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Kitchen Knife Skills
By Marianne Lumb
Hardback
Published 01-Sep-2009
| RRP: | £14.99 |
| Our price: | £11.99 |
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Learn how to choose and care for knives, how to keep them sharp and how to use them most effectively.
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Riverford Farm Cook Book
By Guy Watson & Jane Baxter
Hardback
Published 14-Jun-2008
| RRP: | £18.99 |
| Our price: | £15.19 |
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'What we like most is to produce foods ourselves from start to finish - from farm to table, the Riverford way. Food should tell a story and, because we know what it is, we can tell you.'
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My Favourite Ingredients
By Skye Gyngell
Paperback
Published 05-Feb-2010
| RRP: | £14.99 |
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Acclaimed chef and food writer Skye Gyngell's cooking naturally follows the ebb and flow of the seasons, taking advantage of the best ingredients when they are available. My Favourite Ingredients focuses on what she loves cooking the most - prime foods that always feature in her menus, seasonal favourites and flavour enhancers.
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In Defence of Food
By Micheal Pollan
Paperback
Published 07-May-2009
| RRP: | £9.99 |
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A celebration of food. It offers a simple invitation to junk the science, ditch the diet and instead rediscover the joys of eating well.
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Edible History of Humanity
By Tom Standage
Paperback
Published 01-Mar-2010
| RRP: | £8.99 |
| Our price: | £7.19 |
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Throughout history, food has done more than simply provide sustenance. It has acted as a tool of social transformation, political organization, industrial development, military conflict and economic expansion. This book gives an account of ways in which food has, indirectly, helped to shape and transform societies around the world.
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Swindled
By Bee Wilson
Paperback
Published 08-Jan-2009
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Bad food has a history. Swindled tells it.
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Persia in Peckham
By Sally Butcher
Paperback
Published 23-Aug-2007
| RRP: | £20.00 |
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Persepolis is a foodie's paradise. Sally Butcher and her husband Jamshid have created a food store from heaven, gathering all that's best from Iran and the Middle East. This book distils things remarkable about this shop and the style of cooking that it supports. It contains covering various aspects of Persian cookery like soups and stews.
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Taste
By Kate Colquhoun
Paperback
Published 07-Jul-2008
| RRP: | £12.99 |
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From the Iron Age to the Industrial Revolution, the Romans to the Regency, few things have mirrored society or been affected by its upheavals as much as the food we eat and the way we prepare it. This book celebrates various aspects of our cuisine from Anglo-Saxon feasts and Tudor banquets, through the skinning of eels and the ice cream.
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Cook Simple
By Diana Henry
Paperback
Published 02-Aug-2010
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Diana Henry shows you how to turn everyday ingredients, such as chicken pieces, tuna steaks, or a leg of lamb, into a truly special dinner with the minimum of effort. Her success lies in the authenticity of her recipes.
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Flavour Thesaurus
By Niki Segnit
Hardback
Published 21-Jun-2010
| RRP: | £18.99 |
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| You save: | £6.00 |
Ever wondered why one flavour works with another? Or lacked inspiration for what to do with a bundle of beetroot? "The Flavour Thesaurus" is the first book to examine what goes with what, pair by pair. This book follows the form of "Roget's Thesaurus". It includes 980 entries in all and 200 recipes or suggestions are embedded in the text.
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