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Pot-Roast Chicken with Lentils, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme excerpted from Midlife Kitchen: Health-boosting recipes for midlife & beyond by Mimi Spencer and Sam Rice. Photography copyright © Issy Crocker 2017.

Midlife Kitchen: Health-boosting recipes for midlife & beyond by Mimi Spencer and Sam Rice

The Midlife Kitchen: Delicious Recipes for Perimenopause and Menopause

“No fads. No gimmicks. Just delicious, health boosting food.” — Daily Mail

As featured in The Times and The Daily Mail

This updated edition, revised by the authors and an expert nutritionist, reflects the latest research and guidance on nutrition for midlife health.

If you have reached a stage where health feels like more of a priority, the perimenopause and menopause years offer the perfect moment to reassess what you eat. Midlife is a time to take back control of your diet in the interests of long term health, happiness and vitality.

That is exactly what The Midlife Kitchen is about: celebrating beautiful, wholesome ingredients in the most satisfying ways to help you thrive through your forties, fifties and beyond. Mimi Spencer and Sam Rice share more than 150 recipes designed to restore, rejuvenate and revive, all with flavour at the forefront. (more…)

Nonna’s Stuffed Aubergines excerpted from Sicily: Recipes from an Italian island by Enza Genovese and Sandra Mahut. Photography by Sandra Mahut.

Essential Recipes from a Mediterranean Island

A beautiful collection of delicious Sicilian recipes, complete with stunning photography of the island itself

Discover the flavours of Sicily through this irresistible collection of recipes, each accompanied by specially commissioned photography that captures the island’s sun-soaked charm.

From the bustling streets of Palermo to the colourful markets of Cefalù, Sicily is a feast for the senses. In these pages, Sicilian cook Enza Genovese invites you to travel across her homeland through food—from the first golden bite of an arancino to the sweet crunch of a canola.

You’ll find time-honoured classics alongside new favourites, each recipe crafted to bring the warmth and generosity of Sicilian cooking into your own kitchen.