The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet Stored with all manner of rare receipts for preserving, candying and cookery is a celebrated 17th-century English cookbook authored by Hannah Woolley, first published in 1670. This comprehensive culinary guide is renowned for its extensive collection of over 500 recipes, offering a fascinating glimpse into the domestic arts and food culture of Restoration E…
Consuming the Body examines contemporary consumerism and the commodified construction of ideal gendered bodies, paying particular attention to the new forms of interaction produced by social networking sites. Describing the behaviours of an ideal neoliberal subject, Woolley identifies modes of discipline, forms of pleasure, and opportunities for subversion in an examination of how individuals a…
This guide to the designs, technologies and materials that really make green buildings work will help architects, specifiers and clients make informed choices, based on reliable technical information. Low Impact Building: Housing using Renewable Materials is about changing the way we build houses to reduce their 'carbon' footprint and to minimise environmental damage. One of the ways this can …