This beautifully illustrated, practical & easy-to-use guide provides a wealth of ideas for making delicious preserves & drinks from over fifty fruits & vegetables. There is no comparison between shop-bought preserves & those you can make at home. With the most basic equipment, a little time & some fresh home-grown or bought produce you can make a jam, pickle or drink that's totally unique, incredibly delicious & inexpensive. Whether you want to savour the taste of your summer tomatoes all year round, treat your friends & family to the most thoughtful presents or are looking for a way to control what's in yours & your children's food, this book will show you how. In this definitive guide, author Jill Nice covers all aspects of preserving. She takes readers step-by-step through the preserving process, including choosing the right jars & containers, utensils & equipment; cooking with sugars & setting ingredients; & safe, easy sterilising. This book will also contain both traditional & modern preserving techniques, store cupboard cheats & lots of handy tips & advice. From the most well known & loved fruit & vegetables like strawberries, chillies & blackcurrants to more unusual ones like okra & pomegranate you will find recipes for jams, ketchups, pickles, cordials, conserves, jellies. curds & much more! Inspired recipes, reliable advice & fail-safe instructions
- all in Jill's engaging, down-to-earth & inimitable style. This is the only book on preserves you need on your shelf. Examples of just some of the things Jill will show you how to make with gooseberries
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Written by Oded Schwartz, Preserving: Month by Month is the complete guide to making preserves like jam, jellies, chutneys, pickles & relishes right through the winter months. From chunky courgette chutney & summer jam through to cranberry jelly & rhubarb marmalade, the recipes in this brilliant book from DK will make wonderful gifts for friends & family & also delicious accompaniments to any meal. ...

It is 1861, & as the Civil war rages, Captain Fitz Dunaway humiliates his commanding officer, & faces a court martial. Now his plot is to assassinate President Lincoln. Searching for traitors who will embrace him as one of their own, Fitz discovers just how fine the line is between allegiance to your cause
- & allegiance to your country.
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Gathers some of the best poetry by the author from the mid-1980s onwards. Ranging from graceful, evocative lyrics & mysterious dream-like narratives through alert cultural observations & hilariously inventive cut-ups, this work explores poetry as way of behaving in language that is also a way of behaving in the world. ...

Travel back in time to the age of the dinosaurs by making a stunning full colour model of the ferocious apex predator, the ...

Discover the magic of mythical beasts by reading all about dragon folklore, mythology & facts in this beautifully illustrated book. Then, press out & build a stunning full colour model of the Dragon of the Legends! Not suitable for children under the age of 3 years. ...

Build your own dinosaur with this amazing book! travel back in time to the age of the dinosaurs & read all about some of the awesome dinosaur species that once roamed the Earth! Then, press out & build a stunning full colour model of the ferocious predator, Tyrannosaurus Rex. ...

Build your own RMS Titanic with this amazing book! Where was the Titanic constructed? Why did it sink? What is the wreck like today? Find the answers to these questions & much, much more between the covers of this fact-packed book! Then simply press out the card pieces & follow the step-by-step instructions to put together your very own model! ...

Press out the shaped card & follow the step-by-step diagrams to put together your very own human skeleton! Then read the book, packed with facts & stats about the human body, & see science come to life! Contents: 20 sheets of white shaped card, 24 page human body facts book & instructions for assembly ...

Each press-out butterfly is intricately decorated with foil & perfect for all ages to colour in. From a stripy zebra longwing to a beautifully ornate blue morpho, these gorgeous butterflies look elegant in white & silver, but even better when you add colour to create a hanging kaleidoscope of butterflies! ...