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I'm Too Busy . . . It's Too Expensive . . . I Don't Know How . . . These are the three excuses I always hear when I ask people why they don't cook at home more often. But I know that with the right kit, some organization and solid recipes, these excuses don't stand up. Regardless of whether you're a brilliant cook or a complete beginner, this book does what it says on the ...

Free recipes from Jamie's 30 Minute Meals , Pregnant Jools's Pasta, Crunchy Chicory & Watercress Salad, Little Frangipane Tarts, Page 30-33. PASTA 4 spring onions 1 carrot 1 stick of celery 1-2 fresh red chillies 1 x 6-pack of good-quality sausages (approx.400g) 1 heaped teaspoon fennel seeds 1 teaspoon dried oregano 500g dried penne 4 cloves of garlic 4 tablespoons ...

Free recipe from Jamie's 30 Minute Meals , by Jamie Oliver, Tasty Crusted Cod, My Mashy Peas, Tartare Suace and Warm Garden Salad, pages 140-143. MASHY PEAS 4 medium baking potatoes 1 head of broccoli 500g frozen peas a large knob of butter 1–2 dessertspoons mint sauce TARTARE SAUCE 3 cornichons 1 heaped teaspoon small capers a small bunch of fresh flat-leaf ...

CHAPTER 1 I don't like cages. I don't even like going to zoos. The first time I went to one, I almost had claustrophobic attacks looking at those poor animals. I couldn't imagine any creature living that way. Sometimes I even felt a little bad for criminals, condemned to life in a cell. I'd certainly never expected to spend my life in one. But lately, life seemed to be ...

The next evening, I'm working upstairs in my room, banging the keys on my Corona. Suddenly I hear Mother hit the stairs running. In two sec­onds she's made it in my room. 'Eugenia!' she whispers. I stand so fast my chair teeters, trying to guard the contents of my type­ writer. 'Yes ma'am?' 'Now don't panic but there is a man-a very tall man-downstairs to see you.' ...

Introduction Chances are you've picked up this book because you're sick to death of lugging around those extra kilos and you want to look and feel better. Maybe you've just had a baby, or the middle-age spread has snuck up on you, or you've lost a lot of weight already but can't get the last five off. Or maybe you are desper­ate to get into your skinny jeans (or just ...

Free recipe from Losing the Last 5 Kilos by Michlle Bridges, Watercress, Fetta and Watermelon Salad, page 106. This is one of those salads that you eat visually before tasting. It looks so amazing on the table. Everyone will want to try it, and once they do it will become an instant favourite. Serves 2 Prep 15 minutes 247 cal per serve 1 bunch watercress, trimmed and ...

Chapter One Even after more than sixty years of living in Australia, eighty-four-year-old Lola Quinlan couldn't get used to a hot Christmas. Back home in Ireland, December had meant short days, darkness by four p.m., open fires and frosty walks. Snow if they were lucky. Her mother had loved following Christmas traditions, many of them passed down by her own mother. The tree ...

Chapter One I couldn't breathe. There was a hand covering my mouth and another shaking my shoulder, startling me out of a heavy sleep. A thousand frantic thoughts dashed through my mind in the space of a single heartbeat. It was happening. My worst nightmare was coming true. They're here! They've come for me! My eyes blinked, staring wildly around the dark room until ...

Prologue London , England , 1864 The man known as Jotun strode purposefully through the predawn fog, the collar of his peacoat up and a scarf wrapped loosely around his throat and mouth. His breath misted in the air before him. He stopped walking suddenly and listened. Had he heard footfalls? He turned his head to the left, then the right. Somewhere ahead he ...

1 Percy The snake-haired ladies were starting to annoy Percy. They should have died three days ago when he dropped a crate of bowling balls on them at the Napa Bargain Mart. They should have died two days ago when he ran over them with a police car in Martinez. They definitely should have died this morning when he cut off their heads in Tilden Park. No matter how many ...

Free recipe From Jamie's Great Britain by Jamie Oliver, Guinness Lamb Shanks, page 264. People absolutely love lamb shanks. You cook them until they’re just falling apart and they develop the most amazing flavours. This recipe is all about investing in dark sticky sauce and tender meat. We’re spoiled for choice when it comes to interesting ales, and adding a good dark ...

Free Recipe from Jamie's Great Britain by Jamie Oliver, Kate and Wills's Wedding Pie, page 232. I got really excited about the royal wedding. So much so that I was inspired to dedicate my favourite pie to the happy couple. Without being soppy, pies are about sharing; they're comforting, down-to-earth, humble and luxurious at the same time, and this one in particular ...

Free recipe from Jamie's Great Britain by Jamie Oliver, Wonderful Welsh Cakes, page 192. Jammed with Summer Berries & Vanilla Cream I completely fell in love with Welsh cakes after Jim gave me my first taste of one in Pontypridd market. The Welsh cooks of old did a lot of cooking on bakestones, which are essentially round cast iron skillets. They’d ...

Prologue Eastern China 1281 a.d. A thick fog filled the valley and spilled out over the surrounding mountains. Borne on a slight breeze, the mist made it look as though the peaks were breathing. From the ground, the dense forests were just shapes and silhouettes rather than individual trees. No animals scurried on the carpet of leaves and pine needles, and no birds ...

PROLOGUE Santa Maria Airport, Azores island chain, 1951 Hudson Wallace stood on the ramp just outside the terminal building on a cold, wet night. His leather jacket did little to keep out the chill as a mix of drizzle and fog shrouded the airport and the whole island around it. Across from him, blue taxi lights glowed in stoic silence, doing little to warm the scene, ...

The Girl and the Ghost-Grey Mare 'Hang on,' the young woman said over her shoulder as she urged the silver-dapple mare down the mountainside. The park ranger's arms tightened about her waist as the horse slipped over the dry shale. The girl and the ranger looked from beneath their hat brims towards the gully below, where the red hides of the cows and calves bustled through ...

Prologue A Land Forgotten Of the original one hundred forty, could I be the last Sentinel? The grim thought swirled through Dhakal's mind. The invaders' main force had overrun his country from the east eight weeks earlier with brutal speed and cruelty. Cavalry and foot soldiers poured from the hills and swarmed into the valleys, razed the villages to the ground, and slaughtered ...

1 The Russians call their Kamov-50 helicopter gunship Chernaya Akula—Black Shark. The name suits it, because it is sleek and fast, and it moves with cunning and agility, and, above all, it is a supremely efficient killer of its prey. A pair of Black Sharks emerged from a predawn fog bank and shot through the moonless sky at two hundred knots, just ten meters above ...