How To Be A Domestic Goddess

This Christmas rediscover the classic book that launched a thousand cupcakes. 'This is for those days or evenings when you want to usher a little something out of the kitchen that makes you thrill at the sheer pleasure you've conjured up.' The classic baking bible by Nigella Lawson ('Queen of the Kitchen' - Observer Food Monthly). This is the book that helped the world rediscover the joys of baking and kick-started the cupcake revolution, from cake shops around the country to The Great British Bake Off. How To Be a Domestic Goddess is not about being a goddess, but about feeling like one. Here is the book that feeds our fantasies, understands our anxieties and puts cakes, pies, pastries, preserves, puddings, bread and biscuits back into our own kitchens. With luscious photography, easy recipes, witty food writing and a beautiful hardback design, this is a book you will treasure for many years as well as a delicious gift for friends and family. Cakes - from a simple Victoria Sponge to beautiful cupcakes Biscuits - macaroons, muffins and other indulgent treats Pies - perfect shortcrust and puff pastry and sweet and savoury recipes Puddings - crumbles, sponges, trifles and cheesecakes Chocolate - luscious chocolate recipes for sharing (or not) Children - simple recipes for baking with kids Christmas - pudding, Christmas cakes, mince pies... and mulled wine Bread - finally, the proof that baking bread can be fun, with easy bread recipes The Domestic Goddess's Larder - essential preserves, jams, chutneys, curds and pickles that every cook should have Nigella Collection: a vibrant look for Nigella's classic cookery books.

Do you know how to sew and knit, can you fix a zipper or hem trousers? Can you arrive home fresh from the board meeting to organise dinner for eight with an hour’s notice, make your man’s favourite cookies while doing the ironing? Can you look pristine and calm even when the soufflé has sunk, the dog across the road is chewing your washing, your man is flirting with the younger woman next door, and your party guests have arrived an hour early? Thought no. Well, don’t despair, here is all the information a wife needs to become a doyen of domesticity and perform these vital tasks with precision and effortless finesse. How to be a Domestic Goddess is a handbook to becoming the new superwoman. The well-selected, straightforward lessons presented here will smooth the transition, even for the sloppiest novice housewife to domestic goddess status.

Here are Mrs Ross's handy tips on every aspect of household management: skincare, fashion and beauty, children, dealing with blackened ovenware*, leftovers** and freezing***. And here is useful advice on how to get a 'lifestyle' if you suspect you don't have a proper one. Some people have fabulous bodies and accomplished kids and amazing parenting skills and ideal jobs and harmonious marital relationships. This book is not for them. It is for the rest of us: we, the 99 per cent of the population who are not so blessed and cannot decide whether to laugh or cry. Answer: laugh. *soak, soak, soak, then throw away when nobody is looking. **decant carefully into Tupperware, place in fridge, leave for a week then throw out when nobody is looking. ***leave for a decade, then throw out when nobody is looking.

THE GODDESS RULEBOOK: RULE #1: FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WANT—AND GO AFTER IT Columnist Kit Macy's dream house was almost hers. Then the entire staff of her old-fashioned household magazine was fired by the new, hip, handsome boss. No job meant no mortgage, and no backyard for her four-year-old son. She needed a plan…and decided to reinvent herself. RULE #2: CHANGE IS GOOD Hotshot editor Cal Panagos intended to revamp the magazine—from its staff to its stories. But the stubborn single mom's desire to succeed—and her beautiful eyes—soon got under his skin, while Kit's ideas breathed life into his publication. Working closely day after day, Cal began to forget the most important rule of all: Never mix business with pleasure….

The Domestic Goddess – a story of social media fame, a family in crisis and advice on buying a bike. Adam and Sarah live in a house that’s too small for them with a mortgage that’s too big for them and, once they’ve wrestled the kids into bed, they watch Netflix series in their pyjamas or have cheap-as-chips, Chardonnay-soaked dinners with their friends. After Sarah wins a writing competition for a women’s magazine, she’s asked to become a regular columnist. Emma, Adam’s friend, but certainly not Sarah’s, a glamorous celebrity publicity, immediately sees potential in Sarah as a YouTube star. And so the Domestic Goddess is born. As the Domestic Goddess attracts followers and cables, lights and free samples for promotion begin to fill the house, Adam and the children find themselves transformed into social media stars. But Adam is uncomfortable with their new found fame. Luckily, Emma has a suggestion – Adam should follow in his wife’s footsteps and the humble bike shop that he runs with his quirky assistant Fin becomes the home of the Bicycle Boys, the next YouTube sensation. But is more celebrity and more freebies really the answer to Adam and Sarah’s growing estrangement? Before long, as the couple find themselves competing for subscribers, swamped by fans and struggling to handle their new fame, the fault lines in their relationship force them apart. Adam has never had to try at anything – other than escaping from the shadow of his celebrated financier father. Sarah, on the other hand, has always had to work like hell – as she does for the Domestic Goddess. “But it’s killing you,” points out Adam. Is it better to die trying? Before long Adam is throwing himself into the Bicycle Boys. But is it to impress Sarah or get revenge on her? Conflicted, he seeks to rebuild their normal family life but Emma clearly has other plans for the couple. When the Domestic Goddess and the Bicycle Boys come head to head for the glitzy Vlogger of the Year Awards Adam realises that he needs to take drastic action.

Ever thought of cleaning your toilet with nothing but baking soda and vinegar? Making fly spray out of black tea? Or painting your nails with henna? Writer, broadcaster, wife, mum and grandma Wendyl Nissen knows just how difficult it is to juggle family and career, while saving the planet and living within your means. After lots of research and trial and error, Wendyl has compiled this user-friendly guide to saving time and money without losing your sense of style - or your sense of humour. Domestic Goddess on a Budgetincludes: tried and true recipes for environmentally friendly cleaning products tips on how to de-clutter, reduce waste and save money on your food bill recipes for money-saving natural beauty products how to slow down, stop being perfect and find the right work/life balance for you Is there a domestic goddess lurking in you?