FRESH & FAST: Meals From the Microwave 
  by Annette Yates and Norma Miller

Microwaves don’t just heat up ready-meals!

Annette Yates and Norma Miller let you in on the secrets of satisfying, imaginative, nutritious dishes that taste as if you’ve spent hours lovingly preparing them… but which actually take only minutes.

With around a hundred varied and delicious recipes to suit any microwave and any occasion, you’ll be amazed at what you can make – warm salads, stir fries, sauces, casseroles, puddings, fillings for wraps, fondues and much more. Microwave cooking saves energy, too.

You’ll learn crafty hints and tips (like when to cover, stir or leave to stand for the best results) and plenty of serving suggestions. Let your microwave do the hard work while you take the credit… and enjoy great food, fresh and fast.

When you’ve enjoyed this collection you’ll love their other two – Fresh and Fast: Meals from the Oven and Fresh and Fast: Meals from the Hob.

"An excellent book... not surprising in view of the outstanding ability of both Annette Yates and Norma Miller"
Marguerite Patten, O.B.E

  FRESH & FAST: Meals from the Hob 
  by Annette Yates and Norma Miller

‘I’d really love to cook but I can never find the time.’
Sounds familiar? Then this is the book you need.

With a hundred delicious and varied recipes, all quick and easy to make, you will amaze yourself with what you can achieve when time is tight.

Just spend a few minutes assembling easily purchased fresh produce and store-cupboard ingredients. Quickly cook on the hob, or maybe under the grill, and food can be on the table in the time it takes to heat a ready meal.

What a difference! Make your selection of fresh ingredients to conjure up, in next to no time, an appetising choice of dishes for all occasions. Annette Yates and Norma Miller accompany their recipes with plenty of serving suggestions and hints and tips to make things even easier.

When you’ve enjoyed this collection you’ll love their other one –
Fresh & Fast: Meals from the Oven.

  FRESH & FAST: Meals from the Oven 
  by Annette Yates and Norma Miller

Go FRESH! Go fast!

Prepare easy and delicious, nutritious, oven-cooked meals in a matter of minutes. Then sit back and relax, knowing that your dish is in the oven, until you’re ready to eat.

Easily purchased fresh produce and a few store-cupboard ingredients are all you need, whether you’re cooking for yourself, your family or friends.

Taste the difference! Widen your choice of fresh ingredients with 100 recipes in this book to deliver bags of flavour, enjoyment and pleasure to your table.

Whichever meal it is, you’ll find Annette Yates and Norma Miller have it covered, along with serving suggestions and plenty of hints and tips that make it all come together.

When you’ve enjoyed this collection you’ll love their other one –
Fresh & Fast: Meals from the Hob.

  It's Not Rocket Salad! 
  Affordable Meat-Free Recipes for Students
  by Viv Swallow

So, you’re now a student at university. Immersed in a hectic social life – as well as trying to fit in a little studying. You’ll just have to exist on a diet of take-aways and beer, or, if you want the healthy option, a plain salad. You haven’t got time to cook.

Wrong!

Just follow Viv Swallow’s recipes and you’ll see how easy it is to prepare simple, tasty and nutritious meals. Start off with a quick snack or light meal for one or two. In no time at all, you’ll be impressing your house-mates with a main meal.

Viv Swallow’s collection of meat-free recipes certainly won’t break the bank and will help your student loan go much further.

So, what are you waiting for? Give it a go. After all, it’s not rocket science!

"a straightforward recipe book with a great deal of variety... it gets my blessing"
Studentbonkers.com

  No Meat For Me, Please! 
  by Jan Arkless

This book is purpose-written for the family which has a vegetarian among its meat-eaters. The recipes, in the main, are designed for feeding one person, so the book will also suit the vegetarian who lives alone.

The author Jan Arkless (who also wrote the best-seller How to Boil an Egg) is not a vegetarian herself and therefore understands exactly the viewpoint of the meat-eater who needs to cater for both types of diet.

She also recognises and understands the health and ethical considerations which lead others, including her own daughter, to forgo the meat option. She has experienced the daily challenge of cooking special vegetarian variations to be served alongside the rest of the family’s meat course, and triumphantly satisfies the need for variety and succulence in the recipes.

"No fuss, practical advice at a very affordable price."
All That Women Want.co.uk

  Man Alone Cook Book 
  by Don Tibbenham

How do you make an omelette? How do you fry some fish or roast a chicken? Where should you store potatoes? How do you stop rice going soggy?

When you first start cooking for yourself these are questions that face you – and now there’s no-one around to ask! But there’s help at hand within these pages.

Starting from your first shopping trip, Don Tibbenham shows how easy it is to make tasty meals for one. He even offers full daily menus for your first two weeks of cooking.

If you wish to entertain a friend, you can either double up the ingredients, or else choose one of the special recipes included for this purpose.

  Eat Mediterranean 
  by Annette Yates

The Mediterranean Sea is bordered by a rich mix of ancient regions and cultures, each with a fascinating cuisine, unique to itself. Yet there is an indefinable unity within this diversity.

Mediterranean cooking is something we all recognise and relish. Whether a dish originates from North Africa, southern Europe or the Middle East, we all eagerly expect it to provide us with a bright, vibrant, healthy and joyous culinary adventure.

In this book, well-known cookery writer Annette Yates has distilled these evocations of sun, sea and sand into her own special vision of this exciting cuisine.

Mediterranean cooking has a satisfying simplicity. By using a few simple good-quality ingredients, these easy-to-make recipes will bring the sun-drenched flavours of the Mediterranean to your own table at any time of the year.

  The Definitive Cocktail Book 
  by Jeffrey Benson and Stuart Walton

Jeffrey and Stuart cordially invite you to savour the great cocktails of past and present. Informative and light-hearted, they present the cocktail from its humble beginnings, via the fame of the twenties, right up to the present day.

Introductions over, the party really gets going with recipes and stories from the six main spirit bases - gin, brandy, whisky, vodka, rum and tequila - as well as some unusual concoctions using wine, beer, cider and liqueur bases. And when the party’s over your hosts stick around to offer some tried-and-tested remedies for the morning after.

With a glossary and a thorough guide to essential equipment (including simple alternatives for the novice) this truly is the definitive cocktail book. From a golden slipper to a blue blazer, merry widows to dizzy dames, a broken leg to (the aptly named) Astor’s painless anaesthetic, this book serves a drink for every occasion!

  Ice 'n' Easy
  by Annette Yates

This book is the answer to ice cream lovers' dreams. Resist it at your peril! It shows how to make luscious, creamy concoctions, light-and-airy yogurt mixtures and dairy-free ice creams, as well as refreshing fruit-filled sorbets, icy granitas and slushy drinks. And if that's not enough, there's a selection of dreamy toppings and sauces, plus some inspirational ideas for quick ice cream desserts.

There are ices to suit any occasion (simple or stylish) at any time of the year from classic favourites like Vanilla or Chocolate to modern flavours like Strawberry Pavlova Ripple, Toasted Apple and Cinnamon, or Chunky Pecan and Maple.

Don't worry if you haven't got an ice cream machine, as many of the recipes can be made by hand. Most are so easy to make and so scrumptious that you may not want to share them - you may want to indulge all by yourself!

Annette is author of other books in our cookery series, including Fresh Bread in the Morning and Steaming!

  Super Soups & Sauces
  by Annette Yates

Here is a feast of super soups for every season and reason: light and chilled for a warm summer’s day; smooth, puréed or creamed for that formal occasion; hearty and thick - a meal in itself - for a cold winter evening. Whether you prefer to cook using the hob or the microwave, full details are given in the recipes. Discover, too, an array of ideas for attractive, tasty garnishes.

How often have you heard that, ‘The secret is in the sauce!’? Subtle, rich, savoury, sweet, traditional or quick-to-make, these sauces not only transform everyday meals, they turn that special party dish into a true culinary delight!

  Big on Flavour - Low in Fat
  by Caroline Young

YES, you enjoy your food.

YES, you want to eat healthily, and

YES, you want to reduce the amount of fat you eat.

NO, you don't like manufactured "low-fat" products (which may contain artificial stabilizers, emulsifiers and thickeners)

SO

let this book by Caroline Young help you. Her delicious recipes are easy to follow and quick to prepare. They're low in fat but simply bursting with flavour. Made with fresh, colourful ingredients, they look great on the plate, and are in very generous portions as well.

This is not the latest quick fix, lose weight overnight diet book. It is simply a collection of tasty recipes that just happen to be big on flavour, low in fat.

  How to Boil an Egg . . . and 184 Other Simple Recipes for One
  by Jan Arkless

If you don't consider yourself a cook, this book is for you!

It tells you how to boil an egg - and how to poach, scramble or fry it; it tells you how to prepare vegetables; it tells you about different meats; it tells you how to get all the elements of a meal ready to eat at the same time.

In fact, it tells you all the things that other cookery books assume you know.

More than that, it takes you from the very basic basics right through to the mysteries of "Sunday Lunch". So, although most of the recipes are designed to feed one, there is scope for entertaining too, as you get more confident about your abilities in the kitchen.

For those cooking on their own for the first time - for whatever reason - it is the cookery adviser at your elbow.

  Home Winemaking the Right Way
  by Kenneth Hawkins

Kenneth Hawkins has produced home-made wines, beers and liqueurs for over 20 years and has taught at evening classes. Here are 55 of his favourite recipes, many of which have won awards.

As well as covering the basics, he includes a detailed analysis of how and why various types of wine differ; he also shows how to train your palate to judge their relative qualities. This is the key to the mastery both of what to do when in trouble, and of the subtle adjustments which can transform a moderate wine into an award-winner.

More than that, Kenneth Hawkins sees home winemaking as an ancient rural craft, steeped in traditional folklore. In fascinating asides to the recipes, he delves into the customs, legends and stories which link individual wines to the celebration of special days and events.

"My husband and I started with Home Winemaking the Right Way and have won prizes in exhibitions. Excellent books - thank you!"    P Wigley, Gloucs.

  The Right Way to Make Jams
  by Cyril Grange FRHS

As the cost of bought jams and conserves increases, more and more people want to know how to make their own. The Right Way to Make Jams tells you all you need to know to produce delicious home-made jams.

The book contains recipes for all the more usual fruit and vegetable jams, as well as some for out-of-the-way ones, and it includes recipes for conserves, marmalades, curds, pickles, chutneys and ketchups. Don't worry if you don't have a garden of your own - you can still make enormous savings by buying fruit and vegetables in bulk.

The Lady: "When it comes to jams, pickles and chutneys, there's nothing quite like home-made . . . There's bound to be something you'll want to try and this book could give you the confidence to go ahead."

Daily Telegraph: "...all [my] jam recipes come from a little book with the uncompromising title, The Right Way to Make Jams." Rachel Simhon