For the Tequila Curious and the Tequila Connoisseur Alike, a Complete, Illustrated Guide to One of the World’s Most Popular Spirits
 
Time to put away the shot glass—tequila long ago left its spring break clichés in the dust. Today, it is not just a sophisticated global phenomenon but is poised to surpass vodka to become the number one spirit in the U.S. by sales. Which means there’s no better time for A Field Guide to Tequila, the new bible on this popular spirit.

Whether you’re already an aficionado who likes to slow-sip an artisanal extra-añejo or a margarita lover curious about your favorite drink and what makes it special, A Field Guide to Tequila takes you step by step into everything that makes tequila tequila, from how it came about, to how it’s made, to how to select, taste, and serve it. Beginning with the origin of every bottle of tequila—the unique blue agave (which is actually much closer, biologically, to a lily than a cactus)—it’s all here: The life cycle of the blue agave and the complex process of turning it into liquor (hint: There’s harvesting, steaming, roasting, and—still in use in one legendary distillery—working mules).

The five classes of tequila, including the unfortunate myth of blanco’s inferiority. How to read a tequila label. The seventeen tequila producers to know and brands you need to explore, from giants of the industry like Patrón and José Cuervo to traditionalists, artisans, and innovators, including Tapatío, Siete Leguas, Ocho, G4, and Cava de Oro.

The real deal with so many celebrity tequila brands, a phenomenon that started with Bing Crosby. How to set up a tequila tasting. A complete guide to tequila tourism, including dos and don’ts for visiting the town of Tequila, best times to go, essential stops, and a glossary of Spanish. Oh, and a recipe for a best-ever margarita, plus three other classic tequila cocktails, including the Rolling Stones’ favourite, the tequila sunrise.

With its striking visuals and appealing package, A Field Guide to Tequila is a go-to reference that felicitously also feels like a real gift book—and vice versa.

Bananagrams is a game of speed. A game of skill. A game where the thrill comes from making as many words in a crossword grid style as you can - as ridiculously, breathtakingly fast as you can!

There is no points-tallying - the first to finish wins!

Ideal for school-aged children, word-loving adults and scrabble-addicts, this game is furiously fast and hilariously addictive. 

The 144 letter tiles come attractively packaged in a zip-up banana case, making this game ideal for playing on-the-go. Just try not to go bananas in your attempts at becoming the Bananagrams champion!

FEATURES:

• Fast-paced anagram game 
• Create as many words as you can
• Be the first to finish to win!
• Great for school-aged children 
• Ideal for travel, school & home
• Comes in banana-shaped zip-up case

SPECIFICATIONS

• Players: 1-8
• Ages: 7 and above. Not suitable for children 3 years and under due to choking hazard 
• Inclusions: 144 tiles & instructions enclosed in banana-shaped zip-up carry pouch

The undisputed king of playing cards - Bicycle Riderback cards are arguably the most recognizable in the world, having been in constant production since 1887! Available with Blue or Red backs, these high quality standard face poker size cards from the United States Playing Card Company, are both long lasting and easy to shuffle.

It may be hard to imagine, but Dragonwood, with its vast array of richly illustrated cards, started out looking much different than where it ended. Inventor Darren Kisgen submitted a prototype without a single illustration just simple words and numbers written in marker on blank white cards. Well apparently thatÌÓs all was needed because within moments, our playtesters were enraptured with the simple-to-learn but deeply engaging fantasy-themed game. Illustrator Chris Beatrice beautifully captured the wit and humour depicted in DarrenÌÓs words to create one of our most visually appealing games.

Dare to enter Dragonwood! Deep in the heart of this mythical forest lurk angry ogres, giggling goblins, and even the famed and fearsome fire-breathers themselves! Collect sets of adventurer cards to earn dice, which you will use to roll against your foes. Stomp on some fire ants, shriek at a grumpy troll or strike the menacing orange dragon with a magical silver sword. Choose your strategy carefully because the landscape of Dragonwood is ever-changing. Only the bravest will overcome the odds to emerge victorious!

Ages: 8+
players: 2-4
Playing time: 20 minutes

The follow up to the classic bestseller from Australian's favourite cookbook author full of inspiring delicious new recipes

Donna Hay, Australia's most trusted and bestselling cookbook author, returns with a follow up to her much-loved bestselling classic, Basics to Brilliance.
When Donna Hay first launched her visually-stunning hardcover book Basics to Brilliance in 2016, she had no idea its pages would become home to some of her (and the country's!) most cherished cult recipes, including that failproof fall-apart slow-cooked beef brisket and the most addictive molten choc-chunk brownies.

In Even More Basics to Brilliance, you'll find many more of those much-loved foundation recipes everyone needs in their cooking repertoire, with simple flavour switch-ups and shortcuts to take you from basics to brilliance in the kitchen, including simple and nourishing base stock for ramen (hello, bowls of umami), the tastiest oven-roasted tomato sauce (say goodbye to stirring at the stove-top!) and the easiest, serve-with-everything yoghurt flatbreads, not to mention the fluffiest foolproof carrot cake and a show-stopping Basque cheesecake.

Each recipe is followed by clever variations and flavour shortcuts to make them even easier to master, while giving home cooks the confidence to elevate their cooking to delicious new heights. And in true Donna style, there are plenty of clever change-ups along the way!

Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 272
Width (mm): 222
Height (mm): 272
Depth (mm): 30

Five Crowns is a card game for the whole family. It has original game play, but uses skills that you have obtained from playing your old favorites like Hearts, Spades and Rummy. Because Five Crowns has five Royal Families -- the Stars, the Clubs, the Hearts, the Spades and the Diamonds -- yes, five suits in the old usage, it allows a more equal chance of making a book or a run, effectively giving each player more possibilities to readjust their hand so as to go out. Ages 8 & up, 2-7 Players, 40-60 minutes to play

Jamie's most popular cookbook goes Mediterranean in this mouth-watering follow-up.

People keep asking Jamie for another 5 Ingredients book and this is the answer. Over 120 utterly delicious, easy-to-follow recipes, this time inspired by Jamie's travels to the Mediterranean. It's all about making every day cooking super-exciting, with minimal fuss, while transporting you to sunnier climes.

Recipes that empower you to make big-flavour food, but without copious amounts of ingredients, long shopping lists or loads of washing up. 65% of the recipes are meat-free and all offer maximum flavour. With chapters on Veg, Pasta, Fish, Seafood, Pies and Parcels, Soups and Sarnies, Meat, Chicken and Sweet Things, it will have readers coming back for more, seven days a week.

These 2 little pigs will keep you entertained all day long. This Pass the Pigs classic party game consists of 2 pigs you use as dice, pad, 2 pencils and carrying case. Roll them as many times as you dare on your turn to score points. Just don't role a "pig out" or an "oinker". First person to 100 points wins. Makes an ideal travel game with its small plastic carrying case.

The wickedly fun rummy game you play in phases! During each hand, you work to complete a phase - getting 2 sets of 3 cards is Phase 1. Complete your phase before the end of the round to move on - but if you don't, you'll have to try again! Complete 10 Phases in order to win, if you fail a phase then you have to go back and start again. Take the game anywhere for fun anytime! For ages 7+.

The Smash Hit Party Game

Spot it! is the addictive, feverishly fun matching game for every generation. The first thing to know about Spot it! is that there is always one, and only one, matching symbol between any two cards. Got it? Now all you need is a sharp eye and a quick hand to play all five party games packed into the grab 'n' go tin. Including up to eight players, Spot it! is a cinch to learn, plays fast, and is irresistibly fun for all ages!

A Lively Visual Test For The Whole Family

Spot it! is played with 55 circular cards, each decorated with eight symbols varying in size and orientation. There are more than 50 symbols in all, including random yet universal images of hearts, snowflakes, dragons, and lightning bolts, and even words such as Stop and OK. The aim of the game is to be the first to spot the one symbol in common between two or more cards. Don't be fooled! It's not as simple as it sounds. A match is easily hidden in the array, especially with the pressure of racing frantically against your opponents. The cards change with every match made, so you have to stay focused to keep up. Every match will fuel your fire and agonizing over getting beat to the punch by a faster player only adds to the overall excitement.

Play Five Individual Mini Games

Spot it! packs unlimited play potential as you can mix it up with multiple games. The five individual mini-games included in the game booklet have separate rules and objectives. Choose from such contests as The Tower, The Well, Hot Potato, The Poisoned Gift, or Triplet, and play them in any order. In some, players try to collect cards, in others, they race to get ride of cards. For example, in The Tower, each player is handed a card and the remaining stack of cards is placed in the middle of the table. On the count of three, players look at their own cards and the top card of the middle stack for a matching symbol. When someone spots a match, he calls out the symbol and grabs the middle card, and puts it on top of his old card. Now everyone has to look at the new middle card for a match and try to win cards until the middle stack is gone. At the end, the player with the most cards wins. For competitive players ready for a Spot it! showdown, there's even a tournament point system included in the booklet.

An All-Around Winner

With 15 awards to its name, Spot it! has won the hearts of kids as well as adults. The versatile and skill-building game has also caught the attention of educators and therapists, who praise it for honing kids’¢"Áí¢í‰?perceptual abilities, attention, and speech-language skills. Not many people can deny the appeal of this game. A group of college kids will get the same kick out of it as grandparents and young kids. Furthermore, the durable little tin that holds the cards makes Spot it! the perfect travel game and boredom buster. You just can't go wrong with Spot it!

Discover All Spot It! Editions

Spot it! is available in a variety of themes to fit any player or occasion. Sport editions include MLB, NHL, and Golf; educational spin-offs feature the alphabet, numbers, shapes, and sight words. There's the popular animal-themed Spot it! Jr. for younger players and even an appropriately-themed road trip version called Spot it! On the Road. For the ultimate Spot it! session, check out Spot it! Party expanded game that includes accessories and more challenging mini games.

We all want to eat more fish, but who wants to bother spending the time, effort and money cooking that same old salmon fillet on repeat when you could be trying something new and utterly delicious?

In The Whole Fish Cookbook, Sydney's groundbreaking seafood chef Josh Niland reveals a completely new way to think about all aspects of fish cookery. From sourcing and butchering to dry ageing and curing, it challenges everything we thought we knew about the subject and invites readers to see fish for what it really is – an amazing, complex source of protein that can, and should, be treated with exactly the same nose-to-tail reverence as meat.

Featuring more than 60 recipes for dozens of fish species ranging from Cod Liver Pate on Toast, Fish Cassoulet and Roast Fish Bone Marrow to – essentially – the Perfect Fish and Chips, The Whole Fish Cookbook will soon have readers seeing that there is so much more to a fish than just the fillet and that there are more than just a handful of fish in the sea.

About the Author

Josh Niland is the chef/owner of Saint Peter, a fish restaurant that opened in Sydney to widespread critical acclaim in 2016. In doing so, Niland started a conversation around boundary-pushing seafood, as well as winning every significant award in Australia for his world-leading approach to using the whole fish and wasting nothing. In 2018, Josh opened The Fish Butchery – Australia's first sustainable fishmonger – which sells dry-aged, cured and smoked fish and offal to an eager public as well as supplying a number of Sydney's best restaurants. In 2019, his work was also recognized by the inaugural World Restaurant Awards, where he was shortlisted in the ethical thinking category. The Whole Fish Cookbook is his first book.

Includes 10 different pre-recorded "Yes, Dear" sayings. The easy and painless way to domestic harmony!

Sayings include “Yes, Dear”, “If you're happy, I'm happy", "I couldn't agree more", "Why didn't I think of that?”, and “What a wonderful idea!". 

Batteries Required: 2 x AAA Batteries (Incl.)
Care Instructions: Listen & Learn!