Drawing from her experience of writing for House and Garden, the Sunday Telegraph Review and The Independent, Ros Byam Shaw's book Perfect English gives inspirational ideas for furnishing a house in various English styles. Focusing on houses where decoration tends towards the practical and informal rather than to impress, it comes complete with a directory of sources to help you achieve the look.

Sotherby's Review.

Vegetarian recipes by Celia Brooks Brown are a delicious complement to Adam Caplin's advice on easy-to-grow vegetables, fruit and herbs in New Kitchen Garden. Adam shows how food can be grown easily in windoww boxes and patio pots.

Country Homes & Interiors.

This book has just 30 diner dishes but every one is a classic. There's Manhattan clam chowder, mama's meatloaf, New York cheesecake and apple pie, and each recipe comes with background info. Did you know apple pie is actually English or that when a short order cook is told to 'burn one' it means cook a hamburger?

Olive Magazine.

Whether you're awaiting a new addition to the family, or a friend or colleague is expecting, you won't be able to resist knitting up one of the adorable designs from Easy Baby Knits by Claire Montgomerie. Featuring clothes and accessories for babies up to three years of age, there are items for both girls and boys, with something to suit every taste.

Crafts Beautiful.

With timber frame homes becoming increasily the build of choise for Irish homewoners, it's worth taking a look at how our neighbours in Europe and the US have found that wood is the ideal in terms of extremes of temperature and climate conditions. Judith Miller's new book, displays the charm and appeal of everything from teh rough-hewn log cabins to elegant North American clapboard houses with shaded verandahs.

The Sunday Tribune.

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