Having dined and worked with some of the most brilliant chefsaround the world, top food writer James Steen presents the definitive 50 dishesto die for.Let your taste buds travel the world to discover the delights ofVietnam's meaty pho, Japan's aromatic ramen, and the rib-sticking, spicy gumboof America's Deep South. Learn the truth and fascinating histories of ourfavourite foods – how Queen Victoria loved a tongue-tingling curry and precisely...

Join award-winning writer James Steen for a feast of facts, stories, recipes and tips about food and drink.Delving into forgotten corners of gastronomic history, Steen reveals what Parmesan has to do with broken bones, why John Wayne kept a cow in a hotel and how our attitudes to food have changed over the centuries. Laying bare the secrets of the kitchen, he concocts the ultimate hangover cure and explains how to cook perfect rib of beef with the oven off.With much-loved coo...

The long-awaited autobiography of the archetypal kitchen bad boy - Marco Pierre WhiteWhen Marco Pierre White's mother died when he was just six years old, it transformed his life. Soon, his father was urging him to earn his own keep and by sixteen he was working in his first restaurant. White went on to learn from some of the best chefs in the country, such as Albert Roux, Raymond Blanc and Pierre Koffmann. He survived the intense pressure of hundred-hour weeks in ...

Sakaguchi Ango (1906-1955) was a writer who thrived on iconoclasm and agitation. He remains one of the most creative and stimulating thinkers of twentieth-century Japan. Ango was catapulted into the public consciousness in the months immediately following Japan's surrender to the Allied Forces in 1945. The energy and iconoclasm of his writings were matched by the outrageous and outsized antics of his life. Behind that life, and in the midst of those tumultuous times, Ango spoke with a cutt...

The southeastern United States has one of the richest records of early human settlement of any area of North America. This book provides the first state-by-state summary of Paleoindian and Early Archaic research from the region, together with an appraisal of models developed to interpret the data. It summarizes what we know of the peoples who lived in the Southeast more than 8,000 years ago—when giant ice sheets covered the northern part of the continent, and such mammals as elephants, sab...

Was wäre, wenn du beim ersten Kuss schon weißt, wie es endet? Eine zauberhafte Romantic Comedy aus England.Amy Daniels kann etwas, das sonst niemand kann: Immer wenn sie jemanden zum ersten Mal küsst, sieht sie, wie die Sache ausgeht. Schnell und unspektakulär oder mit Tränen und Türenschlagen, bald, nach Monaten oder Jahren – aber immer unglücklich. Amy hat daher beschlossen: Dann lieber gar nicht erst anfangen mit der Liebe. Als bei der Hochzeit ihrer besten Freu...

Counseling Black Men and Boys with Excellence: Exploring Career, Clinical, and School Contexts provides practice, research, and policy implications for practitioners, faculty, researchers and policy makers in the field of counseling to address the most pressing issues that Black men and boys continually encounter.Chapters address salient gaps in the theoretical and scientific literature by offering compelling insights and perspectives that underscore the opportunities and ...

A young boy and girl, born worlds apart, chased the promise of the good life—the American Dream—only for the lives they carefully built to fall apart in the wake of divorce. Almost Home shares the truth of God’s promises, his power to rebuild lives and transform hearts.Almost Home shares how two broken families joined together in holy matrimony and God’s healing. David Steen takes readers through one family’s journey of remarriage, building a home...

Was wäre, wenn du beim ersten Kuss schon weißt, wie es endet? Eine zauberhafte Romantic Comedy aus England. Amy Daniels kann etwas, das sonst niemand kann: Immer, wenn sie jemanden zum ersten Mal küsst, sieht sie, wie die Sache endet. Schnell und unspektakulär oder mit Tränen und Türenschlagen, bald, nach Monaten oder Jahren - aber immer endet sie unglücklich. Amy hat daher beschlossen: Dann lieber gar nicht erst anfangen mit der Liebe. Als bei der Hochzeit ihrer besten Freundin ihre alte ...

When I began to study psychology a half century ago, it was defined as "the study of behavior and experience." By the time I completed my doctorate, shortly after the end of World War II, the last two words were fading rapidly. In one of my first graduate classes, a course in statistics, the professor announced on the first day, "Whatever exists, exists in some number." We dutifully wrote that into our notes and did not pause to recognize that thereby all that makes life meaningful was bei...

Fyret er trettende bind i serien om kriminalkommisær Adam Dalgliesh fra Scotland Yard.Under Anden Verdenskrig kommer tre tyske soldater til Combe Island ud for Englands kyst. Alle tre myrdes brutalt. Tres år senere er øen et lille og diskret, rekreativt paradis for den britiske elite. Tjenestefolkene betjener herskaberne, og stilheden brydes kun af Atlanterhavets brusen og dønningerne efter den arrogante kvartalsgæst, forfatteren Nathan Oliver. Men en dag ankommer inspektør...

Mordsalen er tolvte bind i serien om kriminalkommisær Adam Dalgliesh fra Scotland Yard.Adam Dalgliesh inddrages i en sag fuld af lidenskab og kærlighed. Og selvfølgelig en god del mystik. The Dupayne i London - et mindre privatejet museum med speciale i mellemkrigsårene - er i oprør. Bestyrelsen kan ikke blive enig om, hvorvidt museet skal lukke eller ej, og pludselig findes et af bestyrelsesmedlemmerne brutalt myrdet. Mens Dalgliesh og hans stab er ved at opklare det mysti...