Vintage Kitchenalia

Discover Britain's culinary history through the kitchenware that created it

Kitchenalia showcases the vast creative potential of vintage kitchenware, reclaimed furniture and upcycled accessories. Here is everything you need for furnishing and styling a kitchen with personality, panache and unique retro charm. Kitchenalia is an inspiring guide to putting together a unique and creative kitchen using vintage pots and pans, family treasures such as your grandmotherâ??s old scales, classic designs that have stood the test of time, retro-inspired and second-hand china and glass and reclaimed and reinvented surfaces and furniture. This book demonstrates that period pieces, whether retro utensils and gadgets, farmhouse furniture or salvaged surfaces, are the antithesis of the mass-produced modern alternatives and have a timeless integrity. Sourcing such items from flea markets and antiques fairs is a unique and rewarding way to kit out a kitchen. Vinny Lee first shows how three designers transform a modern fitted kitchen in very different ways, to demonstrate how easy it is to add a personal sense of style. The Kitchenalia Kitchen then showcases the key styles and themes that characterize this approach, including the Retro Kitchen, the Collectorâ??s Kitchen, the Reclaimed Kitchen and the Painted Kitchen. Kitchenalia Elements presents everything that can be used to get the look you want, from pans, crockery, storage tins and containers to furniture, surfaces and lighting. Packed with advice on sourcing, reinventing, repurposing and displaying, Kitchenalia is an inspiring and informative guide to creating a kitchen with heart and soul.

Recycle, revamp and rejuvenate; with over 50 projects Sarah covers a whole spectrum of imaginative ideas for every room of the house, from blanket curtains to patchwork wallpaper, clever storage crates to fun mobiles for children, as well as unique ideas for dining, sleeping and bathing. Interweaved throughout the book are ideas for 'one thing four ways' to show how the same piece of furniture or a room can be updated with different look, plus handy advice on essential kit and techniques. Aimed at all skill levels, the projects can be completed in a few hours or over a weekend so you can revamp and refurbish your home in no time at all.

A comprehensive, photo-filled guide to giving your home a distinctive retro look down to the last detail. Style Your Modern Vintage Home is an inspirational book for all vintage enthusiasts. It encompasses everything vintage lovers want in one place: every vintage decade and every practical tip for buying, styling, and restoring your vintage homewares to achieve your perfectly styled home. With real houses, real people, and real affordable items, this book shows how you can achieve a stylish vintage/modern home too. Discover how these must-have items and styles work in your own home and how to integrate vintage with modern. Each chapter covers a decade from the 1920s to the 1990s, introducing fascinating social history from each period and revealing how what was going on in the world influenced the home interiors of that time. There are practical styling, restoration, and cleaning tips and useful watch-out advice for buying vintage pieces. Additionally, although chapters are separated by decade, styles from different eras may be used alongside one another, as reflected in useful cross-references to other chapters. Also included is an accessible directory of the best vintage traders, both in the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as further reading should you wish to learn more.

The star of Car Boot Sale Challenge and a keen car booter, Fiona Shoop shares her expertise on how to make the best from car boot sales for both buyers and sellers. Whether youre selling your goods as a one-off to clear the house or buy and sell at car boots to make extra money, Fionas top tips will help make the experience easier, more profitable and even more enjoyable. Fiona also worked as a consultant on several antiques programs where the goods were sold at car boot sales, including Life Laundry and helped the contributors to make as much money and sell as many goods as possible. Fiona also buys and sells at car boot sales in her spare time when not writing the How to Profit from.. series for Remember When.

The Foodie's Guide to Antiques & Collectables, An Expert Guide to Buying Antique Kitchenalia Like a Professional If you eat food for pleasure as well as sustenance, then guess what? You're a Foodie. Are you a food lover who enjoys using vintage kitchen items? Then this book is for you! With an Anthropologist guiding you, you'll learn all about the social histories and collectables for some of your favourite foods, including: The weird history of beer, from ancient civilizations to witchcraft to the 11th Commandment. The many uses for butter throughout history, from cooking to plastering it all over your face. The world's love of champagne, including its health-giving properties - yay, that bit's true! The evolution of cheese production, including varieties you probably wouldn't eat even on a double-dare. The rich history of chocolate, from the privileged few to a world-wide treat, and how it might run out soon. The fascinating history of coffee, from bouncing goats to fostering sedition and why it's so popular today. The sweet history of honey, from a royal fly deterrent to its use in biological warfare, and its amazing health benefits. The creamy history of ice cream, from whale poop to much-loved indulgence, including varieties that will create a nuclear holocaust in your mouth (and your bottom) to practically any flavour you can imagine. The tropical history of pineapples, including their use as indicators of social status and their role as the world's first rent-a-food. The versatile history of tomatoes, including their use as aphrodisiacs to their potential as Martian crops. But that's far from all. Drawing on my 35+ years as a professional Antiques Dealer and International Buyer, The Foodie's Guide to Antiques & Collectables will also teach you how to buy antique kitchenalia like a professional. In each chapter, you'll learn about how to buy the antique and vintage pieces associated with each featured food, including: What are good antique or vintage pieces and what to avoid How to tell that you're getting the real deal The price ranges you should consider Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn about the social histories and antiques associated with some of the world's favourite foods, and learn from an expert how you can buy antique kitchenalia like a professional.

Mary Berry is one of Britain's most respected and well-loved gurus of the kitchen. The undisputed Queen of the Aga has been the focus of many television shows and regularly contributes her expertise on "Woman's Hour." The recent hit BBC show "The Great British Bake Off" has once again put Mary back into the limelight and has reignited a passion for baking across the nation. Inspired by domestic science classes at school, Mary took a catering course at her local college before gaining a qualification from the Cordon Bleu school in Paris. After a stint working for the Electricity Board where she demonstrated to new owners of electric cookers how to operate them by cooking a Victoria sponge, and then as editor of "Housewife and Ideal Home" magazine, Mary published her first cookbook, "The Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook," in 1970 and hasn't looked back since. As well as cookery books, Mary has collaborated with her daughter Annabel to produce their own range of dressings and sauces which as now sold worldwide. But her personal life has also been touched by tragedy, as her son William was killed in a car accident at the age of just 19. With over 70 cookbooks under her belt, there is no doubt that Mary Berry is one of Britain's most successful cookery writers. Awarded the CBE in 2012, her gentle personality and classic family cooking style are a remarkable contrast to some of the more outspoken celebrity television chefs just one of the reasons why, even after over40 years in the industry, she is so well loved. This is her fascinating story."

This book explores the rich culinary heritage of Worcestershire, through the history of its food and drink.