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Pottery Barn: Dining Spaces

Author: Kathleen Antonson

Life's most memorable meals take place at home. The best dining areas not only enhance a special occasion, they make even casual family dinners feel like celebrations. Whether your everyday dining space is a formal dining room, an intimate breakfast nook, or part of an airy great room, Pottery Barn Dining Spaces is filled with creative ideas for making it comfortable, stylish, and welcoming. This imaginative sourcebook walks you through the essential elements of a well-designed dining area. See how smart furniture placement, versatile lighting, and accessible storage can make the most of a limited space. Discover the best ways to organize dinnerware and store table linens. Find clever designs for place cards and table settings for meals ranging from family suppers to holiday banquets. Learn how details make all the difference, from accessories and dinnerware to flowers and centerpieces. For every dining space in your home -- from porches and sunrooms to window seats and eat-in kitchens -- this book offers ideas and inspiration. In homes across America, Pottery Barn's signature blend of comfort and style has made us a trusted source of design inspiration. In Pottery Barn Dining Spaces, we've gathered our favorite decorating secrets to help you create the perfect dining space for you and your family. This book is a collection of favorite solutions from our own homes, along with many new ideas we couldn't wait to show you. In these pages you'll find stylish dining spaces of all kinds, along with quick-reference color palettes and materials guides that make it easy to apply the decorating ideas to your own home.

Table of Contents:

	Your style	10
	Entertaining	26
	Space	42
	Color	62
	Texture	78
	Furnishings	94
	Outdoors	106
	Lighting	128
	Storage	144
	Display	164
	Room resources	182
	Glossary	186
	Index	188
	Acknowledgments	192

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Curso de Vino

Author: Jancis Robinson

La destacada enóloga Jancis Robinson ha actualizado su guía del mundo de los vinos, creando lo que constituye el manual de vino más importante del siglo XXI.
En primer lugar se ayuda a elegir la botella adecuada entre la inmensa variedad existente en la actualidad. Se interpretan las etiquetas de los vinos y se aconseja sobre la mejor manera de probarlos y servirlos, así como sugerencias para conservarlos y sus correspondencias con los alimentos. Para facilitar la elección, Jancis, indica las características que distinguen cientos de variedades de unva, para su reconocimiento y decidir así qué cualidades se prefieren.
En la segunda parte del libro se presenta una guía completa de los países producteres de vino, a la que la autora ha agregado 32 páginas en las que refleja las novedades que se han producido en zonas tan diferentes como España y Australia, Sudáfrica y América. Jancis logra captar el sabor a los caldos de cada región y recomienda cuáles buscar.
La obra completa con una guía de cosechas y consejos sobre los mejores lugares para adquirir vinos, que van desde las grandes tiendas hasta las más especializadas. Una obra que constituye toda una garantía para quien disfrute del vino, con objeto de sacra el máximo partido de cada copa de vino.     Award-winning wine writer Jancis Robinson has completely updated her bestselling guide to the world of wine, to create the ultimate wine handbook for the twenty-first century. Jancis begins by drawing on her wealth of knowledge and experience to help you choose the right bottle from the huge range available today. Sheshows you how to decipher wine labels and gives tips on tasting and serving wine as well as offering suggestions for storage and matching wine with food. To make selection even easier, Jancis describes the distinctive characteristics of hundreds of different grape varieties so that you can learn to recognize them and decide which qualities you prefer. In the second part of the book Jancis offers a comprehensive guide to the wine-producing countries of the world and has incuded 32 new pages to bring you up to date with the latest developments in a number of different areas ranging from Italy and Spain to Australia, South Africa and North and South America. Jancis captures the flavour of each region´s wines and gives her own recommendations for the best namoes to look out for. complete with fully updated vintage guides and advice on where to buy wine both in high-street shops and specialist merchants, Jancis Robinson´s Wine Course is guaranteed to enhance the enjoyment of anyone who enjoys wine and will ensure that you get thes most out of every glass you drink.