A Practical Guide to Home Repair and Decoration

A comprehensive guide to restoring Victorian houses, which explains the historical background and advises on how to create a comfortable modern home while respecting the period architectural detail. The book contains 500 colour photographs and 1,500 line drawings researched from original builder’s merchants’ catalogues. It ends with a Technical Advice section and a list of 150 specialist suppliers.

A Wine Lover's Cookbook

A celebration of French food and wine, written by one of America's foremost cooks and a long-time resident of Provence, this is a very personal collection of French provincial dishes combined with professional guidance on the wines to serve with them.

   
Alexandra Carlier, with her characteristic sparkle of humour and originality, presents ten menus that require no unseemly labour in the early hours. Each recipe is guaranteed to delight your partner, family or guests, on whatever scale you choose. The recipes, drawn from Cornwall and the Scottish Highlands, Alsace and New Orleans, and from Alexandra Carlier’s own inventive imagination, open up a whole new range of ideas for civilized entertaining.

   
For Frances Bissell, a simple evening at home with her husband can turn into a memorable dinner party. In this book, her pleasure has been distilled into a set of menus and recipes for anyone who enjoys the intimacy of a shared meal with good wine and food. Drawing her inspiration from France, Italy, America and Hong Kong, while  bearing everyday practicality in mind, Frances Bissell provides accessible, unpretentious recipes which are graceful and original.

  
Michelle Berriedale-Johnson’s book presents more than a hundred traditional recipes suitable for family meals or more elaborate dinners. Divided into 12 chapters, each presenting a mouth-watering menu based on a historical event or occasion, the book is packed with social and culinary details. It is beautifully presented with specially commissioned colour photographs and contemporary black-and-white illustrations.

  
These 400 carefully selected recipes are designed to suit a modern, busy household. The newly commissioned colour photographs faithfully follow Mrs. Beeton’s own advice on presentation and table decoration, rounding off a perfect picture of traditional English cooking.
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