The kitchens of Argentina are the inspiration for the sensational food at Sydney restaurant Porteno. Voted Best New Restaurant by the Sydney Morning Herald, Time Out Sydney & Gourmet Traveller in 2011, chefs Ben Milgate & Elvis Abrahanowicz continue to wow packed houses with super-slow-cooked meats & seafood, alongside fresh & inventive vegetable dishes. This relaxed & exuberant atmosphere translates perfectly to their new book
- collecting 50 of their best known recipes from Slow-Cooked Lamb to Suckling Pig, mouth-watering crispy-fried brussel sprouts, accented by their luscious cocktails the beautiful photography will transport you to Buenos Aires by way of Sydney. Beautifully made, this is a book which captures the spirit of Argentina & the joy of good food, eaten well.
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What did Maya Angelou do to keep the words flowing? What is a NASA engineer`s lucky charm? How does Thom Yorke prep for a concert? This book bottles the singular recipes for success of leading creatives, politicians, scientists, & athletes who made their own luck. Revealing an array of unique practices from quirky superstitions to preperformance rituals, this visual compendium celebrates in text & charming illustrated portraits the real personalities, creative processes, & curious habits of these influential people. Presented with a handsome silk-screened cloth spine, this treasure trove of inspiration is a smart & special choice for anyone who could use a little good fortune. ...

150 inspiring & authentic Italian recipes for meat, poultry, & game
- from the world`s most trusted authority on Italian
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Following the phenomenal success of ” The Silver Spoon”, this book presents a collection of 380 summer recipes for all lovers of Italian food, collected by the team behind the original book. ” Recipes from an Italian Summer” presents a range of easy-to-follow, authentic Italian recipes using the most delicious seasonal ingredients. From informal picnics to family barbecues & entertaining outdoors, ” Recipes from an Italian Summer” has the perfect dish for every day of summer. ...

In this affectionate & informative account of Spain`s food, Nicholas Butcher focuses on the traditional cooking of Spain through its regions & its produce. The book starts with a journey through Spain, region by region. Then there are chapters on tapas, salads, soups, vegetables, eggs, rice, sauces, fish & shellfish, meat, poultry & game & puddings. The author`s enthusiasm for Spanish cooking permeates every page. He explores his favourite dishes, the culture & history behind them & how best to recreate them. Their origins lie in the authentic cuisine of the Spanish cities, towns & countryside. From the bustling capital Madrid & Basque seaside towns to rustic Andalucia he highlights the pillars of Spanish cooking, & the culture in which the food is grown, prepared & eaten. With a love of vibrant flavours & uncomplicated ingredients, Spanish cuisine has its roots firmly in home cooking & has developed out of the ingenious use of local raw ingredients
- olives, almonds, saffron, garlic, paprika
- together with magnificent fish, shellfish & charcuterie. First published in 1990 but out of print for many years this beautifully written travelogue goes beyond the familiar to the heart of the country, its culture & its food. It`s a wonderful read & is regarded by many as one of the best books on the subject. Nicholas Butcher was born & brought up in England & ran the family restaurant in Chichester before moving permanently to Spain in the early 1980s.

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Falk, one of Germany`s leading publishers of street plans, produce their town plans in two different formats. Falk Extra plans are folded in a standard way, where the whole map can be opened to view the entire area it covers. For larger cities, the same mapping is also published with a special folding system designed to show only a small section of the map at one time. The whole map can be opened but it will be cut in several places. Many find these street plans very user-friendly & easier to handle than conventional maps. The plans, which cover towns with their outer suburbs, indicate main landmarks & public buildings & show all the public transport facilities, one way streets & car parks. Plans of lager cities include a separate map of the town centre at a more detailed scale & a diagram of the underground & the suburban rail network. The plans also show the postal divisions & have an extensive street index which, where appropriate, shows individual postal codes for each street. Map legend

Includes:: English. Falk Extra plans also include on the reverse a road map of the surrounding area.

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Thirty years after completing his military service Ziya flees the spiralling turmoil of one of Turkey`s great sprawling cities to seek a serene existence in a village of which he has long heard dreamlike tales. Having endured two years of gruelling military life, taking brutal orders from a man hiding behind his rank, & then losing his wife & child in a terrorist attack, Ziya has never quite been able to return to the life he once had until one day he breaks free. Arriving in the village, Ziya is greeted by his old friend from the army, Kenan, who has built & furnished a vineyard house for him. There he is welcomed by Kenan`s family, but the village does not provide the total isolation Ziya yearns for & he is forced back through the tangled web of his memory to the time he & Kenan spent defending the treacherous Syrian/ Turkish border in search of the reason why Kenan feels so extravagantly in his debt. Hasan Ali Toptas masterfully blurs the boundaries between dream & reality, truth & memory, past & present, to create a gripping & surprising tale that introduces a major writer to English-language readers for the first time. ...

Jacob has uncovered the doorway to another world, hidden behind a mirror. It is a place of dark magic & enchanted objects, scheming dwarves & fearsome ogres, fairies born from water & men born from stone. Here, he hunts for treasure & seeks adventure in the company of Fox
- a beautiful, shape-shifting girl, who guides & guards him. But now Jacob`s younger brother has followed him into the mirrored world, & all that was freedom has turned to fear. Because a deadly curse has been spoken; & Jacob must risk his life to reverse it, before his brother is turned to stone forever... Revised & updated by Cornelia Funke, The Petrified Flesh is the first book in the thrilling Reckless series.
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Jacob has saved his brother from the Mirrorworld, but now he will pay a terrible price. A fairy`s curse is burning in his heart, & to break the spell he must embark upon a perilous journey
- with his trusty friend Fox by his side
- to seek out the only treasure that could save him. Jacob`s search for the golden crossbow will lead him across hundreds of miles by land & sea, to an invisible, enchanted palace within the Dead City. It will bring him face to face with vicious beasts, bloodthirsty giants, & a deadly stone-faced rival. It will test his courage like never before. Living Shadows is the second book in the thrilling Reckless series.

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The third book in Cornelia Funke`s internationally bestselling Reckless series After a perilous encounter with an Alder Elf, Jacob must journey into the enchanted Mirrorworld once again. Together with Fox, his beautiful shapeshifting friend, Jacob has no choice but to follow his brother on the trail of the Dark Fairy, who has fled deep into the East: to a land of folklore, Cossacks, spies, time-eating witches & flying carpets. But what exactly is the Dark One running from? The third book in the series, The Golden Yarn is a thrilling tale of courage & fear, jealousy & forbidden desire; in which love has the power both to save a life
- & to destroy it.
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