Category Archives: Travel Guides
Massimo Bottura: Never Trust a Skinny Italian Chef
Never Trust a Skinny Italian Chef is a tribute to three-Michelin star restaurant, Osteria Francescana in Modena and the twenty-five year career of its chef, Massimo Bottura. This book, more of a study of the chef`s practice and Italian cooking than a recipe book, explains, with humour and funny anecdotes, the role of ingredients and
Mexico: The Cookbook
For those interested in learning how to make authentic Mexican cuisine, Arronte has provided the definitive guide.The definitive bible on Mexican home-cooking by Mexico`s leading culinary authority, Margarita Carrillo Arronte.”All my life I have wanted to travel through Mexico to learn authentic recipes from each region and now I don`t have to – Margarita has
The Nordic Cookbook
The Nordic Cookbook offers an unprecedented look at the rich culinary offerings of the Nordic region with 700 recipes collected by the acclaimed Swedish chef Magnus Nilsson. While traveling extensively throughout the Nordic countries – Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, Magnus collected recipes and photographed the finished dishes, as well
Benu
The first book on San Francisco`s three-Michelin starred restaurant Benu and its chef Corey Lee, hailed by David Chang as one of the best chefs on earth. Since striking out on his own from Thomas Keller`s acclaimed French Laundry in 2010, Corey Lee has crafted a unique, James Beard Award-winning cuisine that seamlessly blends his
Tacopedia: The Taco Encyclopedia
Tacopedia is an encyclopaedic tribute to the vibrancy of Mexican taco culture. Explore one of Mexico`s most popular culinary traditions through 100 recipes accompanied by interviews, street and food photography, illustrations, graphics, and maps that bring the full story behind each taco to life. Tacopedia`s highly graphic style will appeal to hip taco lovers, food
Quick and Easy Spanish Recipes
A collection of 100 recipes, each with a cooking time of 30 minutes or less. Quick and Easy Spanish Recipes presents 100 recipes, each of which can be made in 30 minutes or less. Collected from the wildly successful Spanish bestseller 1080 Recipes and its sister title The Book of Tapas, and written by the
Alpha, Bravo, Charlie: The Complete Book of Nautical Codes
A graphically stunning, first-ever volume of nautical codes for children This extraordinary visual reference is an introduction to maritime communication through nautical flags, along with morse code, the phonetic alphabet, and semaphore signaling. Today`s system of international maritime signal flags was devel-oped in the 19th century, and is still used for communication between ships, or
The Middle Eastern Vegetarian Cookbook
A collection of vegetarian dishes influenced by Middle Eastern flavors from Salma Hage, author of the bestselling classic, `The Lebanese Kitchen`, also published by Phaidon. A definitive, fresh and approachable collection of 150 traditional recipes from an authoritative voice on Middle Eastern home cooking, Salma Hage`s new book is in line with the current Western
Changing Track
On a train from Paris to Rome on his way to surprise his lover, the businessman Leon Delmont begins to mull over his past and question the decisions he has made about his future. These musings – together with his impressions of the unfolding scenery, conjectures about his fellow passengers and some recurring leitmotifs –
The Mellops Strike Oil
While on a family picnic Mr Mellops notices the mountain water has an `awful taste, like oil`. Soon, the intrepid Mellops embark on a quest that takes them to the library, the museum and eventually an oil field! Reissued in English to inspire and delight a new generation of children.
India Modern Mini
This mini paperback presents a photographic compilation of modern Indian craft, design and architecture, placed in the context of Indian history and traditions. It looks at the roots and themes of Indian craft and design from village society to Moghul palaces, and shows how these traditional forms are repeated in all the contemporary arts. Herbert
Century Mini
All major events that made the Twentieth Century are here portrayed through photos. Each picture is cross-referenced with a short explanation and reconstructs a particular moment of the last century`s history. Many are happy, many are painfully sad and some gruelling. The first century man has been able to portray in photography in its entirety.
Art and Photography
“Art and Photography” surveys a rich and important history, from the 1960s to the 21st century. Arranged thematically, it presents works by the most significant international artists who have explored and extended the boundaries of photography. This influential body of work by over 160 artists over four decades is contextualised in the “Documents” section by
It`s Not How Good You are, it`s How Good You Want to be: The World`s Best-Selling Book by Paul Arden
It`s Not How Good You Are, It`s How Good You Want to Be is a handbook of how to succeed in the world: a pocket bible for the talented and timid alike to help make the unthinkable thinkable and the impossible possible. The world`s top advertising guru, Paul Arden, offers up his wisdom on issues
Gandhi
This impressive photobiography is the result of Peter Rรผhe`s more than twenty years` long work in collecting photos and material on Gandhi. It follows the cronology of Gandhi`s life in great detail and represents at the same time a powerful portrait of major Indian and World-wide events of the last century.
The Story of Art
The Story of Art, one of the best-known and best-loved books on art ever written, has been a world bestseller for over half a century. Professor Gombrich`s clear and engaging text combines with hundreds of full-colour illustrations to trace the history of art in an unfolding narrative, from primitive cave paintings to controversial art works
Earth on Fire
Earth on Fire is an eclectic photographic survey and celebration of volcanoes and how their activity shapes the some of the most dramatic and beautiful landscapes on our planet. Photographs are by Bernhard Edmaier, a geologist-photographer whose interest lies in focussing on areas of the earth’s surface that have been shaped by natural forces alone.
Onion`s Great Escape
Sara Fanelli`s activity book, an exciting first for Phaidon Press, asks young readers to help the onion break free by answering thought-provoking questions and completing the activities within, finally pressing a three-dimensional character right out of the pages.
India: The Cookbook
“India” is arguably the first genuinely comprehensive guide to Indian cooking, with over 1,000 recipes covering every aspect of India`s delicious culinary heritage. This is also a `local` cookbook, written by an Indian culinary academic and cookbook author who lives and works in Delhi, and the recipes are a true reflection of how traditional dishes
Noma: Time And Place In Nordic Cuisine
Rene Redzepi has been widely credited with re-inventing Nordic cuisine. His Copenhagen restaurant, Noma, was recognized as the best in the world by the San Pellegrino World`s 50 Best Restaurant awards in 2010 and received the unique `Chef`s Choice` award at the same ceremony in 2009. Redzepi operates at the cutting edge of gourmet cuisine,
