Best Selling Books by Mary Berry

Mary Berry has shared her skills, experience and tips through a varied and fascinating career, yet few people know the professional and personal story behind her success. Now, in her inspiring, charming and life-affirming memoir, Mary tells us about her life - a life in some ways reassuringly ordinary, yet at the same time completely extraordinary.

Find out how Mary Berry cooks her recipes to perfectionMary Berry Cooks the Perfect features over 100 exciting new recipes. What makes the book particularly special are the Keys to Perfection. For each recipe Mary identifies the crucial part to get right to guarantee best results, and then demonstrates it with step-by-step instructions. She reveals the secret to crisp pork crackling or melt-in-the-mouth salmon, how to bake a feather-light cake, or the key to a super-crunchy crumble topping. Imagine Mary is in your kitchen with you, saying "watch out for this bit" or "keep an eye on that", while also sharing many of the techniques that she honed over the years. There is a variety of recipes for the whole family to enjoy, quick suppers to rustle up after work, and impressive dishes for when you entertain. Some are tried and tested favourites with a new twist, others use a selection of new ingredients or flavour combinations.Mary knows the details in a recipe that make all the difference. Discover them in Mary Berry Cooks the Perfect.

A cookery course from the UK''s much-loved cookLet Mary take you from new cook to good cook or from good cook to great cook with Mary Berry''s Cookery Course. With delicious recipes from soups, starters and mains to bread, puddings and cakes, you can master the foundations of cooking and build your culinary repertoire under the guidance of Mary Berry.Learn how to cook Mary Berry''s favourite recipes with ease and find out how Mary gets her roast chicken skin so crispy and how she ensures her apple pie doesn''t have a "soggy bottom". Perfect the basics of cooking with 12 classic ''master recipes'' such as leek and potato soup, chargrilled salmon fillets and Victoria sandwich cake with step-by-step instructions. Then cook your way to success with over 100 fail-safe recipes with photographs of each finished dish so you know what you''re aiming for each time. Mary also offers advice on ingredients and how to keep a well-stocked pantry as well as teaching kitchen techniques such as whipping egg whites to guarantee perfect results every time.Mary Berry''s Cookery Course is perfect for all home cooks who want to learn to cook ''the Mary Berry way''.

Mary Berry makes cooking for gatherings of family and friends easier with over 160 recipes that work well for both small and large numbers of guests. Discover how she cooks for her family and friends during the Christmas party season, and for other occasions and celebrations throughout the year. Her timeless guidance and expert tips will help you cater smoothly and successfully on a small scale for dinners and lunches around a table, or on a larger scale for drinks parties, buffets and teatime. Adapting quantities is made easy. Recipes provide two sets of ingredients for serving either 6 or 12 guests, plus there is advice on how to scale up recipes for any number. Discover tips for preparing in advance and simple shortcuts and cook up a feast the stress-free way.

In our time-strapped lives, it isn''t always easy to eat healthy home-cooked food every day of the week. You need never go hungry again with these delicious, straightforward recipes for cooking and preparing ahead. Whether you want to make a three-course meal on Friday night for guests or have a few yummy family suppers ready in advance, with more than 100 recipes to choose from, Cook Now Eat Later is perfect for the busy home cook. As you would expect from Mary, the recipes are foolproof and easy-to-follow, and they include clear instructions on how to get one (or two or three!) steps ahead. With some dishes you''ll be able to cook everything in advance, while others can be prepared ahead and assembled and then just cooked on the day. Find out when you can freeze to get ahead and when it''s best to keep it fresh. Simple directions show you what to do to take all the stress out of cooking. Let Mary give you the confidence to plan ahead. With Cook Now Eat Later you can have the ideal dish for every occasion ready in no time.

Following the success of Mary Berry''s first book in the authoritative My Kitchen Table series, 100 Cakes and Bakes, the baking expert returns with a new collection of tempting delights. In this compact cookbook, Mary has selected 100 mini bakes perfect for afternoon tea, such as biscuits, pastries, cupcakes and teabreads, and her favorite puddings, including dessert cakes, tarts, pies, cheesecakes, and sponge puddings, to provide plenty of inspiration to satisfy any sweet tooth. Including classic recipes and new ideas--all tried-and-tested and photographed--this is the perfect companion to Mary''s 100 Cakes and Bakes and an attractive addition to any cookery collection.

The most popular family recipes of well-known cook Mary Berry are given here, covering soups and appetizers, fish and meat courses, poultry and game, rice and pasta dishes, vegetables and salads, hot puddings, and desserts.

Mary Berry, queen of cooking on the range, has written the first cookbook to bring Aga cookery up to date. Aga cuisine need no longer be confined to stews and casseroles. Mary Berry shows how to cook contemporary and delicious food such as grilled vegetables, Baked Thai Curry, and Filo Parcels with Ricotta and Spinach. The recipes are complemented with detailed introductory material that shows you how to get the very best from your Aga - whether a new convert or an established devotee - and with this book it can become the warming heart of your family kitchen.

Cooking for guests can sometimes be a hectic affair, but this helpful cookbook provides delicious recipes that can be prepared ahead of time, making entertaining a snap. From buffet feasts to impressive dinner party dishes and tea-time treats, a variety of delicious entrees suitable for any social engagement are offered along with clear, step-by-step instructions and prepare-ahead hints and tips. The reliable, fool-proof dishes span a range of cuisines and include such treats as classic creme caramel, smoked haddock fishcakes, and pan-fried pork chops with apple and sage en papillote. Packed with scrumptious ideas and mouthwatering illustrations, this is the perfect guide for cooks who love to entertain."

Get back to kitchen basics and learn to cook great food with Mary Berry Do you want to cook fantastic food, but feel your kitchen skills aren''t up to scratch? Let Mary Berry''s How to Cook take you back to culinary basics and give you the confidence to succeed. Pick up fundamental techniques to create a range of delicious starters, mains, desserts and breads, taking you from start to finish, and explaining exactly what to do. Follow 12 key recipes, ideal for beginners: master these, and then use your new skills to whip up 100 mouth-watering recipes from Moroccan spiced lamb to pineapple upside-down cake. Whether it''s boiling the perfect egg or making fantastic flaky pastry, serving up chicken cacciatore or lemon and apple tart, with tried and trusted guidance from one of Britain''s most popular cookery writers, Mary Berry''s How to Cook is the guide that will get you cooking.

Part of the TV COOKS series, this is a collection of Mary''s classic cake recipes from her bestselling titles. Each of the 35 recipes is accompanied by a colour photograph, easy-to-follow instructions, notes on nutritional value and fat content, tip for preparation and freezing details where appropriate.

Mary Berry is the queen of cakes. There is no one better qualified to show you how to make the best Victoria sponge, vanilla cupcake, fruit tea bread or chocolate fudge cake. Together with these eternally popular recipes, Mary also shows you how to make the best children''s birthday cake, Wimbledon cake, banana muffin, French patisserie and Christmas cake. With tried-and-tested, easy recipes for every occasion, this baking cookbook should be on every baker''s kitchen bookshelf.

Whether you are an AGA aficionado or have never cooked on an AGA before, Mary Berry and Lucy Young''s new AGA cookbook is just what you need by your side. It is 30 years since AGA first got in touch with Mary Berry about producing the AGA handbook and 15 since she followed it up with Mary Berry''s New Aga Cookbook - now she has combined, improved, updated and revamped those books with Lucy''s help to produce The Complete Aga Cookbook, which deserves its place on all 21st-century kitchen shelves. There have been many new trends in cooking in the intervening years, and a plethora of new ingredients, and Mary explores them in new recipes, adapting many ideas to the Aga way of cooking. As Mary herself says, an Aga rapidly becomes the centre attraction of the kitchen, acting as a warm focus for family, friends and animals. And cooking on an Aga is a joy: its spacious ovens produce perfectly cooked dishes, time after time. But we haven''t forgotten those who cook on conventional cookers and instructions are supplied on each recipe. Complete with all the AGA user information, Mary and Lucy help you get the most out of your AGA as they guide the reader through time- and energy-saving tips - from melting chocolate on the back shelf, to frying drop scones on the Boiling Plate and slow roasting overnight in your Simmering Oven. A few recipes will be familiar (adapted old favourites, which she just couldn''t bear to leave out) but, whether new or old, all have been cooked to perfection in the Aga, showing how versatile it really is.

An easy-to-understand guide to often-confusing computer/Internet jargon! Internet and Personal Computing Fads is an A-to-Z reference book written in a straightforward style that’s informative enough for library use but informal enough for general reading. This essential guide takes a practical look at the most often-seen computer and

Get organised in 2022 with Mary Berry''s essential household tips that will make home your true happy place ''Practical AND beautiful'' Graham Norton, BBC Radio 2 ________ ''This book is a collection of skills I''ve learned for running a home. Gleaned from years of practical experience, along with all the hints that friends and family have imparted to me, I hope it will be a helping hand'' Mary Berry Join national treasure Mary Berry in her comprehensive, beautifully illustrated guide that shares her greatest tips on how to care for your home. Inside you''ll find . . . - KITCHEN KNOW-HOW: Love the heart of your home with freezer tips and how to organise your food - CLEANING & CONFIGURING YOUR HOME: Create cleaning products from store cupboard items - LAUNDRY & WARDROBE WISDOM: Banish moths from your home for good, remove stains from every kind of fabric - GARDENING & FLOWERS: Bring greenery into your home even without a garden, create beautiful flower arrangements Easy to use, practical and gorgeously illustrated, Mary''s Household Tips & Tricks covers everything from Mary''s golden rules for baking to her favourite flowers for each season, from how to polish silver to whether tea should be poured before or after milk. With secrets for accomplishing the most challenging home-keeping tasks with ease, Mary''s wonderfully simple book will help turn any house into a home. ''The Queen of British baking has whipped up a recipe for home happiness'' Independent ''A domestic goddess'' Daily Telegraph

We all love to eat well and enjoy the freshest, lightest ingredients, but who wants to spend hours on complicated recipes? Mary Berry - who tests every dish until it is foolproof - uses clever ideas and smart shortcuts to put your favourite flavours on the tables in the shortest time. Why make pastry, pit olives or labour over onion chutney when first-class products are available. Concentrate instead on fresh vegetables, top-quality fish and meat and the little extras - a parcel of young shoots or some chocolate flakes - that give the finished dish a lift. Mary''s easy-to-follow recipes and tips give you mouthwatering meals that don''t take hours.

The recipes for cakes in this book-with-video pack come from Mary Berry''s best-selling cookery titles. They include favourites such as Battenburg and swiss roll, as well as a selection of teacakes, small cakes and traybakes.