Details: After twenty-five years of 'sex, drugs, bad behaviour & haute cuisine', chef & novelist Anthony Bourdain has
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Includes: over 250 recipes, many from his BBC TV series Dish of the Day, Simple Suppers & Simple Cooking. From Nigel
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This wide-ranging guide covers everything you need to know about tomatoes, from garden to plate. It discusses the best varieties to plant, including flavoursome plum tomatoes, tiny & sweet cherry tomatoes, or big traditional 'beefsteak' ones, so you can choose a tomato that's right for you, whether you have a garden patch, a greenhouse or even a container or window box. Information on harvesting & storing helps you cope with the inevitable annual glut, & the book contains a wealth of delicious recipes from around the world, including drying & chutneys to give a taste of sunshine throughout the winter. The book is packed with fascinating facts & history did you know that tomatoes were once considered poisonous in Britain? Illustrated throughout with pretty & nostalgic illustrations, this warm, comforting & sometimes surprising guide is the ideal book for gardeners of all skill levels who love to cook what they've grown. ...

This comprehensive guide gives you everything youve ever needed to know about the humble potato, both in the ground & on the plate. It contains a guide to the best varieties to plant from small, waxy salad potatoes to the floury types that are perfect for roasting & full & foolproof instructions on when, where & how to plant them, & when to harvest both early & maincrop potatoes. There is also a wealth of potato recipes, from simple-but-delicious jacket potatoes & the creamiest mash to more unfamiliar ones, such as the Dutch dish Hot Lightning & the Swedish Janssens Temptation. The book is also packed with fascinating facts & history did you know potatoes were the first vegetables to be grown in space? Illustrated throughout with pretty & nostalgic illustrations, this warm, comforting & sometimes surprising guide is the ideal book for gardeners of all skill levels who love to cook what theyve grown. ...

This is a wonderfully illustrated look at Victorian food & kitchen life. It covers topics ranging from cook's relations with her mistress to classic Victorian menus. It

Includes:: traditional cooking techniques that are being revived today. A charming evocation of Victorian Kitchen life, with details of the ingredients
- fresh & packaged
- the menus, equipment & the kitchen regulars, from cook to passing tradesmen. With wonderful illustrations of Victorian food packaging & advertising, this is a great nostalgic look at life below stairs in the age of Victoria. It

Includes:: topics from the patent marmalade machine to the early anti-bacterial preparations.





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Lets you experience dinner in the private dining room with the kitchen of Brennan's of Houston. This book also lets you observe the line cooks, the dishwashers, the salad & pastry chefs as they move with snappy efficiency & athletic energy around the gleaming kitchen festooned with copper pans. ...

With an afterword by David Crystal & contributions from Philip Pullman, Jilly Cooper, Jeremy Vine & Meera Syal, all life is here. Become part of the Kitchen Table Lingo community & write your words in now! ' Seen the bloke with the bedooftey bum?' ' More testiculating on Newsnight......' Does it sometimes seem like your family speaks its own language? Families up & down the UK have their own special vocabularies. Discover tinsellitis sufferers in Tunbridge Wells, elephant users in Edinburgh & chobblers in Cardiff. Whether it's a slip of the tongue that becomes a permanent part of the family vernacular or a word invented when all others fail, Kitchen Table Lingo is part of what makes our language so rich & creative. This collection of hundreds of words from English speakers around the world
- complete with space & an invitation to add your own
- is a wonderfully entertaining celebration of the spoken word & the people who take pleasure in it. After all, what other language has fifty-seven words for the TV remote control?

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Are you eager to combine the roles of mother & entrepreneur but wondering how to get started? If so, you are not alone. Many mothers are starting up on their own, eager to cut out the nursery fees & see more of their kids. If that sounds like your dream, this book can help make it a reality. Having worked from home for 16 successful years, Anita Naik can give you the true, nitty-gritty details on what it really means to start & run a business from your kitchen table, including: * How to find out if you're suited to working on your own * How to deal with mummy versus work guilt * How to juggle family, work & YOU time * & where to go for support, help & advice Kitchen Table Tycoon also shows you how to research a business idea, find your start-up costs, & navigate your way through the inevitable ups & downs. With inspiring stories & advice from successful entrepreneurial mothers, even the most nervous of mumpreneurs can learn how to have a great business & a great life. ...

Revealing the author's journey through a collection of challenging circumstances & memorable experiences, this title presents an account that ranges from an impoverished childhood in rural Alabama during the Great Depression to her marriage to the blind poet, shaman, & cofounder of the Feri tradition, Victor H Anderson. ...

In Kitchin Suppers, Scotland's hottest chef takes us into his home kitchen to show just how accessible, inexpensive & uncomplicated gourmet food can be. Tom draws on his experience of home cooking to provide a superb collection of recipes for time-press ...