Bella: My Life in Food by Annabel Langbein

$30.00 NZD

Category: Cooking | Reading Level: near fine

Due October Bursting with tender and funny anecdotes and gorgeous recipes, Bella is Annabel Langbein's must-read memoir. For the first time, Annabel Langbein, New Zealand's most popular cookbook author, writes about her remarkable life and how food has shaped it, highlighting some of the recipes that ha ve resonated most strongly with her over the years. From her childhood fascination with cooking to a teenage flirtation as a Maoist hippie, to possum trapping and living off the land as a hunter and forager, to travelling and starting her own croissant business in Brazil, Annabel's life has always been centred on food and nature. Out of this came an obsession with creating cookbooks, introducing a generation of cooks to her simple recipes for delicious, stylish meals. Annabel has lived a huge and varied life, and she writes vividly about her many adventures. From throughout this rich life in food she has chosen 60 key recipes, created with her signature style and flair that make cooking easy for everyone, sharing them in this beautifully photographed book. ...Show more

Supergood by Chelsea Winter

$20.00 NZD

Category: Cooking | Reading Level: near fine

Yummy, easy, plant-based recipes for every occasion fill this much-anticipated new book by New Zealand's favourite home cook, Chelsea Winter. From beautiful brunches to quick mid-week dinners to delectable desserts to versatile sides, sauces, smoothies and snacks, this book has something everyone will l ove. Here are hearty, tasty, family-friendly greats like sausage rolls, macaroni cheese, burgers, pizza, lasagne and nachos; treats like ginger slice, chocolate ice cream, banoffee pie, ice cream cake, cookies, brownies, truffles, gelato, doughnuts and hotcakes and - of course - Chelsea's world-famous Lockdown Loaf, plus 10 Second Aioli, Fresh Herby Pesto, Butterscotch and many more great staples. It's all vegetarian, egg-free and dairy-free, with loads of gluten-free options and top tips to inspire every cook. Best of all, this book is everything you'd expect from Chelsea - easy to make, fail-safe, full of easily available ingredients, great looking and totally tasty. Supergood! ...Show more

To Asia, with Love by Hetty McKinnon

$20.00 NZD

Category: Cooking | Reading Level: near fine

'To Asia, With Love is my homecoming, a joyous return to the humble, yet deeply nurturing flavours and meals of my childhood as a Chinese girl born in Australia. It is also a celebration of the exciting and delicious possibilities of modern Asian cooking.' In To Asia, With Love, Hetty McKinnon shows hom e cooks how to create big-flavoured vegetarian (and often vegan) Asian dishes using the simplest of everyday ingredients. Recipes range from the traditional - salt and pepper eggplant, red curry laksa, congee, a perfectly simple egg, pea and ginger fried rice - to Hetty's uniquely modern interpretations, such as buttery miso vegemite noodles, stir-fried salt and vinegar potatoes, cacio e pepe udon noodles and grilled wombok caesar salad with wonton crackers. All share an emphasis on seasonal vegetables and creating irresistible Asian(ish) flavours using pantry staples. Whether it's a banh mi turned into a salad, a soy-sauce-powered chocolate brownie or a rainbow guide to eating dumplings by the season, this is Asian home cooking unlike anything you've experienced before. ...Show more

Breakfast: The Cookbook by Emily Elyse Miller

$35.00 NZD

Category: Cooking | Reading Level: very good

Start the day with the definitive cookbook of authentic home-cooking breakfast dishes from around the world Breakfast is the most important - and comforting - time of day for billions of people everywhere. Here, for the first time, a collection of hundreds of home-cooking recipes celebrates morning meal s as they're prepared in kitchens across the globe. Each recipe is accessible and straightforward, with notes offering cultural context and culinary insight. Whether it's sweet or not, classic or regional, it's here: Egyptian Ful Medames (stewed fava beans); Mexican Chilaquiles; Chinese Pineapple Buns; American Scones; Scottish Morning Rolls; and so much more. ...Show more

The Great Dixter Cookbook: Recipes from an English Garden by Aaron Bertelsen

$30.00 NZD

Category: Cooking | Reading Level: very good

Seasonal recipes and expert planting guides from Great Dixter, Christopher Lloyd's quintessential English country garden The Great Dixter Cookbook features seventy simple and delicious seasonal recipes from the kitchen garden at Great Dixter, the historic house and garden located on the borders of Kent and Sussex. Dishes included range from English classics such as chicken and leek pie, apple crumble, and beetroot chutney, to contemporary recipes like crispy kale with sea salt and shakshuka. Dixter was home to the revered and highly influential gardener and writer, Christopher Lloyd, and a number of this book's recipes have been taken from the Lloyd family's personal kitchen notebooks. With growing guides to more than twenty varieties of vegetables and fruit to accompany the recipes, this practical, accessible book enriches the kitchens and lives of home cooks and gardeners worldwide. ...Show more

The Silver Spoon: Naples and the Amalfi Coast

$30.00 NZD

Category: Cooking

The newest addition to the popular Silver Spoon cookbook series provides a culinary guide to one of Italy's best-loved regionsNaples and the Amalfi Coast takes readers on a rich gastronomic journey through a perennially appealing, visually stunning region of Italy. The delightfully authentic dishes feat ured include fennel biscuits and other locally beloved antipasti, such classics as pizza Margherita, and an array of mouthwatering desserts. Chapters spotlight key produce and ingredients, from buffalo mozzarella from Benevento and tomatoes from San Marzano to lemons from Sorrento. Beautifully designed, with vivid colour photographs throughout, this gorgeous recipe collection is destined for both kitchen shelves and coffee tables. ...Show more

Where Chefs Eat : A Guide to Chefs' Favorite Restaurants by Joe Warwick (Contribution by); Joshua David Stein (Contribution by); Natascha Mirosch (Contribution by); Chen Evelyn (Contribution by)

$20.00 NZD

Category: Cooking | Reading Level: very good

Eat around the world with 650 of the world's best chefs. Wherever you are, youll never miss the best local diner for breakfast, the best restaurant for a business dinner, or the best place for a late night snack - and everything in between.This all-new, completely revised, third edition of the global re staurant guidebook that has sold more than 250,000 copies features more than 7,000 recommendations for more than 4,500 restaurants in more than 70 countries. Wherever you are, you'll never miss the best local diner for breakfast, the best restaurant for a business dinner, or the best place for a late night snack ? and everything in-between.With city maps, key information, reviews and recommendations from the chefs themselves, this is the guide for savvy restaurant-goers and arm chair foodies in major cities and towns worldwide.WHERE: With recommendations in more than 70 countries - from the United States to Buenos Aires from Ireland to Estonia from Greece to South Africa, discover the best eateries for your destination.CHEFS: Find out where and what the world's best chefs eat including: Jason Atherton, Shannon Bennett, Helena Rizzo, Stephen Harris, Yotam Ottolenghi, Yoshihiro Narisawa, and hundreds more.EAT: From breakfast to late night, bargain to high end - discover the best places to eat for just the right occasion. ...Show more

Vegetables from an Italian Garden: Season-by-Season Recipes by The Silver Spoon Kitchen

$30.00 NZD

Category: Cooking | Reading Level: very good

Vegetables from an Italian Garden shows you how to cook vegetables like the Italians do. Italian cuisine is renowned for its inventive and delicious ways with vegetables, and the book features more than 350 authentic, simple and tasty recipes to cook throughout the year.

French Provincial Cooking by Elizabeth David

$12.00 NZD

Category: Cooking | Series: Handbooks Ser. | Reading Level: very good

French Provincial Cooking is Elizabeth David's classic work on French regional cuisine. Providing simple recipes like omelettes, souffles, soups and salads, it also offers more complex fare such as p tes, cassoulets, roasts and puddings. First published in 1960, it is readable, inspiring and entertainin gly informative. French Provincial Cooking by Elizabeth David is the perfect place to go for anyone wanting to bring a little France into their home. 'Not only did she transform the way we cooked but she is a delight to read' Express on Sunday 'Britain's most inspirational food writer' Independent 'When you read Elizabeth David, you get perfect pitch. There is an understanding and evocation of flavours, colours, scents and places that lights up the page' Guardian 'Not only did she transform the way we cooked but she is a delight to read' Express on Sunday Elizabeth David (1913-1992) is the woman who changed the face of British cooking. Having travelled widely during the Second World War, she introduced post-war Britain to the sun-drenched delights of the Mediterranean and her recipes brought new flavours and aromas into kitchens across Britain. After her classic first book Mediterranean Food followed more bestsellers, including French Country Cooking, Summer Cooking, French Provincial Cooking, Italian Food, Elizabeth David's Christmas and At Elizabeth David's Table. ...Show more

Penguin Cordon Bleu Cookery by Rosemary Hume; Muriel Downes

$10.00 NZD

Category: Cooking | Reading Level: good

Italian Food by Elizabeth David

$12.00 NZD

Category: Cooking | Reading Level: very good

In Italian Food, Elizabeth David was the first to help us understand the real country cooking of Italy. Italian Food was an inspiration to British cooks when it was first published in 1954 - and it remains so to this day. Embracing the variety, richness and vibrancy of Italian cooking, with particularly reference to regional variation, Elizabeth David provides a magnificent and inspiring collection of favourite dishes as well as those more rarely encountered. With straightforward recipes for meals such as Piedmontese cheese fondue, fettuccine with fresh tomato sauce and chicken breasts with ham and cheese, Elizabeth David brings us the authentic taste of Italian food. 'Elizabeth David's clear and unpretentious directions for the enjoyment of good food have never been surpassed' Daily Mail 'Not only did she transform the way we cooked but she is a delight to read' Express on Sunday 'Britain's most inspirational food writer' Independent 'When you read Elizabeth David, you get perfect pitch. There is an understanding and evocation of flavours, colours, scents and places that lights up the page' Guardian 'Not only did she transform the way we cooked but she is a delight to read' Express on Sunday Elizabeth David (1913-1992) is the woman who changed the face of British cooking. Having travelled widely during the Second World War, she introduced post-war Britain to the sun-drenched delights of the Mediterranean and her recipes brought new flavours and aromas into kitchens across Britain. After her classic first book Mediterranean Food followed more bestsellers, including French Country Cooking, Summer Cooking, French Provincial Cooking, Italian Food, Elizabeth David's Christmas and At Elizabeth David's Table. ...Show more

Digby Law's Entree Cookbook by Digby Law

$12.00 NZD

Category: Cooking | Reading Level: good