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		<title>Spritz!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Add some sparkle to your drink repertoire with Spritz!]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Spritz up your summer by the pool or enchanting New Year&#8217;s Eve party with sparkling cocktails that are as refreshing as they are gorgeous! While you may not be in Italy sipping an Aperol Spritz, you can make your own twist on this and other classic bubbly drinks.</strong></p>
<p>From classic spritzes to innovative, bubbly blends, every page invites you to explore new flavors and techniques. Craft a flawless spritz for a sun-soaked afternoon with friends and mix up a sparkling cocktail to add some extra shimmer to your evening gatherings and holiday parties. Each recipe is crafted to bring a burst of refreshment and fun into your glass. With step-by-step instructions and tips for perfecting your bubbly beverages, you&#8217;ll be mixing up masterpieces in no time.</p>
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<li>Limoncello Spritz-zesty, sweet, and perfect for summer evenings</li>
<li>Elderflower Fizz-floral and refreshing, ideal for garden parties</li>
<li>Champagne Mojito-minty, bubbly twist on a classic</li>
<li>Sparkling Negroni-bold and bittersweet with an effervescent finish</li>
<li>Raspberry Prosecco Fizz-fruity and festive, great for celebrations</li>
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<p>Elevate your gatherings with a splash of sparkle-cheers to making every occasion extraordinary!</p>
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		<title>Glorious boards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Learn how to assemble stunning grazing boards quickly and easily, with the mouth-watering photographs and simple recipes of Glorious Boards. Uncover the world of sharing boards and platters, featuring charcuterie spreads, cheese boards, and dessert decks for every occasion, theme, and celebration.</p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Learn how to assemble stunning grazing boards quickly and easily, with the mouth-watering photographs and simple recipes of Glorious Boards. Uncover the world of sharing boards and platters, featuring charcuterie spreads, cheese boards, and dessert decks for every occasion, theme, and celebration.</p>
<p>An eye-catching and delectable grazing board combines good food with stunning presentation. And with just a little inspiration &#8211; voila! &#8211; you&#8217;ll be creating Instagrammable grazing boards and platters for every event, whether it&#8217;s a family brunch, birthday celebration, romantic dinner, or simple night in.</p>
<p>Discover the best tools and board care, food-styling tips for a WOW every time, and utensils and labels for upping your board game. Delve into 60-plus beautiful boards and delectable recipes for inspiration, many featuring DIY recipes for added embellishment &#8211; from the Harvest Home Cheese &#038; Charcuterie Board to the Vegan Garden Grazing Board and from the Big Night In Board to S&#8217;mores Board, find something for everyone and every occasion.</p>
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		<title>Winter celebrations</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A modern guide to making your own sustainable and handmade celebration]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i><b>Winter Celebrations</b></i><b> is a celebration of the festive season through craft, featuring a beautiful collections of over 30 decorations and gifts that draw upon Arounna Khounnoraj&#8217;s natural aesthetic.</b></p>
<p> From christmas decorations, advent calendars to handmade tablescapes for family gatherings &#8211; get ready to hunker down and make yourself a handmade Christmas. </p>
<p> In this ultimate maker&#8217;s guide to the festive season, Arounna will cover a variety of different crafts from embroidery, block printing, sewing and pottery, through the projects learn how to make your own wrapping paper, paper garlands and more. </p>
<p> Designed with sustainability in mind, the projects will teach you how to think innovatively and reusing whatever materials you might have to hand, including found and natural objects. There will also be an emphasis on techniques that don&#8217;t require a lot of tools or equipment as well as projects that can be achieved in a short amount of time. </p>
<p> All the projects include stunning lifestyle photography and clear step-by-step instructions, making this a book accessible for all. </p>
<p><i>Winter Celebrations</i> will inspire readers to create decorations that they can reuse each year as they learn to embrace a more handmade approach to the festive season. </p>
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		<title>Table for two</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Whether it's your Mum, your best friend, or your significant other, sweep the person you love off their feet with failsafe recipes for show-off meals for two. 'Table for Two' is food writer Bre Graham's first cookbook, showcasing recipes to cook for the people you love. Food to make your heart beat faster, things to risk looking silly eating like spaghetti twirled straight from your fork onto your white t-shirt, super quick to whip up things, and alcohol-infused everything. These dishes are for the days when you want to set the table for two and focus on someone special.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Whether it&#8217;s your Mum, your best friend, or your significant other, sweep the person you love off their feet with failsafe recipes for show-off meals for two.</b></p>
<p><i>Table for Two </i>is food writer Bre Graham&#8217;s first cookbook, showcasing recipes to cook for the people you love. Food to make your heart beat faster, things to risk looking silly eating like spaghetti twirled straight from your fork onto your white t-shirt, super quick to whip up things, and alcohol-infused everything. These dishes are for the days when you want to set the table for two and focus on someone special.</p>
<p>From uncomplicated-but-outstanding in Part I, to over-the-top-but-no-stress cooking in Part II, <i>Table for Two </i>helps you impress at breakfast, lunch, aperitivo, dinner, and dessert. With illustrated essays on topics like the simple pleasure of a delivery pizza, and breathtaking, multi-course menus catering for special occasions, <i>Table for Two</i> guides you through the moments you want to say: &#8220;I love you, let me feed you something that will make you feel good&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>Flower porn</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bold, modern and more than a little bit cheeky, 'Flower Porn' ditches the traditional floral bouquets for designer arrangements that you can recreate at home. Kai Kaimins, founder of East London florist My Lady Garden, shows you how to fill your home or office with eye-catching, Instagram-worthy arrangements. By following her flower recipes, you'll unlock the secrets of colour theory and get up close and personal with a huge array of blooms, season by season.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Fresh, artistic and cheeky designs for a new generation of creative florists.</b></p>
<p>Bold, modern and more than a little bit cheeky, <i>Flower Porn</i> ditches the traditional floral bouquets for designer arrangements that you can recreate at home. Kai Kaimins, founder of East London florist My Lady Garden, shows you how to fill your home or office with eye-catching, Instagram-worthy arrangements.</p>
<p>By following her flower recipes, you&#8217;ll unlock the secrets of colour theory and get up close and personal with a huge array of blooms, season by season. Complete with an essential chapter on floristry techniques, this book will show you how to choose the best flowers for each arrangement, and prepare each stem to make sure that your bold creations will last.</p>
<p><b>Float into the pages of this flirty flower book to explore: </b></p>
<p>&#8211; Four chapters of flower arrangements are arranged by season, with each project presented as a recipe, complete with a food-related heading.<br />&#8211; A preliminary chapter will cover the key techniques and processes readers will need to create each flower recipe.<br />&#8211; Featuring vivid photography and modern layouts that capture Kai&#8217;s style and the My Lady Garden aesthetic.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s nothing quite like a bouquet of flowers, and there is absolutely nothing at all like the bouquets, arrangements and stunning displays in <i>Flower Porn</i> to bring beauty to a room.</p>
<p>A must-have addition to the library of every flower-arranger &#8211; whether you&#8217;re discovering the art form for the first time, or already a professional florist looking for new ideas for the business, <i>Flower Porn</i> has something for everyone to love.</p>
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		<title>The Little Library Parties</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A collection of 50 recipes, inspired by literature, for celebrating with friends and family from Kate Young.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>50 party recipes to suit every occasion, from award-winning food writer Kate Young. It&#8217;s time to spend time with those we love most. It&#8217;s time to party. In <i>The Little Library Parties</i>, Kate Young draws on all of her experience catering for weddings and events, and her love of cooking for friends, to provide 50 sensational new recipes for entertaining. From dinner party feasts and canapes for a crowd, to barbeques, tea parties, house parties and that all important morning-after tonic, Kate provides delicious and joyful recipes &#8211; as always, inspired by her favourite literature &#8211; to ensure your get-together tastes delicious.With beautiful photographs throughout and in a gorgeous, giftable format, this is the perfect book to help you kick off the party season.&#8217;Transportative&#8230; [The] recipes are enhancing and useful&#8217; <b>Caroline Eden, <i>TLS</i> on <i>The Little Library Christmas</i></b></p>
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		<title>The Ultimate Book of Cocktails</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A comprehensive and stylish book on cocktails]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>In <i>The Ultimate Book of Cocktails</i>, bestselling cocktail author Dan Jones shares over 100 of his best-loved drinks.</b></p>
<p>Starting with the basics, Dan covers the essentials of a home bar, from equipment and glassware to spirits needed, also including his own recipes for syrups, sours and brines. The cocktail list will have you powering through that leftover vodka you&#8217;ve had gathering dust in the kitchen in no time!</p>
<p>From classic tipples to batch drinks for a crowd, hair-of-the-dog hangover cures, inventive new drinks, seasonal hits, tropical tasters and more, this is the bible of cocktails. Wow your guests with a mojito good enough to impress Ernest Hemingway, get the party started with a big batch of Backyard Sangria, and knock the socks off of winter with a hot and steamy Mexican Hot Chocolate.</p>
<p>From summer tipples to winter warmers, this is the only cocktail book you will ever need. All written in Dan&#8217;s witty, engaging style, <i>The Ultimate Book of Cocktails</i> is perfect for the cocktail-lover in your life.</p>
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		<title>BOSH! on a Budget</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>THE <em>SUNDAY TIMES</em> BESTSELLER</p><p><strong>OVER 1 MILLION BOSH! BOOKS SOLD</strong></p><p><strong>BOSH! are back with the ultimate money-saving, plant-based cookbook.</strong></p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>THE <em>SUNDAY TIMES</em> BESTSELLER</p>
<p><strong>OVER 1 MILLION BOSH! BOOKS SOLD</strong></p>
<p><strong>BOSH! are back with the ultimate money-saving, plant-based cookbook.</strong></p>
<p>Number one  <em>Sunday Times</em> bestselling authors Henry and Ian know how to make outrageously tasty, super satisfying food without breaking the bank. In <em>BOSH! on a Budget</em>, they share over 100 delicious recipes and prove that great tasting food doesn&#8217;t have to cost the earth.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re looking to save a few pennies or even some serious dough, BOSH! have you covered. From hearty midweek dinners and comfort food feasts to indulgent brunches and unbelievably tasty treats, this book is also packed with money-saving hacks and batch-cooking tips and tricks.</p>
<p>Whether you&#8217;re living completely meat-free, or just looking to introduce more plant-based meals into your week, this is the money-saving cookbook for you.</p>
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		<title>Life In A French Country House</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[French tastemaker Cordelia de Castellane presents her inspirations and secrets to exquisite at-home entertaining and dÃ©cor, organised according to the four seasons.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As France&#8217;s most prominent host and the artistic director of Dior Home and Baby Dior, Cordelia de Castellane is a leading ambassador of the Gallic lifestyle. Simply put, Cordelia is to French entertaining what Inès de la Fressange is to French style. Drawing from her illustrious career, family life, and lively social circle, she invites readers into her welcoming world of stylish hospitality with this new volume. Organised according to the seasons of the year-winter, spring, summer, and fall-the chapters uncover Cordelia&#8217;s tips and inspirations for living and entertaining Ã  la française. With individual sections dedicated to seasonal tableware, recipes, interior design, flower arranging, and more, readers will delight in learning how to re-create chic French style for special events and everyday occasions alike. Accompanying personal archival photos, exclusive images of vibrant table settings and decor at Cordelia&#8217;s gorgeous private residence in the French countryside brim with effortless flair. Complete with informative captions and texts, this book is a must-have guide on how to bring French joie de vivre to your home.</p>
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