Food and Wine Book Recommendations
Laduree Sucre The Recipes
$55.00 – Hardcover book / Scriptum
From biscuits to cakes, and from tarts to pastries, the classics of the House of Ladur e are unveiled in this beautifully photographed collection of recipes. Even the world-famous macaroon reveals its secrets! Within the... Buy or find out more →
Quay: Food Inspired by Nature
$95.00 – Hardcover book / Murdoch Books
From the culinary genius Peter Gilmore, one of the top 50 chefs in the world, comes this eagerly-anticipated book. Quay’s stunning design and photography perfectly echoes Peter’s nature-based philosophy and the organic p... Buy or find out more →
Reinventing Food: The Man Who Changed The Way We Eat
$39.95 – Hardcover book /
Ferran Adri has done things with food never dreamed of or attempted before. He has created thousands of new dishes, and designed new implements for eating them. His influence over the culinary world is unmatched. His sto... Buy or find out more →
What Caesar Did For My Salad: Not to Mention the Earl's Sandwich, Pavlova's Meringue and Other Curious Stories Behind our Favourite Food
$29.95 – Hardcover book / Particular Books
Did you know that the Cornish pasty was developed to protect tin miners from arsenic poisoning, or that the word 'salary' comes from Roman soldiers being paid their wages in salt? Why do we eat goose (or turkey) at Chris... Buy or find out more →
The Future Makers: Australian Wines For The 21st Century
$45.00 – Hardcover book / Hardie Grant
The Future Makers is a groundbreaking new work by wine writer Max Allen, set to redefine Australia's wine landscape for the new century. As global warming and continued drought threaten the state of the Australian wine i... Buy or find out more →
A Food Lover's Pilgrimage To Santiago
$79.95 – Hardcover book / Lantern Books
A constant on my camino was the powerful sensation of a message across time, a guiding hand reaching out to me from those who had passed this way before.'
A thousand-year-old pilgrimage route and food traditions stretchi... Buy or find out more →
The Australian Wine Annual 2011
$29.95 – Paperback book / Onwine Australia
The fourteenth edition of Jeremy Oliver's best-selling guide to Australian wine takes all the hard work out of selecting what to drink or cellar. It's a fully independent catalogue of the very best Australian wines at ea... Buy or find out more →
Australian Wine Vintages 2011
$34.95 – Hardcover book / Cairnhill Holdings
This 28th edition continues to faithfully serve the wine drinker, wine collector and wine traveller by supplying trusted and detailed advice on Australia's best wineries and wines, best wine styles, best vintages, when t... Buy or find out more →
Frugavore: How To Grow Your Own Buy Local Waste Nothing And Eat Well
$29.95 – Trade paperback / Black Inc
‘I started writing this book after I found myself trying to juggle two seemingly opposing things: I wanted to provide good, nutritious food for myself and my family, while also watching my dollars when I went to the supe... Buy or find out more →
Salades
$59.95 – Hardcover book / Lantern Books
Acclaimed chef Damien Pignolet shows us the endless possibilities of the salad. Here are entrée salads to stimulate the appetite, side salads to refresh the palate, and warm salads that serve as a meal in their own right... Buy or find out more →
The Age Good Food Guide 2011
$0.00 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
The Age Good Food Guide 2011 offers more than 500 reviews, completely updated and new. Whether it's a big celebration, a quiet dinner, a weekend brunch or a country stopover, look to the guide to find just the right plac... Buy or find out more →
The Cocktail Bible
$49.95 – Hardcover book / New Holland Pub
Master the art of the cocktail with The Cocktail Bible!
This comprehensive guide of over 4,000 drinks is broken down into 37 sections, each focusing on a different spirit, making it easy to find the liquor you're looking... Buy or find out more →
Eating In
$59.95 – Hardcover book / Murdoch Books
'When we invite friends and family to dine with us, although we go to a lot of effort to prepare delicious food, the rewards of seeing people come together at the table, to talk, laugh and indulge, make it worthwhile.' W... Buy or find out more →
The Coffee Guide Sydney 2011 (5th Edition)
$19.95 – Paperback book / Independent Pub. Grp
The fifth edition of The Coffee Guide. Sydney has a number of exciting new features. Along with cafe reviews and awarding our coveted Bean Rating, new accolades are being awarded such as Best New-comer, Best Menu and Bes... Buy or find out more →
The Coffee Guide Melbourne 2011 (3rd Edition)
$19.95 – Paperback book / Independent Pub. Grp
The third edition of The Coffee Guide. Melbourne has seen this city re-emergence as the nation's cafe capital, with an explosion of great cafe in the past 12 months. Find out which venues are a 'must visit' for any caffe... Buy or find out more →
Beer: A Guide For Enthusiasts
$29.95 – Paperback book / Murdoch Books
Greg Duncan Powell - beer obsessive, champion imbiber, rollicking writer - has gone the hard yards with this one, bringing you 150 beers from across Australia (and those washed up on our shores) sniffed, sampled and scor... Buy or find out more →
Grillhouse
$39.95 – Hardcover book / Murdoch Books
Fresh from manning the barbecue in his highly-successful book Fired Up, Ross Dobson takes a casual approach to indoor dining in Grillhouse. Hearty pies, thick-cut chips and lip-smacking ribs are all featured, along with ... Buy or find out more →
101 Things I Learned In Culinary School
$23.99 – Paperback book / Little Brown
Louis Eguaras, a renowned chef at the Le Cordon Bleu Program at the California School of Culinary Arts, provides readers with a terrific overview of what is truly involved in the preparation, cooking, and presentation of... Buy or find out more →
Matt Skinner's Wine Guide 2011
$24.95 – Paperback book / Murdoch Books
Matt Skinner's Wine Guide 2011 is a refreshingly new and comprehensive guide to 250 wines suitable for drinking or cellaring now, to suit all budgets and occasions. Whether your preferred drop is a fizz, pink, white red ... Buy or find out more →
Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine To The World Of Food And The People Who Cook
$35.00$15.00 – Trade paperback / Bloomsbury
Anthony Bourdain's long-awaited sequel to Kitchen Confidential.
A lot has changed since Kitchen Confidential - for the subculture of chefs and cooks, for the restaurant business and for Anthony Bourdain. Medium Raw explo... Buy or find out more →
I Love Macarons
$17.95 – Paperback book / Chronicle Books
Cute-as-can-be, buttery macarons capture the whimsy and elegance of Paris, where they're traditionally served with tea or wrapped up in ribbon to give as a gift. But the secrets of making perfect macarons have long elude... Buy or find out more →
The Big Red Wine Book 2010-2011
$24.95 – Paperback book / Hardie Grant
Award-winning wine critic Campbell Mattinson and established wine publisher Gary Walsh share their knowledge in expert tasting notes on more than 1000 red wines, including more than 500 new releases across all prices and... Buy or find out more →
Rasoi: New Indian Kitchen
$69.95 – Hardcover book / Absolute Press
Vineet Bhatia's "New Indian Kitchen" is an extraordinary culinary tour de force by the world's most celebrated Indian chef. The first Indian chef to be awarded a Michelin Star, Vineet Bhatia has been cooking his ravishin... Buy or find out more →
Heston's Fantastical Feasts
$55.00 – Hardcover book / Bloomsbury
The book of Heston Blumenthal's hugely successful TV series Feast.
This is the book of Heston Blumenthal's hugely successful television series Feast. Having already recreated the impossible 'Drink Me' potion from Alice i... Buy or find out more →
Plenty
$65.00$49.95 – Hardcover book / Ebury Press
With his fabulous restaurants and bestselling Ottolenghi Cookbook, Yotam Ottolenghi has established himself as one of the most exciting new talents in the world of cookery and food writing.
This exclusive collection of v... Buy or find out more →
Country Style, Country Chefs: Stories and Recipes from Australia's Best-Loved Country Chefs
$39.95$31.95 – Paperback book / Lantern Books
Country Chefs is a heartfelt celebration of the personalities, produce and places that are redefining the way we think about Australian country cooking. Based on the popular Country Style magazine feature, this book is a... Buy or find out more →
Mastering The Art Of French Cooking: Volumes 1& 2
$69.95 – Slipcase / Michael Joseph
This isn't just any cookery book. It is Mastering the Art of French Cooking, first published in 1961, and it's a book that is a statement, not of culinary intent, but of aspiration, a commitment to a certain sort of good... Buy or find out more →
Sunday's Kitchen
$49.95$0.00 – Hardcover book / Miegunyah Press
Sunday's Kitchen explores life behind-the-scenes at Heide, the celebrated haven for progressive modernist artists and writers. Heide was the home and personal Eden of John and Sunday Reed, two of Australia's most signifi... Buy or find out more →
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
$16.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Group Uk
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, by Michael Pollan, internationally bestselling author of In Defence of Food.
For thousands of years, humans have eaten well and stayed healthy without nutritional scientists or even knowing... Buy or find out more →
The Real Food Companion
$89.95 – Hardcover book / Murdoch Books
In The Real Food Companion, renowned food writer Matthew Evans shows us how to ethically source, cook and eat real food.
Written with gusto and filled to bursting with information to inspire and a huge range of recipes t... Buy or find out more →
Cuisine du Temps
$60.00 – Hardcover book / New Holland Pub
From the master and innovator of modern French Cuisine, Jacques Reymond shares his collection of Asian-inspired recipes influenced from his background in his family's hotel in Cuiseaux in France and then as a chef in Par... Buy or find out more →
Coco: One Hundred Emerging Culinary Stars Chosen By Ten Of The Worlds Greatest Chefs
$59.95 – Hardcover book /
Coco is an exciting, unprecedented guide to the most exceptional talent in the international restaurant world. Following in the footsteps of Phaidon's successful 10x10 series featuring emerging young artists in diff... Buy or find out more →
The Fat Duck Cookbook
$75.00 – Hardcover book / Bloomsbury
The most desirable restaurant book ever published, now in a smaller, more-easily-read edition.
In this beautiful book, a smaller format edition of the bestselling Big Fat Duck Cookbook, we hear the full story of the mete... Buy or find out more →
MoVida Rustica: Spanish Traditions and Recipes
$59.95 – Hardcover book / Murdoch Books
Following the multi-award winning title MoVida, chef and restaurateur Frank Camorra returns to his native Spain in this companion book. In MoVida Rustica, Frank delivers many traditional as well as innovative recipes tha... Buy or find out more →
Melbourne: The Making of a Drinking and Eating Capital
$49.95 – Hardcover book / Hardie Grant
Melbourne’s bustling laneways and tree-lined streets are renowned for their incredible choice of places to eat and drink – from stylish sidewalk cafes and dark, hidden-away bars to elegant award-winning restaurants and c... Buy or find out more →
Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
Trapped in a boring job and living in a tiny apartment in New York, Julie Powell regularly finds herself weeping on the way home from work. Then one night, through her mascara-smudged eyes, Julie notices that the few ite... Buy or find out more →
Extreme Cuisine
$14.99 – Paperback book / Lonely Planet
Imagine tucking into grasshoppers as you wander the Mercado Benito market in Oaxaca, Mexico, or chowing down on juicy witchetty grubs on your travels through Central Australia - such meals can be the perfect entrée to a ... Buy or find out more →
Shannon Bennett's Paris
$45.00 – Hardcover book / Miegunyah Press
Thanks to Melbourne University Publishing and Moët Hennessy Australia we have some bottles of Veuve Clicquot champagne to giveaway. Simply buy a copy of Shannon Bennett’s Paris online and go into the running to win a... Buy or find out more →
Why Italians Love To Talk About Food
$35.00 – Trade paperback / Picador
Why Italians Love to Talk About Food is a fascinating mix of history, culture, language and cuisine. Covering each of Italy's 20 diverse regions, along with chapters on general themes such as olive oil, Slow Food, and th... Buy or find out more →
Ripailles: Traditional French Cuisine
$79.95 – Hardcover book / Murdoch Books
Acclaimed Parisian chef Stéphane Reynaud writes beautiful recipes that combine his passion for traditional French cooking with his enthusiasm for modern cuisine. His range extends from simple home cooking to more complex... Buy or find out more →
My Greek Family Table
$59.95 – Hardcover book / Lantern Books
Greek-Australian Maria Benardis welcomes you to her table to enjoy Greek food the way her family has always done. In these 100 recipes, passed between the generations, you will find time-honoured classics such as moussak... Buy or find out more →
MoVida
$54.95 – Trade paperback / Murdoch Books
Chef and restaurateur Frank Camorra shares his passion for Spanish food in MoVida. With delicious recipes and wonderful information about Spanish ingredients, cooking methods and culinary traditions, MoVida captures the ... Buy or find out more →
Jane's Kitchen: Fabulous Food, Minus the Boombah
$29.95 – Paperback book / Hardie Grant
Jane Kennedy has long been known for her radio and television career. Something less known is that Jane loves food. Both cooking it and eating it. But Jane can't eat anything she wants to. That's because she gets FAT. Af... Buy or find out more →
Eating With Emperors: 150 Years of Dining with Emperors, Kings, Queens...and the Occasional Maharajah
$59.99 – Hardcover book / Miegunyah Press
The world jeered when the Emperor of Iran served roast peacock to celebrate the anniversary of his Empire; guests gasped in delight when Queen Victoria kicked off Christmas Day with a whole stuffed wild boar's head; and ... Buy or find out more →
Cake Wrecks
$19.95 – Hardcover book / Andrews Mcmeel Publ.
Have your cake and laugh at it, too, with the sweet treat known as Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong. From the creator of the ultra popular blog CakeWrecks.com, here are the worst cakes ever, incl... Buy or find out more →
Snowflakes And Schnapps
$69.95 – Hardcover book / Murdoch Books
Join Jane Lawson as she takes you on a culinary journey through the magnificent cold-climate cuisines of the snow-cloaked regions of northern, central and eastern Europe. From the seaside towns of Scandinavia, to the alp... Buy or find out more →
Building A Meal: From Molecular Gastronomy To Culinary Constructivism
$29.95 – Hardcover book / Columbia Univ Pr
An internationally renowned chemist, popular television personality, and bestselling author, Hervé This is the head of the first laboratory devoted to molecular gastronomy, or the scientific exploration of cooking and ea... Buy or find out more →
Vefa's Kitchen
$59.95 – Hardcover book /
Vefa's Kitchen is the first authoritative and all-encompassing Greek recipe book in English. Doing for Greek cuisine what the hugely successful Silver Spoon did for Italian, it contains more than 700 fully updated, strai... Buy or find out more →
Everyday Drinking: The Distilled Kingsley Amis
$29.95 – Hardcover book / Bloomsbury
Kingsley Amis was one of the great masters of comic prose, and
no subject was dearer to him than the art and practice of
imbibing.
This new volume brings together the best of his three out-of-print
works on the subject:... Buy or find out more →
Table Talk
$22.99 – Paperback book / Weidenfeld And Nicolson
A.A. Gill knows food, and loves food. A meal is never just a meal. It has a past, a history, connotations. It is a metaphor for life. A.A. Gill delights in decoding what lies behind the food on our plates: famously, his ... Buy or find out more →
Seasons
$49.99 – Paperback book / Harper Collins
Last Christmas, Donna Hay broke her own records for a bestseller with No Time to Cook. This year she is back with a completely different cookbook. Seasons builds on the trend for cooking with whichever ingredients are in... Buy or find out more →
Cooking For Beginners
$0.00 – Paperback book / Quadrille Pub.
There are those who can cook and then there are those for whom boiling water is a bit of a challenge. These are the people that top chefs John Burton Race and Angela Hartnett teach to cook like Michelin star chefs in the... Buy or find out more →
Cocktails and Rock Tales
$29.95 – Hardcover book / Hardie Grant
The Southern Belle and the Karma Sip Tra.The Alabama Slammer and the Autumn Thunder. The Couture Fizz and the Vanilla Kiss. These are not just drinks, but statements of intent, says hard-sipping rock journalist Jane Rocc... Buy or find out more →
Australian Wine Vintages 2010
$34.99 – Hardcover book / Cairnhill Holdings
For 2010 Australian Wine Vintages, The Gold Book has been totally revised and updated. The book has moved from being a rich source of wine information to being Australia's richest source of wine advice for the wine inter... Buy or find out more →
Barossa Wine Traveller
$19.99 – Paperback book / Wine Press
Barossa Wine Traveller is a guide book to the wineries and attractions of the Barossa, featuring the stories and anecdotes that capture the people, places, tastes and history of the Barossa. The book will contain snippet... Buy or find out more →
Larousse Gastronomique: Updated Edition
$145.00 – Slipcase / Hodder Headline
Larousse Gastronomique is the world's classic culinary reference book. Larousse is known and loved for its authoritative and comprehensive collection of recipes. Here it is brought up to date for 2009 in an attractive ed... Buy or find out more →
Cleaving: A Story Of Marriage Meat And Obsession
$9.95 – Trade paperback / Fig Tree
After having cooked her way through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking in Julie and Julia, what would Julie Powell do next? Learn to be a butcher.
In Cleaving she sets about this in fabulously funny and of... Buy or find out more →
The Cocktail
$19.95 – Paperback book / Hardie Grant
The Southern Belle and the Karma Sip Tra.The Alabama Slammer and the Autumn Thunder. The Couture Fizz and the Vanilla Kiss. These are not just drinks, but statements of intent, says hard-sipping rock journalist Jane Rocc... Buy or find out more →
Cravat-a-licious
$34.95 – Trade paperback / Random Century
The Selected Works of the MasterChef critic
Australia knows him as the cravat-wearing critic and hulking soulful judge on TV's crazily successful MasterChef Australia but it's his writing that has had the food world talk... Buy or find out more →
The Songs Of Sapa
$69.95 – Hardcover book / Murdoch Books
Luke Nguyen, of Secrets of the Red Lantern fame, is going home. Travelling on a personal and culinary tour through Vietnam, Luke visits his family and friends, and is invited into the homes of local Vietnamese food exper... Buy or find out more →
Little Italy
$49.95 – Paperback book / Murdoch Books
In 'Little Italy', Italian food writer Laura Zavan uncovers the fascinating culinary history of her beloved homeland. From antipasti to pizza, pasta, gnocchi, risotto and sweets, Little Italy combines your favourite Ital... Buy or find out more →
A la Grecque
$59.95$15.00 – Hardcover book / Hardie Grant
The term ‘A la Grecque’, meaning ‘in the Greek way’, conveys perfectly the kind of food Pam and Kosta Talimanidis are famous for: stylish yet homely dishes that look to both sides of the Greek/Turkish divide for inspirat... Buy or find out more →