The Great Pottery Throw Down book is a practical and beautiful guide to creating in clay at home. Accompanying budding potters on their creative journey, this book teaches the basics of both handbuilding and throwing techniques before taking you through 20 projects inspired by the show’s challenges. The projects are aimed to build on your skills as you work through them starting with an egg cup or mug and working up to a jug or teapot.

Covering a range of topics from setting up your space and choosing the right clay to the basics of using a wheel and the three core hand-building techniques (slab building, coiling and pinching) – this is an essential guide to pottery. The projects include spoon rest, vase, dinner plate, nesting bowls, plant pot, teacup, animal figurine, salad bowl and more. Once you have mastered the basics, finesse your creations with expert tips on decorating, glazing and firing your projects.

Discover the joy of the iconic Great  Pottery Throw Down in your own home and open yourself up to a world of ceramic possibility.
 

With clear, uncomplicated instructions and accessible, supermarket-friendly swaps for traditional Chinese ingredients, Chinese Made Easy demystifies the process of cooking flavourful Chinese dishes at home.  

Starting with the basics, Kwoklyn  teaches you the essential techniques used in Chinese cookery, from velveting meat to wok-cooking methods. Then, you’ll learn to cook everything from Wontons and Dim Sum to meat-based dishes like Easy Char Siu Pork and Aromatic Braised Beef Stew. And with veggie recipes like Crispy Sticky Tofu, Salt and Pepper Aubergine Fritters and Sweet Soy Spring Onion Noodles, there’s a recipe here for everyone.

James Martin offers over 100 classic and contemporary recipes that highlight how cheese can add flavour, depth and indulgence to your everyday cooking. There are so many classics to master (everyone needs to know how to cook a good cheese omelette), but also twists on classics and lighter, more delicate dishes. Including Baked Camembert with Bacon and Manchego Croquetas to share, perfectly balanced salads like Ricotta Figs with Parma Ham and Walnuts, comforting mains like Chicken Cordon Bleu and Butter Paneer Curry, all-important sides like the ultimate Cauliflower Cheese or Tartiflette, and even delicious desserts like Summer Berry Cake and Baked Cheesecake – there really is something for every occasion.

With hundreds of cheese varieties to choose from, James will guide you through the most popular and how best to cook them as well offering recipe variations and new favourites to try. These are simply the best cheese recipes for the home kitchen.

It’s almost 150 years since someone had the idea of mixing dry vermouth and gin – and yet the Martini is now more popular than it’s ever been. What’s behind this simple drink’s enduring success? And can perfection be reached, with a recipe so renowned, yet as personal as how you take your tea?
 
In The Martini, award-winning journalist, Financial Times columnist and cocktail expert Alice Lascelles goes on a deep-dive into one her favourite drinks -  one that’s bewitched bartenders, artists, authors, film-makers and barflies for more than a century.
 
Over the course of 60 recipes, she charts the Martini’s journey from the smoky saloons of 1880s New York to the hottest cocktail joints of the 21st century. Discover old-time Martini twists like the Flame of Love and the Tuxedo in the section on Vintage drinks, or turn to Honorary for fun and fruity updates on Lychee and Espresso Martinis. The Classic section, which covers the likes of the Dry Martini, the Vesper and the Gibson, will delight Martini purists, while the Contemporary chapter showcases new-wave Martini recipes from some of the world’s top mixologists.
 
Peppered with anecdotes from the drink’s rich history and Alice’s travels round the world in search of the ultimate recipe, The Martini voyages from the speakeasies of Tokyo and the dive bars of Brooklyn to the swankiest hotels of St James’s. Discover the best Martini to pair with oysters;   explore variations infused with olive oil, shiso and jasmine tea; find out why your most important tool is your freezer; and the real reason James Bond liked a shaken, not stirred, Martini.
 
If you don’t know what your perfect Martini looks like, then this book will help you find it. And if you do, then its mix of tips, tricks and trade secrets will almost certainly help you to improve it.
 
Crisply-designed and illustrated with stunning colour photography, The Martini is a stylish, fun and fascinating guide to one of the cocktail world’s most enduring classics.
 

Enjoy the best of veg, all year long, with this must-have vegetarian cookbook.

Vegetables showcases almost 100 inventive vegetarian recipes that encourage you to celebrate the seasons, switch up your diet, upgrade your sense of vitality and health and tread more lightly on the planet. From Spring Onion and Tarragon Tart and Radicchio and Chestnut Risotto to Baked Aubergines with Spiced Rosemary Cream and Stuffed Tomatoes with Coconut Rice, this book makes our most-loved veg the main event. Packed with recipes for generous lunches and hearty dinners, these crowd-pleasing dishes will leave everyone deliciously nourished, and with ‘seasonal swaps’, plus vegan and gluten-free options, you’ll never run out of mouth-watering variations to bring to the table.

Whether you have a few sad carrots at the bottom of the fridge, are a veg-box advocate in need of inspiration, or a keen gardener with a glut of produce, Vegetables will show you just how easy it is to pack plenty of tasty plants onto your plate, every week of the year.

Nature is right on your doorstep. Whether you’re in the countryside, city or somewhere in between, there is wildlife everywhere if you know where to look. And while it’s trickier to find in some places than others, nature can thrive in the most surprising spaces.

The Wildlife Year is a gentle introduction to the events that mark the natural cycle of the year. Best-selling author, Sally Coulthard, will inspire you to discover nature in all its glory and to seek out, observe and enjoy the wildlife around you. Explore the unique properties of the seasons. Discover more about meteorological phenomena like weather events and cloud formations. And even learn how the moon and its cycle affects the natural world. This fascinating introduction will help you identify both our best-loved, and most misunderstood, plants, birds, mammals, amphibians, and insects, with helpful information on where and when to look for them.

This book is a glorious celebration of the magic that can be found in each season. Beautifully illustrated, this irresistible guide will encourage you to get outdoors and make a wonderful gift for the nature-seeker in all of us.

World-renowned chef Theo Randall shares his 10 favourite vegetables and reveals the best ways to cook with them through 100 fabulous recipes covering Aubergines, Zucchini, Asparagus, Artichokes, Mushrooms, Broccoli, Tomatoes, Beans, Squash and Potatoes. From simple pasta dishes to more extravagant dinners for when you have people over, you’ll delight in Theo’s take on the very best of Italian home cooking.

Packed with flavour and stunning photography, this is an essential cookbook and a modern take on the best of Italian ingredients and vegetarian home cooking.

‘It’s the book we needed when we started Hawksmoor, and the book that people who love steak deserve.’ – Will Beckett

‘Another magnificent book by Tim Hayward. His work is uniquely beautiful, essential and his authority without peer.?’ – Len Deighton

The essential reference for steak lovers.

An encyclopaedic yet accessible journey through the world of chefs, farmers, butchers and restaurants, Steak is the essential guide for enthusiasts improving their kitchen skills or diners chasing the greatest steaks around the world.

With stories, recipes, traditional cooking techniques and cutting-edge new ones, you’ll never again overcook a steak or wonder which cut to buy. Plus there’s a guide to butchery, a cooking course (including some steak science)? and Cow Maps.

Steak takes an in-depth look at the historical, cultural and social significance of our favourite cut of meat, and how we might continue to enjoy it sustainably into a long future – it’s the ultimate handbook for anyone who cares about sourcing and cooking great food.

A beautifully presented collection of the very best in UK adventure, this book is designed to change the way people view the UK by showcasing the possibilities for extraordinary experiences we have right here on our doorstep.

Charlie Wild and Jessica Last (aka @the.travel.project) have spent the past 2 years exploring and documenting this set of islands unearthing what they call Achievable Adventures in a bid to open up regular, environmentally conscious and affordable adventure to everyone.

Through story-led photography, sharp design and well researched bite-size info, this book reveals 52 of the UK’s very best adventures. Here you’ll find something for everyone.