Berlin Living Rooms
€45.00
After New York Living Rooms and Paris Living Rooms, voila: Berlin Living Rooms, the third and final photographic instalment in the trilogy. It is the culmination of a project that started in 1995 when Tina Brown, then the editor-in-chief of the New Yorker magazine, commissioned me an essay. The idea was to photograph writers’ rooms without the writers present. I decided it would be more revealing and, above all, more exciting to feature the living rooms of a varied mix of prominent New Yorkers. Little did I know that this essay, which awoke a keen interest when it appeared in an October 1995 issue of the New Yorker, would take me on a photographic journey that would produce three books and that ends today in 2017!
—Dominique Nabokov
24 x 285cm | Hardcover | 120 Pages
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New York Living Rooms
€45.00
New York Living Rooms, Dominique Nabokov
New York Living Rooms is the first instalment in Dominique Nabokov’s holy trinity of interior photography works, re-issued by Apartamento Publishing more than two decades after it was first published in 1998. Originally commissioned as a photo essay for the New Yorker in 1995, it offers a frank and intimate study of the interior living spaces of some of the city’s most fabled cultural figures, including Susan Sontag, Norman Mailer, Louise Bourgeois, Francesco Clemente, Allen Ginsberg, and Joan Didion.
With nothing added and nothing altered, Nabokov calls these images her interior ‘portraits’. Some spaces are indulgent and ostentatious, others shelter the bare necessities, but Nabokov simply records them all for her fellow voyeurs and leaves us to decipher the rest. Long out of print, this updated edition brings back to life an era of New York City history, seen through Nabokov’s original Polaroid photos and the original introduction by English poet James Fenton. It also sets the stage for the following editions in Paris and Berlin, which Apartamento will be re-issuing later in 2021.
Published by Apartamento Publishing S.L.
First edition, June 2021
Dimensions: 240 x 285mm
Binding: Hard cover
Pages: 116
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Casa Dalí, Coco Capitán, Apartamento
€49.00
Casa Dalí opens up Salvador Dalí’s home on the shores of Spain’s Costa Brava, with photos by Coco Capitán offering a rare glimpse of the artist’s surreal house and workshop. Purchased by Dalí in the early 1930s, the house served as the artist’s primary residence and workspace, the birthplace of some of his most famous paintings, including The Persistence of Memory.
A special introduction by architect Oscar Tusquets Blanca recounts his 15-year friendship with Dalí, while exclusive new photos by Coco Capitán capture the artist’s home in the same golden light that drew him to the Mediterranean village of Portlligat, where he ‘claimed that he was the first Spaniard to see the sun rise’. Coco’s photos lure readers into the grandeur of the artist’s home as a site of active creation—both of life and of art—where the worn ephemera of Dalí’s studio appear alongside images of his infamous taxidermy collection, the iconic couch modelled after Mae West’s mouth, and the distinctive white exteriors.
An original poem by Coco, written at the time she photographed the house, adorns the front and back covers, emblematic of her introspective approach to a practice that defies a single medium. Through these firsthand accounts, Casa Dalí grants special access to an eccentric space that stands as its own Dalinian creation, both witness and inspiration to the artist’s definitive style.
First edition
Dimensions: 24 x 28.5 cm
Pages: 96 pages
Binding: hard cover
Paris Living Rooms
€45.00
Paris Living Rooms, Dominique NabokovAfter almost two decades, first published in 2002, Apartamento is excited to re-release "Paris Living Rooms".
The second installment in Dominique Nabokov’s holy trinity of interior photography works also follows the re-release of New York Living Rooms earlier this year. Nabokov calls these images her interior ‘portraits’ and across 132 pages we’re offered an intimate study of Parisian society from the early 2000s, with the living spaces of Yves Saint Laurent, Nan Goldin, Gérard Depardieu, Carine Roitfeld, Yvon Lambert, and Andrée Putman, plus many others, featured throughout.
With nothing added and nothing altered, Nabokov simply records these spaces for her fellow voyeurs and leaves us to decipher the rest. Long out of print, this updated edition brings back to life an era of the city’s history, seen through Nabokov’s original Polaroid photos, together with the original introduction by the late interior designer Andrée Putman. The third and final installment in the series, set in Berlin, will be re-issued by Apartamento later in 2021.
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- Published by Apartamento Publishing S.L.
- First edition, September 2021
- Binding: Hardcover
- Pages: 132
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-84-09-28585-3
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- Dimensions: 24 x 28,5 cm
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All the Stuff We Cooked - Frederik Bille Brahe
€20.00
Welcome to the updated edition of Frederik Bille Brahe’s sold-out first cookbook, All the Stuff We Cooked, born of that strange moment when we all learned what it was to go into lockdown for the first time.
The result was All the Stuff We Cooked: 44 recipes for simple but thoughtful dishes, a taste of his internationally renowned restaurants in Copenhagen—Atelier September, Apollo Bar, and Kafeteria—and the cooking he does at home for his family. The response from everyone who bought the book and cooked from it was deeply touching, and for this new edition we’ve added in five more recipes: ‘some of the stuff we cooked that didn’t make it to the first edition’, or the proverbial cherry on top.
Published by Apartamento Publishing S.L.
Third edition, April 2021
Dimensions: 140x210mm
Pages: 304
Binding: soft cover, perfect bound
Japanese Home Cooking
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Learn to cook authentic Japanese food from scratch at home, with step by step recipes for the traditional classics like ramen noodles, broth, sushi rice or homemade tofu as well as recipes for more contemporary fusion dishes. Maori Murota takes you to the heart of today's Japanese family home cooking, sharing the recipes she learned while she watched her own mother and grandmother cook. Here are 100 recipes - eggplant spaghetti, pepper and miso sauce, donburi, baked sweet potato, soba salad, roast chicken with lemongrass, onigiri, hot dog, Japanese curry, steamed nut cake - many of which are vegan friendly and plant-based, to take you to the heart of Japanese home cooking.View full product details
Late-Night Meals
€30.00
The annual Apartamento cookbook is back in its seventh edition, and this time we’re staying up with you into the small hours of the night. Whether you’re coming home late after a long shift, stumbling through the door off the back of an indulgent evening out, or simply feeling peckish post-dinner, we’re here to lead the way as you rummage bleary-eyed through the kitchen cupboard, with 16 recipes by chefs and food-lovers around the world.
From sleep-inducing mackerel salad to hangover-preventing onion soup, the meditative preparation of Nigerian alkaki or a quick fix of refried Georgian khinkali, simple aioli to feed your munchies and syrupy waffles for your sweet tooth, as well as your choice of two salty sandwiches from Italy and the Basque Country, whatever’s keeping you up, we’ve got the recipe for it. So, for all you night owls out there, we proudly present Apartamento Cookbook #7: Late-Night Meals, our trusty guide for nocturnal nourishment. Bon appétit and sweet dreams.
Apartamento Cookbook #7: Late-Night Meals
Drawings by Benoît François
Featuring: Andoni Luis Aduriz, Chiara Strobl, Ellie Bouhadana, Fadi Kattan, Ignasi Monreal, John Javier, John Wurdeman, Jon Gray, Masahide Ikuta, Niki Nakazawa, Palinurobar, Palisa Anderson, Pía León, Sam Chermayeff, Sarah Ben Romdane, and Yemisi Aribisala
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Pasta Grannies - Comfort Cooking
€27.50
Spending time with our family and friends has never felt so important - and so often this means cooking for the ones you love. Who better to take inspiration from than Pasta Grannies who have spent their lifetimes plating up comfort and connection. Vicky Bennison, the author of the bestselling Pasta Grannies cookbook, brings you more heart-warming recipes and stories from our favourite Italian grandmothers in this easy-to-follow, crowd-pleasing recipe book that shows you how to make authentic Italian food that everyone will enjoy.
Discover 91-year-old Pina's chestnut gnocchi with walnut pesto, lovingly made with ingredients she grows around her home in Liguria; or 99-year-old Marietta's special tagliatelle recipe, which is not really a recipe at all but a reflection of her vegetable garden, the Calabrian countryside and the changing seasons. As well as meat, seafood, and vegetable pasta recipes, chapters cover pizzas, pastries and pies, rice and pulses, dairy and herbs, nuts and spices. Every recipe is accompanied by a QR code which, once scanned, will take you directly to the YouTube videos of these remarkable women and their recipes.
Complete with stunning location and recipe photography throughout, with a clear guide to pasta making by hand, Pasta Grannies: Comfort Cooking is not only a celebration of cooking and feasting together, but it is also an insight into their lives, and a joyous slice of the Italian way of life.
256 pages
Language: English
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The Cocktail Edit
€21.50
"Beautiful... a classy, classic book." - Diana Henry". A really lovely and well thought out piece of work that will be well used." - Dave Broom, author of The Way of WhiskyCocktails should be simple. Acclaimed drinks writer Alice Lascelles knows everything there is to know about making delicious drinks at home with minimal equipment and fuss.
The Cocktail Edit is built around a capsule collection of 12 classic cocktails - each of these is followed by six twists, plus tips and inspiration for creating many more. The book also offers essential advice on getting your home bar set up - and shows how easy it is to make amazing cocktails with just a few basic tools, ingredients, and techniques. It's a guide brimming with trade secrets on everything from choosing the best-value spirits to making cocktails for a party; written in a conversational style, and illustrated with beautiful photography, The Cocktail Edit is practical, opinionated, and fun. Complete with stunning location and recipe photography throughout, with a clear guide to pasta making by hand, Pasta Grannies: Comfort Cooking is not only a celebration of cooking and feasting together, but it is also an insight into their lives, and a joyous slice of the Italian way of life.
Cooking at Home
€36.00
Named one of the best cookbooks of the year by New York Post and taste of home
David Chang came up as a chef in kitchens where you had to do everything the hard way. But his mother, one of the best cooks he knows, never cooked like that. Nor did food writer Priya Krishna's mom. So Dave and Priya set out to think through the smartest, fastest, least meticulous, most delicious, absolutely imperfect ways to cook.
From figuring out the best ways to use frozen vegetables to learning when to ditch recipes and just taste and adjust your way to a terrific meal no matter what, this is Dave's guide to substituting, adapting, shortcutting, and sandbagging-like par cooking chicken in a microwave before blasting it with flavor in a four-minute stir-fry or a ten-minute stew.
It's all about how to think like a chef . . . who's learned to stop thinking like a chef.
Priya Krishna is a food reporter for The New York Times and the author of the bestselling cookbook Indian-ish. She grew up in Dallas and currently lives in Brooklyn.
Simply West African : Easy, Joyful Recipes for Every Kitchen
€25.00
Pierre Thiam, renowned for his expertise in West African culinary traditions, and Lisa Katayama, a skilled storyteller, combine their talents to bring you an enticing selection of recipes that capture the essence of West African cooking. With a focus on simplicity and joy, these recipes are designed to be approachable for every kitchen, making it easy for you to bring the authentic flavors of West Africa to your table.
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Rice Table - Korean Recipes and Stories to Feed the Soul
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An enticing new cookbook by Su Scott, a Korean living in the UK who was thrown into a crisis of identity when motherhood dawned. She only found her way out of by cooking the dishes of her Korean childhood, seeking out the flavors and textures of memories that she hopes to pass on to her daughter.
Within this intimate cookbook featuring 80 recipes of the modern Korean pantry, Su guides you through the ferments, pickles, and sauces that lift Korean dishes to delicious heights, and shares a comforting array of recipes, from Korean Fried Chicken and Kimchi Fried Rice, to Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup. Between enticing plates are tender stories of what it means to be a woman, mother, and immigrant all at once and how food connects all the pieces of our lives to make us whole.
256 pages
Language: English
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Ramen Forever
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"Ramen Forever" is your ticket to savoring the ultimate comfort food – ramen – right in your own kitchen. Tim Anderson takes you on a journey to create delicious homemade ramen that you can enjoy regularly, giving you the freedom to customize your ramen just the way you love it. This cookbook is your guide to crafting the perfect bowl of ramen, and it's divided into five essential sections: Broth, Seasoning, Aromatic Oils and Fats, Noodles, and Toppings, allowing you to mix and match to your heart's content and craft your own ramen masterpiece to suit your unique taste.
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Flour Power - The Practice and Pursuit of Baking Sourdough Bread
€37.50
Yes, you can make crusty, tender, bakery-quality sourdough bread—even if you’ve never baked before! Especially when you have a teacher like Tara Jensen (who taught both dessert guru Claire Saffitz and Southern-cooking evangelist Sean Brock) by your side. Tara’s friendly approach to technique and inspired flavors in more than eighty recipes for sourdough, rye, and whole grain bread will enrich both beginners and advanced bakers as they learn about the craft.
With Tara’s guidance and supportive voice, she shares important lessons that cover all the technical bases—from learning about flour to exploring wild yeast fermentation and developing your (doughy) intuition. From there, Tara dives deep into the worlds of sourdough, rye, and desem, showing the true diversity of bread through recipes like Miche, Chocolate Beer Bread, and Mountain Rye. There’s even an extra credit chapter on making extra-flavorful Overnight Waffles, Cheesy Cheddar Crackers, and Sourdough Chocolate-Chip Cookies.
304 pages
Hardcover book
Language: English
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A Splash of Soy
€27.50
"A Splash of Soy" by Lara Lee, is the cookbook that will ignite your culinary journey with the tantalizing flavors of Asia. Lara Lee, an international food sensation, has curated 80 revolutionary recipes that effortlessly blend the essence of classic Asian dishes with the convenience of quick, everyday meals.
From inventive brunch delights like the Tom Yum Bloody Mary to zesty sides such as Sambal Patatas Bravas, and easy-to-whip-up noodles like Cheesy Kimchi Linguine with Gochujang Butter, this cookbook is a treasure trove of punchy curries, stir-fries, and rice dishes. The secret? A simple dash of soy, a versatile ingredient that can transform your dishes with minimal effort.
But that's not all—Lara Lee's "A Splash of Soy" is designed to fit seamlessly into your busy home kitchen. With pantry swaps and vegan alternatives, these fuss-free recipes adapt to your dietary preferences without sacrificing flavor.
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Modern South Asian Kitchen by Sabrina Gidda
€35.00
"Modern South Asian Kitchen: Recipes And Stories Celebrating Culture And Community" by Sabrina Gidda is a captivating culinary journey that showcases the vibrant flavors, rich traditions, and diverse cultures of South Asia. With a combination of traditional recipes and modern twists, this book offers a delightful fusion of old and new, inviting readers to explore the dynamic and evolving South Asian culinary landscape.
Gidda, an acclaimed chef with South Asian roots, shares her personal stories and experiences, weaving them together with a collection of mouthwatering recipes that reflect the authenticity and innovation of South Asian cuisine. From aromatic curries and fragrant biryanis to street food delights and sweet treats, each recipe is a celebration of the region's culinary heritage.
- Hardback
- 240 pages, Full-colour Photography
Lune : Croissants All Day, All Night
€39.00
Lune Croissanterie is one of the most talked about bakeries in the world. From rave reviews from Nigella Lawson, Yotam Ottolenghi, René Redzepi and Rachel Khoo, to features in news outlets such as New York Times and The Guardian, Lune has been touted as 'the best croissant in the world' since it opened its doors in 2012.
For years customers have been lining up around the block from the early hours to eat Lune's pastries. What makes this book fantastic is how Kate Reid elevates croissant pastry from a classic breakfast staple to a refined vehicle for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
With step-by-step techniques for rolling and shaping croissants, followed by recipes for every hour of the day, plus what to do with leftovers and how to make a croissant a special occasion, this is the ultimate guide to baking the world's best-loved pastry.
Hardcover book
272 pages
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Ghost Girl, Banana by Wiz Wharton
€19.00
"Ghost Girl, Banana" by Wiz Wharton, a powerful and captivating debut novel that unravels family secrets and explores themes of identity, race, and belonging across two generations.
In this compelling tale, set in 1960s Hong Kong and 1990s London, the hidden life of a mother is revealed to her daughter through a surprising inheritance. As readers embark on a journey through time and continents, they will be immersed in a story that asks profound questions and keeps them on the edge of their seats.
This book is part of Hallesches Haus’s Summer 2023 selection
Family Drama
Whether you love your family or want to abolish the family, we have chosen a selection of books – novels, non-fiction, poetry and memoir – that attest to what we all know to be true: family is complicated business.
With the change of the season, at Hallesches Haus we create a new reading list full of books that inspire us on a loose topic. Whether you tend towards novels, poetry, non-fiction, self-help or genre fiction, we hope that the selection will surprise you and lead you discover a title outside your reading list.
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Mott Street by Ava Chin
€26.50
"Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming" is a powerful and moving narrative that traces the journey of a Chinese American family navigating the complexities of exclusion, identity, and the quest for a place to call home.
In this captivating book, the author invites readers into the lives of the Wong family, whose experiences span generations and continents. From the vibrant streets of Mott Street in New York City's Chinatown to the struggles and triumphs of immigration and assimilation, their story unfolds against the backdrop of a society marked by discrimination and prejudice.
As the only child of a single mother in Queens, Ava Chin found her family’s origins to be shrouded in mystery. She had never met her father, and her grandparents’ stories didn’t match the history she read at school. Mott Street traces Chin’s quest to understand her Chinese American family’s story. Over decades of painstaking research, she finds not only her father but also the building that provided a refuge for them all.
Hardcover book
400 pages
This book is part of Hallesches Haus’s Summer 2023 selection
Family Drama
Whether you love your family or want to abolish the family, we have chosen a selection of books – novels, non-fiction, poetry and memoir – that attest to what we all know to be true: family is complicated business.
With the change of the season, at Hallesches Haus we create a new reading list full of books that inspire us on a loose topic. Whether you tend towards novels, poetry, non-fiction, self-help or genre fiction, we hope that the selection will surprise you and lead you discover a title outside your reading list.
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Hello Beautiful: A Novel by Ann Napolitano
€21.50
"Hello Beautiful" is a captivating and heartfelt story that will leave a lasting impression on readers. AND The Most Powerful Woman in The Western World, Oprah herself has selected it for her much-esteemed book club!In this highly anticipated novel, the author weaves a compelling narrative that explores themes of family, resilience, and the power of human connection.
Hardcover book
400 pages
This book is part of Hallesches Haus’s Summer 2023 selection
Family Drama
Whether you love your family or want to abolish the family, we have chosen a selection of books – novels, non-fiction, poetry and memoir – that attest to what we all know to be true: family is complicated business.
With the change of the season, at Hallesches Haus we create a new reading list full of books that inspire us on a loose topic. Whether you tend towards novels, poetry, non-fiction, self-help or genre fiction, we hope that the selection will surprise you and lead you discover a title outside your reading list.
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The Half Known Life by Pico Iyer
€21.50
The instant bestseller by professional roamer Pico Iyer explores the idea of Paradise: that elusive place where the anxieties, struggles, and burdens of life fall away. Most of us dream of it, but each of us has very different ideas about where it is to be found. For some it can be enjoyed only after death; for others, it’s in our midst—or just across the ocean—if only we can find eyes to see it.
Traveling from Iran to North Korea, from the Dalai Lama’s Himalayas to the ghostly temples of Japan, Pico Iyer brings together a lifetime of explorations to upend our ideas of utopia and ask how we might find peace in the midst of difficulty and suffering. Does religion lead us back to Eden or only into constant contention? Why do so many seeming paradises turn into warzones? And does paradise exist only in the afterworld – or can it be found in the here and now?
240 pages
Hardcover
Language: English
This book is part of Hallesches Haus' collection
Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks
€12.90
Maud Martha the 1953 stunning only novel by the celebrated poet and first Black author to win a Pulitzer Prize, Gwendolyn Brooks. With new introduction by Margo Jefferson, the novel is structured as a series of thirty-four vignettes and follows the titular character Maud Martha a young Black girl growing up in late 1920s Chicago. The novel follows Maud from childhood to adulthood through experiences in lower, middle- and upper-class settings in Chicago.
Paperback
English
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You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
€18.90
A New York Times bestselling author, National Book Award finalist, and one of our greatest living writers (Shondaland) reimagines the love story in this fresh and seductive novel about a young woman seeking joy while healing from loss.
Feyi Adekola wants to learn how to be alive again. It's been five years since the accident that killed the love of her life and she's almost a new person now--an artist with her own studio, and sharing a brownstone apartment with her ride-or-die best friend, Joy, who insists it's time for Feyi to ease back into the dating scene. Feyi isn't ready for anything serious, but a steamy encounter at a rooftop party cascades into a whirlwind summer she could have never imagined: a luxury trip to a tropical island, decadent meals in the glamorous home of a celebrity chef, and a major curator who wants to launch her art career. She's even started dating the perfect guy, but their new relationship might be sabotaged before it has a chance by the dangerous thrill Feyi feels every time she locks eyes with the one person in the house who is most definitely off-limits. This new life she asked for just got a lot more complicated, and Feyi must begin her search for real answers. Who is she ready to become? Can she release her past and honor her grief while still embracing her future? And, of course, there's the biggest question of all--how far is she willing to go for a second chance at love?
Akwaeke Emezi's vivid and passionate writing takes us deep into a world of possibility and healing, and the constant bravery of choosing love against all odds.
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Kitchen Witchery for Everyday Magic
€21.25
The Witch of Whimsy offers a delightful and enchanting approach to making every meal more magical and meaningful. Her recipes, which span from teas and spirits to sweet and savory dishes, come complete with accompanying rituals to infuse intentionality into your dining experience. Here's a glimpse of what you can expect:
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Morning Magic: Kickstart your day with a dose of positivity and intentionality. Coffee concoctions and daily affirmations will set a cheerful tone for the day ahead, ensuring a positive mindset.
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Cottage Witch's Picnic: Discover the art of planning a charming cottage witch's picnic, featuring heartwarming recipes like Wildflower Salad and Poppyseed Tea Sandwiches. These delectable dishes promise not only a feast for the palate but also a connection to nature and tradition.
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Day's End Delights: Wrap up your day with decadent desserts, mixed drinks, and oil infusions. These creations will help you unwind, preparing you for a restful night's sleep.
The book is characterized by lyrical prose and stunning illustrations, providing a whimsical and imaginative guide that will brighten your day, from your morning coffee to your final bite before bedtime. Embrace the magic and meaning in your meals with the Witch of Whimsy as your guide to a more enchanted kitchen and dining experience.