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Appetites Anthony Bourdain NOVEMBER 2016 Appetites Anthony Bourdain Brash, wild, original and badass. This is Anthony Bourdain's interpretation of a normal cookbook. Description As a restaurant professional, Bourdain spent his life on the fringes of normality - he worked while normal people played, and played while normal people slept. Since then he has settled (kind of) into family life and is cooking for the people he loves rather than people who pay. These are the recipes he turns to when called in for pancake service at sleepover parties or when preparing a violence-free family dinner. Each and every word is informed by his years in the industry and a life dedicated to food. This is a man who has declared the club sandwich as America's Enemy and wants you to understand the principles of Bad Sandwich Theory. He has distilled his views on dessert to this: it should always be Stilton. Illustrated with photography that somehow manages to be both strangely beautiful and utterly grotesque, this cookbook - Bourdain's first in ten years - is a home-cooking, home-entertaining cookbook like no other. About the Author Anthony Bourdain is the bestselling author of Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, and the author of the novels: Bone in the Throat, The Bobby Gold Stories and Gone Bamboo. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the New Yorker and Food Arts magazine. He is the host of the international CNN television series: Parts Unknown. Price: $49.99 (NZ$52.99) ISBN: 9781408883839 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 205x255mm Extent: 320 pages Main Category: WB Food And Drink Sub Category: WBB Tv / Celebrity Chefs Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Bloomsbury NOVEMBER 2016 Appetites 10 copy pack Includes 10 copies Appetites plus free display copy. Description About the Author Price: $499.90 (NZ$529.90) ISBN: 9324551054840 Format: Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 0 pages Main Category: Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Bloomsbury NOVEMBER 2016 John le Carre: The Biography Adam Sisman The definitive, fascinating biography of one of the world's most famous living writers, a man whose own true history has long been hidden behind the fictional world of his books Description Over half a century since The Spy Who came in from the Cold made John le Carr. a worldwide, bestselling sensation, David Cornwell, the man behind the pseudonym, remains an enigma. He has consistently quarried his life for his writing, and his novels seem to offer tantalizing glimpses of their author - but in the narrative of his life fact and fiction have become intertwined, and little is really known of one of the world's most successful writers. In Cornwell's lonely childhood Adam Sisman uncovers the origins of the themes of love and abandonment which have dominated le Carr.'s fiction: the departure of his mother when he was five, followed by 'sixteen hugless years' in the dubious care of his father, a man of energy and charm, a serial seducer and conman who hid the Bentleys in the trees when the bailiffs came calling - a 'totally incomprehensible father' who could 'put a hand on your shoulder and the other in your pocket, both gestures equally sincere'. And in Cornwell's adult life - from recruitment by both MI5 and MI6, through marriage and family life, to his emergence as the master of the spy novel - Sisman explores the idea of espionage and its significance in human terms; the extent to which betrayal is acceptable in exchange for love; and the endless need for forgiveness, especially from oneself. Written with exclusive access to David Cornwell himself, to his private archive and to the most important people in his life - family, friends, enemies, intelligence ex-colleagues and ex-lovers - and featuring a wealth of previously unseen photographic material, Adam Sisman's extraordinarily insightful and constantly revealing biography brings in from the cold a man whose own life has been as complex and confounding and filled with treachery as any of his novels. 'I'm a liar,' Cornwell has written. 'Born to lying, bred to it, trained to it by an industry that lies for a living, practised in it as a novelist.' This is the definitive biography of a major writer, described by Ian McEwan as 'perhaps the most significant novelist of the second half of the twentieth century in Britain'. Price: $21.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9781408849460 About the Author Format: Paperback Adam Sisman is an award-winning writer, author of Boswell's Presumptuous Task, shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize and Dimensions: 198x129mm winner of the US National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography, and biographer of A. J. P. Taylor and Hugh Trevor- Extent: 672 pages Roper. He is an Honorary Fellow of the University of St Andrews and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives Main Category: B Biography/autobiography Sub Category: BG Biography: General in Bristol. Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Bloomsbury Pb NOVEMBER 2016 Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons Raymond Blanc A gorgeously illustrated journey through the year at Raymond Blanc's legendary hotel and restaurant Description Set in the rolling Oxfordshire hills, Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons is a bastion of haute cuisine and a beacon of l'art de vivre. The only country house hotel in Britain to have held two Michelin stars for more than three decades, it is the result of an Anglo-French love affair which began in 1982 when a young chef called Raymond Blanc first set eyes on an ancient manor house and decided, there and then, to transform it into the restaurant-hotel of his dreams. Enter the iron gates and embark on a personal tour of Le Manoir through the four seasons. Discover Raymond's most celebrated dishes as he gently guides you through sumptuous recipes that can be prepared at home - such as Soupe au pistou and Souffl. de rhubarbe - and the extraordinary examples of haute cuisine - including Th.me sur la tomate and Cassolette d'abricot - which have earned the restaurant its status as one of the world's legendary gastronomic destinations. With spectacular photography of the luxurious rooms and the ravishing gardens, as well as beautiful and witty illustrations, this is a landmark book to covet and cherish. About the Author Raymond Blanc is one of the world's great chefs. Entirely self-taught, his passion for food was sparked at an early age by the terroir of his native Franche-Comt.. Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Raymond's finest achievement, is the only country house hotel in Britain to have retained two Michelin stars for more than three decades. Over the years, Raymond has made a number of acclaimed BBC television series and written many books, including Blanc Mange, Blanc Vite and Kitchen Secrets. In 2008 he was awarded an honorary OBE for his services to culinary excellence, and in 2013 he received the Ordre National de la L.gion d'Honneur, the highest decoration in France. belmond.com/lemanoir / @lemanoir Price: $95.00 (NZ$105.00) ISBN: 9781408816905 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 296x226mm Extent: 480 pages Main Category: Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Bloomsbury Child NOVEMBER 2016 Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons 10 copy pack Includes 10 copies Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons plus free display copy. Description About the Author Price: $950.00 (NZ$1050.00) ISBN: 9324551054871 Format: Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 0 pages Main Category: Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Bloomsbury NOVEMBER 2016 Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons Raymond Blanc An exclusive special edition of the stunningly illustrated journey through the year at Raymond Blanc's legendary Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons Description Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons is one of the finest hotel-restaurants in the world. This is a chance to step behind the walls for Raymond's personal tour, season by season. He reveals how every element of the place - from the Japanese garden to the Citronelle bedroom - came into being, and leads you into the kitchen to show you the culinary secrets of this two- Michelin-starred restaurant. The book features recipes for 120 of Raymond Blanc's most celebrated dishes, including ricotta agnolotti, venison grand veneur, blood orange carpaccio, and apple tart Maman Blanc. With spectacular photography and elegant illustrations, this book will allow you to bring a taste of Le Manoir into your own home. About the Author Totally self-taught, Raymond Blanc is one of Britain's most respected chefs. His hotel-restaurant Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons in Oxford has been awarded two Michelin stars for the past 26 years, and in 2007 he was awarded an OBE for services to culinary excellence. He is the bestselling author of several books, including Kitchen Secrets. belmond.com/lemanoir / @lemanoir Price: $390.00 (NZ$420.00) ISBN: 9781408816882 Format: Dimensions: 340x260mm Extent: 480 pages Main Category: WB Food And Drink Sub Category: WB Food And Drink Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Bloomsbury NOVEMBER 2016 The Essential Oyster: A Salty Appreciation of Taste and Temptation Rowan Jacobsen From America's go-to expert, the author of the trailblazing A Geography of Oysters, the ultimate oyster guide-- a gorgeous, full-color, must-have book. Description A decade ago, Rowan Jacobsen wrote a book called A Geography of Oysters that celebrated the romance of oysters, the primal rush of slurping a raw denizen of the sea, and the mysteries of molluscan terroir. The book struck a chord, and American oyster culture has been on a gravity-defying trajectory ever since. With lavish four-color photos throughout by renowned photographer David Malosh, The Essential Oyster is the definitive book for oyster-lovers everywhere, featuring stunning portraits, tasting notes, and backstories of all the top oysters, as well as recipes from America's top oyster chefs and a guide to the best oyster bars.
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