Inspired by her weekly column in Telegraph Weekend, this is Rose Prince’s guide to buying the tastiest, highest-quality good food with peace of mind and a clear conscience. Following the success of ‘The New English Kitchen’, Rose Prince’s eye-opening guide to shopping, cooking and eating in a cost-effective and environmentally conscious way, this must-have reference book provides comprehensive and insightful information on how and where to find the best ingredients. Rose Prin...
Just Like Mum Used to Make: One-pot Pies and Stews (National Trust Food)
by Laura Mason
A collection of hearty, traditional recipes. A hearty collection of traditional one-pot pies and stews that make delicious meals for family and friends, from Steak and Kidney Pie, to Chicken and Leek Pie, Braised Lamb Shanks and Fish Pie. Includes recipes for beef and veal, lamb, pork, chicken, game, fish and vegetables, as well as dumplings, pastry and other must-have accompaniments to the pies and stews. Ingredients can be swapped, added to or altered to make quick and easy nourishin...
A Guide to London's Classic Cafes and Fish and Chip Shops
by Simon Majumdar
A Guide to London's Classic Cafes and Fish & Chips Shops provides London locals and tourists alike with an alternative culinary tour of the capital's traditional, retro and more understated food scene. Taking a detailed look at the city's classic cafes and fish & chips shops from the food and drink served to the decor and style maintained by these particularly British eateries A Guide to London's Classic Cafes and Fish & Chips Shops touches on the cultural history of the places featured, as wel...
Food-focused travel guides for the world’s most exciting cities This book is a food tour in your pocket, featuring more than 100 of the best restaurants, cafes, bars and markets recommended by a team of in-the-know Londoners. You’ll also find insights into the city’s idiosyncratic food culture, and a handful of iconic recipes to cook in the holiday kitchen or once you’ve returned home. It’s the inside knowledge that allows you to Drink, Shop, Cook and Eat Like a Local.
The long-awaited autobiography by Derek Forbes, the Simple Minds legend known for those iconic spine-rattling bass riffs which we recognise in many Simple Minds' songs. This is his story. Derek Forbes started his musical career as a lead guitarist but soon changed to bass guitarist. He is known for those iconic spine-rattling bass riffs which we recognise in most Simple Minds' songs and he wrote and co-wrote many of the band's earliest classics. Derek is also well-known on the international stag...
The charming and joyful follow-up book from ‘the nation’s taster in chief,’ Felicity Cloake. If there’s one thing that truly unites Britain, from Aberdeen to Aberystwyth, St Ives to St Pancras, it’s an obsession with breakfast. We all have an opinion on the merits of brown sauce versus ketchup on our morning bacon sarnie. In this eagerly awaited follow-up to One More Croissant for the Road, the nation’s favourite taster-in-chief Felicity Cloake sets of...
Food and Feast in Medieval England (Illustrated History Paperbacks)
by Peter Hammond
This fully illustrated book describes the extraordinary range of food which found its way on to the tables of medieval English society, its production and distribution. Although bread, ale, meat and fish were the staple diet, fish often came from as far away as Iceland, and as early as 1480 over 100,000 oranges were being imported to augment the diet. The book covers a wide range of medieval food, from hunting, fish breeding, brewing, baking, food hygiene and storage. The book concludes with an...
