Grub Street: 238 books
Observers and Navigators
And Other Non-Pilot Aircrew in the RFC, RNAS and RAF
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
This title first appeared in 2001 to universal acclaim, quickly went out of print and has remained so since. The author, meantime, has continued his research and the result is this updated edition, over half as long as the first, with stacks of new photographs. Absolutely essential reference for all those interested in military aviation.
Ice Creams, Sorbets & Gelati
The Definitive Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2010
This comprehensive bible of frozen desserts includes recipes for ice cream, sorbet, gelati, and granita, along with a history of ice cream making.
World-renowned frozen dessert experts Caroline and Robin Weir have spent more than twenty years passionately pursuing everything ice cream. After...
Wings Around the World
The Exhilarating Story of One Woman's Epic Flight From the North Pole to Antarctica
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2006
A pilot’s account of her around-the-world adventure, including color photos.
On May 6, 2003, Polly Vacher, a fifty-nine-year-old mother of three, took off from an airport in Birmingham, England, seeking to become the first pilot to complete a solo flight around the world, via both Poles, in a...
The Everyday Dairy-Free Cookbook
Recipes for Lactose Intolerants
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2001
Lactose is the primary sugar found in milk. Digestion of lactose requires the enzyme lactase, which breaks lactose into simpler sugars. When the intestine produces little or no lactase, milk sugar is not digested. New-born babies require high intestinal lactase levels for survival. Later in life though...
Vegetarianism
A History
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Though the word ‘vegetarianism’ was not coined until the mid-nineteenth century, the vegetarian diet has been around as long as man has. Vegetarians have included in their number: heretics, humanists, Hindus, Christian fundamentalists, radicals, agnostics, philosophers, founders of religion and...
Gallantry in Action
Airmen Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Two Bars 1918-1955
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2019
When the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service merged on 1 April 1918, to form the Royal Air Force, the new command needed to have its own gallantry medals to distinguish itself from the Army and the Royal Navy. Thus the new Distinguished Flying Cross came into being. Not that this new...
No Place for Chivalry
RAF Night Fighters Defend the East of England Against the German Air Force in Two World Wars
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2005
Night fighting in the air is a devious and clandestine form of mortal combat. In the blackness of night, success goes to the resolute hunter who stalks his prey unseen, and strikes from behind, swiftly and mercilessly. A sudden burst of machine-gun or cannon fire into an opponent’s belly often caught...
by Tom Stobart
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
The ultimate reference to the tasty ingredients that transform our food from the author of Cook’s Encyclopedia.
Tom Stobart’s award-winning Herbs, Spices and Flavourings has long been recognized as the authoritative work on the subject. It is a truly amazing source of information covering,...
No Need to Knead
Handmade Artisan Breads in 90 Minutes
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
A James Beard Award nominee: “This year’s best bread book . . . p****roduces fantastic results! . . . It should be a mandatory purchase for its pizza dough alone” (Salon).
Acclaimed professional baker Suzanne Dunaway reveals her truly revolutionary technique for baking unforgettable breads...
by David Collison, David Mabey
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2008
A completely revised and updated edition of the popular pickle handbook.
Delicatessen and farm shop shelves are crammed with pickles, as well as salsas, vinegars, pastes, and chutneys; these spiced-up specialties are all the rage and have become the in-vogue accompaniments of the moment. It’s...
by Nina Kehayan
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
Eggplant recipes from around the world—beyond the Mediterranean and the Middle East!
The eggplant, also known as the aubergine, has come to epitomize Mediterranean cooking—but it is in fact an Asian immigrant from China. They’re not always a rich purple-black: Depending on where you travel...
by Fiona Beckett
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
The Healthy Lunchbox is full of suggestions and ideas to help you provide your child with an appetizing and appealing meal each day. It will explain why many lunchboxes are unhealthy. What a healthy lunch should consist of. What size of portions children and adults of different ages should have. It...
Home Baked
A Little Book of Bread, Cakes and Biscuit Recipes
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
In one volume, two classic British baking books!
What more therapeutic activity could there be than baking? This volume contains two beloved mid-twentieth-century recipe collections, including Home Baked—listed by renowned cookbook author Elizabeth David as one of her favorite books on bread...
To the Last Ridge
The World War One Experiences of W H Downing
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2002
This soldier’s WWI account of trench warfare is “a masterpiece among the chronicles of war” (The Australian).
Written just after the heat of the battle, this is the personal account of an ordinary soldier’s experience of one of the most horrific series of battles ever fought—Fleurbaix,...