Bold, inspiring and ever-evolving, Boustany picks up where Falastin left off, with flavour-packed, colourful and simple vegetable- and grain-led dishes; this is how Sami grew up eating – platters of aubergine and chickpeas with a spicy green lemon sauce and fragrant lentil fatteh that always tasted better the next day. These are the dishes he has known, loved, cooked and shared with friends. With over 100 recipes, Sami offers recipes for breakfast, sharing plates, big celebrations, simple breads, moreish sweet treats, easy dinners and more.

It’s an approach that’s strongly present in Palestinian cuisine, from building your mooneh, or pantry, by preserving seasonal vegetables and herbs to lining the dinner table with a variety of salads and condiments reflective of a love for fresh and vibrant food.

Ricette vegetariane che celebrano la cucina palestinese, dal coautore di Falastin, Jerusalem and Ottolenghi: The Cookbook. Un omaggio al cibo e alla cultura palestinese, Boustany è il primo libro di cucina di Sami Tamimi, co-fondatore di Ottolenghi e promotore del cibo e della cultura palestinese. Boustany si traduce dall’arabo come “Il mio giardino” e le sue ricette semplici, rilassate e abbondanti riflettono lo stile e l’approccio al cibo di Sami.

Audace, stimolante e in continua evoluzione, Boustany riprende da dove si era fermato Falastin, con piatti ricchi di sapore, colorati e semplici, a base di verdure e cereali; è così che Sami è cresciuto: piatti di melanzane e ceci con una salsa piccante al limone verde e fragranti fatteh di lenticchie che erano sempre più buoni il giorno dopo. Questi sono i piatti che ha conosciuto, amato, cucinato e condiviso con gli amici. Con oltre 100 ricette, Sami propone ricette per la colazione, piatti da condividere, grandi festeggiamenti, pane semplice, dolci appetitosi, cene facili e molto altro.

È un approccio fortemente presente nella cucina palestinese, che spazia dalla creazione del mooneh, o dispensa, conservando verdure ed erbe di stagione, all’allestimento della tavola con una varietà di insalate e condimenti che riflettono l’amore per il cibo fresco e vivace.

That’s the only courageous thing a person can do.  In the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world three tiny figures sit at the end of a pier. Most people don’t even notice them.

Most people think it’s just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa, an aspiring artist herself, knows otherwise. Twenty-five years earlier, in a distant seaside town, a group of teenagers seek refuge from their bruising home lives by spending long summer days together.

They tell jokes, they share secrets, and they commit small acts of rebellion. These lost souls find in each other a reason to get up each morning, a reason to dream, a reason to love. Out of that summer emerges a transcendent work of art, a painting that will unexpectedly be placed into 18-year-old Louisa’s care.

Determined to learn how it came to be and to decide what to do with it, Louisa embarks on a cross-country journey.  But the closer she gets to the painting’s birthplace, the more nervous she becomes.  In this stunning testament to the transformative, timeless power of friendship and art, Louisa is proof that happy endings don’t always take the form we expect.

Their relationship was tumultuous and destructive, ultimately ending when she left him for his best friend and fellow artist Rob. Alice and Rob have achieved the riches and success for which Jay once seemed destined. Ashamed and debilitated by the virus that has ravaged his body, Jay hopes she won’t recognise him behind his dirty surgical mask.

When she does, however, she invites him to recover on the property, setting in motion a reckoning decades in the making.  Gripping and brilliantly orchestrated, Blue Ruin moves back and forth through time to deliver an extraordinary portrait of an artist as he reunites with his past and confronts the world he once loved and left behind.

Una volta Jay è stato inclinata per grandezza, una stella nascente della scena artistica di Londra. Ora, vive dalla sua auto e guadagna generi alimentari per la consegna di denaro ai ricchi di Upstate New York, mentre tutto intorno a una terribile pandemica rabbia. Quando Jay arriva in una casa ambientata in un’enorme superficie di bosco, è scioccato nel vedere qualcuno che pensava per sempre perso con lui. In piedi sul portico c’è Alice, un amante dei suoi giorni di scuola d’arte.

La loro relazione fu tumultuosa e distruttiva, alla fine finì quando lo lasciò per il suo migliore amico e collega artista Rob. Alice e Rob hanno raggiunto le ricchezze e il successo per i quali Jay una volta sembrava destinato. Vergognoso e debilitato dal virus che ha devastato il suo corpo, Jay spera di non riconoscerlo dietro la sua sporca maschera chirurgica.

Quando lo fa, tuttavia, lo invita a riprendersi sulla proprietà, mettendo in moto decenni di resa dei conti. Afferrare e brillantemente orchestrato, Blue Ruin si muove avanti e indietro nel tempo per offrire uno straordinario ritratto di artista mentre si riunisce con il suo passato e si confronta con il mondo che una volta amava e lasciato alle spalle.

There, she gives birth to a baby girl, and leaves her with nuns to be given up for adoption. Dawn tries to carry on with her life – a move to England, a marriage, a career, two sons, a divorce – but through it all, she still thinks of the child she had in Venezuela, and of what might have been. Then, forty years later, a woman from an internet forum gets in touch.

She says that she might be Dawn’s long-lost daughter, stirring up a complicated mix of feelings: could this be the person to give form to all the love and care a mother has left to offer?’From the very first page, I knew I was in the hands of a master storyteller. An utterly arresting tale of love and grief, of the wounding and healing powers of family, of the many guises of a mother’s love. It’s an absolute triumph.

Awaiting him is Penelope, defying reports of his death. But this queen endures her own tormentors – an army of young suitors eager to claim her hand and the throne…

1950s, rural Ireland. A loner comes across a mysteriously empty car in a field. Knowing he shouldn’t approach, but unable to hold back, he soon finds himself embroiled in a troubling missing person’s case, as a husband claims his wife may have thrown herself into the sea.

Called in from Dublin to investigate is Detective Inspector Strafford, who soon turns to his old ally – the flawed but brilliant pathologist Quirke – a man he is linked to in increasingly complicated ways.

On the fringes, Don’s youngest, Nemony, watches as her older siblings begin to navigate the treacherous waters of the adult world. When her adored oldest sister makes a terrible mistake, the holiday ends suddenly, shattering the fragile balance of their parents’ marriage and the siblings’ lives. Many years later and in the wake of loss, the events of that summer continue to haunt.

Nemony, now a lonely new mother herself, strikes up a chance friendship with Zoe. With her support, Nemony attempts to grapple with the casual damage enacted by her father. But as their relationship deepens, she is soon forced to question the true extent of Zoe’s fascination with the Travers family.

Tracing their lives through Sicily, London and the old mining towns of Appalachia, Nemony must uncover the stories untold – about her implacable father, her troubled mother, and the siblings she might still do anything for.

The guy’s never cracked a smile in his life. He’s jealous of my ex, he glares at my high heels, and insists he’s not attracted to me. He’s only marrying me for citizenship.

Fighting with Alexei is more fun than expected, though, and beneath his grouchy exterior, Alexei is surprisingly caring, protective, and generous. He cooks for me and worries about my safety. He sends me flowers with secret meanings and spends way too much money on me.

He makes me sleep in his bed and calls me his wife. For a guy who said he’d never fall in love with me, Alexei’s doing a good impression of it… and now I’m wondering if this marriage is fake after all.

Gloves Off is an enemies to lovers marriage of convenience hockey romance. It’s the fourth book in the Vancouver Storm series but can be read as a standalone. Tropes:- pro hockey- enemies to lovers- marriage of convenience- grumpy sunshine

A memory is sparked, and the past crackles into life as Damian listens to the story Frankie has kept stored away all these years. From post-war Ireland to the dazzling art scene of 1960s New York, Frankie shares a world in which friendships and chance encounters collide. A place where life blazes with an intensity that can’t last but will perhaps live on in other ways and in other people.

Lots of ego, and lots of money. If Kash can get the gig, it would pay off Boris and then some.He will need to offer something new, something that five of the richest men on the planet will have never tasted before. Something entirely unprecedented …But Boris is done waiting.

He kidnaps Kash, takes him to a warehouse and cuts off his finger.And this gives Kash an idea.

Nel panorama dei ristoranti di lusso di New York, uno chef farebbe qualsiasi cosa, e cucinerebbe qualsiasi cosa, per arrivare al successo. Kash ha un sacco di soldi. Il suo ristorante, specializzato in carni esotiche e destinato all’élite newyorkese, andava bene. Poi gli affari iniziano ad andare a rotoli e ora Boris, l’usuraio, vuole indietro il suo investimento. Ma Kash ha un piano. Gira voce di un club di cene, organizzato a turno da miliardari.

Tanto ego, e un sacco di soldi. Se Kash riuscisse a ottenere l’incarico, Boris ne trarrebbe beneficio e anche di più. Dovrà offrire qualcosa di nuovo, qualcosa che cinque degli uomini più ricchi del pianeta non abbiano mai assaggiato prima. Qualcosa di completamente senza precedenti… Ma Boris è stanco di aspettare. Rapisce Kash, lo porta in un magazzino e gli taglia un dito. E questo dà a Kash un’idea.