NZ chef, recipe writer and food stylist Laura Faire, celebrates AUTHENTIC, SEASONAL, NEW ZEALAND RECIPES in this beautiful, limited edition, environmentally-friendly cookbook. From planting a few herbs and strawberries in her own garden many years ago, Laura started on a full-blown environmental journey. A journey that has led her to respect the land, grow her own food and be passionate about caring for each ingredient that appears on her plate. From plant to plate. From germination to degustation. A Lifestyle Columnist for the Sunday Star-Times, Laura has collected 80 of her favourite recipes to create this local, natural and beautiful cookbook. Each recipe in the book is inspired by the season or her garden"--From publisher.
After breaking up with her boyfriend, seventeen-year-old Rowena takes an out-of-town summer job at a Renaissance fair, but romantic entanglements soon follow.
Savoir Faire teaches 1,000 foreign phrases that have become commonplace in the English language. You'll learn origins of phrases, common words you didn't realize were foreign, correct pronunciation, and more.
Together with the Olympics, world's fairs are one of the few regular international events of sufficient scale to showcase a spectrum of sights, wonders, learning opportunities, technological advances, and new (or renewed) urban districts, and to present them all to a mass audience. Meet Me at the Fair: A World's Fair Reader breaks new ground in scholarship on world's fairs by incorporating a number of short new texts that investigate world's fairs in their multiple aspects: political, urban/architectural, anthropological/ sociological, technological, commercial, popular, and representational. Contributors come from eight different countries and represent affiliations in academia, museums and libraries, professional and architectural firms, non-profit organizations, and government regulatory agencies. In taking the measure of both the material artifacts and the larger cultural production of world's fairs, the volume presents its own phantasmagoria of disciplinary perspectives, historical periods, geographical locales, media, and messages, mirroring the microcosmic form of the world's fair itself.
Shop local, eat well - a simple idea, but one we risk losing sight of as we reach for imported items while overlooking the sumptuous local produce that is seasonally available. This timely book shows how easy and satisfying it can be to eat according to Mother Nature's calendar, and features more than 100 recipes ranging from classics to more unusual fusions, all featuring delicious New Zealand fish, meat, fruit, vegetables, herbs and more. Try Venison and Juniper Pie, Walnut and Goat's Cheese Crusted Hapuku, Gooseberry Cheesecake or Plum and Almond Ricotta Cream Trifle ... SHOP LOCAL, EAT WELL will inspire you to get the best out of locally sourced produce while doing your bit to save the planet. Crisply and decoratively illustrated, and printed in two colours throughout.
Laura O'Donnell used to be stuck in a life she didn't plan for - a single mother of five children working as a nurse and only just making ends meet. She was living an unfulfilled life until one day she decided to set herself free. Stunt woman, actress, acrobat, kickboxer, psychologist, beauty queen, businesswoman and amazing single mum to five children, Laura's inspirational story shows that no matter how stuck you might seem, with work and perseverance you can set yourself free and live your dreams.
After breaking up with her boyfriend, seventeen-year-old Rowena takes an out-of-town summer job at a Renaissance fair, but romantic entanglements soon follow.
You can blurt out Merci! and Oui! and Garcon! as well as the next tourist, but your French lacks a certain je ne sais quoi. That just won't do if you're touring the City of Light or sunning in Tahiti or ordering a la carte in a Montreal cafe. This pocket-sized primer is your passeport to one of the world's most beautiful-and useful-languages.Suitable for travel or a refresher course, this work includes highlights such as: - commonly used French phrases- pronunciations and conjugations- grammar and sentence construction- useful words and terms- helpful French-English and English-French dictionaries.
Quand une top chef made in YouTube devient le plus gros bad buzz de l'histoire de la cuisine ! Tout en émotion et en humour, un roman savoureux qui prône le retour au vrai, à la famille et au goût des bonnes choses. À trente-cinq ans, Sunshine Mackenzie est à la tête de la chaîne YouTube la plus trendy du moment. Entre sa célèbre émission de cuisine " A Little Sunshine ", ses millions de followers, son loft à Tribeca et son amoureux parfait, la vie de la jeune femme a tout d'un conte de fées. Jusqu'au jour où la chantilly retombe : un troll révèle que la belle est une usurpatrice, une " chef " tout juste capable de faire cuire un œuf. Pire encore : des photos d'elle occupée à tromper son époux enflamment la toile... Bye-bye les followers, les sponsors, le mari, le loft à crédit ! Devenue persona non grata à New York, Sunshine n'a plus qu'à rentrer piteusement au bercail, dans les Hamptons, et à entamer sa quête de rachat. Apprentissage auprès d'un chef aussi étoilé qu'intransigeant, mea culpa familial, tentative de reconquête amoureuse : Sunshine trouvera-t-elle enfin la recette magique ?
Entre l'avocate et le hors-la-loi, la tentation est interdite. Jarod est la sentinelle des Styx Lions, le gang le plus dangereux de San Francisco : joueur et rebelle, il séduit les femmes sans se soucier de nouer de véritables relations. Mais quand on lui confie une nouvelle mission à haut risque, ses certitudes vacillent : il doit faire s’évader de prison son ex, Nell, une brillante avocate éperdue de justice qui a su se faire des ennemis. Elle l’a quitté sans un regard sept ans auparavant ; il la déteste autant qu’il a envie d’elle. Il compte donc remplir sa mission le plus rapidement possible et tourner les talons. Mais sa stratégie tourne court quand il se retrouve en fuite avec Nell. Comment réussir à se la sortir de l’esprit dans ces conditions ? Ou peut-être est-ce justement l'occasion pour lui de se venger et de la rendre folle de désir… *** – Nell, rien ne nous empêche de nous amuser, la provoqué-je en frôlant la courbe de son cou. – Jamais ! gronde-t-elle. Je me redresse en explosant de rire. Voilà le genre de défi que je suis capable de relever et, surtout, c’est un challenge qui me replace dans mon rôle de prédateur. C’est exactement ce dont j’ai besoin pour recouvrer le contrôle sur ma libido, alors… pourquoi pas ? – On parie ? dis-je, sarcastique. Nell écarquille les yeux, entre stupéfaction et suspicion, et sa poitrine se soulève, comme si elle cherchait sa respiration. – Ça n’arrivera pas. – Pourtant… tu es tentée, affirmé-je, tout en passant derrière elle pour détacher ses liens. Nell se lève dans un sursaut, le corps bandé de colère et d’une tension que je connais parfaitement. Mon sourire s’accentue, parce que quitte à être la proie d’un désir incontrôlable, j’aime autant qu’on soit à égalité dans ce registre. – Va te faire foutre ! m’injurie-t-elle avant de filer vers les escaliers. – Je préfère mener la danse, bébé, riposté-je. Alors c’est quand tu veux ! Ride Me Hard, de Laura Black, histoire intégrale.
Just the core concepts you need to write and speak French correctly If you have some knowledge of French and want to polish your skills, French Essentials For Dummies focuses on just the core concepts you need to communicate effectively. From conjugating verbs to understanding tenses, this easy-to-follow guide lets you skip the suffering and score high at exam time. French 101 — get the lowdown on the basics, from expressing dates and times to identifying parts of speech Gender matters — see how a noun’s gender determines the articles, adjectives, and pronouns you have to use The here and now — learn how to conjugate verbs in the present tense, choose subject pronouns, and form the present participle Way back when — get guidance on working with the past tense, including hints about when to use the compound past (passé composé) and when to use the imperfect What lies ahead — discover the different ways to express the future Open the book and find: A review of numbers, dates, and times The parts of speech How to determine a noun’s gender How to select the correct preposition Rules for making adjectives agree Tips for asking and answering yes/no questions Ways to spice up your descriptions Ten important verb distinctions
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