Starting with creating your own starter from scratch, she covers basic breadmaking techniques accompanied by step-by-step photography so you can master the basics before going on to experiment with different flavours for delicious & healthy breads. Laced with an abundance of flavour options & inspiring cultural notes, Sourdough School celebrates the timeless craft of artisan baking. ...

Sous vide is a method of cooking food in vacuum-sealed pouches in a water bath at an accurately determined temperature. This enables the food to be cooked evenly, retaining the juices & aromas which are often lost by traditional cooking methods. Meat, in particular, becomes tender & succulent when cooked in a sous vide. Professional chefs such as Heston Blumenthal have favoured this form of cooking for some time & featured it on their TV shows. Now manufacturers are making water baths available at affordable prices for cooking at home so that all of us can benefit from this new method of cooking. ...

With an introduction by Roy Foster A classic work of Irish literature, this award-winning novel is an exploration of love, art & identity. This was the night train to Barcelona, some hours before the dawn. This was 1950, late September. I had left my husb&. I had left my home. Katherine Proctor has dared to leave her family in Ireland & reach out for a new life. Determined to become an artist, she flees to Spain, where she meets Miguel, a passionate man who has fought for his own freedoms. They retreat to the quiet intensity of the mountains & begin to build a life together. But as Miguel's past catches up with him, Katherine too is forced to re-examine her relationships: with her lover, her painting & the homeland she only thought she knew... The South is the book that introduced readers to the astonishing gifts of Colm Toibin, winning the Irish Times First Fiction Award in 1991. Arrestingly visual & enduringly atmospheric, it is a classic novel of art, sacrifice, & courage. ...

The South African Illustrated Cookbook is a compilation of recipes dear to South Africans from all walks of life & traditions. It

Includes:: Xhosa, Cape Malay, Zulu, English, Indian, Afrikaans, Portuguese & new South African dishes. Illustrator Lehla Eldridge has captured various landmarks
- both formal & informal
- around South Africa to accompany these local recipes that she has garnered from cooks around the country. Her watercolour illustrations are whimsical, humorous & charming, yet perceptive of the country's rich & varied influences.



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Based on the 10-part documentary television series of the same name, The South African Story with Archbishop Desmond Tutu ...

Leading cardiologist Dr Arthur Agatston originally tailored this diet for his patients to improve the state of their heart, & of course their general health as well. But, almost by mistake, they began to lose weight too. News of this fantastic regime spread like wildfire throughout Florida & soon his office was inundated with requests for the diet. Developed with the help of a professional nutritionist, Dr Agatston's diet provides you with easy-to-follow eating plans & recipes to keep you firmly on track. The delicious recipes are simple to prepare, quick & what's more, you generally lose the weight from your waist first. The results & health benefits are immediate & long-term. There is no counting calories, no fighting with exercises & on top of all this, positive results can start to show within just two weeks. ...

A new version of the original million-copy bestseller, The South Beach Diet Supercharged truly super-charges weight loss thanks to the addition of a unique 3-phase exercise plan. The principles of the diet are essentially the same
- Phase 1 is about short, sharp weight loss for those with more than 10lb to lose, Phase 2 is about reducing calorie intake & finding balance, & Phase 3 is about maintenance. But now with the added exercise component, dieters will be able to burn more fat (including belly fat) faster on their way to permanent weight loss & better health. The unique interval training programme is designed to rev up your metabolism & perfectly complements the three phases of the diet. During interval training you switch between short bursts of high-intensity exercise & rest periods. The bottom line: you burn more fat & calories than you would in conventional exercises programmes in a fraction of the time. With this book you can achieve supercharged weight-loss success!
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A discerning account of simmering conflict in the South China Sea & why the world can't afford to be indifferent China's rise has upset the global balance of power, & the first place to feel the strain is Beijing's back yard: the South China Sea. For decades tensions have smoldered in the region, but today the threat of a direct confrontation among superpowers grows ever more likely. This important book is the first to make clear sense of the South Sea disputes. Bill Hayton, a journalist with extensive experience in the region, examines the high stakes involved for rival nations that include Vietnam, India, Taiwan, the Philippines, & China, as well as the United States, Russia, & others. Hayton also lays out the daunting obstacles that stand in the way of peaceful resolution. Through lively stories of individuals who have shaped current conflicts-businessmen, scientists, shippers, archaeologists, soldiers, diplomats, & more-Hayton makes understandable the complex history & contemporary reality of the South China Sea. He underscores its crucial importance as the passageway for half the world's merchant shipping & one-third of its oil & gas. Whoever controls these waters controls the access between Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, & the Pacific. The author critiques various claims & positions (that China has historic claim to the Sea, for example), overturns conventional wisdoms (such as America's overblown fears of China's nationalism & military resurgence), & outlines what the future may hold for this clamorous region of international rivalry. ...

A discerning account of simmering conflict in the South China Sea & why the world can't afford to be indifferent China's rise has upset the global balance of power, & the first place to feel the strain is Beijing's back yard: the South China Sea. For decades tensions have smoldered in the region, but today the threat of a direct confrontation among superpowers grows ever more likely. This important book is the first to make clear sense of the South Sea disputes. Bill Hayton, a journalist with extensive experience in the region, examines the high stakes involved for rival nations that include Vietnam, India, Taiwan, the Philippines, & China, as well as the United States, Russia, & others. Hayton also lays out the daunting obstacles that stand in the way of peaceful resolution. Through lively stories of individuals who have shaped current conflicts-businessmen, scientists, shippers, archaeologists, soldiers, diplomats, & more-Hayton makes understandable the complex history & contemporary reality of the South China Sea. He underscores its crucial importance as the passageway for half the world's merchant shipping & one-third of its oil & gas. Whoever controls these waters controls the access between Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, & the Pacific. The author critiques various claims & positions (that China has historic claim to the Sea, for example), overturns conventional wisdoms (such as America's overblown fears of China's nationalism & military resurgence), & outlines what the future may hold for this clamorous region of international rivalry. ...

Edward Thomas's death in the Second World War robbed the world of a great poet, a fine writer, & a pioneering environmentalist. Published in 1909, The South Country is the happiest of all his books. Lyrical, passionate, acutely sensitive to life in the countryside & the rhythms of the seasons, it brilliantly merges landscape, folk culture & natural history into a record of what Edward Thomas saw & felt as he wandered the old ways of southern Engl&. ...