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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

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

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

Featuring Cute Woodland Creatures Perfect Travel Activity for Children Ages 3 and Up


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🐻BRIGHT AND BOLD ARTWORK – This Happy Camper puzzle is made up of 36 pieces that fit together to create a colorful image of animals gathered around a campfire, enjoying music and yummy smores in nature. Children will have a great time putting together the images of these adorable campers!
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One Hundred Herbs · Grow · Cook · Heal
Caz Hildebrand

A stylishly illustrated compendium of 100 herbs, designed to enrich our understanding of all their uses

This isn’t just a book for the kitchen – it’s for the greenhouse, the medicine cabinet, the coffee table...

Award-winning designer Caz Hildebrand’s Herbarium is 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.

From bergamot, comfrey and dill to sassafras, vervain and wasabi, all types of herbs are covered; each is explained through the fascinating history of their uses and symbolism. There are tips on how to use them as seasonings and how to create healing potions, as well as advice on when and how to grow them.

Herbarium celebrates all facets of herbs and all their life-enhancing properties.


About the Author
Caz Hildebrand is an artist and former graphic designer who co-founded Here Design. She is the award-winning designer of bestselling cookbooks by Nigella Lawson, Yotam Ottolenghi and Sam and Sam Clark of Moro. She is also the author and illustrator of The Grammar of Spice and An Anarchy of Chillies, both published by Thames & Hudson.

Format: Paperback with Jacket
Size: 22.0 x 15.6 cm
Extent: 224 pp
Publication date: 9 March 2023
ISBN: 9780500297018

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

Marcos Farina , Little Gestalten (Editor)

Chickens, penguins, and parrots – how many are there?! Our latest collaboration with Marcos Farina and the followup to the much-loved and popular first Little Gestalten board book, The Animal Show, How Many Birds? explores first numbers in Marcos’ colorful and fun way – with birds!

By Olivia Gibbs

This charmingly illustrated gift book offers 52 creative ideas to help you unlock the keys to happiness through acts of kindness, a positive mindset, and healthy habits.

Learn to practice patience, embrace forgiveness, release anger and find lasting joy with this inspiring guide for a happy life.

• A beautifully illustrated gift book!
• 52 simple yet effective ideas for mindfulness, meditation, gratitude, and more.
• Learn how to let go of fear, nurture your inner child, be present, and live a more fulfilling life.
• A perfect gift for anyone looking for serenity in a hectic world.
• 16 “tear-and-share” mini-postcards included with the book!

Happiness, peace, and serenity are within reach, and this lovely book can help you attain them. If you like it, be sure to check out its companion, The Better Day Book , also by Olivia Gibbs.
168 pages, Hardcover

Published July 26, 2022

This edition
Format
168 pages, Hardcover
Published
July 26, 2022 by Better Day Books
ISBN
9780764364136 (ISBN10: 0764364138)
ASIN
0764364138
Language
English

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

Ages 5 and up, with 102 stickers, 24 activities, and 1 quiz
Paperback – Sticker Book, March 7, 2017
by Olivia Cosneau (Author)

What's more fun or magical than digging in the dirt, planting and watering seeds, discovering the first seedlings of the season, and finally eating your own fruits and vegetables?

Lovingly illustrated by Olivia Cosneau, this book is a colorful introduction to the magical world of the garden, including a range of fun activities, removable stickers, and a quiz. In the process, fledgling gardeners ages five and up learn about the different types of vegetables and fruits they can grow, how to care for them, what tools they need, and many other interesting facts.

365 Daily Practices & Inspirations to Rediscover the Pleasures of Eating Evelyn Tribole

Cultivate a healthy relationship with food and rediscover the pleasures of eating with this inviting and practical guide by award-winning dietitian, and co-founder of the intuitive eating movement, Evelyn Tribole.

Intuitive Eating for Every Day breaks down the life-changing practice of intuitive eating with daily guidance and inspiration. A mindful and compassionate antidote to diet culture, the practice of intuitive eating has helped millions heal their relationships with food, mind, and body, and change their approach to health and nutrition.

Embrace the practice Parade calls "the anti-diet to end all diets," and begin your own intuitive eating journey. Presented in an accessible devotional format, this book offers 365 Daily Practices to help you let go of unhealthy attitudes, reconnect with your body, and learn a happier, healthier way to eat. Use this book by itself, or as a companion to The Intuitive Eating Workbook or Intuitive Eating Journal.

365 DAILY PRACTICES AND Daily readings, mantras, and meditations make it easy to incorporate this revolutionary practice into your life.

EXPERT Evelyn Tribole, bestselling author of Intuitive Eating and The Intuitive Eating Workbook , takes you through everything you need to know to start your own intuitive eating practice.

GO AT YOUR OWN Gentle and encouraging, this book allows you to approach intuitive eating on your own schedule. Read one prompt each day, linger over the pages that speak to you, or skip certain parts until you feel ready for them.

Perfect
Genres
Nonfiction
Self Help
Health
Food
Nutrition
Audiobook
Bodies
352 pages, Paperback

Published March 16, 2021

This edition
Format
352 pages, Paperback
Published
March 16, 2021 by Chronicle Prism
ISBN
9781797203980 (ISBN10: 1797203983)
ASIN
1797203983
Language
English

Quotes and Statements for Wine Lovers

Pinot, Chardonnay, Merlot, Riesling… There are so many delicious wines to delight the nose and palate and so many occasions to celebrate them all. Whatever your favourite grape or vintage, dry or sweet, indulge your inner sommelier and raise a glass to the wonders of wine with this collection of quotes from the world’s wisest and wittiest drinkers.
160 pages, Hardcover

First published March 3, 2014

This edition
Format
160 pages, Hardcover
Published
November 14, 2019 by Summersdale
ISBN
9781787830080 (ISBN10: 178783008X)
ASIN
178783008X
Language
English

Recipes and stories from where the land meets the sea
Amber Guinness

An enchanting and delectable journey to the shimmering waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea, via plates of pasta, baked fish and glasses of peach-laced white wine - from the author of A House Party in Tuscany

Welcome to the Tyrrhenian Sea, home to la dolce vita, sun-drenched islands and seaside towns where even the simplest trattoria has an effortless glamour.

Following on from the success of her first book, A House Party in Tuscany, Amber Guinness travels from the Tuscan coast down through Lazio and Campania via Naples and the Amalfi Coast and on to northern Sicily. Amber delves into the history, stories and flavours that have come home to her kitchen and shaped her food philosophy.

Amber's quest for maximum flavour with minimal effort shines through in these delicious and achievable recipes that will bring an authentic mouthful of coastal Italy to your table: crostini with ricotta and 'nduja; zucchini and mint lasagne; tomato linguine with capers; seabass with pistachio and almonds; Neapolitan vinegary fried zucchini; potato and caper salad from Salina; raspberry tiramisu and the ultimate Amalfi lemon cream cake.

Inspired by the markets and food of summer holidays by the beach, Italian Coastal is a fusion of recipe book, travelogue and memoir – with sumptuous food and travel photography throughout – that will transport readers to the sunny Mediterranean.


About the Author
Amber Guinness was born in London and grew up in Tuscany. She studied history and Italian literature at the University of Edinburgh, working as a cook in both London and Italy. In 2014, she co-founded the Arniano Painting School in Tuscany, a residential art holiday centred around creativity, which has been featured in The New York Times, House & Garden and various other international magazines. Amber now lives in Florence. A House Party in Tuscany (Thames & Hudson, 2022) was her first book.


Format: PLC (no jacket)
Size: 27.5 x 21.5 cm
Extent: 240 pp
Illustrations: 120
Publication date: 25 April 2024
ISBN: 9781760763657

Robert Fairer, Iain R Webb, André Leon Talley, Hamish Bowles, Oriole Cullen

A lavish, supersize publication dedicated exclusively to John Galliano's extraordinary creations for the house of Dior, captured by American Vogue's photographer Robert Fairer

As testified by the monumental success of the recent Dior retrospective curated by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, ‘Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams’, which attracted over 700,000 visitors over its extended run, John Galliano’s creations for the house of Dior have entered fashion history and are widely recognized as some of the most breathtaking and imaginative collections ever created. John Galliano for Dior is the first publication entirely dedicated to showcasing these unforgettable designs, which have become collectors’ items and form a key chapter of the history of the house of Dior – ‘the greatest house in the world’, as Galliano stated when he was first placed at its helm. ‘I see myself as a guardian of [Christian Dior’s] spirit, a keeper of his dreams,’ he added.

The book unfolds chronologically, revisiting the most iconic creations and revealing previously unseen behind-the-scenes moments that capture models, hairdressers, stylists, make-up artists and John Galliano himself at their most creative. Robert Fairer’s stunning and high-energy photographs convey the drama, glamour and wild imagination that defined Galliano’s Dior shows. A treasure trove of inspiration, they make this publication a must-have reference for fashion and photography lovers alike.


About the Author
British photographer Robert Fairer worked exclusively for American Vogue behind the scenes for over a decade. Beginning his career at British Elle in the mid 1990s, then Harpers Bazaar USA and finally at American Vogue, he covered the fashion zeitgeist of supermodel, designer and fashion excess from 1993-2011.His backstage archive has been published in three monographs, Alexander McQueen Unseen, John Galliano Unseen, and Marc Jacobs Unseen by Thames & Hudson, Yale University Press, Schirmer Mosel and Abrams. Robert’s work is published in The New York Times, Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, i-D Magazine, and Visionaire, as well as fashion, portrait and lifestyle books, and anthologies. Robert continues to document the fashionable elite and collaborate with his editors and clients in uncharted fashion domains.

Iain R Webb is a fashion writer, curator and academic. He is the Author of Marc Jacobs: Unseen published by Thames & Hudson.

André Leon Talley was a former editor-at-large of American Vogue.

Hamish Bowles is the International editor-at-large for American Vogue.

Oriole Cullen is the Curator of Modern Textiles and Fashion at the Victoria and Albert Museum and curated the V&A’s ‘Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams’ exhibition.


Format: PLC (no jacket) in slipcase
Size: 36.0 x 27.0 cm
Extent: 432 pp
Publication date: 17 October 2019
ISBN: 9780500022405