Food & Drink

A story of seasonal food throughout the year, this is a touching and informative culinary journey exploring the way our lives and our food are intertwined. This book will not only help you understand food better, it will make you want to engage with the food seasons in a new way.

Long before there was the ready meal, humans processed food to preserve it and make it safe. From fire to fermentation, our ancestors survived periods of famine by changing the very nature of their food. This ability to process food has undoubtedly made us one of the most successful species on the planet, ...

Bran muffin or chocolate chip' Which wine is likely to do add the most inches to your waistline-red, white or sparkling' And if you're dying for a pizza, how can you keep the damage to a minimum' Faced with this type of difficult decision, The Right Bite is here to help you make the least bad choice. ...

The tavern, the inn, the coffee house, the tea shop: these are places where, throughout history, we have met and socialised and where the issues of the day could be discussed over a drink. Rough Spirits and High Society shows the surprising, often subversive ways in which drinking has changed the world.

A salutary, hard-hitting critique of the meat-producing industry and its harmful effects, What's the Matter with Meat? exhorts consumers to resist the lure of cheap meat, governments to encourage alternative production systems, and the industry itself to amend its practices.

A dessert cookbook and portrait of an unconventional dessert maker.

100 fast, fresh juices and smoothies to truly allow you to make the most of your juicer

Now, fully revised and updated, the third edition of The Naked Guide to Cider includes more than 200 listings of cider producers, pubs, specialist shops and cider organisations as well as a colour section and a new fold-out cover map of Bristol's finest cider pubs. The Naked Guide to Cider is one of ...

The wok is a tremendous tool in the kitchen, but all too often it is under-used and unappreciated. Find new inspiration with I Love My Wok, whether you want to whip up a light meal or present an amazing fea

We have greatly underestimated the impact of dementia - America and Western Europe are the high risk areas

We have greatly underestimated the impact of dementia - America and Western Europe are the high risk areas

Pesticides are now accepted as an integral part of modern agricultural production. This book provides analysis of the steps taken by national and international bodies working towards a cohesive global strategy for evaluating the safety of residues in food that result from approved pesticide uses.

"What do you cook for the people you love?" We asked 100 of Britain's best chefs, cooks, bakers and local food heroes for their answer to this question through recipes and stories. The results are a dazzling celebration of the diversity of British food and culture.

Kids. Job. Life. When you're pulled in a million different directions, how can you possibly please the whole family with food that is both wholesome and speedy? Bestselling author Jo Pratt shows you the secrets to make it possible.

This text provides over 100 simple and cheap-to-produce recipes. There are menu suggestions throughout to help put together an entire dinner party, along with time and money-saving tips.

When he realised he had a meat addiction, award winning food writer Richard Cornish went vegetarian for a year. What he didn't realise were the changes that he would have to make to his life. My Year Without Meat is as humourous as it is dark, with the author shining the light on the ethics that surround our food production.

Australians are famous for their sun kissed, athletic physiques, and now Saimaa Miller, one of Australia's most respected health coaches, has written a guide to getting that same naturally healthy body this side of the equator.