My ​Life in France

Julia Child - Simone Beck - Mastering ​the Art of French Cooking 2.
Here ​is the sequel to the great cooking classic. Each of the new recipes is worked out step-by-step, with the clarity and precision that are the essence of the first volume. 5 times as many drawings as in Vol. I make the clear instructions even more so.

Julia Child - Simone Beck - Mastering ​the Art of French Cooking 2.
Here ​is the sequel to the great cooking classic. Each of the new recipes is worked out step-by-step, with the clarity and precision that are the essence of the first volume. 5 times as many drawings as in Vol. I make the clear instructions even more so.

Julia Child - Julia's ​Kitchen Wisdom
From ​Publishers Weekly This slender book from the doyenne of gourmet cooking is a boon for those who need a refresher course in, or a handy source for, basics. These notes come from Child's own kitchen notebook, years in the making. Generally, each recipe is included in "master" form with numerous variations; for example, a section on potatoes explains the ins and outs of Mashed Potatoes, as well as provides a recipe for Garlic Mashed Potatoes. Child's voice is always welcome, and never more so than when she is providing no-muss-no-fuss advice like this. A quick section on dried beans covers soaking as well as cooking in a pressure cooker or Crock-Pot, and some more esoteric treats, such as homemade bread and souffl?s, have their place here. Helpful tips proliferate throughout: Sea Scallops Saut?ed with Garlic and Herbs are followed by a paragraph on scallops that exude too much juice, and a section on tarts explains how to prebake a shell. Even Hamburgers (plain and flavored) are covered here.

Julia Child - Julia's ​Kitchen Wisdom
From ​Publishers Weekly This slender book from the doyenne of gourmet cooking is a boon for those who need a refresher course in, or a handy source for, basics. These notes come from Child's own kitchen notebook, years in the making. Generally, each recipe is included in "master" form with numerous variations; for example, a section on potatoes explains the ins and outs of Mashed Potatoes, as well as provides a recipe for Garlic Mashed Potatoes. Child's voice is always welcome, and never more so than when she is providing no-muss-no-fuss advice like this. A quick section on dried beans covers soaking as well as cooking in a pressure cooker or Crock-Pot, and some more esoteric treats, such as homemade bread and souffl?s, have their place here. Helpful tips proliferate throughout: Sea Scallops Saut?ed with Garlic and Herbs are followed by a paragraph on scallops that exude too much juice, and a section on tarts explains how to prebake a shell. Even Hamburgers (plain and flavored) are covered here.

Julia Child - Baking ​with Julia
Nothing ​promises pleasure more readily than the words "freshly baked." And nothing says magnum opus as definitively as Baking with Julia, which offers the dedicated home cook, whether a novice or seasoned veteran, a unique distillation of the baker's art. Baking with Julia is not only a book full of glorious recipes but also one that continues Julia's teaching tradition. Here, basic techniques come alive and are made easily comprehensible in recipes that demonstrate the myriad ways of raising dough, glazing cakes, and decorating crusts. This is the resource you'll turn to again and again for all your baking needs. With Baking with Julia in your cookbook library, you can become a master baker. With nearly two hundred recipes, and half as many pages of tantalizing full-color photographs, this incomparable kitchen companion goes far beyond what most cookbooks offer. More than fifty pages of illustrated reference sections define basic terms and techniques, and explain the hows and whys of batters and doughs to take you effortlessly through the essential techniques. If you've never made flaky pie crust, your first no-fail experience is at hand. If you've never baked bread, that most satisfying and sensual pleasure awaits the turn of a page. With recipes for breads, pastries, cookies, and cakes—from chocolate to cheesecake, from miniature gems to multi-tiered masterpieces—this cookbook is a total immersion experience in the wonder of home baking.

Julia Child - Baking ​with Julia
Nothing ​promises pleasure more readily than the words "freshly baked." And nothing says magnum opus as definitively as Baking with Julia, which offers the dedicated home cook, whether a novice or seasoned veteran, a unique distillation of the baker's art. Baking with Julia is not only a book full of glorious recipes but also one that continues Julia's teaching tradition. Here, basic techniques come alive and are made easily comprehensible in recipes that demonstrate the myriad ways of raising dough, glazing cakes, and decorating crusts. This is the resource you'll turn to again and again for all your baking needs. With Baking with Julia in your cookbook library, you can become a master baker. With nearly two hundred recipes, and half as many pages of tantalizing full-color photographs, this incomparable kitchen companion goes far beyond what most cookbooks offer. More than fifty pages of illustrated reference sections define basic terms and techniques, and explain the hows and whys of batters and doughs to take you effortlessly through the essential techniques. If you've never made flaky pie crust, your first no-fail experience is at hand. If you've never baked bread, that most satisfying and sensual pleasure awaits the turn of a page. With recipes for breads, pastries, cookies, and cakes—from chocolate to cheesecake, from miniature gems to multi-tiered masterpieces—this cookbook is a total immersion experience in the wonder of home baking.

Julia Child - Louisette Bertholle - Simone Beck - Mastering ​the Art of French Cooking
Mastering ​the Art of French Cooking is for both seasoned cooks and beginners who love good food and long to reproduce at home the savory delights of the classic cuisine, from the historic Gallic masterpieces to the seemingly artless perfection of a dish of spring-green peas. This beautiful book, with more than 100 instructive illustrations, is revolutionary in its approach because: • it leads the cook infallibly from the buying and handling of raw ingredients, through each essential step of a recipe, to the final creation of a delicate confection; • it breaks down the classic cuisine into a logical sequence of themes and variations rather than presenting an endless and diffuse catalogue of recipes; the focus is on key recipes that form the backbone of French cookery and lend themselves to an infinite number of elaborations—bound to increase anyone’s culinary repertoire; • it adapts classical techniques, wherever possible, to modern American conveniences; • it shows Americans how to buy products, from any supermarket in the United States, that reproduce the exact taste and texture of the French ingredients, for example, equivalent meat cuts, the right beans for a cassoulet, or the appropriate fish and seafood for a bouillabaisse; • it offers suggestions for just the right accompaniment to each dish, including proper wines. Since there has never been a book as instructive and as workable as Mastering the Art of French Cooking, the techniques learned here can be applied to recipes in all other French cookbooks, making them infinitely more usable. In compiling the secrets of famous cordons bleus, the authors have produced a magnificent volume that is sure to find the place of honor in every kitchen in America. Bon appétit!

Julia Child - Louisette Bertholle - Simone Beck - Mastering ​the Art of French Cooking
Mastering ​the Art of French Cooking is for both seasoned cooks and beginners who love good food and long to reproduce at home the savory delights of the classic cuisine, from the historic Gallic masterpieces to the seemingly artless perfection of a dish of spring-green peas. This beautiful book, with more than 100 instructive illustrations, is revolutionary in its approach because: • it leads the cook infallibly from the buying and handling of raw ingredients, through each essential step of a recipe, to the final creation of a delicate confection; • it breaks down the classic cuisine into a logical sequence of themes and variations rather than presenting an endless and diffuse catalogue of recipes; the focus is on key recipes that form the backbone of French cookery and lend themselves to an infinite number of elaborations—bound to increase anyone’s culinary repertoire; • it adapts classical techniques, wherever possible, to modern American conveniences; • it shows Americans how to buy products, from any supermarket in the United States, that reproduce the exact taste and texture of the French ingredients, for example, equivalent meat cuts, the right beans for a cassoulet, or the appropriate fish and seafood for a bouillabaisse; • it offers suggestions for just the right accompaniment to each dish, including proper wines. Since there has never been a book as instructive and as workable as Mastering the Art of French Cooking, the techniques learned here can be applied to recipes in all other French cookbooks, making them infinitely more usable. In compiling the secrets of famous cordons bleus, the authors have produced a magnificent volume that is sure to find the place of honor in every kitchen in America. Bon appétit!

Mautner Zsófia - Chili ​& Vanília
Csili ​és vanília. A könyv címét legalább egymillió ember ismeri: ennyi volt a szerző, Mautner Zsófia blogjának rekord-látogatottsága. Így lett a chiliesvanilia.hu Magyarország legnépszerűbb gasztroblogja, azaz olyan internetes naplója, ahol a szerző rendszeresen beszámol kulináris élményeiről: recepteket ír, éttermi beszámolókat ad, cseveg és információt cserél a gasztronómia tárgyában. Szakácskönyve régóta várt olvasmány, de sokkal több lett, mint receptgyűjtemény: izgalmas utazás, kultúrkörkép és élménybeszámoló, rengeteg gyönyörű fotóval. Szerzője, Mautner Zsófia sokat utazott és világot járt egykori diplomata, aki szenvedélyesen szeret enni és főzni. Könyvében Isztambul, Marokkó, Brüsszel, Párizs, Szardínia, Portugália, Spanyolország, New York és Budapest ízei elevenednek meg, színes leírásokkal, remek, kipróbált és sokszor tesztelt receptekkel és csodaszép fotókkal. A leírásokat praktikus receptkereső egészíti ki, és segítséget kapunk egy-egy különlegesebb fűszer vagy hozzávaló beszerzésében is.

Mautner Zsófia - Chili ​& Vanília
Csili ​és vanília. A könyv címét legalább egymillió ember ismeri: ennyi volt a szerző, Mautner Zsófia blogjának rekord-látogatottsága. Így lett a chiliesvanilia.hu Magyarország legnépszerűbb gasztroblogja, azaz olyan internetes naplója, ahol a szerző rendszeresen beszámol kulináris élményeiről: recepteket ír, éttermi beszámolókat ad, cseveg és információt cserél a gasztronómia tárgyában. Szakácskönyve régóta várt olvasmány, de sokkal több lett, mint receptgyűjtemény: izgalmas utazás, kultúrkörkép és élménybeszámoló, rengeteg gyönyörű fotóval. Szerzője, Mautner Zsófia sokat utazott és világot járt egykori diplomata, aki szenvedélyesen szeret enni és főzni. Könyvében Isztambul, Marokkó, Brüsszel, Párizs, Szardínia, Portugália, Spanyolország, New York és Budapest ízei elevenednek meg, színes leírásokkal, remek, kipróbált és sokszor tesztelt receptekkel és csodaszép fotókkal. A leírásokat praktikus receptkereső egészíti ki, és segítséget kapunk egy-egy különlegesebb fűszer vagy hozzávaló beszerzésében is.

Julie Powell - Julie ​& Julia (angol)
Powell, ​a 30-year-old secretary, began keeping her blog in the summer of 2002 as she embarked on trying out all 524 recipes from Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking in 365 days in the kitchen of her Queens apartment. The book turns to poetry everything from shopping for the perfect piece of liver to extracting marrow from the bone. Julie & Julia has sold nearly 100,000 copies and became the nonfiction winner of the first annual Lulu Blooker Prize, celebrating books spawned by blogs.

Julie Powell - Julie ​& Julia (angol)
Powell, ​a 30-year-old secretary, began keeping her blog in the summer of 2002 as she embarked on trying out all 524 recipes from Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking in 365 days in the kitchen of her Queens apartment. The book turns to poetry everything from shopping for the perfect piece of liver to extracting marrow from the bone. Julie & Julia has sold nearly 100,000 copies and became the nonfiction winner of the first annual Lulu Blooker Prize, celebrating books spawned by blogs.

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall - Every ​Day
Putting ​food on the table for the family quickly and economically doesn't mean you have to compromise on quality. This book shows how Hugh's approach to food can be adapted to suit any growing, working family, or busy young singles and couples for that matter. Breakfast, baking, lunchboxes, quick suppers, healthy snacks, eating on the move and weekend cooking for the week ahead - all these, and more, will be covered in River Cottage Every Day. As Hugh says: 'I make no prior assumptions about where you shop, what you may or may not know about growing vegetables or keeping livestock, whether you can tell the difference between a swede and turnip, or know what to do with a belly of pork and a breast of lamb. Instead, I'll show you easy and confidence-inspiring ways with cuts of meat, types of fish and other ingredients you may not have tried before. And I'll offer you new approaches that I hope will breath new life to familiar staples, like rice, spuds, beans, and your daily bread. Above all, I intend to tempt you irresistibly towards a better life with food, with a whole raft of recipes that I think you will love. I hope some of them will become your absolute favourites, and the favourites of your dear friends and beloved family. I hope that the dishes you like best will infiltrate and influence your cooking, giving you increased confidence and fresh ideas. In short, I hope that before long, cooking simple and delicious food from the best seasonal ingredients becomes second nature and first priority for you, not just once in a while, but every day.'

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall - Every ​Day
Putting ​food on the table for the family quickly and economically doesn't mean you have to compromise on quality. This book shows how Hugh's approach to food can be adapted to suit any growing, working family, or busy young singles and couples for that matter. Breakfast, baking, lunchboxes, quick suppers, healthy snacks, eating on the move and weekend cooking for the week ahead - all these, and more, will be covered in River Cottage Every Day. As Hugh says: 'I make no prior assumptions about where you shop, what you may or may not know about growing vegetables or keeping livestock, whether you can tell the difference between a swede and turnip, or know what to do with a belly of pork and a breast of lamb. Instead, I'll show you easy and confidence-inspiring ways with cuts of meat, types of fish and other ingredients you may not have tried before. And I'll offer you new approaches that I hope will breath new life to familiar staples, like rice, spuds, beans, and your daily bread. Above all, I intend to tempt you irresistibly towards a better life with food, with a whole raft of recipes that I think you will love. I hope some of them will become your absolute favourites, and the favourites of your dear friends and beloved family. I hope that the dishes you like best will infiltrate and influence your cooking, giving you increased confidence and fresh ideas. In short, I hope that before long, cooking simple and delicious food from the best seasonal ingredients becomes second nature and first priority for you, not just once in a while, but every day.'

Mautner Zsófia - Gyere ​velem főzni
Különleges ​hozzávalókból izgalmasat főzni? Erre sokan képesek. De ahhoz Mautner Zsófia kell, hogy egészen hétköznapi hozzávalók lényegüljenek át mesterkonyhai fogásokká. Viszlát, homár – szervusz, karalábé! A Chili&Vanília blog szerzője könyvében vadonatúj receptek sokaságával hívja ízes és sikeres felfedezésekre olvasóit. Nyugodtan bízzák rá magukat! Ebből az új könyvből főzni olyan, mintha ott állna mellettünk egy segítőkész barátnő. Nem véletlen, hogy blogjának eddig több 3 millió látogatója volt: ő bizony tud valamit, amit senki más nem. Családi ebédek, Irány a piac!, Utazás – ez a három fejezet tagolja ezt a változatos receptgyűjteményt. Az első fejezet az emlékeké és a nosztalgiáé, olyan receptekkel, amelyeket a szerző gyermekkora ihletett, és amelyek a mai generációnak is izgalmasak. Töltött libanyak, vörösboros marhapofa, ropogós slambuc, egérke és Ferdinánd – mind csupa régi, újra felfedezésre váró étel. A második fejezet főszereplői a hazai piacok zöldségei és gyümölcsei. Mautner Zsófia nagyszerű, izgalmas receptekkel újítja meg a sokszor elfeledett vagy méltatlanul unalmasnak gondolt alapanyagokat – a karalábéból tüzes kókusztejes-gyömbéres krémlevest, a a vajbabból üde bodzás vajbabfőzeléket, a birsalmából pedig isteni, bő fél óra alatt elkészülő karamellizált hagymás-csirkés ragut készít. A harmadik részben utazásra hív a szerző, többek között török, arab, kínai, koreai, vietnami és olasz vidékekre. Hogy milyen egyszerű összedobni a tökéletes török bárányhúsos lepényt (lahmacun), hogy mennyire kényeztető a chilivel és vaníliával sült csirke, és hogy hogyan készül az igazi pho leves (vietnami marhahúsleves rizstésztával) vagy a török csicseriborsós rizs (nohutlu pilav), amelyhez szaftos báránycsülök dukál? Mindez kiderül a könyvből, melyben a precíz, többszörösen tesztelt recepteket olvasmányos élménybeszámolók foglalják hangulatos keretbe. Mautner Zsófia Magyarország egyik legolvasottabb, több mint 3 millió látogatót számláló gasztroblogjának, a Chili&Vaníliának a szerzője. 2009-ben brüsszeli diplomataéletét cserélte fel a gasztronómiai szakértő szabadúszó státuszával. Miután hazaköltözött, megjelent az első szakácskönyve, amely óriási sikert aratott. Ezután sorra jöttek a felkérések: éttermek, főzőiskolák, rádiós és televíziós műsorok, valamint számos nyomtatott és internetes magazin dicséri munkáját. Jelenleg Budapesten él.

Mautner Zsófia - Gyere ​velem főzni
Különleges ​hozzávalókból izgalmasat főzni? Erre sokan képesek. De ahhoz Mautner Zsófia kell, hogy egészen hétköznapi hozzávalók lényegüljenek át mesterkonyhai fogásokká. Viszlát, homár – szervusz, karalábé! A Chili&Vanília blog szerzője könyvében vadonatúj receptek sokaságával hívja ízes és sikeres felfedezésekre olvasóit. Nyugodtan bízzák rá magukat! Ebből az új könyvből főzni olyan, mintha ott állna mellettünk egy segítőkész barátnő. Nem véletlen, hogy blogjának eddig több 3 millió látogatója volt: ő bizony tud valamit, amit senki más nem. Családi ebédek, Irány a piac!, Utazás – ez a három fejezet tagolja ezt a változatos receptgyűjteményt. Az első fejezet az emlékeké és a nosztalgiáé, olyan receptekkel, amelyeket a szerző gyermekkora ihletett, és amelyek a mai generációnak is izgalmasak. Töltött libanyak, vörösboros marhapofa, ropogós slambuc, egérke és Ferdinánd – mind csupa régi, újra felfedezésre váró étel. A második fejezet főszereplői a hazai piacok zöldségei és gyümölcsei. Mautner Zsófia nagyszerű, izgalmas receptekkel újítja meg a sokszor elfeledett vagy méltatlanul unalmasnak gondolt alapanyagokat – a karalábéból tüzes kókusztejes-gyömbéres krémlevest, a a vajbabból üde bodzás vajbabfőzeléket, a birsalmából pedig isteni, bő fél óra alatt elkészülő karamellizált hagymás-csirkés ragut készít. A harmadik részben utazásra hív a szerző, többek között török, arab, kínai, koreai, vietnami és olasz vidékekre. Hogy milyen egyszerű összedobni a tökéletes török bárányhúsos lepényt (lahmacun), hogy mennyire kényeztető a chilivel és vaníliával sült csirke, és hogy hogyan készül az igazi pho leves (vietnami marhahúsleves rizstésztával) vagy a török csicseriborsós rizs (nohutlu pilav), amelyhez szaftos báránycsülök dukál? Mindez kiderül a könyvből, melyben a precíz, többszörösen tesztelt recepteket olvasmányos élménybeszámolók foglalják hangulatos keretbe. Mautner Zsófia Magyarország egyik legolvasottabb, több mint 3 millió látogatót számláló gasztroblogjának, a Chili&Vaníliának a szerzője. 2009-ben brüsszeli diplomataéletét cserélte fel a gasztronómiai szakértő szabadúszó státuszával. Miután hazaköltözött, megjelent az első szakácskönyve, amely óriási sikert aratott. Ezután sorra jöttek a felkérések: éttermek, főzőiskolák, rádiós és televíziós műsorok, valamint számos nyomtatott és internetes magazin dicséri munkáját. Jelenleg Budapesten él.

Joanne Harris - Peaches ​for Monsieur le Curé
It ​isn't often you receive a letter from the dead. When Vianne Rocher receives a letter from beyond the grave, she has no choice but to follow the wind that blows her back to Lansquenet, the village in which eight years ago, she opened up a chocolate shop. But returning to her old home, Vianne is completely unprepared for what she is to find there. Women veiled in black, the scent of spices and peppermint tea - and there, on the bank of the river Tannes, facing the church, a minaret.

Joanne Harris - Peaches ​for Monsieur le Curé
It ​isn't often you receive a letter from the dead. When Vianne Rocher receives a letter from beyond the grave, she has no choice but to follow the wind that blows her back to Lansquenet, the village in which eight years ago, she opened up a chocolate shop. But returning to her old home, Vianne is completely unprepared for what she is to find there. Women veiled in black, the scent of spices and peppermint tea - and there, on the bank of the river Tannes, facing the church, a minaret.

Cecelia Ahern - P.S. ​I Love You
Some ​people wait their whole lives to find their soul mates. But not Holly and Gerry. They were childhood sweethearts - no one could imagine Holly and Gerry without each other. Until the unthinkable happens. Gerry's death devastates Holly. But as her 30th birthday looms Holly discovers that Gerry has left her a bundle of notes, gently guiding her into her new life without him, each signed 'PS, I Love You'. With some help from her friends, and her noisy and loving family, Holly finds herself laughing, crying, singing, dancing - and being braver than ever before. Life is for living, she realises - but it always helps if there's an angel watching over you.

Cecelia Ahern - P.S. ​I Love You
Some ​people wait their whole lives to find their soul mates. But not Holly and Gerry. They were childhood sweethearts - no one could imagine Holly and Gerry without each other. Until the unthinkable happens. Gerry's death devastates Holly. But as her 30th birthday looms Holly discovers that Gerry has left her a bundle of notes, gently guiding her into her new life without him, each signed 'PS, I Love You'. With some help from her friends, and her noisy and loving family, Holly finds herself laughing, crying, singing, dancing - and being braver than ever before. Life is for living, she realises - but it always helps if there's an angel watching over you.

Elizabeth Gilbert - Eat, ​Pray, Love
Elizabeth ​Gilbert’s fourth and latest book – a #1 best selling memoir about the year she spent traveling around the world in search of personal restoration after a difficult divorce.

Elizabeth Gilbert - Eat, ​Pray, Love
Elizabeth ​Gilbert’s fourth and latest book – a #1 best selling memoir about the year she spent traveling around the world in search of personal restoration after a difficult divorce.

Laura Shapiro - Julia ​Child - a Life
With ​a swooping voice, an irrepressible sense of humor, and a passion for good food, Julia Child ushered in the nation’s culinary renaissance. In Julia Child, award-winning food writer Laura Shapiro tells the story of Child’s unlikely career path, from California party girl to coolheaded chief clerk in a World War II spy station to bewildered amateur cook and finally to the Cordon Bleu in Paris, the school that inspired her calling. A food lover who was quintessentially American, right down to her little-known recipe for classic tuna fish casserole, Shapiro’s Julia Child personifies her own most famous lesson: that learning how to cook means learning how to live.

Laura Shapiro - Julia ​Child - a Life
With ​a swooping voice, an irrepressible sense of humor, and a passion for good food, Julia Child ushered in the nation’s culinary renaissance. In Julia Child, award-winning food writer Laura Shapiro tells the story of Child’s unlikely career path, from California party girl to coolheaded chief clerk in a World War II spy station to bewildered amateur cook and finally to the Cordon Bleu in Paris, the school that inspired her calling. A food lover who was quintessentially American, right down to her little-known recipe for classic tuna fish casserole, Shapiro’s Julia Child personifies her own most famous lesson: that learning how to cook means learning how to live.

Julia Child - From ​Julia Child's kitchen
"Be ​a fearless cook! Try out new ideas and new recipes, but always buy the freshest and finest ingredients, whatever they may be. Furnish your kitchen with the most solid and workmanlike equipment you can find. Keep your knives ever sharp and--toujours bon appetit!" Introduction - Julia Child

Julia Child - From ​Julia Child's kitchen
"Be ​a fearless cook! Try out new ideas and new recipes, but always buy the freshest and finest ingredients, whatever they may be. Furnish your kitchen with the most solid and workmanlike equipment you can find. Keep your knives ever sharp and--toujours bon appetit!" Introduction - Julia Child

Gretchen Rubin - The ​Happiness Project
Gretchen ​Rubin had an epiphany one rainy afternoon in the unlikeliest of places: a city bus. "The days are long, but the years are short," she realized. "Time is passing, and I'm not focusing enough on the things that really matter." In that moment, she decided to dedicate a year to her happiness project. In this lively and compelling account of that year, Rubin carves out her place alongside the authors of bestselling memoirs such as Julie and Julia, The Year of Living Biblically, and Eat, Pray, Love. With humor and insight, she chronicles her adventures during the twelve months she spent test-driving the wisdom of the ages, current scientific research, and lessons from popular culture about how to be happier. Rubin didn't have the option to uproot herself, nor did she really want to; instead she focused on improving her life as it was. Each month she tackled a new set of resolutions: give proofs of love, ask for help, find more fun, keep a gratitude notebook, forget about results. She immersed herself in principles set forth by all manner of experts, from Epicurus to Thoreau to Oprah to Martin Seligman to the Dalai Lama to see what worked for her—and what didn't. Her conclusions are sometimes surprising—she finds that money can buy happiness, when spent wisely; that novelty and challenge are powerful sources of happiness; that "treating" yourself can make you feel worse; that venting bad feelings doesn't relieve them; that the very smallest of changes can make the biggest difference—and they range from the practical to the profound. Written with charm and wit, The Happiness Project is illuminating yet entertaining, thought-provoking yet compulsively readable. Gretchen Rubin's passion for her subject jumps off the page, and reading just a few chapters of this book will inspire you to start your own happiness project.

Gretchen Rubin - The ​Happiness Project
Gretchen ​Rubin had an epiphany one rainy afternoon in the unlikeliest of places: a city bus. "The days are long, but the years are short," she realized. "Time is passing, and I'm not focusing enough on the things that really matter." In that moment, she decided to dedicate a year to her happiness project. In this lively and compelling account of that year, Rubin carves out her place alongside the authors of bestselling memoirs such as Julie and Julia, The Year of Living Biblically, and Eat, Pray, Love. With humor and insight, she chronicles her adventures during the twelve months she spent test-driving the wisdom of the ages, current scientific research, and lessons from popular culture about how to be happier. Rubin didn't have the option to uproot herself, nor did she really want to; instead she focused on improving her life as it was. Each month she tackled a new set of resolutions: give proofs of love, ask for help, find more fun, keep a gratitude notebook, forget about results. She immersed herself in principles set forth by all manner of experts, from Epicurus to Thoreau to Oprah to Martin Seligman to the Dalai Lama to see what worked for her—and what didn't. Her conclusions are sometimes surprising—she finds that money can buy happiness, when spent wisely; that novelty and challenge are powerful sources of happiness; that "treating" yourself can make you feel worse; that venting bad feelings doesn't relieve them; that the very smallest of changes can make the biggest difference—and they range from the practical to the profound. Written with charm and wit, The Happiness Project is illuminating yet entertaining, thought-provoking yet compulsively readable. Gretchen Rubin's passion for her subject jumps off the page, and reading just a few chapters of this book will inspire you to start your own happiness project.

Julia Child - The ​French Chef Cookbook
From ​Library Journal: Child's TV career began in 1963 with The French Chef on WGBH-TV in New England. The show proved very popular, and this book contains all the recipes featured in the 119 installments. The text is buttressed with photographs demonstrating cooking, cutting, and serving techniques.

Julia Child - The ​French Chef Cookbook
From ​Library Journal: Child's TV career began in 1963 with The French Chef on WGBH-TV in New England. The show proved very popular, and this book contains all the recipes featured in the 119 installments. The text is buttressed with photographs demonstrating cooking, cutting, and serving techniques.

Lewis Carroll - Alice's ​Adventures in Wonderland (Oxford Bookworms)
What ​strange things happen when Alice falls down the rabbit-hole and into Wonderland! She has converstations with the Caterpillar and the Cheshire Cat, goes to the Mad Hatter's tea party, plays croquet with King and Queen of Hearts . . .

Lewis Carroll - Alice's ​Adventures in Wonderland (Oxford Bookworms)
What ​strange things happen when Alice falls down the rabbit-hole and into Wonderland! She has converstations with the Caterpillar and the Cheshire Cat, goes to the Mad Hatter's tea party, plays croquet with King and Queen of Hearts . . .

Julia Child - Julia ​Child & More Company
Here ​is Julia back again to make life easier for the hundreds of thousands of American cooks faced with the perennial problem of what to cook for company. Here are 13 more splendid menus for entertaining - simple dishes and elegant ones, thrifty meals and splurges, quickly whipped-up recipes and loving creations, something for every mood and occasion. Whether you've invited vegetarians for dinner or friends who particularly relish the extravagances to be had in a top-flight restaurant, Julia has the answers. You'll find a large, ambitious buffet, elaborate enough for a wedding feast, that can be executed single-handed. You'll find a country meal for fresh-air appetites, a hearty one-dish dinner for a crowd, and a plush picnic fit for royalty - a whole new wonderful choice of delights, from a classic summary menu to a winter supper centered around a tureen of bubbling, cheese-encrusted onion soup. Endlessly fascinated by new possibilities that make the art of cooking (and eating) ever more exciting. Julia gives her own culinary twist to such classic dishes as a cassoulet, braised beef, and 'ate en croute. Always inventive, always resourceful, Julia draws freely on the cuisines of many countries for new inspiration. As can be seen from the color photographs throughout, everything you serve will be as appetizing for your company to behold as it will be to taste and to savor.

Julia Child - Julia ​Child & More Company
Here ​is Julia back again to make life easier for the hundreds of thousands of American cooks faced with the perennial problem of what to cook for company. Here are 13 more splendid menus for entertaining - simple dishes and elegant ones, thrifty meals and splurges, quickly whipped-up recipes and loving creations, something for every mood and occasion. Whether you've invited vegetarians for dinner or friends who particularly relish the extravagances to be had in a top-flight restaurant, Julia has the answers. You'll find a large, ambitious buffet, elaborate enough for a wedding feast, that can be executed single-handed. You'll find a country meal for fresh-air appetites, a hearty one-dish dinner for a crowd, and a plush picnic fit for royalty - a whole new wonderful choice of delights, from a classic summary menu to a winter supper centered around a tureen of bubbling, cheese-encrusted onion soup. Endlessly fascinated by new possibilities that make the art of cooking (and eating) ever more exciting. Julia gives her own culinary twist to such classic dishes as a cassoulet, braised beef, and 'ate en croute. Always inventive, always resourceful, Julia draws freely on the cuisines of many countries for new inspiration. As can be seen from the color photographs throughout, everything you serve will be as appetizing for your company to behold as it will be to taste and to savor.

Frances Mayes - Mindennapok ​Toszkánában
Olaszország ​kitörölhetetlen élmény. Az egyszerre régi és új ország lépten-nyomon ajándékokkal lepi meg az embert. Húsz éve történt, hogy Frances Mayes átlépte itáliai lakhelye, a Bramasole küszöbét. A ciprusok szegélyezte sétányok, a piazzák pezsgő élete, a román stílusú puritán templomok, a konyha és a gazdag történelem csábították Olaszországba. Öt csodálatos könyvet ihletett meg gasztronómiai, építészeti és kulturális élményekkel teli élete a Cortona melletti házban és utazásai során. Az írónő sorsa összefonódott Toszkánával, ahol igazi élet lakozik a városok vastag kőfalai között. Mélyen személyes hangvételű új memoárjában Frances Mayes ismét megosztja az olvasóval mindennapi életét az imádott Bramasoléban, valamint új szerzeményükben, az eldugott hegyi városka szélén megbújó, 13. századi mesebeli házikójukban. Az írónő új könyvéből ezúttal sem hiányoznak a receptek, hiszen házukban a friss alapanyagokból készült finom étel egyenlő az élettel. Miközben megismerkedünk Luca Signorelli festészetével, megtudjuk, hogyan készül a tégla alatt sült csirke, a fehérbabpüré fűszeres garnélarákkal, a cukkinis palacsinta és az elmaradhatatlan osso buco.

Frances Mayes - Mindennapok ​Toszkánában
Olaszország ​kitörölhetetlen élmény. Az egyszerre régi és új ország lépten-nyomon ajándékokkal lepi meg az embert. Húsz éve történt, hogy Frances Mayes átlépte itáliai lakhelye, a Bramasole küszöbét. A ciprusok szegélyezte sétányok, a piazzák pezsgő élete, a román stílusú puritán templomok, a konyha és a gazdag történelem csábították Olaszországba. Öt csodálatos könyvet ihletett meg gasztronómiai, építészeti és kulturális élményekkel teli élete a Cortona melletti házban és utazásai során. Az írónő sorsa összefonódott Toszkánával, ahol igazi élet lakozik a városok vastag kőfalai között. Mélyen személyes hangvételű új memoárjában Frances Mayes ismét megosztja az olvasóval mindennapi életét az imádott Bramasoléban, valamint új szerzeményükben, az eldugott hegyi városka szélén megbújó, 13. századi mesebeli házikójukban. Az írónő új könyvéből ezúttal sem hiányoznak a receptek, hiszen házukban a friss alapanyagokból készült finom étel egyenlő az élettel. Miközben megismerkedünk Luca Signorelli festészetével, megtudjuk, hogyan készül a tégla alatt sült csirke, a fehérbabpüré fűszeres garnélarákkal, a cukkinis palacsinta és az elmaradhatatlan osso buco.

Rados Virág - A ​visszakapott élet
Meg ​lehet-e gyógyulni egy súlyos betegségből, amelynek már a puszta neve is sokakat rettegéssel tölt el? Péceli Rita válasza: igen! S hogy mi kell hozzá? Elszántság, bátorság, bizalom és szeretet. Odafigyelés önmagunkra, remek orvosok, barátaink támogatása és nem utolsósorban egy hűséges társ, aki jóban-rosszban kitart mellettünk. Mert a gyógyulás lehetséges, még akkor is, ha a bajban éppen azoktól nem kapunk segítséget, akikre leginkább számítunk. A főhős így küzd meg a mellrákkal, majd legyűri az őt fenyegető, másik gyilkos kórt. Története bizonyítja: a legnehezebb helyzetből is megtalálhatjuk a kiutat. Mert a szeretet és a segítség erőt ad. Ennek köszönhetően a főhős felveszi a kesztyűt, és a hosszú, gyötrelmes küzdelem végén megtalálja a gyógyulást, a boldogságot és igazi hivatását. Visszakapja egészségét, normális életét, sőt, a szenvedés árán egy sokkal gazdagabb, igazabb életet nyer el a régi helyett. A visszakapott élet Rados Virág második regénye, a nagy sikerű Bipoláris folytatása szintén igaz történet alapján íródott.

Rados Virág - A ​visszakapott élet
Meg ​lehet-e gyógyulni egy súlyos betegségből, amelynek már a puszta neve is sokakat rettegéssel tölt el? Péceli Rita válasza: igen! S hogy mi kell hozzá? Elszántság, bátorság, bizalom és szeretet. Odafigyelés önmagunkra, remek orvosok, barátaink támogatása és nem utolsósorban egy hűséges társ, aki jóban-rosszban kitart mellettünk. Mert a gyógyulás lehetséges, még akkor is, ha a bajban éppen azoktól nem kapunk segítséget, akikre leginkább számítunk. A főhős így küzd meg a mellrákkal, majd legyűri az őt fenyegető, másik gyilkos kórt. Története bizonyítja: a legnehezebb helyzetből is megtalálhatjuk a kiutat. Mert a szeretet és a segítség erőt ad. Ennek köszönhetően a főhős felveszi a kesztyűt, és a hosszú, gyötrelmes küzdelem végén megtalálja a gyógyulást, a boldogságot és igazi hivatását. Visszakapja egészségét, normális életét, sőt, a szenvedés árán egy sokkal gazdagabb, igazabb életet nyer el a régi helyett. A visszakapott élet Rados Virág második regénye, a nagy sikerű Bipoláris folytatása szintén igaz történet alapján íródott.

Julia Child - In ​Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs
Unearthing ​the secrets of 26 great cooks from across the country, Julia Child translates them for the home cook and provides 150 splendid recipes which take full advantage of the exciting new flavors of American cooking today. A companion to the popular PBS series. 110 color photos.

Julia Child - In ​Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs
Unearthing ​the secrets of 26 great cooks from across the country, Julia Child translates them for the home cook and provides 150 splendid recipes which take full advantage of the exciting new flavors of American cooking today. A companion to the popular PBS series. 110 color photos.