Very unfairly, the cuisine of Portugal remains largely unknown outside Portuguese-speaking communities. Perhaps it is presumed to be too much a poor relation of Spanish food to be worth exploring. If so, it is a pity, for, as Edite Vieira demonstrates in her classic The Taste of Portugal--now reissued by Grub Street--it retains a distinctive, vibrant identity.

Among the very interesting characteristics of Portuguese food are the presence, uniquely in Europe, of fresh herb coriander as a flavoring, a most imaginative use of clams & what almost amounts to a mania for salt cod. The Taste of Portugal gives a wonderfully rounded picture of this robust & fascinating cuisine, with its bread-heavy soups, its salt cod & fish dishes, its high-flavored stews (in one well-known dish, combining pork & clams), its game & its extravagantly sweet desserts, rich with eggs.

The first recipe is for what has become virtually a national dish: Caldo Verde, a simple but delicious potato soup enlivened with finely sliced greens. It was this soup which apparently prompted a British journalist to remark on the poverty of the Portuguese that forced them to make soup from grass.

Edite Vieira provides a lively commentary that puts the food into its cultural & historical context--a number of the dishes are of great antiquity--and is an absolute delight to read. --Robin Davidson

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In this revised & updated edition of her authoritative & fascinating book Edite Vieira traces the rich legacy of her country`s culinary excellence from medieval through to modern times lacing it with history & anecdote & a collection of authentically delicious recipes. From simple & wholesome peasant fare to elaborate celebratory meals, ingredients include salt cod (bacalhau) in all its myriad variations, cumin & oranges are both remnants of the voyaging past, green coriander is the main flavouring herb; essentially the food is the food of a country which grows grapes, peppers, melons, quinces & apples, & few other countries have such a repertoire of pork dishes. Fresh pork is much in evidence as well as ham (presunto), pork & red pepper sausages (chouricos) & black pudding (morcela), all foods very much in present vogue. ...

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The enthralling new Sunday Times bestselling gothic novel from the author of THE WINTER GHOSTS, CITADEL & LABYRINTH. The clock strikes twelve. Beneath the wind & the remorseless tolling of the bell, no one can hear the scream.. .1912. A Sussex churchyard. Villagers gather on the night when the ghosts of those who will not survive the coming year are thought to walk. & in the shadows, a woman lies dead. As the flood waters rise, Connie Gifford is marooned in a decaying house with her increasingly tormented father. He drinks to escape the past, but an accident has robbed her of her most significant childhood memories. Until the disturbance at the church awakens fragments of those vanished years.. . ...

This book helps to experience the world`s finest tea. The Tea Book guides you through the best ways to choose, prepare & taste the many different varieties of tea available around the world, with everything you need to know to bring the fragrance & allure of the tea shop into your home. The essential companion for all tea aficionados, this detailed tea book features over one hundred international tea recipes, including chai tea, matcha, the increasingly popular bubble tea, & herbal tisanes such as Yerba Mate. Tasting notes help you to identify key characteristics, so that you can tell your green tea from your pu`er. With information on growing & harvest seasons, & maps of the most important tea-producing regions. This practical, fully illustrated guide is perfect for tea lovers. ...

In the seventh century, during the Chinese Tang Dynasty, Tibetans began drinking fermented black tea, a valuable addition to their restricted diet of meat & milk. Beginning as an aristocratic delicacy, it quickly became a staple, but it had to be imported, first from southern Yunnan, with a secondary route from Ya'an in Sichuan. The Chinese on the other h&, had a need for war horses & the sturdy Tibetan horses were ideal. As a result a two-way trade route arose during the Song Dynasty & became known as the Cha Ma Dao, the Tea-Horse Road, a 2, 300 kilometre journey from southern Yunnan to Lhasa at its core. ...

Rudolf leaves his comfortable origins in Delft by ship for Java to help run the family`s estates there. He moves from plantation to plantation, attempting to understand the ways of the local peoples, their version of Islam & their relationship to their l&. On a visit to the capital, Jakarta, he falls in love with a teenage girl, Jenny, who he courts surreptitiously via his sister, with grave consequences for the reality of their relationships. Eventually they marry, & make a hard colonist-couple`s life theirs, bear, lose & raise children, before Jenny on her visit to the home country discovers all the comforts of which she has been deprived in Java. Back at the plantation homestead, as the back-breaking work of establishing & maintaining business takes its toll on Rudolf, Jenny becomes estranged from him, & the bitter resentments of relatives eat at her until a terrible solution is achieved. ...

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The Teacher`s Guide to Grammar is unique in focusing directly on the aspects of grammar that teachers need to know. Assuming little or no formal linguistic education, this concise & accessible book provides the necessary background knowledge required in the classroom context. There are detailed chapters on the nuts & bolts of language: words, morphology, sentences, phrases, verbs, & clauses. Other important educational issues concerned in the teaching of English are discussed: the grammatical variation that differentiates standard & non-standard English; how grammar varies in relation to the purpose & audience of a text; & the different grammatical characteristics of different languages. Throughout, illustrations are given using examples from the real spoken & written language produced by learners. Here are the essentials every English & literacy teacher needs to know about grammar in one practical & relevant guide. ...