The Vintage Tea Party Book
By Angel Adoree
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| Octopus Publishing Group |
Embraces the style and class of the trendy London Vintage scene and illustrates how to recreate the tasty treats and classic styles at home. This book includes a mixture of recipes and feature spreads with tips on hairstyling, make-up methods and where to collect vintage china.
Further Detail
Vintage Patisserie is a vintage hosting company offering bespoke tea parties from a bygone era, delivering everything from music, makeovers and – of course – a customised menu of tea party treats that elevate any function into a swanky soiree. “The Vintage Tea Party Book” embraces the style and class of the trendy London Vintage scene and illustrates how to beautifully recreate the tasty treats and classic styles at home. With a unique mixture of recipes and feature spreads with accessible tips on hairstyling, make-up methods and where to collect vintage china – “The Vintage Tea Party Book” has it all.
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The Good Table
By Valentine Warner
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| Octopus Publishing Group |
Valentine Warner takes us on a journey to home food heaven. By cooking and shopping with care and attention to detail you’ll learn how to use accessible ingredients in exciting new ways with one of the nation’s favourite chefs.
Further Detail
The food you put on your table is at the heart of the house, as a matter of survival and joy. Everything we eat sustains family, friends and self, and The Good Table shows that it is best when sourced and cooked with love and care. Whether making comforting favourites such as Toad in the Hole or Paella, classic dishes such as Beef Suet Pudding or a Brandy Snap with Berries, or recipes from far-flung shores such as Lapland Fish Soup and a Spanish dish of Chorizo in Cider, Valentine’s omnivorous curiosity and attention to detail set his recipes apart. In this timely book, Valentine pays homage to the slow cooking of cheaper cuts of beef, pork and lamb, whilst encouraging us to enjoy less widely-used meat such as rabbit and venison. His ingredients are local, mostly inexpensive and easy to find, yet his dishes are often surprising, based on forgotten classics or hailing from distant countries such as Mexico and Morocco. For Valentine, The Good Table starts with good shopping, and he encourages us to not be afraid of buying new ingredients, especially when they are affordable and plentiful. He seeks out sustainable fish, creates luxuries from everyday ingredients such as bread and eggs, and cooks fruit and vegetables when they are in season.
……….both arrived on my doorstep today!
I just received two amazing books from Octous Publishing Group and the lovely Fiona C Smith, who is
Head of Publicity at Octopus Publishing. Communicator of all things food and book, as she says on her Twitter account. Numerous delicious recipes from both books and a photographic review of each book to follow over the next week or so! I can’t wait to get cooking from both of them.
Thanks very much Fiona.
Karen
PS: Check out their amazing range of Food and Drink books here:
PPS: If you buy any of the books on-line after visiting my blog, please mention me!
Thanks.
Karen S Booth
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PPS: Watch out for my Give~Away in a week or two as well…….
These books sound absolutely nice!! gloria
Both books sound fantastic, but I think Vintage Tea Party is calling my name!!! I will definitely tell them "Karen sent me!"
Wow, lucky you! I saw the vintage tea party book in a magazine, I think I will pop it on my ever growing christmas list 😉
Bee happy x
Have a delicious day!
Thanks Gloria, Jewel and Bee ~ the books are GORGEOUS and I cannot wait to make stuff from them!
Good choices for Christmas book lists too!
Karen
i love historical perspectives… And personally, need those make-up tips!
great post, off to check out the eShop!
So much fun to have a new cookery book – it's like a wonderful present – all that anticipation of the cooking to come!
Enjoy 🙂
Mary
I am waiting on The Vintage Tea Party to arrive. It should get here tomorrow or Monday.
looks like a great book !!!
i ADORE your new header !
sending love,
kary and teddy
xx
Thanks all! I am about to curl up with 2 good books tonight!
Karen
I love reading cooking books as well and those you picked suit you perfectly. I saw they have many Australian Women Weekly as well…love them!
Christmas on your doorstep:) Good for you:) I love the Vintage Tea party:)
This sounds like a really great book! I'll have to check this out! And cant wait to hear about your giveaway 🙂