Product Description: A good butcher shop is part of a community - a place of knowledge and trust. Founded in 1870, Lidgate's is a 160-year-old family business that has become a treasured landmark in London's Holland Park.Bring their knowledge into your own kitchen with a cookbook that focuses on helping you achieve the best-tasting meat at home...read more

Product Description: Deciding what to eat is no longer a simple matter of instinct and appetite.  Every choice we make about the food we put on our plates is complicated.  Is meat good or bad for me? Is buying local always best?  Is organic worth it?  WHAT TO EAT? asks all these questions and more: some are specific, going back to the nature of particular foods such as milk, meat and fish...read more

Integrating popular science and social history, a global history of honeybees examines the hive society of the bee, as well as the influence of bees and honey on diverse cultures around the world and throughout history.

Product Description: M.K. Samuelson, realising that there was no collection of Sussex recipes, set about making her own. This was first published in 1937 but World War II prevented a reprint. Southover reprinted it in 2005 in response to the renewed interest in regional food...read more

From espresso to mocha, coffee's is very popular. This is a blend of history, recipes, coffee know-how and details about coffee. It also offers tips on buying, storing, grinding and preparing the perfect cup of coffee, plus coffee recipes, to help you to get maximum freshness and flavour from your brew.

Product Description: The been is the most studied creature on the planet after man, and down the ages this insect and its honey have been harnessed by doctors, philosophers, scientists, politicians, artists, writers and architects as both metaphor and material...read more

Product Description: Discover the story of this aromatic drink, from its humble beginnings growing wild on Ethiopian mountainsides t the daunting array of beans available in coffee shops today. And, with the help of award-winning food writer, Hattie Ellis, you'll soon be able to choose with confidence from fragrant Costa Rican beans and chocolatey Guatemalans, and will have all the practical know-how to ensure you get the ultimate freshness and flavor in your cup...read more

Product Description: Award-winning food writer, Hattie Ellis leads you through the delicious and varying flavors available, from the delicacy of single estate Darjeelings to the brisk vigor of Assams, from the scented beauty of Chinese hand-crafted varieties to the health-giving properties of Japanese green teas...read more

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