Books with author Richard S. Sayers

“More a story of the pleasures of real dessert-making than anything yet written.”—M.F.K. Fisher For this monumental collection, Richard Sax devoted more than a decade to searching out and perfecting more than 350 of the world’s most beloved desserts, “the ones made at home by mothers and grandmothers rather than by professional pastry chefs.” Every uncomplicated homespun classic is here: cobblers and crisps, cakes and cookies, puddings and soufflés, pies and pastries, ice creams and sauces—nineteen chapters in all. Sax’s versions are justifiably legendary among accomplished bakers: Traditional Two-Berry Buckle • Chocolate Cloud Cake • Bon Ton’s New Orleans Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce • Reuben’s Legendary Apple Pancake • Best-Ever Pumpkin Pie • Schrafft’s Hot Fudge Sauce. Sidebars with every recipe—profiles of cooks, engaging recollections of favorite desserts, quotations from hundreds of literary works, and excerpts from old recipes—show how sweets are indelibly woven into the texture of our lives.

“More a story of the pleasures of real dessert-making than anything yet written.”—M.F.K. Fisher For this monumental collection, Richard Sax devoted more than a decade to searching out and perfecting more than 350 of the world’s most beloved desserts, “the ones made at home by mothers and grandmothers rather than by professional pastry chefs.” Every uncomplicated homespun classic is here: cobblers and crisps, cakes and cookies, puddings and soufflés, pies and pastries, ice creams and sauces—nineteen chapters in all. Sax’s versions are justifiably legendary among accomplished bakers: Traditional Two-Berry Buckle • Chocolate Cloud Cake • Bon Ton’s New Orleans Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce • Reuben’s Legendary Apple Pancake • Best-Ever Pumpkin Pie • Schrafft’s Hot Fudge Sauce. Sidebars with every recipe—profiles of cooks, engaging recollections of favorite desserts, quotations from hundreds of literary works, and excerpts from old recipes—show how sweets are indelibly woven into the texture of our lives.

"Footeballe is nothinge but beastlie furie and extreme violence", wrote Thomas Elyot in 1531. Nearly five hundred years later, the game may still seem furious and violent, but it has also become the most popular sport on the planet.This is the story of how the modern, professional, spectator sport of football was born in Britain in the second half of the nineteenth century. It's a tale of testosterone-filled public schoolboys, eccentric mill-owners and bolshy miners, and of why we play football the way we do. Who invented heading? Why do we have an offside law? And why are foreigners so much better than us at the game we invented?Based on exhaustive research, Beastly Fury picks apart the complex processes which forged the modern game, turning accepted wisdom on its head. It's a story which is strangely familiar - of grasping players, corrupt clubs and autocratic officials. It's a tale of brutality, but at times too, of surprising artistry. Above all it's a story of how football, uniquely among the sports of that era, became what it is today - the people's game.

When Josh and Emily are told they will be spending a week with their estranged uncle, they reluctantly prepare for the worst holiday of their lives. And to make matters worse, all mobiles, laptops and games consoles are banned. But on arriving in the sleepy village of Greenacres, the pair soon warm to their uncle, especially when they discover his amazing talent: bringing animals back to life as cyborgs!Making Trakz is the much anticipated prequel to Spikez, an exciting tale about an unlikely group of animal cyborgs led by a laser-wielding hedgehog and his rodent mentor.

When 10 year old Davey's mum dies he has to live with his dad, step-mum and his step-brother and sister. They make it clear he's not wanted and life gets worse when he starts senior school and is bullied. When Davey is excluded for fighting his dad has the perfect excuse to pack him off to boarding school. But far from being a punishment, The Grey House is just about the best thing that ever happened to Davey. He makes new friends. His new history teacher, Mr. 'Spotty' Watty, takes a shine to Davey and reveals the school's secret; The Grey House is a refuge for ghosts stuck between this world and the next. Davey takes it upon himself to help the ghosts find eternal peace by going back in time with them to put right whatever it is that prevents their spirits from moving on. Davey goes back to 1803 serving as an 11 year old Midshipman on HMS The Spitfire - a British Navy brig of war. His mission is to help his ghost friend - Midshipman Peter Wright - put right the injustice that torments his soul. What follows is a tale of ghosts, pirates, buried treasure and adventure.

From the moment a young woman falls out of a portal, the Void, with no memory and nothing to show for herself other than a necklace, she longs to discover where she came from. She emerges into a decrepit city in the dark bowels of a crater. Since the world was destroyed, two hundred years ago, the sun dares not show its face here. The city is inhabited by twelve living skeletons who rule over thousands of Denizens, small humanoid creatures, who are numbered, have masks sewn onto their faces and are put to work to their death. However, one of the skeletons, The Bounty Hunter, a friend of the Denizens, offers the young woman his protection. He disguises her as one of the Denizens and sends her to work where he can keep her safe. Each day, she witnesses the torture and death of these creatures, her fellow captives. She grows to love their innocence and sweetness and abhors the violence used against them. News of a human in the city spreads fast, and The Surgeon, the self-appointed leader of the skeletons, needs her for his twisted experiment. It doesn't bode well for her. Over time, and exasperated by living in constant fear, she realises that if she doesn't do anything to stop the oppression, no-one will. After discovering that she possesses supernatural abilities, there is hope of escaping this purgatory. But first, she'll have to learn how to kill the skeleton overlords. With every movement being watched by an artificial intelligence monitoring the city's security cameras and reporting directly to The Surgeon, even survival is not guaranteed. Will her abilities, a rag-tag team of Denizens, and The Bounty Hunter, be enough to liberate the Denizens from their oppressive skeleton masters? When skeletons live ...

For this collection, unmatched in the field of dessert cookbooks, Richard Sax devoted more than a decade to searching out and perfecting 350 of the world's best and most beloved home desserts. Everything the cook longs for is here: cobblers and crisps, cakes and cookies, puddings and soufflés, pies and pastries, ice creams and sauces. Extensive sidebars - profiles of cooks, engaging recollections of favorite desserts, quotations from hundreds of literary works, and excerpts from fascinating old recipes - make this an indispensable, lively volume. Winner of a James Beard Award and a Julia Child Award!