Spring 2018 Love Sucks LOVE SUCKS The truth about romance from the world’s greatest cynics

By Daria Summers Illustrations by Emma Munger

EVELYN WAUGH DECLINE AND FALL

ISBN 978-1-9254-1869-9 24 On Sale 8th January 2018 £9.99 | 185 x 160mm | 104 pages Full-colour | Hardcover | Humour

“Quotes from music, film, literature and history’s great and jaded minds – that prove that love should be avoided at all costs.” Tired of hearing about how ‘love is all you need’ and that ‘love will conquer all’? Does the idea of balloons, love hearts, chocolates and birds suddenly appearing make your teeth hurt with all of its sickly saccharine clichéd insanity? How about some real talk? It’s all a farce. Love sucks. As Oscar Wild said, “Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.” RICHIE TENENBAUM THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS The reality is, love is a madness that makes fools of all of us, and we’re better off without it. Whether you’re broken-hearted or just wise to the idiocy of love, know that you’re not alone. Love Sucks is a collection of funny, bitter and brutally truthful quotes about how terrible love is, from music, film, literature and history’s great and jaded LOVE SUCKS minds – and all artfully illustrated by a modern-day Sailor Jerry, Emma Munger. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Daria Summers is a freelance writer from Melbourne, Australia. She wears a lot of black and has been single for a really, really long time.

Emma Munger is a San Francisco-based illustrator and cartoonist who works at a comic book store and likes to draw sassy pin-ups of her favourite pop culture characters while watching endless amounts of Frasier.

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Humour & Pop Culture Ginger Pride A red-headed history of the world

By Tobias Anthony Illustrations by Carla McRae

ISBN 978-1-9254-1865-1 On Sale 6th February 2018 £9.99 | 185 x 160mm | 104 pages Full-colour | Hardcover | Humour

“A book more ginger than Prince Harry eating a carrot, Ginger Pride is a rallying call and calling card for ginger pride – this is the book the redheaded community (and their supporters) have been waiting for.” Part identification guide, part scientific textbook, part historical artefact, Ginger Pride – by proud redhead Tobias Anthony – is your manual to all things ginger. Split into three chapters, Ginger Pride looks at identification of redheads, the science of being red, and profiles the twenty most famous redheads in history, coming to the inevitable conclusion that the ginger influence on the world is more than a follicle deep. From the different shades of red to the things you should never say to a ginger; from the science behind the ginger aversion to the sun to why they smell different (correction: smell better); and from famous gingers in history like Queen Elizabeth I to 90s icon Ginger Spice, Ginger Pride will make all gingers cry ‘Ruadh Gu Brath’ (that’s redheads forever, if you don’t read Gaelic). ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Tobias Anthony is an author and university teacher in creative writing. He has recently completed a PhD examining the representations of mass culture in contemporary fiction. He previously published Hipster Baby Names, A Very Modern Dictionary and Should I Buy This Book? with Smith Street Books. He is proudly ginger.

Carla McRae is a Melbourne-based artist, illustrator and muralist. She has worked with clients including Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Fashion Week and Oxfam, and previously illustrated How to Spot a Hipster. She is not redheaded.

Humour & Pop Culture The World’s Best BFFs A celebration of truly perfect friendships

By Nadia Bailey Illustrations by Juppi Juppsen

ISBN 978-1-9254-1868-2 On Sale 6th March 2018 £9.99 | 200 x 170mm | 96 pages Full-colour | Hardcover | Pop Culture

“This fun, colourful, fully-illustrated book celebrates the world’s most inspiring friendships – real and fictional – making it the perfect gift for you and your own BFF.” Is there anything better than seeing photos of Sir Ian McKellen & Sir Patrick Stewart palling around? Anything more satisfying than seeing comedy queens Tina Fey & Amy Poehler slay together at the Golden Globes? A great friendship makes us better people – more loyal, more true, more generous and funny, and more able to face the world. The World’s Best BFFs profiles 40 of the most awesome and inspiring friendships (real and fictional) throughout history, including Abbi & Ilana from Broad City, Tina Fey & Amy Poehler, Sir Ian McKellan & Sir Patrick Stewart, Matt Damon & Ben Affleck, Oprah & Gayle, Leslie Knope & Ann Perkins from Parks and Recreation, Iggy Pop & David Bowie, Charlotte and Wilbur from Charlotte’s Web, and many more. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Nadia Bailey is a freelance writer and editor from Sydney, Australia. Nadia has written for Oyster magazine, Pagesdigital, NW, Madison magazine and Vogue Australia. Nadia is also the author of The Book of Barb, published by Smith Street Books.

Juppi Juppsen is a London-based illustrator and animation artist. His clients include RedBull, Universal Music, IBM, Adobe and Bosch.

Humour & Pop Culture Warhol A to Z The life of an icon – from Adman to Zeitgeist

Bewigged silver fox, mirror of society, As the first artist to really understand the He was remarkably prescient – he seemed to At the same time he was poised perfectly purveyor of art meets mass production, commercially driven culture of the late 20th predict reality TV cwith one offhand phrase as the observer, the voyeur, at a time when By Steve Wide Warhol truly embodies the 20th Century. – ‘in the future everyone will be famous for everything was changing, midst century. century, Warhol was thus the most important He’s a colourful character, a wig wearing, fifteen minutes’. It was as extension of his He was the conductor of an experimental – there were artists before him who has seen innovative artist and social butterfly own credo, where art was transitory - the orchestra. He was perfect for 60’s/70’s the satirical value in reproducing slogans who tapped into the burgeoning pop art historical vision/concept/acceptance of art society, the observer in a time when was that it was something permanent, everyone wanted to be seen. movement and made it his own. The toast of and advertising material – the reproduction glorious, a representation of the spriit – Illustrated by Alice Oehr the underground and the overground, Andy process being a mirror of both the shallow Ultimately though, he got pop. He Warhol was the first to see that it could be was truly a part of an organic new youth nature of the advertisement and the understood pop culture before it hadn’t really throw away – transitory. Ironically his art even began or been explored. A movement and pop culture movement that soaked in concept of the mass production, but became anything but. Once the repetition that started with Hamilton and Lichtenstien, music, art, literature and the joyful wonton Warhol was the first artist to fully age had come in, once photocopiers were dragged kicking and screaming like a smashing of both convention and taboo. explore the nature of art as a created, art would now be something that newborn babe from the loins of abstract art. Warhol new the value of modern American could be infinitely reproduced and therefore commodity. Futurism, the swinging sixties, the Beatles society – it traded on cash, the buy and sell, less valuable- there could bethan one version and the birth of low fi and punk in New York, and Warhol managed to both satirise it and of the produced art – but he saw that value Warhol was there with his camera recording at the same time use it to his full advantage. was inherent in the original object. the whole thing, exploring it and turning into He was the conductor, the lightening rod of art, a movement that would straddle the ideas. He was the circus master, forming a point between rock n roll, capitalism, post troupe of players around him that performed modern art and the future. and interpreted the excesses of the age. STEVE WIDE

ISBN 978-1-9254-1861-3 On Sale 1st May 2018 £12.99 | 240 x 200mm | 56 pages Full-colour | Hardcover | Pop Culture

Warhol was a relentless self- promoter, but he didn’t mind plugging other products. He appeared in a TV commercial for TDK Japan (his Japanese was truly terrible), and print ads for Sony Beta Tape and Vidal Sassoon Art Warhol saw his days as a hairspray (ironic considering he One of the leading lights in commercial artist as integral always wore a wig). America’s burgeoning Pop Art to his work. ‘Business art,’ movement, Warhol’s influence on he said, ‘is the step that contemporary art was immense. comes after Art. I started as a His obsession with celebrity and commercial artist, and I want glamour, and focus on everyday to finish as a business artist.’ objects, gave the world a new eye on art as a reflection of contemporary culture. Art critic “An illustrated A to Z, celebrating the unparalleled artistic impact of the Robert Rosenblum noted, ‘If nothing were to remain of the years from 1962 to 1987 but a Warhol retrospective, future historians and archaeologists would have a fuller time capsule to work with than that offered by any other artist of the Warhol’s commercial cultural icon Andy Warhol” period.’ art background, along with ... his artistic skills in mediums Artworks from drawing to silk screen Among Warhol’s most famous printing, helped broaden artworks are his Mao series (1972– contemporary notions about 1977), Self-Portrait (1986), Eight art, opening as many Elvises (1963), Campbell’s Soup Warhol drew more than 300 shoes for the I. doors as punk rock would Cans (1962), Brillo Boxes (1964) Miller store. ‘Nobody drew shoes the way Andy a decade later. It is impossible to overstate the impact that Andy Warhol had on the way we make and Marilyn Diptych (1962). did,’ said photographer John Coplans. ‘He ... somehow gave each shoe a temperament of Album covers its own – a sort of sly, Toulouse-Lautrec kind of While working as a commercial sophistication…’ Delicate shoe line drawings artist Warhol designed record were also a regular fixture in Warhol’s early and consume art – in all its forms. This illustrated A to Z celebrates the many faces and covers and advertising material exhibitions at New York’s Bodley Gallery. Warhol emerged from Pittsburg’s Carnegie Institute of Technology for RCA, including a compilation called Progressive Piano and with a major in pictorial design in 1949. Lured by the bright lights, Kenny Burrell’s Blue Lights. He he decamped to New York, where he found steady work as a went on to design more famous commercial artist throughout the late ’40s and early ’50s, honing record covers including The Velvet facets of the legend that was Warhol – from his early days as an adman in New York his craft as an illustrator in New York’s burgeoning advertising Underground & Nico (1967) with its instantly recognisable banana industry. He quickly became one of the decade’s most successful logo, The Rolling Stones’ Sticky On advertising and commercial artists, winning Art Directors Club commendations Fingers (1971) with its infamous consumerism Warhol zippered crotch, and John Lennon’s said, ‘Buying is more and several American Institute of Graphic Arts awards. Warhol’s to the hedonistic 70s and 80s, and from the Factory to Studio 54 and back again. This posthumous Menlove Ave in 1986. American than thinking, first assignment was for Glamour magazine, illustrating a piece and I’m as American called ‘Success is a Job in New York’, and he was a regular as they come.’ contributor to The New Yorker, Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue. A work of art in itself, Warhol’s He also dressed the windows of the Bonwit Teller department Ads Portfolio (1985) is a mock book looks at his life, his art, creative collaborations, films, friendships and fun. advertising portfolio featuring fake store and I. Miller and Sons shoe stores – where he used his ads for Macintosh, Paramount, developing talents to draw hundreds of shoes. His illustration Chanel and Mobile Gas, as well techniques included a pioneering use of rubber stamps, and his as portraits of Judy Garland, own creation, the ‘blotted line’ technique, combining drawing James Dean and Ronald Reagan. with very basic printmaking methods. The silk screen was to This is the third book in the popular A to Z series, following on from Bowie and Prince. become one of Warhol’s most recognisable art mediums. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Steve Wide is a writer and DJ. He has run some of the most enduring indie and retro

Warhol was introduced to young New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by art dealer Bruno Bischofberger in 1982. Warhol later became captivated by him, but Basquiat’s first appearance Warhol collaborated with Basquiat and club nights in Melbourne, and DJ’d for international acts including Primal Scream, One of their most in The Andy Warhol Diaries in October 1982 paints a different picture. Warhol told assistant Italian artist Francesco Clemente on a successful collaborations was range of canvasses. One artist would Pat Hackett, ‘He was just one of those kids who drove me crazy. He’s black but some people say he’s Olympic Rings (1985), which start the art dialogue, then send the Puerto Rican so I don’t know. And and then Bruno [Bischofberger] discovered him and now he’s on featured Warhol’s crude but direct canvas on to the next, who would add Happy Mondays, The Shamen, Saint Etienne and Stone Roses as well as interviewing Easy Street.’ After the meeting, Basquiat painted the two together and sent the picture to Warhol rendering of the ‘Olympic ring’ to the work, and so on. The two began Bowie logo, undercut by Basquiat’s collaborating without Clemente. Warhol was one of David Bowie’s (although Warhol said Basquiat had told him his assistant painted it). Their relationship proved addition of a rather sinister artistic inspirations, acknowledged mutually beneficial, with an ageing (and by now less relevant) Warhol benefiting from Basquiat’s black face. by Bowie on the track ‘Andy youth, burgeoning popularity and cutting-edge aesthetic, and Basquiat finding a famous mentor with Warhol’ from Hunky Dory (1971). Jarvis Cocker and Noel Gallagher in front of festival crowds. He has interviewed Bowie sent the album to Warhol, cachet and experience. At the heart of the friendship, however, there seemed to be genuine respect and performed the song and a and admiration, and possibly for Warhol, unrequited love. The relationship ended with the pair mime routine for Warhol when he visited The Factory in 1971. barely speaking. When their joint show in 1985 at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in Soho garnered Warhol was reportedly upset by countless UK music artists from John Lydon to Johnny Marr and comedians Bill mostly negative reviews, their collaborations stopped. Warhol’s death in 1987 seemed to the lyrics regarding his appearance (he ‘looked a scream’), but they trigger something dark in Basquiat, who died of a heroin overdose a year later. Of one of their found common ground talking collaborations, Warhol about shoes – the yellow Mary said Basquiat ‘came up Janes Bowie was wearing. Tellingly and painted over a painting though, Warhol never painted Bailey, Noel Fielding and Russell Brand. He is also the author of Bowie A to Z and that I did, and I don’t know Bowie’s portrait. if it got better or not’. ... Brillo Warhol made his wooden Brillo Prince A to Z published by Smith Street Books. boxes in 1964, along with a variety of other wooden sculptures of everyday consumer products. In 1968 Stockholm’s Moderna Museet ordered 500 flat-packed boxes from Brillo and set them up in a Dollar Sign, Warhol exhibit. Although mired by Don’t Tread on Me (1985) fakes and ‘Factory’ reproductions, highlights their interplay. Warhol-made Brillo boxes are today Warhol’s dollar sign as a capitalist estimated to be worth around icon is subverted by Basquiat’s $US3 million. Alice Oehr is an illustrator, graphic and textile designer based Melbourne, Australia. Warhol collaborated simple drawing of a snake and ... with Basquiat and Italian scrawled message, ‘DON’T artist Francesco Clemente on Blow Job TREAD ON ME’. a range of canvasses. One artist A silent film directed by Warhol in 1964, Blow Job features a lingering would start the art dialogue, then shot of the face of DeVeren She has worked with publishers, including Egmont, Frankie magazine and Pan send the canvas on to the next, Bookwalter as he receives fellatio. who would add to the work, and ... so on. The two began BMW Art Car collaborating without French racecar driver Hervé Poulain Clemente. MacMillan, and brands including Lavazza coffee, Smiggle and Grill’d. She has came up with the idea for artists to personalise a BMW car by painting it. Warhol painted his in 1979, by hand, in about 24 minutes; other participating artists included previously illustrated Ramen-topia and Prince A to Z for Smith Street Books. Rauschenberg, Calder, Hockney In the documentary State of the Art, and Lichtenstein. Warhol signed Basquiat seems at odds with Warhol’s the car, saying ‘I adore the car – it’s obsession with fame and the media, much better than a work of art.’ His saying ‘A lot more of daily life is abstract image on the car tried to documented and put out there – you portray a sense of speed: ‘When a go to a restaurant and they write car is going really fast, all the lines about it in The Post on page six.’ and colours become a blur.’

Humour & Pop Culture McQueen 40 41 ,, MCQUEEN An illustrated history of the fashion icon AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE FASHION ICON THERE COMES A TIME By Tom Rasmussen IN YOUR LIFE WHEN Illustrated by R. Song YOU FOCUS ON WHAT

YOU BELIEVE IS RIGHT, 1. Youth & Education REGARDLESS OF WHAT EVERYBODY ALEXANDER MCQUEEN ELSE IS DOING.

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Alexander McQueen — 1992 Written by Tom Rasmussen ISBN 978-1-9254-1870-5 Illustrated by R. Song On Sale 17th April 2018 £14.99 | 250 x 185mm | 224 pages Full-colour | Hardcover | Fashion 32 Before long a young McQueen was creating made to measure wares for royalty, most notably Prince Charles. “I’m in Saville Row, at the top of this old building with all these old tailors and it was Prince Charles’ jacket I’m working on,” McQueen once explained in a documentary, “and I draw this big willy on it.” From the word go, Lee’s relationship with fashion was one of sabotage and tradition, seeing fashion as a means of expression — and even somewhere “This book is an illustrated look at the life, loves, fashion moments and as uninspiring as a tailor on Savile Row, Lee found a way to subvert the rules, and question the hierarchies that big institutions were fuelled on. Lee would carry this attitude with him throughout his career, where his work would eventually question the very seams ultimate tragedy of one of fashion’s greatest stars – Alexander McQueen” upon which fashion and its surrounding industry was sewn. The savage beauty of his creative vision stunned and shocked the fashion world for over 15 years, with his avant-garde theatricality leading many to call him the enfant terrible of British fashion. He created fashion moments which have not faded from ALEXANDER MCQUEEN memory, like David Bowie’s Union Jack coat from 1996, Sarah Jessica Parker’s tartan Met Gala dress from 2006, and Lady Gaga in those alien armadillo shoes in the Bad Romance video clip in 2009. But before he was Alexander McQueen, he was Lee, the boy from London who dreamed of becoming a fashion designer. He worked his way up from making suits on Savile Row to starting his own fashion label and becoming one of the youngest designers ever to win an award for British Womenswear Designer of the Year.

36 37 McQueen tells Lee Alexander McQueen’s story through the gorgeous illustrations of R. Song and text by Tom Rasmussen, charting the rise and rise of McQueen through his life, his loves, his friendships, his struggles, his models and his biggest fashion moments, before his deeply sad death at the age of 40 in 2010.

In the 70s and 80s, through Lee’s early life, East London wasn’t the gentrified creative hub it is now. The streets were much more aggressive, crime was rife, and creativity and flamboyancy wasn't something met with reward. “It’s an honest place. If someone’s gonna mug you they tell you before they do it,” McQueen later –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1. Youth & Education remarked in an interview. Lee’s love of dark beauty was born here, against a backdrop of brown and red brick, steelwork, in London’s industrial, and often brutal, east end. In the early years of his life, Lee shared a small room with his two brothers

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN in the council funded flat which housed his whole family. London-based Tom Rasmussen worked on runway shows in New York before Although from humble beginnings, McQueen had big plans: announcing his dreams of being a fashion designer at a very young age, while attending Carpenter’s Road Primary School becoming a fashion journalist. His work has featured in publications including near his home. He would spend his days draping his sister in fabric, bed sheets and curtains he found lying around, making Dazed and Confused, i-D and Vice. her model for him, bringing to life his first fashion creations.

R. Song is a fashion illustrator and designer from Sydney.

Fashion I Can Get Paid for That? 154 Most pet nannies are self-employed, although some are on the payroll of high net worth individuals like celebrities. While the income of a pet nanny fluctuates, it’s considered a low-stress 99 creative careers to live a life job that allows you to avoid working in offices and other formal, corporate environments. Forget power suits and pencil skirts – the average wardrobe of a pet nanny is sweatpants and comfy sneakers. Pet nannies need to be prepared to get dirty, with picking up dog less ordinary poop and cleaning out kitty litter trays the most unglamorous parts of the role. The job of a pet nanny may seem like a bit of a lark, but Pet nanny this vocation also comes with huge responsibility. Losing a dog during a walk or leaving the back door open for kitty to escape If you believe that dogs are some of the best peeps you know and cats out of isn’t a good look, so being careful and diligent is vital, are worth bowing down to, then becoming a pet nanny will ensure especially when dealing with special needs or geriatric pets that you’re constantly surrounded by your type of ‘people’ at work. require medication. W.C. Fields once quipped ‘never work with children or animals’, The perfect role for anyone who understands animal behaviour By Jo Stewart but that hasn’t stopped legions of people choosing to work and is confident with handling pets of all kinds, being a pet nanny with creatures every day. There are dog walkers and groomers, is a fun way to earn money. With plenty of on-the-job downtime veterinarians and vet nurses, pet photographers, animal behaviour (when Kitty or Fido are napping), it’s the ideal role to take on when experts, animal rescue workers and people who breed and show studying or pursuing another craft such as writing or drawing. Sure, pure-bred animals, as parodied in the hit movie Best in Show. you’ll probably spend a lot of time talking to animals in this job, but Once relegated to the backyard and fed food scraps, many dogs when compared to many corporate roles, what’s the difference? now live indoors and feast on organic meals before sleeping in the same bed as their owner each night. Felines haven’t done too badly either, regularly chowing down on cat food varieties featuring premium ingredients and wearing diamanté-studded collars made by high-end fashion houses. The number of over-indulged pets being treated better than many humans on this planet is The lowdown something that perplexes many. Despite this, it’s a phenomenon Education or qualifications: No formal that continues to grow, with pet nannies being a prime example education requirements. of how far people will go to ensure the comfort and happiness of Experience required: Experience handling their furry family members. animals is highly recommended. Usually working from the home of the pet owner, a pet nanny Training: None required. However, completing stays with the pet/s while the owner is away on vacation or at an animal handling course would help. work. The tasks of a pet nanny can include meal preparation, walks, cuddles, brushing sessions and medication dosing. Many Restrictions: People who are allergic to cat and pet nannies are paid to do nothing more than sit on the couch and dog hair might want to rethink being a pet nanny. watch television with a cat or two on their lap. Others are expected Some employers might require a police check before hiring. Having good physical fitness and to take high-energy pooches to the beach or park for long runs and the ability to walk long distances is required ball-chasing sessions. Sending updates to anxious owners via social when minding large dogs. ISBN 978-1-9254-1842-2 media is sometimes another part of the job. On Sale 10th April 2018 £10.99 | 200 x 135mm | 216 pages 2-colour | Paperback | Reference

40 are able to put forward recommendations for which items should and shouldn’t go into orbit. While you may be having a laugh at this career, it’s actually a serious job, with all sniffers having to complete a sniff test every few months to ensure that their senses are performing to the standards needed at NASA. Imagine failing a sniff test? The humiliation! In the case that a sniffer fails the test repeatedly, they are pulled out of the team and replaced with someone else. And no, dogs can’t perform this role. Dogs are known to have a very keen sense “A fun, informative and uplifting career guide for those looking for Chief sniffer of smell, but they have a different palate that is better used for detection (not grading). Here’s a career straight from the ‘this cannot be true’ files: there As far as finances go, this is a full-time job at one of the world’s are people in this world employed to smell things. All day long they leading space agencies, so it’s pretty well paid. A degree isn’t put their nose to work in order to make the world a better place. If necessary, but freakish smelling ability is. If you’re always asking a creative working life.” you’ve got a nose for detecting odours and want to avoid following ‘what’s that smell?’ then this might be the career for you. a run-of-the-mill career path, then aim for the ultimate sniffing role: Chief Sniffer at NASA. Yes, you read that right. NASA has employed a full-time smeller for the past forty years. Tasked with smelling a range of items that will end up in space, NASA’s chief sniffer uses their smelling This compendium of creative careers is here to help you open up to all of the superpowers to ensure that no toxic, flammable items accidently end up in orbit where they could threaten the safety of a mission. Giving everything from toothpaste to fabric and electrical The lowdown incredible career possibilities out there. While some of the featured careers may equipment the smell test, it’s not a stretch to say that the work of Education or qualifications: None. the chief sniffer is actually a matter of life and death. Although a chemistry or chemical Of course, all items are put through a series of other tests to engineering degree would help. ascertain toxicity levels and avoid space fatalities, and the smell Experience required: not be for you (taxidermy anyone?) others may be the perfect fit for your skill set, test is a part of the process. Safety is a huge reason sniffers are Experience working in a employed by NASA, but another important factor is comfort. Can laboratory is favourable. you imagine doing a long stint at the International Space Station Experience smelling and detecting and being trapped with an awful odour the whole time? Astronauts a wide variety of chemical odours interests, talents and curiosities. Regardless of what you think of each of the careers need to protect their mental health, and there is nothing worse than is needed but who knows where having to live and work in a confined space with a funky stench you’d get that experience? following your every move. Training: On-the-job training is The chief sniffer heads up a team of extreme sniffers working provided by NASA. featured in this book, as a whole they represent opportunity in all its forms. in the Molecular Desorption and Analysis Laboratory. Their job is Restrictions: People with allergies, to ensure that astronauts are safe and comfortable when in space. respiratory problems or a poor sense With everyday items smelling different in different atmospheres, the of smell aren’t suitable. Security sniffers have fine-tuned their noses to detect odours that just don’t clearance may be needed to work Beyond the obvious creative careers (painting, dancing, writing) there are many other work in space. By scaling and rating all items on the panel, sniffers in this role. sectors that require creative, enquiring minds. The 99 careers in the book show you a new world of possibility – from Smokejumpers to Fortune cookie writers, Truffle hunters to Food stylists, and Golf ball divers to Perfumers. This is a fun career guide with practical advice that goes way beyond the boring. Think outside the box. 188 every city in the world. From the messages of peace emblazoned on the streets of Belfast to portraits of Nelson Mandela in Soweto, street art has changed the face of many a city. So how do you monetise your talent for turning brick walls into works of art seen by thousands, if not millions? Like all other careers in the arts, it can be difficult to earn a living from your creativity, –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– especially when you’re starting out. Materials like spray paint can be expensive and with murals taking a long time to plan, sketch and pull off, it can be difficult to set your pricing and even more difficult Street artist to connect with potential customers when you’re an unknown. The good news is that many talented street artists have managed If Banksy is your hero and you’ve got more than a smidgen of to turn their passion into a business by marketing themselves to Jo Stewart is a Melbourne-based writer and editor whose words and images have artistic talent, then becoming a street artist is a creative career individuals, councils, corporations and brands. From homeowners move that will reward you with everything from accolades to who want to commission an artist to paint a wall in their backyard outright scorn. Oh yes, as a street artist you’ll never have a dull to businesses who want a mural as a part of their office, and local been published in The Sydney Morning Herald, VICE, International Traveller, yen, moment, as this often misunderstood art form tends to be a magnet councils who want to include street art within their precinct, street for controversy. Luckily it also attracts a range of other things, artists can make money from a variety of avenues. Some clever street including connection, a sense of community and, for some artists, artists have also started teaching workshops and leading street art a really good income. tours of their neighbourhoods, so being savvy about building new Canadian Geographic, Yahoo News, The Telegraph (UK), Metro (UK) and The Times (UK). Street art is a form of visual art that appears in an outdoor setting. income streams is really an essential part of the business. Using a wide variety of materials and mediums, street art was once Apart from having artistic skills, street artists need to have good considered an illegal activity only performed by teen vandals with too listening skills to be able to paint to a brief, marketing knowledge to From filing stories from a yacht in Antarctica to writing features from a swag in the much time on their hands. Thanks to a growing appreciation of street be able to connect with potential customers, and a good work ethic to art, the once-illegal activity now has plenty of scope and has been be able to stick with a big piece or difficult medium (quitting halfway turned into a legitimate business by savvy artists. through a mural is a really bad look). With the best of the best earning For the purposes of this book, I’m referring to the street (or six-figure salaries and travelling far and wide to paint in locations Simpson Desert, Jo has worked on expeditions to some of the world’s most isolated, graffiti) artists who have turned their street art skills into a career around the world, this is an arts career with serious pulling power. and made a business out of creating art in approved outdoor locations, not the people who remain underground, obsessed with unforgiving places, including the Shackleton: Death or Glory documentary project not ‘selling out’, who think that earning a living from graffiti is a no-go because it’s an anti-Establishment art form that shouldn’t be corrupted by money. Love it or loathe it, it exists and is a valid The lowdown career these days. Education or qualifications: None. screened worldwide on Discovery Channel, SBS and PBS. Stencils, paste-ups (posters), painted murals and installations Experience required: Experience working are the most common forms of legal, commissioned street art, with a variety of mediums and materials and can be found in bars, restaurants, car parks and public parks is essential. Painting an outdoor mural all over the world, from Los Angeles to Berlin. Realising the huge isn’t the same as working on a canvas visual impact street art can have on the public, many governments with watercolours. have engaged with street artists to beautify the city and even convey Training: Some graffiti artists have training important messages. As such, street art has flourished in almost in fine arts and other artistic disciplines, but this isn’t necessary. Restrictions: None.

Reference Leaf Supply A guide to keeping happy house plants

By Lauren Camilleri & Sophia Kaplan

LEAFA GUIDE TO KEEPING HAPPY HOUSE PLANTS

SUPPLYLauren Camilleri+ Sophia Kaplan

ISBN 978-1-9254-1863-7 On Sale 17th April 2018 £20 | 250 x 210mm | 224 pages Full-colour | Flexi | Gardening/Interiors

“A beautiful and practical book on choosing and caring for over 100 easy- to-find houseplants, as well as inspiring plant styling advice and much more” Flowers are great – everyone loves receiving them. But inevitably they’re already on the way out the door (and into the bin!) by the time they arrive. Plants – living, breathing, life sustaining plants – are where it’s at! Authors Lauren and Sophia want you to fall in love with indoor gardening and growing as much as they do. Leaf Supply profiles and provides comprehensive care instructions for 100 houseplants – including tropical plants, palms, hanging plants, succulents, cacti, and more unusual varieties such as airplants and carnivorous plants – ensuring you learn and grow as your plant grows. But much more than a plant guide, Leaf Supply also gives styling advice on choosing the rights pots for your plants as well as best utilising your space, and making the most of your indoor greenery, as well as advice on pet-friendly plants for your home. The book also profiles 10 tastemakers from creative fields who have integrated indoor greenery into their homes and workplaces – to give the reader a real insight into how plants can be used in everyday life. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Leaf Supply – both the name of the book as well as their Sydney-based houseplant delivery company – is the love child of two friends and massive plant nerds, Lauren Camilleri, a magazine art director and interiors addict, and plant stylist Sophia Kaplan.

Gardening & Interiors Souk Feasting at the mezze table

By Nadia Zerouali & Merijn Tol

ISBN 978-1-9254-1862-0 On Sale 6th March 2018 £25 | 280 x 225mm | 256 pages Full-colour | Hardcover | Food

“The ‘souk’ or marketplace is the beating heart of Arabic cuisine and culture – this book celebrates the generosity of this rich food culture” The word mezze stems from the Arabic term ‘tamazzaza’ – a single word that broadly embraces the idea of enjoying small portions of food and taking the time to indulge one’s tastebuds, eyes and nose by exposing them to a wide range of aromas and flavours. A complete mezze table is formed when many of these warm and cold dishes are presented together, as a meal in itself. The mezzanic culture originated in the Ottoman Empire and can be found in the whole of the Levantian Mediterranean: from Greece and Cyprus to Turkey, Palestine, Jordan and Syria. But it is Lebanon, the cultural home of the authors, which has really developed and is famed for the richest, most extensive and sophisticated mezzanine culture. In addition to the 100 classic and contemporary mezze recipes, Souk also delves into the personal stories and reminiscences about this food tradition, and the families and friends the authors meet along the way. Eating mezze is a social event, wrapped in warmth and cosiness, and spiced with waves of laughter and noisy chatter. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Authors Nadia Zerouali and Merijn Tol have been writing about the Arabic and Mediterranean cookery for many years. They have previously authored Arabia and A Drop of Rose Water. They can also be seen on Dutch television (NTR), where they present their own culinary travel programs.

Food & Drink Japchae is one of those iconic dishes that any fan of Korean food Sweet Potato knows about and often gravitate towards. While some may mistak- Glass Noodles enly think of Japchae as a stir fried noodle dish, its preparation is Little Korea actually closer to that of a noodle salad. Stir-frying Japchae gives it a somewhat unpleasant fried oil aroma and a greasy mouth feel. When it’s done right, it has clean finish to it like you would expect from a Home food from the streets 불고 noodle salad. It’s also best served at room temperature. and kitchens

16 dried shiitake, soaked in water Slice the shiitake mushrooms into thin slices and squeeze out any overnight excess water. Fry the mushrooms on a medium heat with a little ½ carrot, peeled and cut into oil until lightly browned. Season with salt to taste. Do the same for thin matchsticks carrots, and spring onions separately, frying and seasoning 1 , sliced with salt for each of them for a few minutes. ½ Bulgogi recipe (page 43), uncooked 1 spring onion stalk, cut to 5 cm (2 inch) Fry the bulgogi until cooked and set aside. No need to season lengths and halved lengthways with salt. Place a large pot of water on the stove to boil and then neutral oil, for frying add the noodles. Cook according to the directions on the packet, salt, to taste approximately 5 mins, then drain and rinse under cold running water 250 g (9 oz) sweet potato starch noodles By Billy Law (dangmyeon) until chilled. Allow the noodle to drain of excess water.

ASSEMBLY In a small mixing bowl, add the , soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil and black pepper. Mix the seasonings together until the sugar 1 serve spinach and garlic banchan dissolves. In a large mixing bowl or salad bowl, add the chilled (page 88), cut to 5 cm (2 inch) lengths noodled. With a pair of kitchen shears or scissors, cut the mass of soy, to taste noodles in half in one direction and then half again in the other, sugar, to taste cutting in a cross formation. This will shorten the noodles which will sesame oil, to taste make it both easier to mix and to eat. Add the cooked mushrooms, black pepper, to taste carrots, onions, bulgogi and spinach to the mixing bowl. Add all of garlic, to taste sesame seeds, lightly toasted, to taste seasoning in the small mixing bowl to the large mixing bowl. Using your hands or a pair of tongs, mix in the ingredients and seasoning until thoroughly combined. Add the toasted sesame seeds to the noodles and toss through. Serve.

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If you’re looking to reheat Japchae, the best way I’ve found to do so is in the microwave with a sprinkle of water to rehydrate the dish and ISBN 978-1-9254-1816-3 create a little steam. 14 On Sale 3rd April 2018 £25 | 240 x 195mm | 224 pages Full-colour | Hardcover | Food This is another popular version, using kimchi instead of spring Kimchi pancake onions. The texture for this pancake is softer and lacks the crisp with pork belly elements of the spring onion pancake because of the additional moisture from the kimchi. However, the crispy fried strips of pork belly – a classic pairing with kimchi – adds some substance to the pancake. 불고기

“Beyond kimchi – incredibly delicious and simple Korean classics, as well 100 g (3½ oz) Korean pancake mix Put the pancake mix and 170 ml (5½ fl oz/2/3 cup) water in a mixing (page 35) bowl. Stir until the batter is just combined. Add the kimchi and its 100 g (3½ oz/1 cup) sliced kimchi, sliced juice and stir through. (page 50) 3 tablespoons kimchi juice Heat a little oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add the pork belly as popular street food dishes and modern Korean twists” 3–4 tablespoons vegetable oil strips and fry on one side until golden. Turn the pork over to cook 100 g (3½ oz) pork belly strips (see Note) the other side and, while it’s cooking, pour the pancake mix over the pork. Cook for about 5 minutes, or until the underside of the pancake is golden brown, then flip the pancake over and cook the other side until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Cut into large There’s been steadily growing interest and knowledge in Korean food across the globe squares and serve. in recent times – which can be seen reflected in the number of Korean restaurants and chains popping up. Of course, it’s helped that the cult food figure of David Chang and his Momofuko restaurants (as well as Lucky Peach magazine) have helped propel

Korean flavours, techniques and classics into the mainstream. Just like some of Korea’s NOTE

You can use bacon instead of pork belly strips, though you may need to cut down on the kimchi a little so that it doesn’t get too salty. chilli-spiked dishes, this cuisine is very hot right now! Alternatively, leave out the pork altogether for a vegetarian version.

10 Not only is the food diverse and the flavours distinct, but the dishes are simple to create at home too. Little Korea contains the most popular Korean dishes eaten everyday on the streets and in homes across the nation. No kitchen gadgetry or Sticky rice dumplings trickery is required – this is food with a singular mission: to deliver maximum flavour with red bean filling 불고기 and texture in a simple way.

Despite their delicate appearance, making your own sticky rice dumplings – or mocha, if you prefer the Japanese term – isn’t anywhere near as challenging as you might think. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

cornflour (cornstarch), for Generously dust the work surface and a rolling pin with dusting cornflour. Roll out the sticky rice dough until it’s about 5 mm 1 serve sticky rice dough (¼ inch) thick. Cut the dough into eight even-sized squares Billy Law is a former MasterChef Australia contestant, an influential food blogger (page 35) using either a pizza cutter or a knife dusted with cornflour. 1 serve sweet red beans Dust the cut ends of each square to prevent them from (page 90) sticking to each other. In a mixing bowl, mash the sweet red beans with a masher. (hitting the keyboard at A Table for Two since 2008), two-time book author For a smoother red bean filling, use a rubber spatula to work the red bean mash through a mesh sieve. Lightly dampen your hands with water. Take 2 tablespoons of bean filling and shape it into a ball. Repeat this process (Have You Eaten? and Man Food), photographer, travel writer, food stylist and to make eight balls in total. Take one square of sticky dough and use a pastry brush or paper towel to gently dust off any excess cornflour. Place a ball of red bean filling in the centre of the square. Bring the opposite corners of dough all-round good guy. up to meet in the middle, pinching the corners together to seal. Repeat the process again with the protruding corners to form a tight ball of dough around the filling. If there are any holes in the dough, pinch them together to seal. Serve immediately or store the dumplings in an airtight container and serve within a few days.

NOTE

To make ice cream-filled dumplings, scoop small balls of ice cream and place them on a tray. Return to the freezer to firm up. When hard, wrap the ice cream balls in the sticky rice squares. Place the dump- lings back into the freezer to firm up before serving.

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Food & Drink Hotdogs, Hamburgers, Tacos & Margaritas

By Steve Burggraf, Guillaume Pagliano, Alexandre Auriac & Elsa Launay

ISBN 978-1-9254-1849-1 On Sale 1st May 2018 £16.99 | 190 x 190mm | 224 pages Full-colour | Hardcover | Food

“This is a smart, fun collection of everyone’s favourite foods in a single book – who doesn’t love hotdogs, hamburgers, tacos and margaritas?” With more than 100 recipes, from quick and easy, to classic to more gourmet fare which pair some more unusual ingredients, this book brings all of your fast-food favourites together in one place (alongside some awesome accompaniments including fries, coleslaw, mash and milkshakes) – making it the perfect companion for casual weekends and entertaining friends (or just yourself if you’re feeling greedy). The hotdogs chapter features a range of recipes including Pork & , Chipolata & potato salad, Beef sausage and stilton, and Chorizo, queso freso, guacamole. In the burger chapter, you’ll find recipes for the essentials like buns and how to master the perfect patty, before moving on to classics such as a Bacon cheeseburger, Blue cheese and Southern , as well as burgers that take inspiration from all over the world including an Irish burger, English burger, Spanish burger and a spicy Indian burger that pairs beautifully with a crisp lager. The tacos and margaritas chapter contains all of the popular tacos such as Carnitas, Roast chicken, Carne asada, Chorizo & potato, Ceviche and Baja Fish as well as all of the tequila-spikes cocktail recipes you need to turn your feast into a fiesta. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Paris-based authors Steve Burggraf, Guillaume Pagliano, Alexandre Auriac & Elsa Launay are food writers and chefs with a love of classic American and Mexican food.

Food & Drink Fruit F F W S W S H H

Recipes that celebrate nature BIRCHER MUESLI WITH GRATED APPLE, PUMPKIN SEEDS, YOGHURT & GRAPES

My favorite . It can be easily adjusted for any season, By Bernadette Wörndl other grains, seeds and nuts or fruit varieties. A grated apple, however, is always added.

2 apples Photography by Gunda Dittrich 1 handful of walnuts 100 g oatmeal 2 tablespoons linseed, roughly crushed 2 teaspoons of wheat 2 tablespoons of pumpkin seeds 150 ml of milk 300 g yoghurt (3.5% fat content) 1 pinch of salt 4 tsp pistachios 1 handful of grapes Honey to drizzle

1 roughly chop the apple and roughly chop the walnuts. Both with Oatmeal, linseed, wheat bran, pumpkin seeds, milk, Mix 200 g yoghurt and salt well and cover overnight In the refrigerator.

On the next day, finely chop the pistachios and rub the second apple. Place muesli on flat plates and serve with the apple, remaining yoghurt, grapes, nuts and honey.

ISBN 978-1-9254-1844-6 - 16 - - 17 - On Sale 10th April 2018 £25 | 280 x 200mm | 240 pages Full-colour | Hardcover | Food

F F W S W S H H

ROAST PORK WITH OVEN-ROASTED APPLES & RED POTATOES

The sweetness and acidity of apple adds a light and delicate touch to the “A beautifully designed and photographed cookbook which shows roast pork. Pears or quinces are also suitable for this recipe.

1 carrot 1 small piece of celery tuber how seasonal fruit can enhance savoury and sweet dishes” 8-10 red potatoes 8 3-4 small cloves 800 g of pork belly 1 tbsp of crushed pepper plus more to taste 1 teaspoon bread spice We often associate fruit in recipes with preserves, cakes, sorbets and puddings – all 2 sprigs of thyme 150 ml of apple juice or apple juice sweet dishes. However, fruit can be an incredible complement to savoury dishes too. salt Preheat oven to 190 ° C top / bottom heat. Carrot and Peel the celery and cut into 2 cm pieces. Potatoes Peel and quarters halves halves unpeeled. Apples according to Adding blackberries to a duck breast and chard recipe or caramelised pears to a pork Size halve or quarter. Cut the pig‘s belly with a sharp knife on the skin side several times. Then season with the coarse pepper, bread spice and thyme vigorously, and sage recipe creates an incredibly tasty dish with a great depth of flavour. We are then place the skin side up on a baking sheet. Add carrots, celery, shal- lots, apples and potatoes, season with salt. Sprinkle with must and roast golden brown for 10-15 minutes. Reduce the temperature to 150 ° C and fry for a further 1½ hours. Finally, set the oven to maximum heat and About 10 minutes of grilling to get a nice crust. already familiar with some classic pairings, of course, such as lemon and chicken, apple and pork, and cranberries and turkey, but there is a whole world of flavour combinations we’re missing out on. This book shows you how to best incorporate - 26 - - 27 - fruit into your everyday cooking – whether the dishes are sweet or savoury. The book is arranged alphabetically by the central fruit used in the dish – twenty different fruits in total, which includes apples, apricots, blackberries, cherries, citrus S fruits, figs, peaches, plums, quince, rhubarb and strawberries, as well as dried fruits – while the recipes themselves are generally contemporary versions of Mediterranean APRICOT DUMPLINGS

Whether with potato dumplings or Marillenknödeln (so we call Salzburg quarknocken and apricot dumplings) My grandmother could not have given me any more pleasure after school. The dumpling record as an 8-year-old girl classics (with some inspired from further afield, such as an apricot-sweetened chicken is, I believe, at 9 pieces. And yes, with us there were often sweet food at noon. Here the original recipe:

Dumplings: Broth: korma curry). With 120 delicious recipes, this book promises to be a kitchen staple 375 g curd (20% fat content) 50 g bread crumbs 30 g very soft butter 3 tbsp of sugar 3 egg yolks ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon 3 tbsp of milk 20 g of butter 6 tbsp wheat flour plus more for the working surface Powdered sugar for serving that will be used again and again. 8-10 apricots 8-10 Sugar cubes salt sugar

Whisk the curd, butter, egg yolk and milk until slip into boiling water. Reduce the heat and allow the –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– smooth. Add flour and 1 pinch of salt, quickly add to dumplings to cover at very low heat for 15-20 minutes. a smooth dough and refrigerate. Leave for 1 hour. Breadcrumbs, sugar, cinnamon and butter in one Carefully chop apricots with a knife and Pan the pan yellow. Bring dumplings out of the water, With a sugar cubes. A big place pot with water, drain them briefly on kitchen paper and roll in the ½ tsp salt and add sugar and bring to a boil. crumbs. Place the dumplings on the plates with the other crumbs and powdered sugar. Bernadette Wörndl is a cookbook author based in Vienna. Before becoming a writer, Roll the dough on a lightly floured working surface into a strand, cut the dough pieces according to the apricot size and shape each piece into a ball. Press flat, fill with an apricot and close the dough all around Bernadette worked in some of the best kitchens in Vienna and later worked at famed well. Make dumplings into round balls and let them San Francisco restaurant Chez Panisse under the tutelage of Alice Waters.

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Food & Drink Graphic direction influenced by the nation’s flag. Tokyo Local Early Cult recipes from the streets that Most mornings in Tokyo, toast with jam and thing there is curry rice. It’s 350 yen for a coffee is going to be your most straightfor- plate, and if you add 120 yen, you can get ward breakfast option. But plenty of days, a sunny-side-up egg and a sausage—I do you’ll set your rice cooker up the night be- that for breakfast a lot and I’m in heaven. fore and wake up to warm rice that you can It’s four bucks, and it just reminds me how make the city eat with pickles, natto, leftover fish, and a fucking expensive New York is. I took my bowl of miso soup that you probably make whole family out to eat in Tokyo recently, from instant dashi, because it’s breakfast. and it was twelve dollars for the four of us. Or you’ll make onigiri with a piece of fish At Matsuya—a chain like -Yoshinoya—I’d CULT RECIPES or a pickled plum inside. But if you want to watch all the guys around me have asago- venture outside, you can find a number of han, “morning meal.” Last year when I went FROM THE both Western and Japanese ways to start to my regular place, they had these new TOKYOSTREETS the morning. Asakatsu crazy ticket machines with giant screens By Caryn Liew & Brendan Liew and all these different options. You can get THAT MAKE ASAKATSU the asagohan and it’ll come with a fried egg

THE CITY CARYN & BRENDAN LIEW Asa is “morning” and seikatsu is “life- and a bowl of rice, and then you can choose style”—so asakatsu is “morning lifestyle.” either a cup of gyudon (simmered beef and 1 2 It’s this idea of doing activities in the morn- onion), natto, or a piece of griddled salmon, ing—whether it’s riding your bike or going and it comes with little pickles and soup. to a trendy café—that became popular in the late 2000s. As a result, there’s been a STANDING UDON BARS pancake boom among young women. Pan- Beneath the streets of Tokyo are a lot of cakes have been in Japan forever, but used people eating udon for breakfast. Tokyo is to be called “hotcakes.” Someone changed a very, very busy city and people have no the nomenclature and now they’re wildly time, so they stop at a standing soba or popular. Eggs ’n Things is a Hawaiian chain udon shop in the middle of the train station that serves pancakes and crepes. In Japan, to slurp a quick bowl of noodles before they people don’t really go to Eggs ’n Things for head to the office. Noodles are a totally breakfast as much as they go to be at a hip legitimate breakfast. Curry Shops Curry new place. It’s a trend, just like the way rice is a perfectly acceptable breakfast in people in Tokyo pile into Max Brenner to Japan, and I’m addicted to it. The curry in dip marshmallows into chocolate fondue, or Japan is Indian curry via England, so a lot of line up for four hours to eat popcorn from shops will call it “Indian curry.” If you go to Chicago. a good curry shop, the guys are as insanely meticulous as the guys at any great ramen TEISHOKU-YA shop. They’ll really lovingly make a stock all These are places in Tokyo where you can day long and when you eat it, you’re like, get a straight-up traditional Japanese Holy cow! It’s deeply, deeply flavorful and ISBN 978-1-9254-1864-4 breakfast: a piece of grilled fish, miso soup, really good. pickles, rice. You walk in, you go to the tick- On Sale 8th May 2018 et machine, and you buy your food. My big 3 £20 | 245 x 195mm | 192 pages LOCAL Full-colour | Flexi | Food UNAGI ( Grilled Eel )

Don’t throw away those premium green tea leaves after you’ve steeped them—save them for this simple salad perfect over steamed rice or folded into eggs. This recipe calls specifically for gyokuro, a premium Japanese tea that, unlike other green varieties, retains plenty of their “This gorgeous cookbook captures the vibrant heartbeat of Tokyo from flavor after repeated steepings. We recommend the Kanro gyokuro from Ippodo for this salad, which uses the tea leaves left over from one serving of tea and flavors them with soy sauce and sesame oil. morning until late night – a city obsessed with food” Serves 4 1 In a cup, steep the gyokuro leaves in 90 ml (3 fl oz) of water, 2 tablespoons dried gyokuro leaves heated to 60°C (140°F), for 1 ¾ teaspoon rice vinegar to 2 minutes. Drain the leaves, ¾ teaspoon soy sauce and, if you like, steep the leaves a second time in the same amount ¼ teaspoon toasted sesame oil It’s the chicken skin yakitori you eat at 2am in a bar the size of a cupboard. It’s the and temperature of water for 30 cooked white rice, to serve seconds, then drain again. sesame seeds, to 2 In a small bowl, toss the spent Mid pork curry you devour after having to line up for 45 minutes with a bunch of excited tea leaves with the rice vinegar, soy sauce, and sesame oil until well 29 combined. Serve over rice and teenagers. It’s the yuzu ramen you slurp after ordering it from a vending machine. garnish with sesame seeds. It’s the tonkatsu you buy in a vast shopping-centre basement. And it’s the oden that’s served to you by a laid-back surfer from Okinawa. Daikon These are places in Tokyo where you can get a straight-up traditional Japanese breakfast: a piece of grilled fish, miso soup, pickles, rice. You walk Tokyo is an explorer’s dream and a food-lover’s paradise. Featuring a gorgeous in, you go to the ticket machine, and you buy your food. My big thing there is curry rice. It’s 350 yen for a plate, and if you add 120 yen, you can get a sunny-side-up egg and a sausage—I do combination of studio and street photography, Tokyo Local brings you 70 recipes that for breakfast a lot. for the dishes that define the city. The book is divided into chapters Early, Mid and Name of Shop. Dogenzaka, 1 Chome-19-8 Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0043, Japan Late, to create a sense of the city and the food that drives it at all times of the day. The focus of the recipes is on delicious but approachable food designed to be

enjoyed with friends, so you can capture the magic of Tokyo at home. Early Early 30 tonkotsu ramen 31 Literally “grilled as you like,” okonomiyaki is Japanese comfort food at its best, and a clear 9 Bring a large saucepan of water violation of the typical refined image of Japanese food. It’s a savoury pancake filled with any to the boil and set a steamer on –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– number of things (but usually cabbage and pork) and topped with fish flakes, dried seaweed, top. Place the eggplant in the mayonnaise and a Worcester-style sauce. It’s also a lot of fun: At most restaurants, diners grill steamer, then cover and steam for 5 minutes, or until tender. the dish themselves at a hotplate built into the table. Literally “grilled as you like,” okonomiyaki is Japanese comfort food at its best, and a clear violation of the typical refined image of Jap - 10 Meanwhile, in a small bowl, anese food. It’s a savoury pancake filled with any number of things (but usually cabbage and whisk the dressing ingredients pork) and topped with fish flakes, dried seaweed, mayonnaise and a Worcester-style sauce. together until the sugar has Caryn and Brendan Liew set up a one-year only Japanese cafe, Chotto, in Melbourne dissolved. Serves 4 1 Preheat the oven to 5 Meanwhile, in the same 180°C/350°F (fan-forced). Line a steamer you used for the eggplant, 11 Keeping the steamer basket 3 long slender purple Japanese baking tray with baking paper. steam the edamame for 4–5 handy, transfer the steamed in 2016, bringing ryokan-style traditional Japanese breakfast to the city. The cafe, eggplants (aubergines), about 500 g eggplant to a large mixing bowl and minutes, or until tender. Refresh (1 lb 2 oz) in total, cut into 2 cm thick 2 Bring a large saucepan of water in iced water. Steam the sugar snap toss with 2 tablespoons of the miso (3/4 inch) rounds to the boil and set a steamer on peas for 1 minute, then refresh in dressing. Spread the slices over which featured in the 2017 issue of Australian Gourmet Traveller, transported diners to 140 g (5 oz/1 cup) frozen podded top. Place the eggplant in the iced water. Drain the edamame and the baking tray in a single layer, edamame (young green soy beans) steamer, then cover and steam for peas and set aside. then bake for 15–20 minutes, or until the sauce starts to caramelise 150 g (51/2 oz) sugar snap peas 5 minutes, or until tender. 6 Bring another large saucepan of and the eggplant browns slightly. 180 g (61/2 oz) dried soba noodles Japan on cultural and culinary journeys, traversing old and new. 3 Meanwhile, in a small bowl, water to a rapid boil (or just use the Remove from the oven, brush 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil whisk the dressing ingredients same pan you used for steaming lightly with a little more of the together until the sugar has the vegies). Add the noodles and dressing and set aside to cool 150 g (51/2 oz) snow peas a little. (mangetout), finely sliced lengthways dissolved. boil for 4 minutes, or until just tender. Drain, rinse the noodles 1 teaspoon Japanese roasted white 4 Keeping the steamer basket well under cold water, then drain 12 Meanwhile, in the same sesame seeds handy, transfer the steamed well. Transfer to a large mixing steamer you used for the eggplant, steam the edamame for 4–5 1 teaspoon Japanese roasted black eggplant to a large mixing bowl and bowl. Prior to opening Chotto, Brendan worked as Head Chef at the three Michelin-starred toss with 2 tablespoons of the miso minutes, or until tender. Refresh sesame seeds dressing. Spread the slices over 7 Stir the sesame oil and a in iced water. Steam the sugar snap Shiro miso dressing the baking tray in a single layer, tablespoon of water into the peas for 1 minute, then refresh in 3 tablespoons white miso paste then bake for 15–20 minutes, or remaining miso dressing, to thin iced water. Drain the edamame Nihonryori Ryugin in Roppongi, Tokyo and Hong Kong. He also studied the art of and peas and set aside. (shiro miso) until the sauce starts to caramelise it down to a smooth pouring 1 tablespoon coconut sugar and the eggplant browns slightly. consistency. Add the snow peas Remove from the oven, brush and steamed vegetables to the 13 Bring another large saucepan 14 Stir the sesame oil and a 15 Transfer to a serving plate, ramen-making in Japan prior to delving into kappo and modern kaiseki cuisine. 2 tablespoons mirin lightly with a little more of the noodles and combine gently. Just of water to a rapid boil (or just tablespoon of water into the scatter with the sesame seeds use the same pan you used for remaining miso dressing, to thin and serve drizzled with the 2 teaspoons light soy sauce dressing and set aside to cool a before serving, mix through two- little. thirds of the dressing. steaming the vegies). Add the it down to a smooth pouring remaining dressing. noodles and boil for 4 minutes, consistency. Add the snow peas 8 Transfer to a serving plate, or until just tender. Drain, rinse and steamed vegetables to the scatter with the sesame seeds and the noodles well under cold water, noodles and combine gently. serve drizzled with the remaining then drain well. Transfer to a large Just before serving, mix through dressing. mixing bowl. two-thirds of the dressing.

Food & Drink XXL Epic food, street eats & cult dishes from around the world

By Billy Law

ISBN 978-1-9254-1859-0 On Sale 1st May 2018 £20 | 255 x 195mm | 200 pages Full-colour | Hardcover | Food

“XXL is grown-up ‘dude food’ from around the world – and the perfect antidote to the endless #healthyliving cookbooks out there!” XXL is Billy Law’s answer to ‘what’s next’ after publishing the successful Man Food in 2014. What was next was bigger, more epic street food and cult dishes gathered from his travels around the globe in recent years – XXL is Man Food on steroids. Through 70 incredible dishes – covering , burgers, mains, desserts and drinks – Billy taps into the contemporary street food scene. This is not food for the faint- hearted or those into ‘clean eating’ or ‘the paleo lifestyle’ – thank god! These are honest-to-goodness recipes that are bold on flavour, size and, yup, calories. Dig in if you love great comfort food and street eats from all corners of the globe as well as pimped-up classic dishes. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Billy Law is a former MasterChef Australia contestant, an influential food blogger (hitting the keyboard at A Table for Two since 2008), two-time book author (Have You Eaten? and Man Food), photographer, travel writer, food stylist and all-round good guy.

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