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dishes and soups that your heart could desire. There are 140 drawn from culinary traditions across the globe. The Port and Pistachio Terrine, Grecian Meatballs and Sage and Lemon Poussins sound particularly delicious. 256 pages 24.5cm x 19cm, colour photos. £9.99 NOW £3
71618 OLD-FASHIONED HAND-MADE SWEET SHOP RECIPE BOOK by Claire Ptak
With over 450 mouthwatering colour photos, here are recipes for over 90 all-time favourites - pear drops, sherbet, humbugs, all kinds of toffees, caramels, marshmallows, nougats, truffles and fudges,
butterscotch, candied fruits, loads of lovely chocs and, of course, sugar mice! Takes a look at the history of sugar and sweet-making, the chocolatier’s art, basic ingredients and techniques and the essential equipment. 160pp, 9½” x 11½”, colour photos. ONLY £7
31456 WORDSWORTH DICTIONARY OF
CULINARY AND MENU TERMS by Rodney Dale Contains over 12,000 entries and will be invaluable to chefs and gourmands, fascinating to browsers and crossword enthusiasts, and a handy companion for hungry travellers or those wishing to avoid the potential pitfalls of self-catering and ordering meals in restaurants in foreign lands. In short, this book is essential reading for those who want to know the difference between chiorro, chiozzo, choko and chorizo, or who cannot tell a kaboucha from a kabanosi. Paperback. ONLY £4
70606 BREAD AND BREAD MACHINE BIBLE: 250 Recipes for Breads from Around the World, made Both by Hand and in a Bread
Machine, with Classic Favourites and New Ideas by Christine Ingram and Jennie Shapter From basic breads to speciality grains, pizzas to sourdoughs, savoury and vegetable breads, rolls, buns and pastries, sweet breads and yeast cakes, tea breads and cakes. How about Peanut Butter Tea Bread, Tropical Fruit Loaf or Vanilla-Chocolate Marble Cake? Lead us to them. 512 softback pages, 1,200 stunning colour photos and list of suppliers. ONLY £6
70962 THE PERFECT EGG: And Other Secrets by Aldo Buzzi
From Apicius to Michel Guérard, from Alexandre Dumas to Carlo Emilio Gadda and from the Curé de Bregnier to St Nikolaus von Flüe, here are recipes, curiosities, secrets of high- and low-brow cookery, personal anecdotes and quotations from literature and history, all adding up to a most enjoyable tribute to the profound pleasures of food. 150 pocket-sized pages with 14 drawings. £9.99 NOW £1
71323 HOT CAKES by Debbie Brown A cake with the ‘wow’ factor is the scantily dressed blonde spread out provocatively in a magazine centrefold. Sumptuous gold and black lace panties, sexy stiletto heels, a nostalgic stars and stripes sweetheart, a pierced tongue, a builder’s bum, a sexy basque and the Last Night of Freedom cake with the groom trussed up on a lamppost and decorated with a roadside cone! 19 saucy and suggestive cakes and cupcakes with detailed instructions. Suppliers. 80pp, colour photos. ONLY £2
71341 A WINE MISCELLANY by Graham Harding
A beautifully produced hardback, with very funny pen and ink illustrations and well designed pages. Whether seeking a Château Pétrus, a Château d’Yquem, or just a decent bottle of the local vins de pays, anyone intrigued or enchanted by wine and its varied delights will find our book the perfect accompaniment. Whether your passion is claret, burgundy or champagne, Old World or New, or whether you are intrigued by the famous Mouton- Rothschild labels designed by leading artists, you will find it in these sun-drenched pages. 176pp. £9.99 NOW £2
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71543 1000 INDIAN RECIPE COOKBOOK by Arcturus Publishing
Mint Chutney, Carrot Pickle, Sweet Mango Pickle, Egg Salad, Okra Raita are just a few of the salads, pickles and chutneys to start off this mouthwatering compendium of time-honoured classics. Snacks, dhals, vegetables, poultry, meat, seafood, rice, Indian breads and desserts plus a glossary and cooking techniques. Here is Lamb with Almonds (Vadami Gosht) to Indian Roast Beef, Pepper Duck Roast to Chicken Curry with Eggs and far beyond. 640pp in paperback. £8.99 NOW £2.50
71595 FORGOTTEN SKILLS OF COOKING by Darina Allen
A huge, definitive volume, over 700 recipes. This all- encompassing book reveals the lost art of making creamy butter and yogurt, keeping a few hens in the garden, home-curing and smoking bacon and even foraging for food in the wild. With this volume readers can rediscover the flavours of all-time favourites such as Traditional Stuffed Roast Chicken, Figgy Toffee Pudding, and Freshly Baked Scones and Strawberry Jam (preserves are included in the book). Thrifty tips for using up left-overs in delicious ways. Here, for example, is Crab and Wild Garlic Tart, made with chopped wild garlic leaves, and Winter Beef Stew using cheaper, almost forgotten cuts of meat such as shin of beef or flank. 600 pages 21.5cm x 26cm, colour photos. £30 NOW £14
71712 THE CUPCAKE by Angela Drake Indulgent, Fun and Fancy, Fruit and Nuts, Choc-tastic and Celebration are the categories of these sweet and delicious charming cupcakes. From tiny bite size mini cupcakes or the delicately iced English fairy cakes to fabulously over-the-top frosted cakes, here are some incredibly versatile creations, conveniently packaged in their own paper cases! 224pp in wibbly edged, well designed paperback. 100 colour photos. £12 NOW £3
71609 CAKE-MAKER’S BIBLE by Ann Nicol 165 utterly irresistible and foolproof cakes to bake for every occasion shown in 800 delectable colour photos. Boston Cream Pie, Parkins, Lemon Drizzle Cake, Pineapple and Ginger Upside-Down Cake plus contemporary recipes for Rich Lemon Poppy Seed Cake, Spice Cake, Lavender Cake and Parsnip, Banana and Orange Loaf alongside Whiskey-Soaked Scottish Black Bun, Caribbean Rum Cake, Chocolate Chip Marzipan Loaf and Chocolate Orange Marquise, a fabulous cake with very little flour or our Editor’s favourite, Frosted Chocolate Fudge Cake! Recipes for frostings and fillings and toppings and nutritional notes. 256 very large glossy pages in softback. ONLY £6
71623 20 CLASSIC CASSEROLES AND STEWS by Katherine Blakemore
Here are Italian favourites such as Osso Bucco with Risotto Milanese, or try a Seafood Tagine or Octopus Stew or a vegetarian option like the fabulous Jamaican Black Bean Pot, Thai Sweet Potato Stew with Garlic and Coconut Milk or try some of the old favourites with modern variations. Chicken Casserole with Winter Vegetables, Boeuf Bourguignonne or Harvest Vegetable and Lentil Casserole are among the 20 classics illustrated with more than 130 specially commissioned colour photos. For those who love slow-cooked food. 64 glossy pages.
£6.99 NOW £2.50
72932 YUMMY: Desserts You Can Make in 5 to 30 Minutes
by Caroline Brewester Divided into six chapters of recipes that anyone can master, and that take just 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 or 30 minutes, this volume makes it easy to find the perfect dessert to suit your life. For simple, speedy sponge puddings, for instance, all
you have to do is whirl together some eggs, butter, sugar and flour in a food processor to make a cake mix, add your favourite flavours and then bake in individual ramekins. As a special final touch, crown these with liqueur-laced whipped cream and voilà - a Chef’s Special. Black-Bottomed Lime Cheesecakes, Tempura Bananas dipped in Toffee Sauce or Chocolate Soufflé? No problem at all. 160 pages 25cm x 19.5cm yummily illus in colour.
£16.99 NOW £5
71815 A CENTURY OF BRITISH COOKING by Marguerite Patten OBE
An encyclopaedic collection of over 200 of the best recipes you could hope to find, but also a gripping and informative history of the changes in food in Britain. Here are many nostalgic reminders of trends of the times such as kitchen maids and flappers, soup kitchens and rationing, hostess trolleys and fondue sets - with recipes to match. We, of course, cannot wait to tuck into Lamb Couscous, or Thai Green Chicken Curry, not to mention Soto Ajam or Piquant Scallop Salad. Delicious and easy. 336 paperback pages with colour photos. £14.99 NOW £4
71869 OUR TROUBLES WITH FOOD: Fears,
Fads and Fallacies by Stephen Halliday Following the Industrial Revolution, effective refrigeration and preservatives lengthened the life of food, and the railway network began to transport farm produce quickly and cheaply to the towns. In the 20th century greater awareness of the dangers of adulteration of foodstuffs began the march of legislation which nowadays gives us recourse to the Food Standards Agency, while E-numbers are still the subject of endless controversy. 224pp. £18.99 NOW £4
72070 WHAT’S NEW, CUPCAKE? by Alan Richardson and Karen Tack The cakes in this hilarious, inspirational and totally unique volume are to die for. Materials and methods are described in unbelievably easy stages, as are essential tools which include such unexpected items as offset tweezers, transparent tape and toothpicks. Leaves, flowers, petals, grass and any shape you care to mention are created in no time. Here are such unlikely subjects as Ants On A Picnic, Busy Bees and Rubber Ducky or the gasp-inducing red roses. 230 paperback pages 25cm x 22.5cm in blazing colour with diagrams. £9.99 NOW £5
GARDENING
In order to live off a garden, you practically have to live in it.
- Frank McKinney Hubbard
73410 ARCHITECTURAL PLANTS: What to Grow, How
to Grow It by Christine Shaw For a plant to be considered “architectural” it has to have a very strong shape or presence in the garden, preferably throughout the year. Yuccas, palms, agaves and tree ferns have obvious architectural qualities, and some, such as
eucalyptus and arbutus are more understated but make themselves noticed for their bark or glossy leaves. Bananas, hedychiums and cannas make a bold, brash statement and simply cannot be ignored. This book introduces us to 114 of the best, most freely available varieties. In the Collins Practical Gardener series, the book provides comprehensive information on bamboos, grasses, ferns, palms, succulents and other exotics. Each plant entry includes a quick-reference care table and guide to hardiness and there is a wealth of advice on planting styles and combinations, general care, winter protection, pruning, propagating, choosing and buying and assessing the potential of your garden, identify and
resolve pest, disease and cultivation issues. A riot of colour photography and ideas from start to finish. 160pp softback.
£6.99 NOW £3.50 73455 READER’S DIGEST GARDENING KIT:
Four Pieces by Reader’s Digest Box set containing a white and green 6" x 4" x 6" high gardening bag with drawstring and very useful pockets around the edges which is wipe clean in which to keep one set of fairly heavy quality 7" pruning shears and one teeny weeny 7" trowel with wooden handle and 2½” blade and matching rake of the same dimensions. Lovely quality gift idea. ONLY £5
71465 SUSTAINABLE GARDENING by Michael Lavelle
Sustainable gardens can be ornamental and, with a little prior planning, can be beautifully designed. It involves a range of well-established methods that have been used in gardens for centuries. Packed with advice on gardening without harmful chemicals and ecological techniques for your soil. Diagrams and colour photos. 240 pages, large softback. £18.99 NOW £3
71601 THE MOST AMAZING GARDENS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND: A Guide to More Than 500 of the Most Magnificent and Memorable Gardens
by Katherine Lambert and Anne Gatti A fact-filled a Reader’s Digest guide. It divides Britain and Ireland into easily identifiable regions, provided with detailed maps, clear directions and opening times for every garden including mazes, follies and topiary. From Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens where a sheltered aspect has fostered an exotic place redolent of tropical climes, to the fell side garden of Yewbarrow House with a breathtaking view over Morecambe Bay. 319 pages, 18.5cm x 26cm, colour, maps. ONLY £4.50
71856 GENTLEMEN GARDENERS: The Men
Who Created the English Landscape Garden by Timothy Mowl
It all started when the stage designer Inigo Jones returned from his travels in Italy in 1614: Jones’s flamboyant creations inspired two glorious centuries of landscape gardening, ending with the death of Humphry Repton in 1816. Jones saw garden design in the same terms as a stage set and was determined to discipline nature within the confines of a geometrical frame, for example the impressive grounds of Wilton House and the Covent Garden Piazza which originally featured a garden on the south side. In the mid-century Capability Brown transformed and completed Kent’s vision for Stowe with his trademark clumping of trees round a serpentine lake. Finally Payne Knight and Uvedale Price converted Brown’s restrained informality into a riot of the Picturesque, apotheosized in Repton’s Gothick village of Blaise Castle near Bristol. 218pp, softback, b/ w reproductions.
£12.99 NOW £4.50 72435 BULBS IN THE BASEMENT GERANIUMS
ON THE WINDOWSILL by Alice and Brian McGowan
With a little indoor care, your perennial plants will be healthy and ready for repeat appearances in the garden come spring. Save money, transform annuals into perennials, expand your plant palette and enjoy your favourite plants year after year. Favourites from the 165 covered here at the office are the Tibouchina, the Purple Glory Tree with fuzzy oval leaves and rich purple flowers which makes an outstanding container plant, Orange Glow Vine (Senecio Confusus) and more familiar peppermint, verbena, lavender, gold lobelia, gladiolus, treasure flower, gardenia, aloe and more. Details on how to take leaf cuttings, pot up bulbs and how to trim. Line art, colour photos, large softback. 208pp. £11.99 NOW £2.75
72603 EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO IN THE
GARDEN WITHOUT ACTUALLY GARDENING by Philippa Lewis
The English like to own a bit of land, even if it is the size of a postage stamp, and once the wheelbarrow and gardening gloves are out of the way the cucumber sandwiches make their appearance. Horticultural entertainments are nothing new, and in 1591 the Earl of Herford created a mock sea battle to entertain Queen Elizabeth I in his extensive grounds, while the Lord Mayor’s fireworks described by Pepys are as spectacular as our present-day New Year displays. A hugely enjoyable social and visual history. 216pp, colour illus. £16.99 NOW £3.50
72610 HISTORIC GARDENS OF CORNWALL by Timothy Mowl
Cornwall had gardens before the Romans came. Its Dark Age saints had holy gardens for baptisms. 150 years ago, the county staged a sub-tropical renaissance and today, the Eden Project has achieved the greatest biosphere of the modern age. Humphry Repton achieved his Claudeian masterpiece at Lord St. Germans’ Port Eliot and gardens fully exploited the warm embrace of the Gulf Stream and near perpetual rain at Trebah, Glendurgan and Caerhays. The Lost Gardens of Heligan may have been found, but more poetic by far is the still sleeping wilderness of Enys. Photos and maps, colour plates. 192 page large softback. £17.99 NOW £5.50
72751 YOUR KITCHEN GARDEN: Month by Month by Andi Clevely
A well-managed kitchen garden should supply an enormous range of fruit, vegetables, salad crops, herbs and flowers throughout the year, and this splendidly organised volume explains exactly how this can be achieved. For example January tasks for the month include sowing broad beans, bulbing onions, cucumbers,
spring onions, strawberries, summer cabbage and tomatoes. Plant your shallots and harvest your Brussels sprouts, carrots, celery, kale, parsnips etc. Discover what equipment to use, from the basic cloche and cold frame to greenhouses and fruit tunnels, and learn how to successfully install and use them. 144 softback pages 26cm x 19cm with delightful drawings in colour and b/w. £12.99 NOW £4.50
72883 SCENT IN YOUR GARDEN by Stephen Lacey
In this comprehensive volume, you will find over 1,000 of the best plants to grow both for their fragrance and their beauty. The author analyses the different scent ‘flavours’ available to the gardener, and discusses how to use perfume as an ingredient in a planting scheme, so that your good-looking plot will be transformed into an unforgettable one. From roses, herbaceous borders and ground-covering plants, through herbs, wall shrubs and climbers, to rock plants and bog lovers, soon, your senses will be swooning with delight. 192 paperback pages with sumptuous colour photos, with zone ratings. £16.99 NOW £5.50
72885 MAKING OF A GARDEN by Rosemary Verey
Rosemary Verey was the grande dame of garden gurus. As well as being internationally renowned for designing a wide range of acclaimed gardens and taking care of her own at Barnsley House in Gloucestershire, she was one of the most highly regarded of garden writers. Here, she takes readers on a personal tour of Barnsley House. As she leads us from the terraces and verandah, through the knot garden to the temple and pool garden, frog fountain, wilderness, potager and back to the courtyard and conservatory, she explains - and describes with love - the art of planning horizontals and verticals, planting a parterre, using shrubs for structure, filling every possible space, growing a succession of bulbs, and so many more arts that we cannot possibly quote them here. With photographs by Tony Lord and plans rendered in watercolour by Hilary Wills. 192 paperback pages 25.5cm x 25.5cm. £20 NOW £6
72765 GARDENER’S Q & A: 500 Gardening Questions
Answered by the Experts by Paul Wagland and Jeannine McAndrews What is the best and easiest way to harvest walnuts? Do you have any advice on how I might start a mini orchard? What vegetables can I grow in partial shade? Can I plant roses near the roots of a tree
that has been cut down? Any tips on caring for lupines? Do Japanese maples look attractive all year round? How do I set up a drip irrigation system? Is seaweed a good mulch for the garden? Here are the 500 most commonly asked gardening questions, each one answered comprehensively by a member of the National Gardening Association’s panel of experts. Chapters with the broad headings of landscape gardening, flower gardening and food gardening cover all aspects of the garden in a vibrantly and copiously illustrated feast of information, delivered simply, directly and with the minimum of fuss. Covers composting, soils and fertilisers, lawn and ground covers, bulbs and herbs. Colour photos. Anybody worth their mulch is sure to find the entire book irresistible. 256 invaluable, 9½”×10½” pages. £18.99 NOW £7
73077 75 REMARKABLE FRUITS FOR YOUR GARDEN
by Jack Staub and Ellen Sheppard Buchert Do you have difficulty with your Five-A-Day routine? Are you not really all that interested in fruit? This delightful volume may change your whole attitude. We almost believed that we could smell the aroma. Coupled with the mouth watering descriptions, they veritably spring into life. As a bonus, there is a fascinating history about the lore and provenance of all the fruits, plus advice on growing them and recipes for serving them up. You will also be treated to short poems. Did you know that ‘apricocks’ are an excellent source of beta-carotene, vitamin C, iron, potassium and fibre and that blackberries may reduce the risk of heart disease and inhibit colon cancer? 224 pages, beautiful watercolours and sliding bookmark. £11.99 NOW £4.50
GREAT BRITAIN
There are only two classes in good society in England: the equestrian classes and the neurotic classes.
- George Bernard Shaw
73210 HAMPSTEAD HEATH by Deborah Wolton and David McDowall
In a panorama of visual delights that captures all the historic and natural interest of this remarkable landscape, this lovely book celebrates Hampstead Heath as a people’s pleasure ground. The authors explain how our cunning, determined, and generous forebears
outwitted the landowners to secure it for us all. It is an oasis in the midst of the greatest city in the world, where Londoners have for years enjoyed a variety of activities, from donkey rides and swimming to ski- jumping - not to mention duels. This is London’s favourite open space, walked over by thousands every day of the year and it also offers those who look properly the ultimate treasure hunt, for you can find there both the traces of an extraordinary geological structure and the marks of humankind’s relationship with the landscape over the past millennium. Treasures
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