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Do you know your donuts from your croissants? This tasty Food & Drink knowledge quiz includes 140 question cards with multiple choice answers. Presented in a geometric print box. Full instructions included. Size: 3.5" x 5.1" x 2.2".

Author FERRANDI Paris

A complete baking course from the world-renowned professional culinary school École Ferrandi, dubbed the “Harvard of gastronomy” by Le Monde newspaper.

From crunchy baguettes to fig bread, and from traditional brioches to trendy cruffins, this comprehensive volume teaches aspiring bakers how to master the art of the French boulangerie. This new cookbook focuses on bread and viennoiserie, the category of French baked goods traditionally enjoyed for breakfast (like croissants and pains au chocolat); it is a perfect complement to Ferrandi’s bestselling French Pâtisserie, which covers baked desserts. Here, the culinary school’s team of experienced chef instructors provides more than 40 techniques, explained in 220 step-by-step instructions—from making your own poolish or levain to kneading, shaping, and scoring various types of loaves, and from laminating butter to braiding brioches. Base recipes for doughs, fillings, and classic viennoiserie provide fundamental building blocks.

Organized into four categories—traditional breads, specialty breads, viennoiserie, and sandwiches—the 83 easy-to-follow recipes provide home chefs with sweet and savory options for breakfast or snacks—from country bread to grissini, pastrami bagels to croque-monsieurs, and kougelhopf to beignets. Select gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan recipes offer something for everyone. A general introduction explains the fundamentals of bread and viennoiserie making, including key ingredients, the importance of gluten, the steps of fermentation, and an informative glossary.
About The Author

Ferrandi Paris opened in 1920 to train culinary and hospitality professionals. Internationally renowned for excellence, the school offers courses of all levels to students from France and abroad, including master classes taught by celebrated Michelin-starred chefs. With Flammarion, Ferrandi Paris has published French Patisserie (2017), Chocolate (2019), Vegetables (2020), Fruits and Nuts (2022), and Charcuterie (2023).

Publish Date: February 06, 2024
Format: Hardcover
Category: Cooking - Methods - Baking
Publisher: Flammarion
Trim Size: 8-1/4 x 11
Pages: 304
ISBN: 978-2-08-043333-6

Christmas decorating maven Courtney Allison shows how to create a cozy and aspirational French country Christmas style wherever you are.

“The pastoral-inspired arrangements would please even Scrooge. The result is a festive guide for the cottagecore set.”―Publishers Weekly

Celebrate the season in cozy French Country Cottage style with luscious photography and a plethora of inspiration and ideas for trees in themes from baubles to flowers; décor indoors and outdoors; flowers, garlands, and wreaths; tables, dining, and entertaining; entryways, stairways, and every room of the house; outbuildings; pretty packages; and twinkle lights galore. Plus a little bit of Christmas magic from a Paris apartment with a balcony overlooking the Eiffel Tower, a snowy mountain cabin, and a vintage travel trailer at the lake.

More Accolades:

“Readers will make lists and check them twice to have a home as beautiful as that of Allison (French Country Cottage Inspired Gatherings), a stylist, photographer, and blogger.”―Library Journal

240 pages

Marjorie Taylor, Kendall Smith Franchini, Jess Thomson

A gorgeous cookbook about living well the French way from the founders of the Cook’s Atelier, a cooking school in Burgundy, France

French at Heart shows how to create simple, joyous family meals around your own table, in whatever place you call home.

When mother and daughter duo Kendall Smith Franchini and Marjorie Taylor moved to Beaune in Burgundy, France, to open their now-incredibly popular cooking school the Cook’s Atelier, they learned that choosing to appreciate tiny moments more mindfully, like they saw the French do, really opened their hearts.

To them, being French at heart doesn’t mean you have to speak French or live in France; it means slowing down enough to enjoy the little details of every day. Whether that’s preparing a meal for your family and taking the time to enjoy it together around the table or taking an extra moment to set the table with fresh flowers, curating your own joy is worth your time, and this cookbook offers plenty of ideas for ways you can adopt this particularly French habit in your own life.

These are classic recipes that will make you fall in love with things like Salade Niçoise, Duck Confit, and Tarte Tatin.

They are simple recipes, what Taylor and Smith Franchini often cook for their family after a long day, and reflect their take on familiar French favorites. They offer ways to adapt, improve, or simplify classic recipes, along with plenty of additional advice on how to serve a memorable cheese or charcuterie board, curate a French-inspired pantry, start your own kitchen garden, or get the most out of your local farmers’ market.

Creating meaningful moments around meals and sharing them turns out to be quite contagious—and exactly why people love coming to see Taylor and Smith Franchini at their cooking school. Cooking is about more than just the food, and while French at Heart has more than 100 go-to recipes, it is a cookbook for anyone who wants to discover those little details that make our time around the table even more special.

288 pages, Hardcover

Published April 8, 2025

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Published: April 8, 2025 by Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9781419771972 (ISBN10: 1419771973)
Language: English

★ “French from the Market is a seductive cookbook that will convert readers into Francophiles and inspire almost everyone else to start composing menus and market lists.” ―Foreword Reviews, Starred Review

This newest cookbook from Hillary Davis focuses on the best of traditional French cooking―provincial cuisine based on produce and foods fresh from the market, simply prepared, and delicious for everyday dining at home.

Hillary Davis shows us in French from the Market that French food isn’t always haute cuisine. Traditional, daily French cooking is provincial and farm-driven. It is also an art, that uses the freshest and finest ingredients available from gardens, markets, and local vendors to put nourishing meals on the table. And, as Davis point out, French home cooking is not hard. The 100 plus recipes for starters, soups, salads, fish, poultry, meats, vegetables, and desserts in this cookbook, along with detailed instructions and tips, prove her right.

Embrace at-home cooking, French style, with these market-fresh recipes: Arugula Salad over Watermelon with Herbed Goat Cheese; Weeknight Halibut in Basil Cream with Cherry Tomatoes; Autumn Harvest Chicken with Grapes, Apples, and Figs; Broiled Lamb Chops with Warm Potato and Herb Salad; Fluffy Cauliflower and Cheese Quiche; and Fruity, Frosty Cantaloupe Sorbet.

More Accolades:

“[E]ncouraging instructions make even more complex dishes seem simple, including the…ingenious ‘beef on a string with horseradish sauce.’…This accessible approach to everyday French fare will appeal to cooks at all skill levels.”―Publishers Weekly

“A chicly styled, easily accessible guide to French home cooking.”―Library Journal

“Directions are fairly uncomplicated, and color photographs portray finished dishes with a zing.”―Booklist Magazine

Author Elizabeth Way and Elena Romero, Foreword by Slick Rick

On a hot summer night in August of 1973, DJ Kool Herc and his sister, Cindy, put on a “back to school jam” in the rec room of their apartment block at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the West Bronx. The rest is history. The birth of hip hop rippled out across the globe, influencing music and fashion for generations.

Fresh Fly Fabulous: 50 Years of Hip Hop Style draws on the experiences and memories of those who were there, from a foreword by Slick Rick, to interviews with Disco Fever club owner Sal Abbatiello and designers Dapper Dan and April Walker, to chapters from Vibe stylist Emil Wilbekin and former editor of The Source Kim Osorio. Topics cover the range of hip hop’s influential style over the past half century, tracing the evolution from early hip hop style, born of aspiration, individuality, and practicality to contemporary fashion steeped in luxury brands.

Hip hop style is a local story, told through spotlights on Times Square as an early fashion space, as well as an international phenomenon, shown in the prominence of hip hop fashion leaders on red carpets. Inventiveness, the art of the remix, and a diverse set of influences are consistent themes in sections that examine hip hop style from hair and nails to shoes and sneakers.

Fresh Fly Fabulous is the definitive source for hip hop style, brought to life by the groundbreaking photographers who captured it firsthand, including Janette Beckman, Jamel Shabazz, and Ernie Paniccioli.



About The Author

Elizabeth Way serves as associate curator at The Museum at FIT and author of Black Designers in American Fashion. Elena Romero serves as assistant professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology and is a correspondent for CUNY-TV's magazine show LATINAS. Slick Rick is an iconic rapper, producer, and trendsetter whose hip hop classic with Doug E. Fresh "La Di Da Di" (1986) helped establish hip hop’s love affair with fashion.

Publish Date: February 07, 2023

Format: Hardcover

Category: Design - Fashion & Accessories

Publisher: Rizzoli Electa

Pages: 256

Frida Kahlo: The Masterworks

Author Roxana Velásquez

A rich overview of the fascinating life and career of internationally renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), this volume features the artist’s complex and diverse paintings, a series of thoughtful essays about her and her oeuvre, and a detailed illustrated chronology.
As a woman artist who confronted many taboo subjects—and herself—head-on, Kahlo produced groundbreaking work that shifted the terrain of the art world. In these pages, new high-resolution photographs present the most accurate reproductions ever of her visionary artworks, including many ravishing details. That astounding fidelity and the detailed analysis of the artist’s life and process combine to make this a must-have book for Kahlo’s legions of fans worldwide.

Readable and illuminating, Frida Kahlo is illustrated with rarely seen paintings from private collections alongside iconic favorites, including many of Kahlo’s striking self-portraits and her sensual still lifes. Archival and personal photographs, insightful descriptions of her works, and numerous excerpts from her intimate diaries and letters provide context and imbue Kahlo’s work with additional meaning. Authors Héctor Tajonar and Roxana Velásquez—the world’s foremost authorities on Frida Kahlo—deftly untangle the many threads of Kahlo’s complex persona. Kahlo was a charismatic force. Fiercely political and proud of her Mexican heritage, she maintained a dense network of romantic and platonic relationships, including two marriages to fellow artist Diego Rivera. But her childhood illness and the tragic accident she suffered as a teenager left her physically vulnerable. Understanding that duality is key to fully appreciating Kahlo’s extraordinary work. With this deeply researched, stunningly designed volume in hand, readers can do just that.


About The Author

Roxana Velásquez is the director of the San Diego Museum of Art and previously served as director of the Palace of Fine Arts (2007–2010), the National Art Museum (2004–2007), and the San Carlos National Museum (1997–2004) in Mexico. She has garnered international recognition as an expert on Frida Kahlo and for organizing major exhibitions, including Frida Kahlo 1907–2007 as well as National Homage (which attracted a record-breaking 420,000 visitors) at the Palace of Fine Arts in 2007.

Publish Date: March 29, 2022

Format: Hardcover

Category: Art - Individual Artists - Monographs

Publisher: Rizzoli Electa

Pages: 224

Author Didier Ottinger

George Condo’s unconventional paintings are illuminated in context with his vast range of artistic influences—from Tiepolo to Picasso to Basquiat, and from psychedelic to new wave.

George Condo is renowned for his eclectic mix of artistic influences—from the Old Masters to cubism to pop art. The artist who coined the term “artificial realism” blends imagery and styles from various movements in works that critique contemporary Western culture and its excesses. His paintings and sculptures feature Humanoids—figures that are metaphors of our humanity, magnifying our emotions and revealing our high and low points. For the first time in his own words, Condo reveals the genesis and significance of his distorted creations and unveils previously unseen paintings created during the pandemic and the political turmoil in the United States.

Didier Ottinger examines the career, influences, and works of this unconventional artist who is at once rewriting the history of art and caricaturing the immoderation of the modern world. An exhibition of Condo’s Humanoids at the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco opens nearly a quarter century after he created set and costume designs for Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo.

About The Author

Didier Ottinger, general curator of heritage and specialist in modern and contemporary painting, is assistant director of cultural programming at the Centre Pompidou where he curated exhibitions on Edward Hopper (2013), David Hockney (2017), and Georgia O’Keeffe (2022). American artist George Condo’s work is in the permanent collections of the Met, MoMA, Broad Foundation in Los Angeles, Tate, and Centre Pompidou. Exhibitions of his work have been shown in New York, London, Rotterdam, Berlin, Venice, Shanghai, and more. H.R.H. the Princess of Hanover is a philanthropist.

Publish Date: September 05, 2023

Format: Hardcover

Category: Art - Individual Artists - Monographs

Publisher: Flammarion

Pages: 192

Discover New Adventures in the Great Outdoors, Featuring Recipes, Activities, Travel Inspiration, Tent Hacks, Bushcraft Basics, Foraging Tips and More!

Say yes to new adventures! This beautiful book is brimming with tips, recipes, activities and more to help you plan your perfect trip and discover the joys of camping in the great outdoors. Camping is one of life’s purest pleasures. It’s a way to escape the frantic pace of the everyday, to get back to nature and to discover new experiences – and nothing comes close to the joy of sleeping under the stars. Packed with ideas for first-time campers and seasoned experts alike, this book is sure to inspire your next trip and help you create memories to last a lifetime. Within these pages you will … And much more! Whether you’re seeking a relaxing natural getaway or an intrepid wilderness adventure, the great outdoors is waiting for you. So, pack your bag, pick up your tent and go camping!
Hardcover

Published April 14, 2022

This edition
Format
Hardcover
Published
April 14, 2022 by Summersdale
ISBN
9781800071780 (ISBN10: 1800071787)
ASIN
1800071787
Language
English

Healthiest Vegetables focuses on 15 of the most nutrient rich vegetables, including sweet potatoes, beets, carrots, onions, and kale and how to use these in easy and delicious recipes. Each section is devoted to a vegetable and has a detailed chart with cooking methods and timing, photos of different varieties, and nutritional information.

With over 75 recipes like Pea & Chervil Soup with Crispy Pancetta, Polenta & Rosemary Sweet Potato Fries, and Beetroot and Chocolate Brownies alongside, basic information on the vitamins and minerals your body needs—plus which vegetables provide them, buying and storage tips, and common alternatives, your best health is well within reach.

Healthiest Vegetables will change the way you nourish yourself and teach you delicious recipes along the way.

224 pages

Turning Intelligence into Magic
John Hegarty

A revised and expanded edition of the book described by Books Monthly as ‘an absolute gem. A bible, in fact’.

If the future is going to be creative, then Hegarty on Advertising points you in the right direction. Written by one of the world’s legendary advertising men, this best-selling book contains five decades’ worth of wisdom from the man behind hugely influential campaigns for brands such as Levi’s, Audi, Boddingtons and Lynx.

In this new and improved edition John Hegarty reveals what lies behind a great idea and effective advertising, the ingredients of a successful brand, the right way and the wrong way to run and launch an advertising agency, why you should always question the brief, the art of pitching to a potential client, the central role of storytelling in advertising, the impact of new technology in a rapidly evolving industry, and the importance of dealing with succession. And if that isn’t enough, read the final chapters on winemaking and The Garage Soho, a startup incubator that he has co-founded, to find out what happens when an advertising man becomes the client and has ideas sold to him.

Both a credo for creativity and a brilliantly entertaining memoir, Hegarty on Advertising provides unparalleled industry insight through stories and anecdotes about the agencies in which Hegarty has played a vital role and the many characters with whom he has worked along the way. Packed with straight-down-the-line, generous, engaging and witty advice, it will be of immense appeal across the whole creative spectrum, from those who want to work in advertising to chief executives who understand the power and value of ideas that sell.


About the Author
John Hegarty is one of the world’s most famous advertising creatives. Founding Creative Partner of Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH), he has received, among other awards, the D&AD President’s Award for outstanding achievement and the International Clio Award. He is a member of The One Club of the New York Creative Hall of Fame.

Format: Paperback
Edition Type: Revised and expanded edition
Size: 22.9 x 16.6 cm
Extent: 244 pp
Publication date: 15 February 2024
ISBN: 9780500296967

Caz Hildebrand

Sixteen individual notecards (with envelopes) featuring stylish illustrations from the book Herbarium

The illustrations on these chic notecards are all taken from award-winning designer Caz Hildebrand’s Herbarium, a 21st-century reboot of the traditional herbal compendium.

The visual genius behind the international bestseller The Geometry of Pasta, she has created abstract forms and vibrant colours to illustrate 100 essential herbs and to reveal their hidden properties. A selection is reproduced in this stylish box set of notecards.


About the Author
Caz Hildebrand is one of the Creative Partners at Here Design. She is the award-winning designer of sumptuous best-selling cookbooks by Nigella Lawson, Yotam Ottolenghi and Sam and Sam Clark of Moro. In 2010 Caz created The Geometry of Pasta with leading chef Jacob Kenedy of London’s Bocca di Lupo, revealing the secrets of eating the authentic Italian way. Her book Herbarium & Grammar of Spice are published by Thames & Hudson.


Format: Index Cards
Size: 16.4 x 12.3 cm
Extent: 16 pp
Publication date: 26 December 2016
ISBN: 9780500420669

Board Book - Lift the flap, March 2, 2021 by Erin Jang (Illustrator), n/a The Indigo Bunting (Illustrator)

Explore Feelings with This Engaging and Colorful Board Book! 😊💛

Help little ones recognize and express their emotions with How Are You Feeling?, a beautifully illustrated board book designed to introduce young children to different feelings. Featuring bright colors, playful artwork, and simple language, this book is a perfect tool for early emotional learning.

Encourages Emotional Awareness – Helps toddlers understand and name their feelings, from happy and excited to sad and sleepy.
Engaging & Relatable – Playful illustrations and expressive characters make emotions easy to identify.
Perfect for Little Hands – Sturdy board book pages ensure durability for everyday exploration.
Supports Early Learning – A fun and interactive way to introduce social-emotional development.

A wonderful first book about feelings—perfect for building emotional intelligence in little learners! ❤️📖

Baby - 5 years

How to Be French: Eat Drink Dress Travel Love

Author Janine Marsh

Delve into the art of loving and living in every moment.

What does it mean to be French?

Is it pausing to enjoy a glass of good wine or a spread of cheese? Being a flâneur down laneways steeped in history? Knowing just how to dress so you always look effortlessly chic?

This book is a celebration of the French lifestyle—an education in drinking to savor the moment, travelling indulgently, and cherishing food and culture. A lesson in the joy of taking things slowly. We may not all live in France, but anyone can learn how to be un petit plus français with this guide by Janine Marsh.



About The Author

Janine Marsh is a writer and Francophile with one foot in France and one foot in the UK. In 2012, she set up The Good Life France to keep in touch with family and friends. Today, she reaches millions of readers, has written three best-selling books, publishes The Good Life France as a quarterly magazine, and hosts The Good Life France podcast.

Publish Date: October 31, 2023

Format: Hardcover

Category: Reference - Personal & Practical Guides

Publisher: Smith Street Books

Pages: 216

by Frances Tophill (Author), Charlotte Ager (Illustrator)

Discover a glorious collection of unique gardens filled with plants from all kinds of environments.

Go on an adventure with one of the U.K.'s favorite gardeners, Frances Tophill, through twenty different gardens.

Explore everywhere from the vegetable garden to a tropical glass house, and discover the wildlife living in our hedgerows. Learn about more than one hundred kinds of plant, and get your hands in the soil with 28 seasonal growing and nature activities.

A glossary of key terms at the back makes this the perfect book for budding gardeners looking to dive into a world of plants.

In the book you will discover . . .

The Tropical House filled with huge green leaves and bright flowers
The Ancient Woodland, where you might spot some wildlife amid the towering trees
The Rock Garden, where plants adapt to grow on the sheer surfaces
The Soil, a secret world that's teeming with microscopic life

5 - 7 years

How to Slay: Inspiration from the Queens and Kings of Black Style

Author Constance C.R. White, Foreword by Valerie Steele

An inspirational journey through black fashion in America from the twentieth century to the present, featuring the most celebrated icons of Black style and taste.

One of the few surveys of Black style and fashion ever published, How to Slay offers a lavishly illustrated overview of African American style through the twentieth century, focusing on the last thirty-five years. Through striking images of some of the most celebrated icons of Black style and taste, from Josephine Baker, Michelle Obama, Maya Angelou, and Miles Davis to Rihanna, Naomi Campbell, Kanye West, and Pharrell Williams, this book explores the cultural underpinnings of Black trends that have become so influential in mainstream popular culture and a bedrock of fashion vernacular today. A preponderance of Black musicians, who for decades have inspired trends and transformed global fashion, are featured and discussed, while a diverse array of topics are touched upon and examined—hats, hair, divas, the importance of attitude, the use of color, ’60s style, the influence of Africa and the Caribbean, and the beauty of black skin.

About The Author

Constance C. R. White is an award-winning journalist, a former editor in chief of Essence magazine, former New York Times style reporter, and the first black executive fashion editor at a major fashion magazine, at Elle. She conceived and edited the book Essence: A Salute to Michelle Obama (2013) and authored Stylenoir (1998). She currently is a contributor to TheImpression.com. Valerie Steele is director and chief curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology where she has organized more than twenty exhibitions since 1997.

Publish Date: February 06, 2018
Format: Hardcover
Category: Design - Fashion & Accessories
Publisher: Rizzoli
Pages: 224