From blast chilling to low temperature cooking, modern systematic innovations in the food service industry have largely been linked to thermal treatments. We tend to automatically associate the concept of preservation with refrigeration and freezing, but this habit of mind is beginning to show its limitations, particularly in those contexts where quality and efficiency must coexist. Prof. Davide Cassi has demonstrated that it is now possible to preserve food at its serving temperature. Dev...

Dalla catena del freddo alla cottura a bassa temperatura, le innovazioni sistemiche della moderna cucina professionale sono sempre legate a questioni “termiche”. Per abitudine, il concetto della conservazione riconduce alla refrigerazione e alla congelazione, ma questo automatismo mentale sta mostrando i suoi limiti, sempre più evidenti in un contesto di ristorazione dove qualità ed efficienza sono ormai un tutt’uno. Come dimostra il Prof. Davide Cassi, oggi è possibile conservare anche a ...

An invaluable guide to dealing with distressing voices from leading expertsHearing voices can be highly distressing and impact our health, well-being and day-to-day lives. This self-help guide explains what voices are, what causes them and how to cope with this distressing experience..Using clinically proven cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques, this book will help you to recognise the link between your thoughts, beliefs and relationships, and the...

Contains the next two books in the thrilling Cassie McGraw series.One Last Game, book three:Cassie's life has been going pretty well lately, especially since she and Dex decided to move in together. All that changes suddenly, however, when she finds herself running late for work at the Outreach Center and arises just in time to see the building blown up. Thinking that her friends are all dead, Cassie is devastated, but then she lea...

Contains the first two books in the thrilling Cassie McGraw series.What Lies Beneath, Book 1:Fresh out of high school and off to college, Cassie thought she had the world by its tail, and then she met Mike. Tall, handsome, and a police detective to boot, he swept her off her feet and into a whirlwind relationship that led to an engagement ring.But things aren't always as they seem, and Cassie comes to discover that Mike has a dark side. Whe...

THE #1 SENSATION WITH OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD IN FRANCEFrench Riviera, winter 1992.On a freezing night, as her high school campus is engulfed by a snowstorm, 19-year-old Vinca Rockwell runs away with her philosophy teacher with whom she's been having a secret affair.No one will ever see her again.French Riviera, spring 2017.Formerly inseparable, Fanny, Thomas a...

Mathematics and Science for Sport and Exercise introduces students to the basic mathematical and scientific principles underpinning sport and exercise science. It is an invaluable course companion for students who have little prior experience of maths or science, and an ideal revision aid for higher level undergraduate students.The book explains the basic scientific principles that help us to understand sport, exercise and human movement, using a wide range of well-illustr...

Few things are as important as the food we eat. Conversations in Food Studies demonstrates the value of interdisciplinary research through the cross-pollination of disciplinary, epistemological, and methodological perspectives. Widely diverse essays, ranging from the meaning of milk, to the bring-your-own-wine movement, to urban household waste, are the product of collaborating teams of interdisciplinary authors. Readers are invited to engage and reflect on the theories and practi...

Wilder Dreams is a heartfelt audio drama set on the wide-open plains of Montana, where 16-year-old Bailey Cooper returns to her family’s ranch after the loss of her older brother, Conner. Bailey works through her grief while chasing the dream they once shared, to create a sanctuary for horses in need. Over the course of the series, Bailey, her family, and a group of friends transform the struggling ranch into something new, a place where wounded horses and wounded hearts find healing, hope...

They're hanging Bobby Lee Cabot in Cloverdale, Nevada on Friday. Or so they think. Thursday brings Smoke Jensen to town. In another life, Bobby Lee was almost kin to Smoke, and guilty or not, Smoke will blast Cloverdale sky high if that's what it takes to set his old friend free. By midnight, Smoke and Billy Ray are riding hell-for-leather out of Cloverdale, and into a war between cunning railroad robbers and the organization sworn to stop them. Bobby Lee was working for the railroads unti...

Former cop Lily Yu has her sister's wedding to attend, a missing magical staff to find, and now must deal with her grandmother's decision to return to the old country. Lily could turn to the man she's involved with for advice, but for all the passion that flares between them, she doesn't really know Rule Turner--she's just bound to him for life. Rule happens to be a werewolf, and Lily wonders just how far she can trust him.