Mary's Household Tips and Tricks

Your Guide to Happiness in the Home

Mary Berry

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English

Penguin
02 October 2017

Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Household hints

A personal and practical household how-to from Britain's original domestic goddess

'This book is a collection of skills I've learnt for running a home. Gleaned from years of practical experience, along with all the hints that friends and family have imparted to me, I hope it will be a helping hand' - Mary Berry

Inside you'll find tips on how to-

Order your freezer - Store and organize your food - Create cleaning products from store cupboard items - Make a bed in no time - Banish moths from your home for good

- Remove stains from every kind of fabric -

Bring greenery into your home even if you have no garden - Create beautiful flower arrangements - Set a formal dining table - Be a fantastic host at dinner parties - Make thoughtful homemade and edible gifts

- Prepare your home for Christmas - Write thank you letters

Easy to use, practical and beautifully illustrated, Mary's Household Tips & Tricks covers everything from Mary's golden rules for baking to her favourite flowers for each season, from how to polish silver to whether tea should be poured before or after the milk. With secrets for accomplishing the most challenging home-keeping tasks with ease, Mary's wonderfully simple book will help turn any house into a home.

By: Mary Berry
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 252mm, Width: 197mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 1.176kg
ISBN: 9780718185442
ISBN 10: 0718185447
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 02 October 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mary Berry is the nation's favourite baker and author of over 70 books. She was the much-loved judge on The Great British Bake Off and has been teaching the nation to cook for over four decades. Cordon Bleu trained in Paris, Mary began her career as a magazine cookery editor before publishing her first cookery book in 1966. In 2009 Mary was awarded the highly coveted Guild of Food Writers Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2012 she was made a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.

Reviews for Mary's Household Tips and Tricks: Your Guide to Happiness in the Home

Britain's best-loved cook and national treasure Mary Berry lets readers in on her household secrets . . . A comprehensive, beautifully illustrated guide that shares her greatest tips on how to care for your home. 'This book is a collection of skills I've learned for running a home. Gleaned from years of practical experience, along with all the hints that friends and family have imparted to me, I hope it will be a helping hand' - Mary Berry * From the publisher's description * It is such a beautiful thing. It's practical AND beautiful . . . almost like it's an ideal gift . . . -- Graham Norton * BBC Radio 2 * The Queen of British Baking has whipped up a recipe for 'home happiness' in her new book * Independent * Mary Berry lives and breathes good old-fashioned values, with a dash of steely trail-blazing * Guardian * Mary Berry offers no-nonsense assessments like a blunt but loving auntie * Washington Post * Good housekeeping - Baking queen Mary Berry steps out of the kitchen and offers a recipe for home happiness * Edinburgh Evening News *