Summer Reading: Food and Travel
A Day At El Bulli
$75.00$65.95 (Hardcover book / )
Situated on a remote beach on the northeast coast of Spain, el Bulli is famous for being the ultimate pilgrimage site for foodies, and a reservation there is nearly impossible to obtain. Each year el Bulli is open for ju... More »
Arabesques
$49.99 (Hardcover book / Picador )
One Sunday afternoon in a secluded valley in Normandy, Robert Dessaix chanced upon the castle where the famous French writer Andr Gide spent his childhood. Recalling the excitement Robert felt when he first read Gide as ... More »
The Big Trip
$29.99 (Paperback book / Lonely Planet )
School's out and the world's calling. You want to get out there and burn an international trail - but where do you start? Right here, with the ultimate guide to gap years and overseas adventures. The Big Trip is a practi... More »
American Journeys
$49.95$29.95 (Hardcover book / Alfred A Knopf )
Only in America, the most powerful democracy on earth, home to the best and worst of everything, are the most extreme contradictions possible. In a series of journeys in 2005 and 2006, acclaimed author Don Watson set out... More »
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Australia: 42 Great Landscape Experiences
$24.95 (Hardcover book / Lonely Planet )
Internationally renowned photographer Richard l'Anson turns his lens on his home country, shooting Australia's wildest and most stunning places. Australia: 42 Great Landscape Experiences is packed with reference maps and... More »
Cooking: The Quintessential Art
$49.95 (Hardcover book / Univ California Pr )
From its intriguing opening question—"How can we reasonably judge a meal?"—to its rewarding conclusion, this beautiful book picks up where Brillat-Savarin left off almost two centuries ago. Hervé This, a cofounder (with ... More »
Ancient Shore: Dispatches From Naples
$34.95 (Hardcover book / Univ. Of Chicago Pr. )
Born in Australia, Shirley Hazzard first moved to Naples as a young woman in the 1950s to take up a job with the United Nations. It was the beginning of a long love affair with the city. Battered by World War II, Naples ... More »
Balance And Harmony
$125.00$99.95 (Hardcover book / Murdoch Books )
Rockpool chef Neil Perry revels in his love for Asian cooking in this sumptuous book, set out in the style of a cooking school – with banquet ideas as well as individual recipes. From the easiest steamed and stir-fried d... More »
Death In The Mountains: The True Story Of A Tuscan Murder
$32.99 (Trade paperback / Macmillan )
"This is the true story of the murder of Artemio Bruni, a peasant farmer in the mountains of Casentino, north-eastern Tuscany, in the winter of 1907. Artemio was my husband's great-grandfather.
"For reasons not understoo... More »
From Russia With Lunch: A Lithuanian Odyssey
$24.95 (Paperback book / Univ Queensland Pr )
From the author of the South African travel memoir, Are We There Yet?
Eighty-two years after Moses Dibobis escaped from the Lithuanian hamlet of Birzai with nothing but a packed lunch, his grandson David Smiedt journeys ... More »
Lonely Planet's Best In Travel 2009
$34.99 (Trade paperback / Lonely Planet )
The best places to go and things to do all around the world right now! Drawing on the knowledge, passion and miles travelled by Lonely Planet's staff and authors, you've got a year's worth of travel inspiration to take y... More »
The Europe Book
$59.95$49.95 (Hardcover book / Lonely Planet )
Ladies and gentlemen, you loved The Travel Book so now we give you - The Europe Book! Thrill to the highlights of this intriguing and captivating continent! Get inspired to discover parts of Europe you didn't know! Be am... More »
In The Kitchen
$69.95$59.95 (Hardcover book / Hardie Grant )
From two of Australia’s most trusted cookbook authors comes this comprehensive kitchen companion, more than 800 pages and more than 1000 recipes for the everyday. Chapters cover every meal from breakfasts to weeknight di... More »
Lucio's Ligurian Kitchen: The Food Of The Italian Riviera
$49.95 (Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin )
Liguria is another country. They do things differently there,
particularly when it comes to food.
Lucio Galletto grew up in Liguria - at the eastern end of the
Riviera di Levante (coast of the rising sun). He didn't rea... More »
Fire: A World Of Flavour
$99.95$79.95 (Hardcover book / Lantern Books )
With an insatiable appetite for travel, food and new experiences, Christine Manfield has traversed the globe in search of inspiration. Her quest has taken her from Tokyo to Istanbul, and from Hanoi to Marrakech.
Now, in ... More »
Maggie's Kitchen
$59.95 (Hardcover book / Lantern Books )
From Maggie Beer's own kitchen come 120 favourite recipes she has shared with her television audience, as well as the everyday basics Maggie believes form the foundations of a good food life. With her trademark warmth an... More »
My Amalfi Coast
$69.95 (Hardcover book / Lantern Books )
CHANCE LED AMANDA TABBERER TO THE AMALFI COAST, BUT IT WAS A SENSE OF DESTINY THAT MADE HER STAY.
My Amalfi Coast is a loving memoir of the place Amanda called home for so many years, and a guide packed with insider's ti... More »
Ripailles: Traditional French Cuisine
$79.95$49.95 (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... More »
The Travel Book (Mini)
$39.99 (Hardcover book / Lonely Planet )
1140 images, 231 countries, one complete picture - without the weight of the world.
Not everyone wants a big kahuna coffee-table book, but everyone wants The Travel Book Mini - that same definitive travel pictorial, comp... More »
My Favourite Ingredients
$49.95 (Hardcover book / Quadrille Pub. )
Acclaimed chef and food writer Skye Gyngell’s cooking naturally follows the ebb and flow of the seasons, taking advantage of the best produce when it is seasonally available. My Favourite Ingredients focuses on what sh... More »
Sri Owen's Indonesian Food
$60.00 (Hardcover book / Pavilion )
Indonesian Food is the most comprehensive account of this ancient, exotic and varied cuisine ever published. Sri Owen, the world's leading authority, provides over 100 mouthwatering recipes, from staples and basics to fo... More »
Unforgettable Walks To Take Before You Die
$49.95$19.95 (Paperback book / Bbc Books )
UNFORGETTABLE WALKS TO TAKE BEFORE I DIE is the fifth title in an exciting series of books that will help you search out essential sights and experiences around the world.Photographers and writers Steve Watkins and Clare... More »
Paris Tango
$59.95 (Hardcover book / Lantern Books )
On moving to Paris, I met many Parisians who welcomed me into their world for a morning, and afternoon, a night - I felt like Alice in Wonderland. I found a visual feast in a land devoted to beauty, where people worship ... More »
Stephen Fry In America
$40.00$33.95 (Hardcover book / Harper Collins )
Stephen Fry has always loved America‚ in fact he came very close to being born there. Here‚ his fascination for the country and its people sees him embark on an epic journey across America‚ visiting each of its 51 States... More »
Venezia: Food and Dreams
$59.95$49.95 (Hardcover book / Murdoch Books )
In Venezia: Food & Dreams, Tessa Kiros explores the magic and charm of the famous Italian city of Venice. She embroiders the recipes of this city of canals, bridges and carnivals with her own unique colours and threa... More »