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recipes aims to return us to the more frugal food of times past: making use of leftovers, using less expensive cuts of meat and making the most of seasonal ingredients.


crispy roast potatoes; and vegetable peelings become delicious crisps. And there’s also a Mashed Potato Sponge Cake.


JAYNE CROSS ANTI-GRAVITY CAKES: 25 CAKES THAT DEFY BELIEF LORENZ, H/B, £9.99, 9780754833017 From tumbling ice flower petals and butterflies fluttering into the sky to champagne being poured by an invisible waiter, and Santa and his reindeer rising into the air from a rooftop, 25 cakes that don’t make any gravitational sense.


MARK FLANAGAN ROYAL TEAS: SEASONAL RECIPES FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE ROYAL TRUST COLLECTION, H/B, £14.95, 9781909741331 If you can’t have tea with the Queen, take tea like the Queen. These tea-time treats inspired by the tradition that is the summer Garden Parties at Buckingham Palace, include honey from the Royal Household bees, and syrupy jam made from the Palace mulberry trees.


ANNIE GRAY THE GREEDY QUEEN: EATING WITH VICTORIA PROFILE, 18TH, £16.99, 9781781256824 “I took some Chocolate Cream, and in doing so put my sleeve into it, and made a dreadful mess.” Gray, a food historian, cook and broadcaster tells the engaging story of what Queen Victoria ate (often in Her Majesty’s own words), and how she changed English food forever, from her early years living on milk and bread under the Kensington system to her constant indigestion and belligerent over-eating as an elderly woman. It’s not always an edifying picture, but it is a fascinating one.


Absorbing-sounding gardening memoir in which a prominent psychiatric psychotherapist reflects on how the garden is a vital place of escape for the brain, shaping our minds through action as well as thought.


A PASSION FOR PASTA: DISTINCTIVE REGIONAL RECIPES FROM THE TOP TO THE TOE OF ITALY ROBINSON, 2ND, H/B, £20, 9781472137555 Guide to making speciality pasta dishes from each Italian region from Liguria’s Mandilli di Seta to Sicily’s Ziti with Sardines, Chicory and Breadcrumbs. Carmela is growing a following as the “pasta queen” across her social media accounts.


GARDENING


HEALTH, DIET & FITNESS


LUKE BEARDON AUTISM AND ASPERGER SYNDROME IN ADULTS SHELDON, P/B, £9.99, 9781847094452 “Never believe anything you read about autism.” With autism estimated to affect just over 1% of the adult population, this accessible guide aims to present an up to date overview of both autism and Asperger’s syndrome in adults, which dispels common myths and gives advice on parenting, further and higher education, employment, friendships and more.


SELIN KIAZIM OKLAVA: RECIPES FROM A TURKISH-CYPRIOT KITCHEN MITCHELL BEAZLEY, 4TH, H/B, £25, 9781784722463 Truly scrumptious looking collection of Turkish- Cypriot dishes from the widely acclaimed Shoreditch restaurant, including Grilled Quails with Palm Sugar, Sumac and Oregano Glaze, to Chocolate, Prune and Cardamom Delice. Oklava translates as “rolling pin”, which conjures up memories for Kiazim of her Turkish-Cypriot grandmother and her delicious home cooking.


VICTORIA GLASS TOO GOOD TO WASTE: HOW TO EAT EVERYTHING NOURISH , 18TH, H/B, £14.99, 9781848993167 This timely and creative book takes on the challenge of reducing food waste in a fun and unpreachy way. Stale bread is transformed into Treacle Tart with Brown Bread Ice Cream, strawberry tops are brewed to a delicious tea; leftover chicken fat makes


LAURA SANTTINI LAURA SANTTINI’S PASTA SECRETS RYLAND, PETERS & SMALL, 16TH, H/B, £16.99, 9781849758185 More than 70 recipes from classics to contemporary new takes from an award-winning food writer. Google apparently listed pasta as a top food trend for 2016 under the headline: “Pasta is Back”.


CARMELA SOPHIA SERENO


FRANCINE RAYMOND & BILL MASON MY TINY HOME FARM: SIMPLE IDEAS FOR SMALL SPACES PAVILION, 11TH, H/B, £14.99, 9781910904725 From herbs to hens, vineyards to veg and bees to seeds, this shows you how to reap the fruits of small plots and unconventional spaces. Features 25 real-life gardens, and 10 practical projects.


HARRY & DAVID RICH RICH BROTHERS: GARDEN DESIGN CENTURY, 18TH, P/B, £16.99, 9781780897417 The brother authors—the youngest ever Chelsea Flower Show medallists, rising star garden designers and co- presenters of BBC Daytime’s “Garden Rescue”–show how to help you make the most of your garden, transforming your outdoor space into a beautiful Eden.


SUE STUART-SMITH THE WELL-GARDENED MIND COLLINS, 4TH, H/B, £18.99, 9780008100711 “With the natural rituals of growth, decay and regeneration . . . it is as if—alongside the physical activity, we are also gardening our minds.”


DR MIKE DOW & DAVID DOW WITH MEGAN SUTTON HEALING THE BROKEN BRAIN: LEADING EXPERTS ANSWER 100 QUESTIONS ABOUT STROKE RECOVERY HAY HOUSE, 2ND, P/B, £12.99, 9781781808122 Three experts on stroke recovery (a licensed psychotherapist; his brother, a paediatric stroke survivor; and a speech-language pathologist) answer 100 questions about the condition. A stroke happens every 3.5 minutes to someone in the UK.


NEW TITLES: NON-FICTION MAY


physical and mental health, providing a practical, easy-to-follow six-week programme to improve well-being from within, from detox and cleansing, and healing and repopulating, to maintenance and radiance from the inside out.


KATE HARRISON 5:2 VEGGIE & VEGAN: DELICIOUS VEGETARIAN AND VEGAN FASTING RECIPES TO HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT AND FEEL GREAT ORION, 11TH, P/B, £7.99, 9781409171263 The author of the 5:2 Diet Book with a book of sub-500 calorie recipes and meal plans, billed as the first to cater both for vegetarian and vegan 5:2 dieters. It promises to make fast days “stress-free, sustainable and exciting”.


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GUIDE TO GETTING THE BEST MENTAL HEALTH CARE EDWARD EVERETT ROOT PUBLISHERS, P/B, £14.95, 9781911454502 Aims to offer crucial and comprehensive advice for both families and individuals to help them obtain the care they need from the NHS, and not be palmed off with inadequate support.


JAMES HASKELL PERFECT FIT: THE WINNING FORMULA HODDER, 18TH, P/B, £16.99, 9781473648739 The England and Wasps rugby player who has been building a fitness brand alongside his sporting commitments, with a no-nonsense guide to fitness and nutrition, accessible both to those who have yet to begin a fitness journey as well as those who already train regularly.


LIZ EARLE THE GOOD GUT GUIDE: DELICIOUS RECIPES AND SIMPLE 6 WEEK PLAN FOR INNER HEALTH AND OUTER BEAUTY ORION SPRING, 4TH, H/B, £25, 9781409164166 As a Liz Earle above daily devotee, I naturally loved Skin, her first book for Spring. Now she takes a close look at the link between the gut and our


JIM LUCEY THE LIFE WELL LIVED: THERAPEUTIC PATHS TO RECOVERY AND WELLBEING TRANSWORLD IRELAND, 18TH, P/B, £12.99, 9781848272330 How a range of contemporary therapies can provide pathways to recovery for those suffering from mental health problems. Lucey’s case histories give fascinating insights into the true meaning of wellness, I’m told.


DR RAJ PERSAUD & DR PETER BRUGGEN THE STREET-WISE


ROBIN NIXON POMPA ALLERGY-FREE KIDS: THE SCIENCE-BASED APPROACH TO PREVENTING FOOD ALLERGIES WILLIAM MORROW, 9TH, H/B, £16.99, 9780062440686 Billed as a revolutionary book, designed to help parents prevent food allergies in their child, based on a US study by a mother who cured her own children. The approach, which aims to render wheat-free, nut-free and milk-free cookbooks redundant, is based on carefully building tolerance to allergens though


repeated careful feedings in the first five years of life.


DR MIKE SHOOTER GROWING PAINS: STORIES FROM LIFE AND CHILDREN IN THERAPY HODDER, 18TH, H/B, £18.99, 9781473643260 The eminent child psychiatrist author has spent more than 30 years listening to children and adolescents in crisis, helping them to make sense of their lives. A “passionate believer in the importance of listening rather than labelling” and a depression sufferer himself, he tells many of their stories here. “Will do for child and family therapy what Do No Harm did for brain surgery,” says Hodder.


HAZEL WALLACE THE FOOD MEDIC YELLOW KITE, 4TH, H/B, £20, 9781473650534


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