From Publishers Weekly

Though production difficulties prevented full reviews of the young Scotland press’s latest volumes, readers shouldn’t miss Irene and Alan Taylor’s doorstop-sized, decade-in-the-making assemblage of notable diary excerpts. The Assassin’s Cloak: An Anthology of the World’s Greatest Diarists gathers brief and often wonderful entries by poets and philosophers, businessmen and barons for each day of the year. On January 1st, for example, the “first real diarist” (more…)

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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This Paderno World Cuisine sieve for the 5-quart stainless steel food mill with 1/16-inch perforations is used to strain or purée fruits and vegetables. By placing cooked fruits or vegetables in the mill and turning the crank, the semi-circular blade oversweeps, compresses and scrapes food. The bar that straddles the container applies constant pressure against the cutting plate and crushes the food, while retaining seeds, skin, and fibers. This food mill’s output is approxima (more…)

From Publishers Weekly

This strange little cookbook was written by a “former international supermodel” who credits her portrait artist in her acknowledgments and her make-up artist in her “credits.” In fact, the entire volume has the ramshackle feeling of a vanity project; it’s both oddly personal and poorly organized (a gnocchi recipe is hidden in a chapter called “Memories of Avezzano,” while pasta sauce is found in “At My Grandfather’s Vineyard”). Further, the author introduce (more…)

rhinestones

DESCRIPTION This book is a collection of 87 recipes. It is a carefully prepared combination of classic and creative Italian recipes.There is plenty to choose from starters, soups, salads, and also a whole section on glossary that will help you familiarize with the ingredients used in Italian cooking.

About the Author

Mrs. Tarla Dalal is India s best – selling cookery author since over 2 decades. She has written a total of 100titles, several of which have (more…)