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The Taste of Conquest offers up a riveting, globe-trotting tale of unquenchable desire, fanatical religion, raw greed, fickle fashion, and mouthwatering cuisine–in short, the very stuff of which our world is made. In this engaging, enlightening, and anecdote-filled history, Michael Krondl, a noted chef turned writer and food historian, tells the story of three legendary cities–Venice, Lisbon, and Amsterdam–and how their single-minded pursuit of spice helped to make (and remake) the Western diet...

Chef James Martin offers simple-to-prepare recipes for classic British meals, from the humble pork pie to roast beef with Yorkshire pudding, battered cod and chips and steak and kidney pie. Also included are some of the best dishes we have adopted from overseas, such as chicken tikka masala and spaghetti bolognaise. The recipes are divided into eight chapters: all-day breakfasts; soups, tarts and terrines; roasts, pies and bakes; stews, pots and spicy foods; fish and seafood; extras; puds; and c...

160 Quick and Easy Dishes with East-West Flavours Pacific Rim or fusion cookery, is a mix of the best of Far Eastern and Western-style cuisines. It draws its inspiration from an extraordinarily wide geographical area, which encompasses California, Australia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan and Vancouver. Ken Hom, the world's champion of Chinese cookery and a pioneer of fusion cooking, celebrates this stylish cuisine in a superb collection of over 160 dishes. Ken Hom's Travels with a Hot Wok is...

Contrary to what is often believed, good food was valued highly in the Middle Ages - the fragrance of exotic spices filled the air, meat turned on the spit and fish was consumed in abundance for religious reasons. The wealthy made a show of their prosperity by serving peacock or wild boar at banquets, while the poor ate vegetables, porridge and bread. Fresh and preserved fish, meat, fruit and vegetables were transported great distances to grace dining tables across Europe. In The Medieval Kitc...

Michel and Albert Roux are a culinary legend. In this book they turn their attention to the French art of Patisserie, pooling half a century of their collective knowledge and experience to create, not a general cookery book, but a culinary bible. The Roux brothers guide even the modest cook through the making of the simplest pastry to the most mouth-watering confection, achieving results once within the realm of only the professional chef.With practical advice, tips and hints, the authors set ou...

Bart de Pooter is the chef at the restaurant Pastorale in Reet, Belgium. He serves the 'culinary classics of tomorrow' for which he was awarded a second Michelin star in 2007. The innovative layout of this book beautifully presents over fifty of his mouth-watering recipes. In April 2009, Bart de Pooter is planning to open restaurant Pastorale in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The menu will be an exact copy of Pastorale in Belgium, thus enriching the cuisine of the former British colony.

First published in the 1980s, there are over 500 recipes in this collection, and Elisabeth Luard has now revisited it to revise, expand and update it. The recipes come from 25 countries, ranging from Ireland in the west to Romania in the east, Iceland in the north to Turkey in the south. This compendium covers vegetable dishes, potato dishes, beans, lentils, polenta and cornmeal, rice, pasta and noodles, eggs, milk and cheeses, fish, poultry, small game, pork, shepherd's meats, beef, breads and...