Relates the bizarre history of the all-female De La Garza family. Tita, the youngest daughter of the house, has been forbidden to marry, condemned by Mexican tradition to look after her mother until she dies. But Tita falls in love with Pedro, and he is seduced by the magical food she cooks.

Second edition.

'The funniest cookbook ever written' Sunday Telegraph

Features over 1,000 classic and contemporary recipes, more than 300 color photos, menus, instructions and helpful tips for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year's.

Shows us how to put food back at the centre of the political and family agenda. This title is part memoir, part journalistic investigation, and is full of original recipes.

This volume is not about being a goddess, but about feeling like one. Nigella shows that there can be more feelgood mileage from running up a tray of muffins or baking a sponge cake than in almost any other cooking - and that it's not actually hard.

Flagship book of award-winning series with more than 1000 pages and 800 illustrations. Would you make 38 versions of creme caramel to find the absolute best version? The editors of Cook's Illustrated did. Along with 20 versions of simple recipes such as coleslaw. Now fully revised and expanded this new edition offers more than 1000 recipes for all your favourite dishes from roast chicken and ...

A diet proven to be good for your figure, your heart and your health

Written by a French-born and bred author, this book shows how to eat with balance and control. It combines memoir, wisdom, wit, delicious recipes, and French common sense.

Aims to give confidence to the ordinary home cook by providing hundreds of recipes and menus and by encouraging the reader to see cooking in context and, most importantly, to acquire a real understanding. Coverage includes kitchen basics, children's food, everyday cooking, weekend lunch and the last minute dinner party.

The second volume in this cooking series features over 200 vegetarian recipes and a bounty of kitchen guidance from one of America's dearest cookbook authors. This new edition features colour photographs, five additional recipes and a new section on how to make fresh pasta at home.

A collection of uncomplicated, fresh recipes that are easy to make after a busy day at the office, fun to linger over at weekends or to make with the kids, dreamy to look at and delicious to eat. Recipes include late breakfasts, party food, TV dinners, trailer trash and indoor picnics.

Presents over 350 recipes for various dishes, from simple snacks to dinner-party desserts that can be prepared in 30 minutes or under.

Provides simple and accessible recipes for your family and any guests you might have round for dinner. This work includes information on the equipment that you should have in your kitchen, advice on how to recognize and cook loads of different cuts of meat, as well as on how to get the best value and quality when you're out shopping.

Blending humor, wisdom, history, pop culture, science, and basic cooking knowledge, the author presents an instructional cooking guide that features various cooking techniques accompanied by a master recipe for each technique.

Containing over 300 recipes and more than 200 photos, this title talks about families and food, about public holidays and private passions, and about how to celebrate the small pleasures. It includes almost everything from Christmas, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Eid, to Passover and Easter; from Meatless Feasts to Midnight Feasts, and more.

Combines bold flavours and fresh ingredients within simple recipes.

A collection of recipes from The Silver Palate, the first gourmet carry-out shop in Manhattan, including recipes for Chicken Marbella, Curried Butternut Squash Soup, Brie Wrapped in Filo, Chilli for a Crowd, Marinated Chevres, Raspberry-Sauternes Dessert Soup, and White Sangria.