Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Consider the strawberry: its familiar flavor and texture; its fresh, sweet smell. Now imagine the same fruit distilled and carbonated for a refreshing soda, slow-roasted for a reinvented strawberry shortcake, made into a creamy strawberry ice cream and a chewy strawberry leather, and combined with coconut cream and crisp chocolate pastry. Alone, each dessert is a taste of paradise, but together…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: From Bravo’s Top Chef All-Stars winner Richard Blais comes his very cool debut cookbook for home cooks looking to up their game with more excitement in the kitchen. This is accessible and fun, and includes the signature recipes, flavor combinations, and cooking techniques that have made him such a popular chef. A new way to make a dish is always on Richard Blais’s mind. He has a wildly creative…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: The celebrated designer and author of The Language of Interior Design takes readers deeply into her process of selecting the details for elegant, classic homes with inviting living rooms, bedrooms, dining rooms, kitchens, and other spaces. In her first book, Alexa Hampton shared the basics of interior design — Contrast, Proportion, Color, and Balance — to rave reviews from readers and the media.…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Style icon Aerin Lauder reveals what it means to live beautifully Extravagant and fun to be around, Estee Lauder, Aerin's grandmother, loved jewelry and chocolate-covered marshmallows. She adored flowers and rooms full of exuberant patterns. When Aerin was a child, weekend visits with Estee meant ice-cream-and-late-night-TV adventures and spending time together at her grandmother's dressing-room…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 252) Аннотация: Ormond Gigli had an illustrious career as a photojournalist over the course of some 40 years and took many magnificent photographs — but one photograph has eclipsed all the others. It was a photograph he conceived for himself, without an editorial assignment. It is the incomparable «Girls in the Windows» of 1960. «Girls in the Windows: And Other Stories» is the first book to survey the work of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Jettison the old rulebooks about home decor and undecorate your space. As the founder and creative director of DwellStudio — which is famous for its brightly colored, graphic textile designs for home furnishings — designer Christiane Lemieux challenges tradition in a quintessentially American way, championing a fresh, unconventional approach to creating a beautiful and comfortable home. Lemieux…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Black and white decor is at once dramatic and understated, modern and classic, apparent in the work of iconic designers such as Dorothy Draper and Madeleine Castaing but just as present in design today. And the inspiration is all around us — from nature (a zebra's stripes, tree trunks rising from drifts of snow) to old Hollywood movies and fashion to black-and-white photography and patterns we…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Welcome to Wonderland and the topsy-turvy world of Lewis Carroll, where nothing means quite what it seems and nobody might pass you on the street! Journey down the rabbit hole and through the looking-glass and enter into the mythical, magical imagination of Lewis Carroll and his beloved heroine, Alice. Editor Linda Sunshine, in her follow-up to the bestselling All Things Oz, has gathered together…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Just as Momofuku was much more than a cookbook, Momofuku Milk Bar, too, will have a compelling narrative story, also written with Peter Meehan, that shares the unlikely beginnings of this quirky bakery's success. A runaway success in fall 2009, Momofuku suffered from just one criticism among reviewers: where were Christina Tosi's fantastic desserts? The compost cookie, a chunky chocolate-chip…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: In her most personal book, Carolyne Roehm shares her lifelong love of classical architecture and design, graciously inviting us into her favorite spaces in three remarkable homes: her own dazzling Manhattan prewar duplex, her antique-filled Colonial-era stone house in Connecticut, and a special friend's Aspen residence evocative of eighteenth-century Sweden. Each is an architectural showpiece as…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: An authority on the subject of small spaces presents a beautiful, inspirational, and informative resource for ideas that transform tiny areas into living rooms, kitchens, offices, kids' rooms, bedrooms, and more.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: When you think about decorating, you probably envision big changes, big purchases, and big costs. Interior stylist Lili Diallo has two words for you: Start small. She specializes in bringing homes alive through the details — a silvery pillow here, a floral screen there, and plenty of personality everywhere. Stylists typically transform spaces by working with pieces that are already present, and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: From the daughter of celebrated White House decorator Mark Hampton and one of America's most influential interior designers working today comes a beautiful full-color portfolio of 18 homes representing a variety of styles from traditional to modern.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Sure to delight fans of Project Runway and Top Design, The Well-Dressed Home shows how to translate favorite wardrobe influences into stylish home dcor.
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Hoppen's extensive resource details the how-to basics of fitting and layering curtains, measuring windows, and estimating fabric quantities. More than 200 stylish window treatments are explored.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Sometimes you’re looking for it, sometimes it just finds you. Treasures of home décor abound at flea markets, thrift shops, and garage sales. But how do you know a find when you find it? In «The Find», Stan Williams and some of today’s most clever style makers, including Simon Doonan, John Derian, and «Real Simple’s» Kristin van Ogtrop–all diehard devotees of New York City’s Housing…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 252) Аннотация: Forget the sprawling suburban mansion with tennis court and swimming pool–from New York to Los Angeles, Miami to Chicago, the visionary home owners featured within these pages have created legendary, livable residences right in the heart of the city. From an artist’s warren of studios in New York City–crowned by a magnificent rooftop garden draped with wisteria arbors–to a 16,000-square-foot…