Add a special touch to any occasion with this award-winning collection of over 125 mini dessert recipes that are sure to wow any group. No one knows the art of making sweet miniatures better than acclaimed baking expert Flo Braker. And when it comes to charm and elegance, Sweet Miniatures has all the right ingredients for creating the perfect bite-sized morsel to suit any occasion. Welcome the coming of spring with a tempting bouquet of gorgeous Lemon Sunflowers, exquisite Chocolate Tulips, and a delicate sprig of White Blossom Circles. Chewy Panforte di Siena, crispy Florentine Squares, and tangy Shreveshire Tarts whisk family and friends away on an exotic, mouthwatering journey. Jam-paced with more than 125 delicious treats and luscious full-color photos, this IACP Award–winning cookbook explains, step-by-step, the methods, tricks, and techniques for ensuring a perfect batch of little pastries, cookies, cakes, or candies every time. Plus, you’ll find lots of great do-ahead, planning, and storage information that make miniature baking convenient all year round. From cheerful Chocolate Hedgehogs to a set of Midas Cups for adding that golden touch to a festive soiree, Sweet Miniatures has all the right ingredients for creating the perfect bite-size morsel to suit any occasion.

Now you can indulge in your love for pizza, cake, burgers and ice cream without putting on any weight! With these sumptuous miniature polymer clay food projects you can enjoy all of your favorite treats without any guilt at all. 30 polymer clay miniature projects clear step-by-step instructions beautiful photography includes an extensive techniques section Making Mini Food includes projects are split into three sections based on experience level, and an extensive primer on tools and techniques will tell you everything you need to know to embark on creating these adorable, intricate projects.

Festive homes bright with ornaments, cr�ches, snow scenes, and Santa figurines: Christmas and miniatures naturally go hand in hand. Whether you want to craft some small delights, or just decorate for the holidays with store-bought ones, this is the guide for you. Celebrate by making small yet exquisite projects, such as a nostalgic Retro Tinsel Tree and beaded napkin rings that turn into bracelets, all shown in sparkling photos. Craft a Sweet Christmas Blossom with a candy treat, small stockings, and little toys. Choose from dozens of ideas for memorable gifts and charming home decorations, including diminutive displays to put on mantels, shelves, and tabletops.

The first volume of two in a new, updated edition of the 2012 book Playing at the World, which charts the vast and complex history of role-playing games. This new edition of Playing at the World is the first of two volumes that update the 720-page original tome of the same name from 2012. This first volume is The Invention of Dungeons & Dragons, which explores the publication of that iconic game. (The second volume is The Three Pillars of Role-Playing Games, a deeper dive into the history of the setting, system, and character of D & D.) In this first volume, Jon Peterson distills the story of how the wargaming clubs and fanzines circulating around the upper Midwest in the 1970s culminated in Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson’s seminal role-playing game, D & D. It augments the research of the original editions with new insights into the crucial period in 1972–3 when D & D began to take shape. Drawing from primary sources ranging from eighteenth-century strategists to modern hobbyists, Playing at the World explores the origins of wargames and roleplaying through the history of conflict simulations and the eccentric characters who drove the creation of a signature cultural innovation in the late twentieth century. Filled with unparalleled archival research (from obscure fanzines to letters, drafts, and other ephemera), this new edition of Playing at the World is the ultimate geek’s guide to the original RPG. As such, it is an indispensable resource for academics and game fans exploring the origins of the hobby.

A dazzling celebration of the art and craft of baking from the award-winning author of Baking by Flavor and ChocolateChocolate. Popular food writer Lisa Yockelson—whose articles, essays, and recipes have appeared in the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, and Gastronomica—presents what has fascinated her during a lifetime of baking. With 100 essays and more than 200 recipes, along with 166 full-color images, Baking Style is infused with discoveries, inspirations, and exacting but simple recipes for capturing the art and craft of baking at home. Baking Style combines the genre of the culinary essay with recipes, their corresponding methods, and illustrative images, revealing Yockelson’s uniquely intimate expression of the baking process. In these pages, she explores bars, hand-formed, and drop cookies; casual tarts; yeast-raised breads; puffs, muffins, and scones; waffles and crepes; tea cakes, breakfast slices, and buttery squares; cakes and cupcakes. “A collection of cakes, cookies and breads that will gladden the heart of any baking enthusiast. It’s an encyclopedic book from an author whose recipes really work!” —The New York Times Book Review

Although the preoccupation of Gothic storytelling with the family has often been observed, it invites a more systematic exploration. Gothic kinship brings together case studies of Gothic kinship ties in film and literature and offers a synthesis and theorisation of the different appearances of the Gothic family. Writers discussed include early British Gothic writers such as Eleanor Sleath and Louisa Sidney Stanhope as well as a range of later authors writing in English, including Elizabeth Gaskell, William March, Stephen King, Poppy Z. Brite, Patricia Duncker, J. K. Rowling and Audrey Niffenegger. There are also essays on Dutch authors (Louis Couperus and Renate Dorrestein) and on the film directors Wes Craven and Steven Sheil. Arranged chronologically, the various contributions show that both early and contemporary Gothic display very diverse kinship ties, ranging from metaphorical to triangular, from queer to nuclear-patriarchal. Gothic proves to be a rich source of expressing both subversive and conservative notions of the family. Gothic kinship will be of interest to academics and students of European and American Gothic in literature and film, gender studies and cultural studies.