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Re-create childhood and fireside teatime with drop scones, raspberry muffins and banana and ginger teabread, or make refreshments to enjoy on a long summer afternoon, such as Roquefort and pear brioche slices and lavender cake. Clear step-by-step instructions and pictures detail each stage of preparation, with a mouth-watering photograph of every recipe. With 100 beautiful photographs and charming illustrations throughout, this is the perfect companion to a much-loved tradition.

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From Italy and Thailand to Russia, India and Japan - the best food and cooking from around the globe featured in easy-to-follow recipes and 200 step-by-step colour photographs

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This book is every dessert-lover's dream. With light-asair mousses, refreshing fruit concoctions, cream cheesecakes and gorgeous chocolate treats, it is the only sweet cookbook you will ever need. Try Chocolate Almond Meringue Pie, Hot Mocha Rum Souffles, or Raspberry Trifle for total indulgence, or for the more health-conscious, enjoy guilt-free Nectarine and Hazelnut Meringues or Passion Fruit Brulee. Quick-andeasy Chocolate Fudge Sundaes provide a dessert in a flash, while the Sachertorte and Tarte au Citron are fit to grace any dinner party table. If you adore sweet treats, this delectable compendium is for you.

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This is a card deck of delicious step-by-step recipes. Cooking made simple: 101 classic, tried and trusted recipes on 52 sturdy, wipe-free laminated cards in an attractive presentation tin box. It includes recipes for every possible occasion, from light and healthy lunches to hearty winter suppers and from quick stand-by midweek meals to luxurious desserts. You can indulge the appetite with Mediterranean Fish Stew or Butterflied Cumin and Garlic Lamb or ring the changes with Chicken Jambalaya and Wild Rice with Grilled Vegetables. All recipes contain clear step-by-step instructions and a fabulous picture of the finished dish, together with a nutritional breakdown to help with dietary planning. It is illustrated with more than 150 stunning photographs and peppered throughout with cook's hints and tips. Here is a highly practical solution to unwieldy recipe books cluttering up the kitchen countertop while you are trying to prepare your food. Select the recipe card you want and prop it up so you can conveniently refer to it while cooking. And, the cards wipe clean easily. Contained within the pack are 101 recipes suitable for all occasions. They include familiar classics that have stood the test of time such as Country Vegetable Soup, Irish Stew and Pot-roasted Lamb plus plenty of dishes from around the world, such as Middle Eastern Sea Bream, and Crepes Suzette. Each of the recipes is illustrated with a fabulous photograph showing what the finished dish looks like, and has clear step-by-step instructions and a complete nutritional breakdown for every serving.

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This title includes more than 350 irresistibly sweet temptations for after-dinner indulgence. It provides easy-to-follow chapters that feature every variety of dessert: Hot Desserts; Cold Desserts; Cakes & Gateaux; Pastries & Pies; Custards, Souffles & Mousses; and, Fruit Salads and Ices & Sorbets. It includes a large selection of no-fat and low-fat desserts. It provides step-by-step pictures that ensure that even inexperienced cooks are guaranteed success, with beautiful images of each finished dish. It provides guidance on ingredients, equipment and techniques, together with useful cook's tips throughout, make this a vital addition to any kitchen library. Every recipe shown step by step in over 1600 stunning colour photographs. This book is every dessert-lover's dream. It contains fabulous recipes for every dessert imaginable and can be used on any occasion. Luscious, zesty and tempting - every dish will delight and amaze. Try a Chocolate Almond Meringue Pie or Hot Mocha Rum Souffles for total indulgence. For the more health-conscious, there is a large selection of low and no-fat delights, including Nectarine and Hazelnut Meringues and even guilt-free Tia Maria Gateau. Quick-and-easy Peach and Ginger Pashka, and Chocolate Fudge Sundaes provide desserts in a flash, while the Sachertorte and Tarte au Citron are fit to grace any dinner-party table. It includes a comprehensive introduction that provides essential information about ingredients, equipment and basic techniques. Each recipe is illustrated with clear step-by-step photographs to show the key stages, and there are useful cook's tips to ensure you get great results every time.

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This is an incredible selection of recipes using every kind of pastry: shortcrust, puff, rough puff, choux and filo. It draws inspiration from all over the world, including Apple Strudel from Scandinavia, Chicken Pie from Britain, Quiche Lorraine from France and Samosas from India. It includes tempting little pastry-encased treats like Cheese Straws, Knishes, Sausage Rolls, Filo Baskets, and numerous miniature pasties and tiny tartlets. It offers main courses that include Salmon en Croute, Chicken Pie, Beef Wellington, and Tomato and Black Olive Tart. Sweet pies and tarts like Filo-topped Apple Pie, Choux Custard Pastries, Coffee Profiteroles, Brown Sugar Tart and Tarte Tatin will fill the kitchen with delicious aromas. Fragrantly flaky, rich with olive oil, short and buttery or delightfully puffed, pastry is used in all kinds of dishes, simple or elegant, rustic or refined, salty or sweet; and is almost impossible to resist when warm from the oven. This book covers just about every pastry dish ever concieved, with tempting appetizers, snacks, main courses and all kinds of desserts and tea-time treats. Much-loved family classics like Fish Pie, and Steak and Ale Pie sit alongside more exotic recipes like Moroccan Pigeon Pie and Russian Salmon Coulibiac, while desserts include Treacle Tart, Plum Pie, delicious little Mini Mille Feuilles or Almond Cream Puffs. Each recipe comes with easy-to-follow instructions, a full nutritional breakdown and a beautiful photograph of the finished dish. With dishes ranging from the simple to the more adventurous there is every kind of pastry confection to inspire your baking, and delight family and friends.

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