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Take instant baking to a whole new level with recipes for individual cakes you can make in a mug, in the microwave, in a matter of minutes!

Crafting with Flowers is a stunning book centred around crafting with both fresh and dried flowers, encouraging the reader to connect with nature and create stylish projects for their homes, spaces and to gift to others. The book features 20 practical projects and activities to help readers pause their hectic lives and immerse themselves in a connection to nature and creativity. From simple and cute ideas like pretty framed pressed flowers and garlands, to gorgeous seasonal wreaths and kokedama, all the projects in Crafting with Flowers connect the reader to the outside world, providing them with a beautiful piece to enjoy in their home. Bex gives helpful guidance on the best plants to use for each project and provides tips and techniques to get the most from your creations. ​With stunning photography and inspiring projects, Crafting with Flowers will give you the confidence and inspiration to bring nature into the home and allow you to find moments of calm and joy.

“There is no city like New York and no better tour guide to it than Keith Taillon! I’m a lifelong New Yorker but he has taught me things about each neighborhood and every block I never knew before. Keith brings the ‘city that never sleeps’ alive in a way no one else can.” – Anderson Cooper Join Keith Taillon on twelve of his most popular walking tour routes, examining in depth the various neighbourhoods of Manhattan, their history, and the intricacies of their formation. In Walking New York, Keith traces the evolution of the Big Apple back to some of its early seeds, focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries—a window in which New York City transformed from a small provincial port town into a global metropolis. He covers everything from the completion of the Erie Canal and Croton Aqueduct to some of the notorious characters behind the city’s Gilded Age. Each chapter features a suggested walking route, with a detailed map and notes on the route's length and time. Throughout each walk, readers are encouraged to pause and really take in the streetscape. Filled with interesting facts and timelines, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of why the city looks and feels the way it does. Perfect for tourists, New Yorkers and armchair travellers alike, you will see New York in a new way, learning to look up, look around, and appreciate this truly special place anew.

The Houseplant Handbook is a useful guide on how to find perfect plant matches for your home environments with a sustainable and innovative approach. Focusing on working with the plants you already own, the book is divided in chapters detailing all the possible conditions: Extreme Sun/Heat, Dry Air/Central Heating, Deep Shade, High Humidity, Draughty, Cold. By matching awkward spaces in your home with environments in the natural world, this book shows you how to relocate plants to improve their growth and help them thrive. ​Features an extensive section with informative plant profiles that include their origin, easy-to-follow tips on feeding and watering, optimum conditions, prospective growth, and is concluded by a helpful troubleshooting chapter dealing with common problems, and what to try when all hope is lost.

Whether you have a roof terrace, a tiny balcony or just a window sill, there’s no excuse not to get gardening.The Container Gardening Handbook shows just how easy it is to get started in the garden – and how to make the most of every little space. This is the perfect book for novice gardeners who may have mastered the art of indoor plants and are ready to take it outside. The chapters include the basics, how to make a garden in a day, weekend projects, one-pot wonders, window boxes and finishing touches. It features over 20 projects with a mix of small gardens, singular containers and window boxes, all of which are stylish and easy to manage. Isabelle also offers advice on how to upgrade store-bought containers with a lick of paint, transforming the look of your plants. With clear step-by-step instructions and advice on which plants suit your space, as well as how to care for them, this is an accessible book for anyone looking to start their own small garden.

An incredible journey through the social and culinary history of the Caribbean, with recipes from every nation. Caribe is the first cookbook to explore Caribbean food culture of the entire region: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Petite Martinique and the Carriacou, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The French Caribbean, The Dutch West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago. Through years-long research including collaborations with historians and extensive travel to the islands, food writer and chef Keshia Sakarah explores the complicated and varied stories of each nation through its beloved dishes, addressing difficult truths while at the same time creating a joyful collection of the most celebrated recipes in the region to pay homage to those who created them, from Haitian Independence – Soup Joumou and Dominican Saltfish Accra Fritters, to Guyanese Pepperpot and Montserratian Fish Broth, passed on through generations. Including stunning location photography, essays and recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and everything in between, Caribe is the ultimate tome of Caribbean cooking.

Learn how to make bread simply and deliciously with three easy-to-master doughs for FOCACCIA, SANDWICH BREAD and PIZZA from the queen of dough behind your favorite viral bread-making videos on social media, Lacey Ostermann (@_lacebakes_). Lacey presents 20 creative yet easily achievable recipes for each dough, whether you’re baking, topping, using up leftover bread or reworking the doughs into a variety of bread products. Every dough also has practical step-by-step instructions, detailed photography and QR codes to video tutorials that will fill you with confidence as you learn to make bread.  * Focaccia dough can be baked into flavorful Chimichurri Focaccia, or turned into Cinnamon Raisin Bread or Roman-style Pizza. Any leftover focaccia can be turned into a Panzanella Salad.  * Sandwich Bread chapter teaches you how to make the perfect White or Wholewheat Sandwich Bread to top with Grilled Nectarine, Burrata and Hot Honey. Try rolling the dough into Cheesy Garlic Swirls or Cinnamon Caramel Monkey Bread for a fun twist.  * Pizza dough is prime time for topping creativity – make sure to try Lacey’s Roasted Pumpkin Pizza with Fresh Basil Pesto and use any leftover dough to make Flatbreads with Creamy Tzatziki Dip or fluffy Doughnuts. Bonus recipes for toppings, dips and sauces are included within the recipes to elevate your bakes – Hot Honey, Pink Pickled Onions, Homemade Ranch Dressing, Everything Bagel Seasoning and One-Minute Pizza Sauce are a few flavorful highlights. Lacey has taken her most-asked questions and feedback from home bakers and streamlined techniques to give you confidence and excitement about making and baking dough. There are even timelines to make sure you know how to make the bread work for you, so you don’t have to work for the bread.   Whether you’re a newbie to breadmaking or a seasoned pro, grab a bag of flour, pop on an apron and let’s dough!

A beautifully designed love and relationship guide that empowers you to consistently make the perfect choices in matters of the heart in a fun and interactive way.

'Romy Gill conjures magic on the plate yet again. A deliciously versatile book that transports me back to my own mother’s kitchen. Easy to follow, written with verve humor and warmth and always a surprise. Another masterclass…' – Nikesh Shukla 'There’s a freshness and openness about Romy Gill’s books… and this love letter to India is more fresh air... an enticing mix of recipes and stories.' – Sheila Dillon'Romy’s Punjabi and Bengali roots come together in this book to create her most vivid, unique and delicious version of home.' – Minnie Driver Step into the heart of India's vibrant culinary heritage with Romy Gill's India. Renowned chef Romy Gill takes you on a charming journey through her ancestral kitchens in the Bengal and Punjab region, where she discovered the true essence of home-cooked Indian cuisine. In this beautiful cookbook, Romy shares over 70 of her beloved family recipes, each a testament to the flavors that define her childhood. From the iconic Butter Chicken, a beloved staple in every Indian home, to the delicious simplicity of her Masala Omelette, Romy invites you to savor the authentic tastes of India without the fuss. As well as recipes, Romy imparts her culinary wisdom and invaluable tips to help you craft curries with confidence in your own kitchen. With easy-to-follow instructions and readily available ingredients, every dish is designed with the home cook in mind, ensuring that your journey into Indian cuisine is as delightful as it is delicious. With recipes that caters to every palate, offering a diverse range of recipes, including vegetarian, vegan, and non-vegetarian options, Romy's warm and engaging narrative will guide you through the intricacies of Indian cuisine, allowing you to create mouthwatering meals that evoke the comforting flavors of home.

Power Positivity: I AM HAPPY encourages you to look for the positives in your life, full of empowering quotes, kind words and little pick-me-ups for when you need them most.   The right words at the right time can do wonders to lift your mood, raise your confidence, control negative feelings and ultimately help you to find happiness.   Featuring advice and wisdom from some of our favorite celebrities, this pocket-sized book is guaranteed to brighten your day, remind you that life is good and that you've most definitely got this! "Happiness is something that we all deserve, and it’s something that we all need in our lives." – Dua Lipa "If you’re happy doing what you’re doing, then no one can tell you you’re not successful." – Harry Styles "Happiness is love, full stop." – Arthur Brooks

A beautiful, bite-sized book of techniques and recipes to make your own chocolate desserts.

Make your weekly shop go further - take core ingredients and transform them into flavour-packed, simple dishes. Make More With Less shares ways to eke your food out, with adaptable dishes that make your kitchen work for you. Each chapter features a core recipe, with clever ways to level-up any leftovers, alongside a handful of other exciting recipes to try... Whip up eggs to make Aioli for a Warm Caesar Salad, or turn a few tins of beans that have been languishing at the back of the cupboard into a Comforting Bean Pasta. Transform those humble onions you have lying about into the most delicious 15-minute Oniony Parmesan and Black Pepper Pasta. Blitz together leftover sad-looking herbs into a vibrant Green Sauce to spread thickly over toast, stir into soups or make a Green Tart with. Roast a Chicken with Kitty's expert advice and make Leftover Chicken Tacos or Spinach and Yogurt Chicken. Mix leftover fruit into her uber-versatile Any Cake Cake or Sweet Sour Salty Cubed Salad. Flick through this book, raid your fridge and cupboards and you may realise you already have everything you need to make these low-waste, low-fuss, low-effort and versatile recipes that you will return to again and again.

Low- and No-alcohol Cocktails contains 60 alcohol-free or low-alcohol recipes that are sure to tantalize tastebuds and get tongues wagging. Each cocktail is an experience built on flavor and scent and can be enjoyed throughout the day. Try Bubble Brunch to start your morning, Peach Break for lunch, Tokyo Flower as an aperitif, Sunset Time for dinner and Citrus Tonic to finish the night off with a bang (and without the hangover!). In addition to the recipes, Matthias shares his manufacturing secrets, with detailed explanations on cold infusion with and without alcohol, how to prepare syrups and step by step instructions on how to decorate your cocktails with flourish. This book promises low- or no-alcohol beverages that truly deliver on taste.

The Hidden Histories of Flowers reveals the captivating world of flowers.   From the symbolism and meaning behind flowers and how these have evolved over time, to how humans interact with flowers based on cultural and geographical differences, to how flowers have been coveted for their medicinal aspects as well as for their visual merits, The Hidden Histories of Flowers showcases fascinating details of flowers and our relationship with them.   If you find yourself wondering about the deeper meanings behind flowers and are keen to investigate their inner workings and place in history, The Hidden Histories of Flowers is the perfect place to begin your exploration.