Italian potters brought the art of making tin-glazed tiles to the Low Countries in the early sixteenth century. Native potters copied the technique & in the seventeenth century they began to manufacture the distinctive blue & white Dutch tiles. Huge quantities were produced during the seventeenth & eighteenth centuries first in the Netherlands & later in Britain. Because the best tiles & other tin-glazed pottery came from Delft the name of the town became associated with this ware. This book traces the history of delftware tiles describes how they were made & explains the differences between Dutch & English delftware tiles. ...

Delias seventh book in this enormously popular Collection brings us tantalising baking recipes. From cakes & muffins to breads & biscuits Delia has chosen over 50 of her most popular recipes
- updating old favourites & adding some that are completely new. This Collection is aimed at both experienced cooks & newcomers who can be sure that with Delias approachable style they will be guided by a trusted hand through her fail-safe recipes. Including tips & ideas to help cooks of every ability the reader is guaranteed delicious & rewarding results every time. Delia is a publishing phenomenon with sales of more than 21 million cookery books. This series is the first time her recipes have been arranged by subject.
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In compiling The Delia Collection cookery series Delia Smith has chosen her best & most popular recipes updating old favourites & adding some that are completely new. The cookbooks are aimed both at experienced cooks & at newcomers to homecooking who can be sure that with Delia's friendly & approachable style they will be guided by a trusted hand through her fail-safe recipes. This
- the second cookbook in the series
- is a collection of over 50 beautiful chicken recipes. For best results Delia recommends a good quality chicken preferably traditionally reared for the table. Delia's chicken recipes range from classic roast chicken to paella & oriental chicken stir fries.

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In compiling the Collection cookbooks Delia has chosen her best & most popular recipes updating old favourites & adding some that are completely new. These recipe books are aimed both at experienced cooks & at newcomers to homecooking who can be sure that with Delia's friendly & approachable style they will be guided by a trusted hand through her fail-safe recipes. This is the fourth cookbook in the series & is a collection of over 50 of Delia's best fish recipes. Many people shy away from cooking with fresh fish because it seems too difficult & messy. Delia tackles this notion by providing the know-how & plenty of authentic fish dishes to suit all levels of cooking ability. ...

In the fifth book of The Delia Collection Delia teaches us how to cook authentic Italian dishes successfully. Old favourites ...

Autumn 2003 sees the launch of the first four titles in The Delia Collection a series currently planned to contain eight titles in all. In compiling the Collection Delia has chosen her best & most popular recipes updating old favourites & adding some that are completely new. These are books aimed both at experienced cooks & at newcomers to homecooking who can be sure that with Delias friendly & approachable style they will be guided by a trusted hand through her fail-safe recipes. The first book in the series is a collection of over 50 soup recipes. Delia believes strongly in home-made soup using good quality fresh ingredients & here the reader will discover a wealth of ideas for nourishing satisfying tasty & often low-calorie soup. ...

In this collection of the very best of her Christmas recipes Delia Smith demonstrates how you can easily cope with the whole gamut of Christmas entertaining while still having plenty of time to relax with your family & friends. Whether this is the first time you have had Christmas at your own home or have been doing it for years you'll find this cookbook will be indispensable every Christmas for years to come. Delia gives advice on how to choose the very best produce from the turkey to chocolates from glace fruits to smoked salmon. She shows that you've got plenty of time when everyone arrives
- with her help you can prepare many dishes in advance & her 36-hour countdown to Christmas dinner will ensure that nothing goes wrong for that most difficult of meals to get right. She gives lots of unusual ideas for all sorts of Christmas parties from fork buffets to drinks parties including Roast Goose with Potato Sage & Apple Stuffing. & Iced Christmas Pudding topped with glace fruits marinated in Madeira. Over 100 new recipes include 5 different kinds of Christmas cake & foolproof ways to ice them a complete vegetarian Christmas including Cheese Terrine with Apricot Chutney & recipes for Christmas gifts such as Chocolate Truffles. Christmas is the time when you most want everything to run smoothly
- with Delia Smith's Christmas at your side you can relax & enjoy it.

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After her parents are killed in a road accident Delia Yebarras life is turned upside-down. At fifteen she leaves the rural Mexican village where she grew up to embark on a new life in America. Arriving at her wealthy Aunt Isabellas huge estate in Palm Springs California should be a dream come true for a simple country girl like Delia
- so why does it feel like a nightmare? Her aunt refuses to acknowledge Delias heritage relegating her to the servants quarters with a lecherous language tutor who is intent on exploiting the beautiful young foreigner. Her cousin Edward is kind but cousin Sophia is cruel manipulative & resentful of Delias sultry Latin looks. & just when Delia tries to embrace the life of an all-American girl a heartbreaking chain of events sends her spiralling back to a Mexico she hardly recognises.. .
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When Delia Yebarras fairy-tale romance with Adan Bovio the son of a wealthy politician was cut short by a tragic accident nothing could have prepared her for the heartache that followed. But when she discovers she is carrying Adans child Delia has no choice but to live under the watchful eye of Adans powerful father. At first it seems as though Mr Bovio has Delias best interests at heart & he goes out of his way to provide the very best for his unborn grandchild. But as her freedom is increasingly restricted it doesnt take Delia long to realize that Adans father still blames her for the accident that killed his son & he intends to use his connections to make her life hell. But when Delias baby arrives will she be able to protect her newborn son & make a future for her family? ...

Torn between two worlds
- & two loves
- will Delia be able to follow her heart? Enticed by the glamour & privilege of life in

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