliant Burgers are indispensable. Vegetables and desserts conclude. 365 recipes, each with a colour photo, step by step instructions and nutritional information. 320pp. £14.99 NOW £6.50


72768 GREAT CHICKEN COOKBOOK


by Reader’s Digest


An expensive treat 50 years ago, chicken is now the world’s favourite dish. These 200 recipes include not only standard dishes such as Chicken Tikka, Stir Fry and Roast, but also a range of Quick Dishes (ready to eat in 30 minutes) such as Chicken and Cashew Stir Fry, Honey-Mustard Chicken and


Raspberry Chicken Breasts. Almost half the recipes are low-fat, and each recipe is accompanied by a nutritional analysis covering calories, protein and saturated fat. Chicken is vulnerable to bacteria and a detailed section on hygiene gives advice on storage, freezing and the importance of not letting raw chicken contaminate other food. The book starts with a section on preparing chicken, including step by step instructions on trussing and cutting up a whole chicken or making a cutlet. Following snacks and starters the book goes on to soups, salads, casseroles and stews. The one-pot section starts with Winter Chicken Stew, progressing to a scrumptious Chicken Pot Pie, Moroccan Chicken Casserole, Greek- style Stuffed Capsicums, French-style Chicken with Red Wine, Cassoulet and Chicken Paella. Sautés and Pan- fries include a mouthwatering Almond-crusted Orange Chicken and Parmesan Chicken Cutlets. Chicken with Pasta, Roasts, Oven Bakes and Barbecue dishes are also covered, and each recipe is accompanied by beautiful colour photos and clear instructions. 320pp. ONLY £7.50


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