What's Old is New: Retro Cookbooks on the Rise

A crop of new cookbooks are updating heirloom recipes for a modern age (and for modern kitchens), bringing dishes like Steak Diane and Oysters Rockefeller back into the spotlight. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Thu, 13/10/2011 - 16:12 Around 50 demonstrators, including women with children, are gathering outside Kensal Rise library in Brent this afternoon (13th October) as workmen prepare to board up the door and windows. The library was closed this... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Quercus sees sales drop but profits rise

Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Tue, 27/09/2011 - 10:33 Quercus saw an inevitable downturn in sales in the first half of 2011 after its Stieg Larsson enhanced 2010 numbers, but still managed to increase profit, improve its cash position, grow digital sales seven-fold and pay its... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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S&S wins auction for Faulkner cookbook

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 14/09/2011 - 09:24 Simon & Schuster Illustrated has won an auction to publish a cookbook by 2010 "Celebrity Masterchef" winner Lisa Faulkner. Francine Lawrence, editorial director at Simon & Schuster Illustrated, bought world rights in a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Sales rise and profit jumps at Profile

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McCartney contributes to veggie cookbook

Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Fri, 05/08/2011 - 14:19 Kyle Books is linking up with ex-Beatle Paul McCartney’s Meat Free Mondays endeavour with a new recipe book which aims to encourage readers to go vegetarian one day a week. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 29/07/2011 - 09:30 Penguin reported lower sales and profits in the first half of 2011 as it adjusted to the "unprecedented challenges" afflicting the publishing sector including the loss of high street booksellers in the US and Australia... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Murdoch Books signs Olivia Newton-John cookbook

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Aggie MacKenzie cookbook to Pavilion

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