Beginner cooks and kitchen newbies will love this light-hearted, step-by-step guide to cooking, food styling and party planning. Your Magical Kitchen starts by inviting you to pick out your favourite foods to create dishes packed with taste and flavour. From there, you'll move on to gastronomy and food layering, where you add depth to your dishes using herbs, spices, sauces, spirits and liqueurs. Included throughout are practical tips and tricks for those who love creating festive and seasonal dishes as well as stunning presentation. For those who want to know 'why' the way cooking works the way it does, rather than 'how' to cook, this book is an encyclopaedic resource that any food lover or aspiring gourmand will love. Cook your way through international cuisines and add your own twist to recipes based on what you have in your very own magical kitchen. The book also features an array of recipes to spark inspiration, including Posh Mushrooms on Toast, Chipotle Vegan Burritos, Californian Fajitas, Tuna Ceviche and Sea Bass with Turmeric and Coconut Sauce alongside desserts like Toffee Blackberry Pavlova and Persian Baklava. AUTHOR: Kate Marshall is the face of @yourmagicalkitchen on Instagram. She is a self-taught cook and an unabashed foodie. Kate's passion is helping people who love to eat, like to cook and want to be more confident in their kitchen. Her book takes the reader on their own, personal journey through nine easy steps, based on foods they love most. Kate's Instagram is chock-a-block with cuisines from every corner of the world, where she connects the dots for aspiring cooks who want to expand their culinary horizons, all in a non-scientific way.