Slow-cooked food and what the author likes to call 'good tempered food', is that proper cooking is all about. In fact it's the chief pleasure of cooking. It's about re-uniting yourself with a sense of pleasure in the kitchen, rediscovering that 'slow' or 'time-taken' doesn't mean difficult. This is a hugely underrated pleasure in it's own right -
The book is structured into three chapters: ‘Houses in the City’, ‘Houses in the Country’ and ‘Places People Go To’. Stunning photography throughout, by Richard Lewisohn, not only shows the reader what the end result will be, but unusually for most architecture books, MBA is keen to show what the construction work looks like as well. This is ......
In the past decade alone, globalisation has presented us with very diverse culinary products and influences and we love to eat them all. Together with the international wine market s ever-changing array of products, finding our bearings in this maze of choice can be complex and intimidating. No longer. Here is a book that covers an extraordinarily ......
The New Nordic Cuisine is about getting out into the countryside to forage for the best and most unusual ingredients. Mikkel Karstad shows us how to make 5-6 different dishes from a selection of fourteen favourite ingredients. These range from fennel, berries and sage, to squid, beef and lamb. Beautifully yet sparsely photographed and designed.
Harriet Anstruther is a leading interior designer whose work has featured in the “New York Times T Magazine” amongst many others. This, Harriet Anstruther’s first book, showcases her projects and inspirations and provides an insight into her ......
Judging from the testimonials currently pouring in from both David’s colleagues and clients, it is justifiable to say that this first retrospective has been hotly anticipated for over twenty years. Covering an eclectic mix of portraiture, landscape and social observation, David’s sitters read like a list of Who’s Who in the world of art, cinema, ......
What role did Scotch whisky play in the development of the steam engine? Who first coined the word ‘alcohol’ ? Spirits and drink historians Anistatia Miller and Jared Brown know. They have been on a spirituous journey since they first launched their website Shaken Not Stirred: A Celebration of the Martini and the book by ......
A memoir of a foreign couple's sojourn in the remote village of Loutses, on the higher slope of Mount Pantokrator in north-east Corfu. It describes their encounters with the villagers, who were never shy to share their time-honoured recipes.
Economically challenged as we are again in 2012, this is the perfect way to reduce the family grocery bill and at the same time produce simple classic food. Over 300 classic recipes that you can’t find in modern cookery books such as Baked Eggs, Kedgeree, Steak and Kidney Pudding and Apple Dumplings sit easily alongside ......
