Magic is out of fashion.Except, obviously, at Winterturn. Winterturn in Ragnor Bella is a holiday for family, feasting, and a few religious festivities. Jemis Greenwing and Mr. Dart are both quite ready for a quiet week or two after their adventures going to and coming home from Orio City. Jemis in particular is looking forward to the first Winterturn spent with his father since he was a child. Then the fairy fox shows up. Wild magic. Family secrets. Gifts from unknown admirers. Sainthood. And that's before the pageant. Book Six of Greenwing & Dart, fantasies of manners--and mischief.

Cupboard Love explores the fascinating stories behind familiar and no-so-familiar gastronomic terms. Who knew that the word pomegranate is related to the word grenade? Light-hearted and thoroughly researched, packed with linguistic lore and cultural trivia.

Account of Nichols' voyage from England to Picton aboard the Carnatic.

Collected over thirty years of research as leader of the "Foods of England" project, Glyn Hughes from the Peaks of Derbyshire brings togher over one thousand of the oddest and most forgotten of old English foods, together with actual receipts (not "recipe", that's French) to make them ... -- Back cover

From absinthe to zabaglione, theDiner's Dictionary is a mouth-watering collection of food and drink terms, explaining their meaning and origins. Covering basic ingredients and traditional dishes, as well as exotic delicacies, this book will delight all those who want to discover more about what they eat and drink.

My mother's unknown family history of New Zealand immigration. It culminates five years of research into the stories of each of her settler and colonist ancestors who founded original branches of many New Zealand family lines. This book is a reconstruction of their backgrounds and life stories interspersed with my own immigration experiences to the US.

In this cookbook companion to Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin novels, readers get authentic and practical recipes for dishes that complement the pair's travels--such as Burgoo, Drowned Baby, Sea-Pie, Jam Roly-Poly, and Sucking pig.