A recipe for life should be a simple thing: love & happiness family friends & a little food. But life is rarely straightforward... Alice wants to make the most of life
- after all she knows how fragile it can be
- & knows she never feels more alive than when she's cooking. Babetta has spent a lifetime tending the garden of her tiny house on the Italian coast supplying food to feed a family now grown & gone. One summer these two women are brought together in a crumbling Mediterranean villa with the shared language of food. There under the heat of the Italian sun or the shade of the pomegranate tree secrets will be spoken fears & hopes shared. But life's lessons are not learnt easily.

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Bestselling author & home cook Sally Bee is back with a collection of deliciously simple recipes that show how easy it is to follow a healthy diet for life. Many of us know the principles of healthy eating but actually incorporating them into daily life is much harder. Whether it's eating more fruit & vegetables reducing fat without losing flavour or feeding a family after work without the aid of a take-away menu Sally Bee explains how to make good food second nature. Sally isn't a dietician but a busy mum who knows how tough it can be to change eating habits. Her down-to-earth advice & realistic approach is borne from her own experience of life-threatening heart disease from which she recovered thanks to her own delicious & easy-to-follow eating plan. Sally understands how real people eat & how recipes must be quick & made with affordable readily available food. Her plan won't leave you feeling deprived or hungry but means that you can enjoy many of your favourite foods in a balanced way. Recipes for Life offers refreshingly simple advice & tasty dishes that will change your eating habits & help you enjoy a healthy mind & body
- not just for a few weeks but for life. Recipes include: Chicken Korma Healthy Chinese Chicken Wraps Smoked haddock & leek pie Healthy Fish Chips & Mushy Peas Roast Monkfish with Olives & Capers All-in-one Lentil & Sausage Casserole Spanish Pork & Bean Stew Caramelised Veggies with Sausages & Baked Sweet Potato Winter Salad Asparagus & Artichoke Salad with Wild Rice & Basil Dressing Pumpkin & mushroom lasagne Broccoli & Leek Bake Apricot & Pistachio Tart
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Take one aspiring cook one judge & a spoonful of romance... When Zoe Harper wins a coveted place in a televised cookery competition shes thrilled. Its a chance to cook her way to fame & fortune & the little delicatessen shes set her heart on. The first task has hardly begun when she finds herself with rather too much on her plate. Not only has she got to contend with the fiercely competitive & downright devious Cher but shes fast developing an inconvenient crush on one of the judges
- the truly delicious Gideon Irving. All too soon theres more than canapes cupcakes & cordon bleu at stake. Will Zoe win the competition or is Gideon one temptation too far? & is Zoe really prepared to risk it all for love?
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Take one aspiring cook. When Zoe Harper wins a coveted place in a televised cookery competition she can't wait to put her cooking skills to the test. Add a very desirable judge. But as the competition heats up she realises she's developing an inconvenient crush on one of the judges the truly delicious Gideon Irving. Stir in a heaped tablespoon of romance. All too soon there's more than canapes cupcakes & cordon bleu at stake. Will Zoe win the competition or is Gideon one temptation too far? ...

A keepsake book composed of 12 top-opening pockets to organise saved recipes cut from magazines newspapers handwritten from your granny or other sources. A couple sheets of stickers give readers the option to create their own categories. Contained in a hardcover format & with gorgeous illustrations by up-&-coming artist Katie Vernon the Recipe Keeper is a wonderful gift for the food lover and/or home cook & can be passed down from mother to daughter (or son) as a family keepsake. ...

Recipes for Life" has been created to reflect nutritional needs with fun recipes aimed at children & all ages. The purpose of this book is to help & inform other families with ill children on the importance of nutrition. The aim is to reduce some of the severe side effects of chemotherapy & ultimately keep the children stronger throughout the treatment giving them the immune support needed to help fight this disease not only improving quality of life but also contributing to saving lives. This can also be applied to other illnesses including food intolerances." ...

They say there is no such thing as a perfect marriage but of course there is. A perfect marriage is where two people live together for most of their lives until death separates them. What there is no such thing as is an easy marriage. & when it comes to love people have somehow come around to equating love with ease". New York food writer Tressa returns from honeymoon worried that she has married her impossibly handsome new husband Dan out of late-thirties panic instead of love. In 1930s Ireland her grandmother Bernadine is married off to the local schoolteacher after her family are unable to raise a dowry for her to marry her true love Michael. During the first year of her marriage Tressa distracts herself from her stay-or-go dilemma by working on her grandmothers recipes searching for solace & answers through their preparation. Through the stories of these two women RECIPES FOR A PERFECT MARRIAGE challenges the modern ideal of romantic love as a given & ponders whether true love can really be learned. This story is written with so much heart its beat is palpable in every word on every page Cecelia Ahern author of P.S. I LOVE YOU" ...

Weight-loss surgery is only the first step to maintaining a healthy weight. Post-surgery is when it is most important to maintain proper eating habits with the right balance of nutrients. Recipes for Life After Weight-Loss Surgery Revised & Updated provides you with a variety of tasty meals that are tailored for each stage of your post-operative eating plan. Included are meal plans pantry lists & 200 recipes that are delicious & specifically tailored to weight-loss surgery requirements: Zucchini Frittata with Capers & Olives Lavender-Blueberry Muffins Sesame- Glazed Salmon Fall Harvest Pumpkin Soup & more. This revised & expanded edition

Includes:: 50 new recipes with nutritional analysis meal plans for each post-op stage & the latest information on weight-loss surgery & procedures.

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This title features a fascinating introduction to the culture & traditions of the Netherlands including information on the local geography & produce national festivities key ingredients & cooking techniques. You can discover both local & national dishes that range from sustaining peasant fare using fresh seasonal produce to the dishes influenced by exotic ingredients brought back by Dutch sea merchants. You can explore the range of tastes found in Dutch cuisine with 75 varied recipes such as Alkmaar Cheese Soup Hussars Salad Terrine of smoked Limburg Trout Poffertjes (pancake puffs) Spice cake & Frisian Sugar Bread. It

Includes:: more than 350 stunning pictures by leading food photographer Debi Treloar. The cuisine of the Netherlands reflects the tastes of a seafaring trading nation with a strong preference for fresh vegetables & a passion for all things sweet & spicy. This beautiful book explores the rich history of Dutch cooking & eating traditions ranging from the characteristic spicy dishes of the early Middle Ages to todays cosmopolitan eating styles. The book presents a selection of more than 75 superb step-by-step recipes from simple farmhouse main courses such as Sauerkraut Mash with Smoked Sausage to regional dishes like Creamy Veal Stew with Prunes. Join in the Dutch love-affair with all things sweet by baking Janhagel biscuits flavoured with cinnamon aniseed & almonds or treacle & cheese waffles known as Goudse Stroopwafels & experience truly authentic Dutch cooking.

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Theses are simple seasonal food from Greece & the islands with 320 photographs. authentic uncomplicated dishes that are enticing ...