Anja Dunk – författare

Selected for Jamie Oliver's Cookbook Club‘I love it. As soon as I opened this, I felt it was Christmas.’ – Diana HenryAdvent celebrates the magical run-up to Christmas with over 100 classic German baking recipes.The Advent season is one of the most special times of the year, when candles twinkle, the Christmas tree is decorated, and the smells of cinnamon, nutmeg and clove fill the kitchen.In the modern classic Advent, Anja Dunk shares her recipes for the very best of traditional German festive bakes. From lightly spiced Lebkuchen, frosted cinnamon stars, jam-filled ginger hearts, snow-capped coconut macaroons, to marzipan-filled Stollen, edible tree decorations, lucky meringue mushrooms and a gingerbread house dripping with candies and sugar icicles, you will find delectable spiced treats to fill your Bunter Teller and share with friends and family.Featuring Anja’s own linocut illustrations and evocative photography, this stunning, burgundy-coloured clothbound edition will be a family favourite for many years to come. The weeks of Advent hold all the sweet, almost unbearable anticipation of Christmas for days on end and this gorgeous book embraces that fairy-tale feeling within its pages.

How do you capture the intense flavour of freshly picked seasonal produce to enjoy all year round? Combining their experience as cooks, caterers and foragers, three friends bring you the essential guide to preserving. With techniques and recipes handed down through the generations plus deliciously inventive recipes from their own kitchens, you ll soon learn: the basic principles and methods of preserving; equipment and ingredients you need to get started; the best preserving agents to use (sugar, vinegar, alcohol, oil and salt); and over 80 stunning recipes from Green Tomato Chutney to Strawberry Gin Fizz. Let the slow art of preserving become your new favourite pastime and delight in having nature s most vibrant flavours and colours in your kitchen.