Cookbook Feature - Friday Favourites

At The Amazing Blog we enjoy a variety off delicious food all year round! It can become a routine in the kitchen to cook similar dishes each week when you have a hectic lifestyle that’s why we decided to do a cookbook guide for you. So when you’re at home you can mix it up in the kitchen and refer back to innovative recipes. Here are several essential cookbooks we recommend: Nina Capri, Miso Tasty, Dinner Tonight, Fish and Vegetable Perfection.

Nina Parker dazzled us with her first book exploring St.Tropez after wich; she had her sights sets on the beautiful location of Capri in Italy. Her new cookbook explores the magical part of Italy; through this book you experience the intimate journey Nina went on, exploring the old and the new parts of the city. This book is a representation of Nina’s love and passion for Italian cuisine presenting to us with over 100 original recipes. This is Italian food at its finest this book offers a lighter, healthier approach to cooking also they are gluten free and dairy-free options to choose from in this book including dishes such as breakfast, lunch, appetizers, starters, mains and desserts. Unlike some other cookbooks, this is shot on location of the stunning Amalfi Coast of Carpi alongside the deep blue sea which make the book full of beauty and colour. 

Explore the finest Italian dishes from Nina Parker's book here for £25.00.

The second cookbook we recommend trying is Miso Tasty, for adventurous cooks who would like to explore and expand their repertoire of Japanese dishes. With over 60 recipes to explore there are flavorsome dishes to try from other than just soup. This book shows of versatility of miso, including dips, dressing, marinades and exceptional desserts to discover. This book is an introduction into the history of eating miso regularly and how you take this lifestyle and recipes into your own life, it introduces the heritage and health benefits of Japanese food and focuses on wholesome and nutritious ingredients. The miso expert Bonnie Chung shares his tips and tricks and his expertise's into this book.

If you want to explore the best of Japanese traditional dishes, grab yourself this book here for £14.99.

Dinner can always be a struggle when you’re not sure what you want to eat or bored of eating the same thing. Why not try the book Dinner Tonight by the British food author Lindsey Bareham, this book is a collection of mouth-watering recipes, easy and accessible quick dishes that you can make after a look day at work or a busy day out with the family. This book will become your go to for delicious foods. It is packed with exciting recipes including main dishes and desserts such as polenta with lemon mushrooms, pulled chicken, or a strawberry almond crumble. The book offers a good combination of tasty and imaginative recipes that will be great dishes for your family or your friends to enjoy.

Grab Dinner Tonight for delicious dinners, available here for £20.00.

The last two books have been written by the same author Mat Follas and are exceptional. Mat Follas, winner of UK Masterched show in 2009 wrote Fish which has over 80 inspired dishes sharing his love for fresh fish and seafood. This book is ideal for people who want to explore their cooking skills and learn uncomplicated dishes but taste delicious. Mat touches upon his wealth of experience in cooking down to the basics of preparation whilst enjoying fresh healthy food.

Vegetable Perfection, has over 100 inspired vegetable dishes; Mat shows his passion for vegetarian and vegan recipes. Mat approaches new cooking techniques that modern chefs are embracing adding ingredients to boost texture and flavor, usingvegetables options like kale, cauliflower, humble carrots to cook up a storm.

If you look for sea food and fish made dishes then the book Fish is the one for you, available to purchase here for £16.58. You can also get the Vegetable Perfection here for £14.88.

Father's Day Guide

Here at The Amazing Blog, we think dads are pretty special, so we love to treat them to something they’ll love on Fathers’ Day to say ‘thank you’. For this reason, we have decided to feature four of our favourite gifts for dads! With just one week to go, now is your chance to find the perfect gift for your dad, whether you are on a budget or looking to spoil him!  

For the suave Dad who likes to sport a perfectly coiffed hair-do, the Dapper Dan Cigar Box is the perfect pick. Presented in a sophisticated wooden gift box, your Dad can whip his hair into whatever style he likes, with the choice of three Dapper Dan hair products! You can even throw in a personalised card to tell your Dad just how much he means to you.

Satisfy his stylish side with Dapper Dan here for £60.

For the creative and fun-loving Dad, look no further than Stylophone – the original pocket synthesizer. Take him back to his youth by giving him a gift that lets him make his own music!  This electronic keyboard will get making his own retro sounds: the perfect way to make sure he chills out on the weekend after a long working week.

Treat your musical man to the Stylophone here for £19.99.

For the dad who has a nose for a good scent, why not spoil him with the new fragrance from M.Micallef?  We love the Osaïto scent so much that we’ve even considered gifting it to ourselves, but have decided to save this amazing find for the dads this time. Encased in a luxurious marble-look bottle, this men’s fragrance exhibits notes of citrus, sandalwood, samphire and amber, and is the epitome of sophistication.

A special scent for a special dad, you can find Osaïto here for £195.

For the dad with a beard or a mo, give him the gift of knowledge with A Gentleman’s Guide to Beard and Moustache Management. With this book, your dad will be more fashionable than ever by learning grooming tips inspired by famous facial hair aficionados.

The perfect present for fashion-forward fathers, available here for £6.95.

Cookbook Feature - Friday Favourites

We at The Amazing Blog love to experiment in the kitchen. Whether it’s for entertaining dinner party guests or making treats for our loved ones, we’re always trying to improve our repertoire. For those of you who love to cook and bake just as much as we do, we’ve come up with a few exciting new recipe books for you to take a look at!

As the weather warms up, so does our sweet tooth! The Clandestine Cake Club: A Year of Cake by Lynn Hill is the perfect way to experiment with a variety of delicious confections.

The drool-worthy cookbook is organized month-by-month and filled with delectable images of cakes that suit every holiday. It also features seasonal ingredients and recipes served with a little slice of history that reveals stories and traditions about the occasions that inspired them. To give you a little taste of what’s included, the book illustrates recipes for traditional cakes like Toffee Apple Gingerbread and Strawberry Pimm’s, but also includes exotic ones like Yogurt & Pecan cake as well as Canadian Maple Syrup & Bacon cake.

Fire up your oven and start practicing for the holidays with “A Year of Cake” here for £20.

If you’re craving some colourful dishes, we would recommend flipping through NOPI: The Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi and Ramael Scully—a collection of over 120 recipes from Yotam’s celebrated Soho restaurant.

This spectacular cookbook combines Yotam’s Middle Eastern influences with Scully’s Asian background and delivers a truly unique set of original, flavor-packed dishes. If you’re a fan of the restaurant, you’ll love learning the secrets to your favourite courses, and if you’re a cooking enthusiast, you’ll love discovering new recipes to inspire and delight. This book is chock-full of things for every occasion, from simple starters to complex main courses and puddings. As a bonus, the book itself is absolutely beautiful just to display on your shelf. The hard cover has a creamy white texture and the pages are gilded in gold.

Whether you’re looking to impress a dinner party or serve yourself a quick meal, this book is a gem to add to your collection. It’s available here for £28.

Biscuits are the quintessential English snack, so it’s only fitting that we feature a recipe book focused entirely on biscuits. Introducing Bee’s Brilliant Biscuits, a book filled to the brim with original, colourful, and flavourful unique treats for you and your loved ones.

The recipes range from classic shortbread, to cookies you can bake with your kids, to treats for you pooch, and everything in between! It even includes a page of tear-out templates to add to the fun.

You deserve better than to dunk a plain digestive into your tea. With 80 recipes to choose from, Bee’s Brilliant Biscuits has got you covered. Buy it here for £12.08.

Art & Makeup - Lan Nguyen-Grealis

Here at The Amazing Blog, we love experimenting with our makeup. To us, makeup is more than a simple daily routine, it’s an art. So when Art & Makeup came across our desk at the office, we all stopped in our tracks.

Art & Makeup is a stunning compilation of more than 200 images of award-winning makeup artist Lan Nguyen-Grealis’s best works. As the youngest Golden Mask award-winner for Makeup Art, Lan has created a book that showcases just how imaginative makeup can be. By drawing inspiration from painters, sculptors, and cinema, Lan transforms makeup into breath-taking artwork with the help of legendary photographers like Rankin and David Bailey. To complement the editorial works, Lan has also included step-by-step tutorials for some of the techniques used in the book, along with tips and tricks from industry professionals.

While these works definitely aren’t wearable for most people, Art & Makeup would be an amazing gift for any makeup enthusiast. We also think it would be the perfect coffee table book for charming your guests! If you want to spend an hour drooling over the gorgeous images like we have, you can pick it up here for £22.03.  

Recognise Yourself: Beauty Despite Cancer - Jennifer Young

At The Amazing Blog, we know what it’s like to have friends and family going through cancer treatment. It can be especially difficult for women to feel like themselves again after diagnosis. Recognise Yourself: Beauty Despite Cancer is the perfect book to offer as a gift to these loved ones, as it offers advice and expertise to help women cope with their journeys.

Jennifer Young, the creator of Defiant Beauty skincare and author of Recognise Yourself: Beauty Despite Cancer, has written this inspiring book as a guide to help both men and women maintain their appearances and recognise themselves throughout their stages of treatment. From scalp care and lingerie to nutrition and dental hygiene, this book is a must-have bible for anyone dealing with changing appearances as a result of cancer treatment. Beauty Despite Cancer’s team has worked with experienced health professionals to offer the best advice possible so that patients can feel like themselves again.

We believe this book will be not only practical, but also incredibly uplifting for you or your loved ones. Buy it here for £14.99.