Summer Reading: Food and Wine
1080 Recipes
$69.95 (Hardcover book / )
Following close on the heels of the public’s love of Italian food, Spanish food is fast growing in popularity with more and more Spanish restaurants emerging all over the world and a tapas-style revolution happening in t... More »
Eating For England: The Delights and Curiosities of the British at Table
$35.00 (Hardcover book / Fourth Estate )
Nigel Slater is a marvellously witty writer, as evidenced in his acclaimed food memoir Toast. Eating for England is Slater’s glorious portrait of Britain’s often contrary and eccentric culinary culture, where a cream tea... More »
French Lessons
$59.95 (Hardcover book / Hardie Grant )
Serious foodies the world over acknowledge that French cooking forms the basis of most modern cuisines. Witness the Iron Chef’s main categories for its gladiatorial cooking tournaments: Japanese, Chinese and, yes, French... More »
Maggie's Harvest
$125.00 (Hardcover book / Lantern Books )
Maggie's Harvest brings together over 350 of Maggie Beer's signature recipes, detailed descriptions of her favourite ingredients and inspiring accounts of memorable meals with family and friends. The recipes highlight Ma... More »
Medieval Cuisine Of The Islamic World
$44.95 (Hardcover book / Univ California Pr )
Part history and part cookbook, Lilia Zaouali’s investigation into the development and spread of classic Arab cuisine makes absolutely fascinating reading. In his foreword, Charles Perry, author of Medieval Arab Cookery,... More »
Modern Italian Food
$14.95 (Paperback book / Hardie Grant )
Stefano de Pieri loves food – particularly of the Italian variety. And this attractive book features his modern takes on classic dishes such as yellow polenta with braised tripe, baccalà mantecato (creamed cod) and torte... More »
My China: A Feast For All The Senses
$79.95 (Hardcover book / Lantern Books )
As much a travelogue as a cookbook, My China recounts Kylie Kwong’s trip through China exploring its food and culture. Here, the popular Australian chef really hits her cookbook-writing stride, eschewing the occasionally... More »
My French Vue: Bistro Cooking At Home
$49.95 (Hardcover book / Simon & Schuster )
Melbourne-based chef Shannon Bennett follows up his bestselling tour of French cuisine, My Vue, with this exquisitely presented, seductively simple guide to French cooking at home. The owner of Vue de Monde presents easy... More »
Nigella Express
$69.95 (Hardcover book / Chatto & Windus )
Nigella and her style of cookery have earned a special place in our lives, symbolising all that is best, most pleasurable, most hands-on and least fussy about good food. But that doesn't mean she wants us to spend hours ... More »
Secrets Of The Red Lantern
$59.95 (Hardcover book / Murdoch Books )
With *Secrets of the Red Lantern: Stories and Vietnamese Recipes from the Heart*, Sydney chef Pauline Nguyen has written an unusual and very moving cookbook/memoir. Nguyen’s family came to Australia as refugees from Viet... More »
Turquoise: A Chef's Travels in Turkey
$75.00 (Hardcover book / Hardie Grant )
Greg Malouf is one of Australia’s best known chefs, celebrated for his ‘modern Middle Eastern’ style, which draws on his Lebanese heritage. He and Lucy Malouf have co-authored three bestselling food books; here, they tra... More »
The Weekend Cook
$34.95 (Paperback book / Random House )
It's the weekend and there's stuff to do. Impress someone special. Silence the hungry hordes. Nurse a hangover. Get the gang over. Revisit your childhood. Cook something snappy. Slow right down. Rediscover custard. THE W... More »
Never Order Chicken On A Monday
$34.95 (Trade paperback / Random House )
What is it really like to work in a restaurant? What do chefs do when they are running out of the night's most popular dish? Do they really serve food that is on the turn? And how do they make it seem fresh? What happens... More »
The World Atlas Of Wine: 6th Edition
$79.99 (Hardcover book / Mitchell Beazley )
Written by the world’s most authoritative wine duo, the new edition of this essential reference reflects current realities in the world of wine. Each of its 200 detailed maps has been thoroughly researched and updated, w... More »