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 ......
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, ......
A collection of over 40 cocktail recipes with a Caribbean influence are included here. Many are rum based and this book gives detailed explanations of the various types of rum used. Drinks range from the a classic Vodka Martini to the now popular Dark and Moody.
Photographers Sjoerd Spendel & Lennart de Jong from Holland started the '365-Days' project on Tumblr. 'One photograph a day, for 365 days. The only rule: every picture must be in black & white.' Their aim was to improve their photography and capture the zeitgeist of their year. Three years on, their blog has attracted over 300,000 followers.
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 -
Chef Mikkel Karstad takes us on a fishing trip around the lakes, rivers and coastline of his native Denmark, catching and cooking fish and shellfish from sustainable species only. Each is given its own chapter, from plaice and skate to razor clams, langoustine and crab, with clear examples as to why zander fillet is an ethical and even more ......
Rousham in Oxfordshire was one of the first landscape gardens created in England and is, still, one of the most influential. Designed by William Kent in the late 1730s for the Cottrell-Dormer family (who are its owners today) it has become a place of pilgrimage for landscape architects and garden designers worldwide as well as garden lovers.
A powerful memoir from one of the world's most successful orchestral conductors, whose life story, talent and dedication to music is an inspiration to read. The book documents an insider's view of the complex relationships between an opera house, its orchestra, the conductor and singers.
