Falastin: A Cookbook by Sami Tamimi; Tara Wigley; Yotam Ottolenghi (foreword)

$49.99 AUD

Category: FOOD

FALASTIN is a love letter to Palestine, the land and its people; an evocative collection of over 110 unforgettable recipes and stories from the co-authors of Jerusalem, Ottolenghi: The Cookbook and SIMPLE. Travelling through Bethlehem, East Jerusalem, Nablus, Haifa, Akka, Nazareth, Galilee and the West Bank, Sami and Tara invite you to experience and enjoy unparalleled access to Sami's homeland. As each region has its own distinct identity and tale to tell, there are endless new flavour combinations to discover. The food is the perfect mix of traditional and contemporary, with recipes that have been handed down through the generations and reworked for a modern home kitchen, alongside dishes that have been inspired by Sami and Tara's collaborations with producers and farmers throughout Palestine. With stunning food and travel photography plus stories from unheard Palestinian voices, this innovative cookbook will transport you to this rich and complex land. So get ready to laden your table with the most delicious of foods - from abundant salads, soups and wholesome grains to fluffy breads, easy one-pot dishes and perfumed sweet treats - here are simple feasts to be shared and everyday meals to be enjoyed. These are stunning Palestinian-inspired dishes that you will want to cook, eat, fall in love with and make your own. ...Show more

Indulgence: Cupcakes by -

$29.99 AUD

Category: FOOD

A celebration of vintage style, a bygone era when dressing up, serving tea in fine china and writing personal thank-you notes afterwards was simply good manners. Recipes include both the classics and new creations, featuring more adventurous tastes and textures.

Milkwood by Kirsten Bradley; Nick Ritar

$45.00 AUD

Category: FOOD

The skills that we learn bind our lives together. Do you want to know how to grow your own food? Or how to keep bees? How to forage for edible seaweed along the shoreline, or wild greens down by the stream? Maybe you're curious about growing mushrooms or how to grow the perfect tomato. You're invited to make these skills your own. Designed to be read with a pot of tea by your elbow and a notebook beside you, Milkwood is all you need to start living a more home-grown life. From DIY projects to wild fermented recipes, the in-depth knowledge and hands-on instruction contained in these pages will have your whole family fascinated and inspired to get growing, keeping, cooking and making. Milkwood is the name of Kirsten Bradley and Nick Ritar's first farm as well as their school where anyone can learn skills for down-to-earth living. Kirsten, Nick and a team of educators offer courses on topics contained in this book as well as permaculture design, natural building and much more. Kirsten and Nick live on a small regenerative farm near Daylesford, Australia, where many things from the sprouted grain they feed their chickens to ingredients that make up dinner is homegrown. ...Show more

Your Brick Oven: Building it and Baking in it by Russell Jeavons

$29.95 AUD

Category: FOOD

Russell Jeavons owns and operates an eccentric pizza restaurant in Willunga on the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia, a region famous for its almonds, olive oil and McLaren Vale wine. Known simply as 'Russell's', the restaurant - which opens only on Friday nights - has gained a cult following due to t he combination of fresh, wholesome food served in a simple and informal style and cooked entirely in Russell's brick ovens. In Your Brick Oven Russell shares his passion and knowledge of building, firing and cooking for crowds according to ancient traditions. With the help of photographs and diagrams his step-by-step guide takes you through all the stages of building an oven, from choosing a site to firing up for your first bake. Includes recipes for bread, roast lamb, pizza and desserts. 'If barbecues are seen as a man's world, then this is the next dimension.' - Maggie Beer ...Show more

Australian Fish and Seafood Cookbook: The Ultimate Kitchen Companion by John Susman; Anthony Huckstep; Sarah Swan; Stephen Hodges

$79.99 AUD

Category: FOOD

The definitive culinary guide to the fish and seafood of Australia

Food From A Loving Home: A Collection of Vegetarian Recipes by Lauren Burns

$29.95 AUD

Category: FOOD

Lauren Burns is best known for winning an Olympic gold medal in taekwondo when the sport made its debut at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Now a qualified naturopath, nutritionist and herbalist, motivational speaker and mother of two small children, Lauren has written Food from a Loving Home, a new veget arian cookbook to be published in April 2011. This book is a project of love made by two friends, home cook Lauren Burns and designer Sarah Rudledge, who have collaborated to produce a work with local origins. It represents handcrafted food and design and aims to encompass the pleasure and beauty of cooking and sharing food. Lauren has always been passionate about food. She became a vegetarian at the age of three and is proud that, despite many nutritionists telling her it simply wasnt possible, she was able to continue being a vegetarian throughout her elite sporting career. Her new book contains 100 mouth-watering vegetarian recipes that have been tried, tested and enjoyed in her own home. From breakfast dishes to desserts, through soups, salads and small treats, the recipes are healthy, accessible and imaginative. Readers can make Pumpkin Hotcakes for breakfast, Pomegranate and Haloumi Salad for lunch, Playgroup Soup for the kids, Tofu in Tomato Sauce with Coconut Lime Rice for dinner, or Poached Pears with Cardamom Cream for dessert. The book is illustrated throughout with colour photographs of the food. Laurens enthusiasm for health and nutrition, and her respect for the human body and the mechanisms that govern it, drew her to become a naturopath. In addition to the recipes in her book, Lauren has drawn on her naturopathy training to include a chapter called Home Apothecary, which provides simple home remedies for common ailments as well as instructions on making your own lip balm and moisturiser. Whole organic foods and food preparation bring Lauren much joy and she always feels happy in the kitchen in a warm house, sharing plentiful home-cooked meals with friends and family. The proof of this is in Food from a Loving Home. ...Show more

French Roots: Two Cooks, Two Countries, and the Beautiful Food Along the Way by Jean-Pierre Moulle

$59.99 AUD

Category: FOOD | Reading Level: General Adult

This is a narratively rich cookbook of French and Californian recipes from longtime Chez Panisse executive chef Jean-Pierre Moulle and his wife, Denise Moulle. Jean-Pierre and Denise Moulle met on a street corner in Berkeley, California, in 1980; six months later they were married. 'French Roots' is the story of their lives told through the food they cook - beginning with the dishes of old-world France, the couple's birthplace, and focusing on the simple, pared-down preparations of French food common in the postwar period. The story then travels to the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1970s, where Jean-Pierre was appointed executive chef at Chez Panisse when California cuisine was just emerging as a distinctive and important style, and where Denise began importing French wine. ...Show more

How to Drink Absolutely Everything by Ben Canaider

$32.99 AUD

Category: FOOD

For the last decade Ben Canaider has been a professional drinker, writing about booze for magazines and newspapers.From Aardvark liqueur to Zambucatinis, he's not only drunk and got silly on nearly every alcoholic beverage in the world, he's done so in environments and at events where he should perhaps have known better. Posh champagne tastings or bogan weddings held at paintball ranges, it matters not, as long as there's a glass or an esky at arm's length. Professional drinking does have its down sides, however: health issues, annoying loved ones, hangovers and tired-and-emotional syndrome. Every aspect of getting on it is got on in this ill-gotten and ill-remembered book. Living in a pub, learning to make grappa, attending AA meetings, drinking vintage port in the Douro Valley, drowning in rivers while drinking Southern disComfort - no beer coaster is left unturned. Yet, in the frank and often poignant account of the world of drinkers and drinking, a small light of moderation and hope shines. Go inch by inch, rather than binge by binge; have a beer after work, a glass of wine at dinner, a nightcap, a heart-starter. Not that drinking can ever be wrong, according to Canaider. Besides, only the wowsers talk about its evils. Drinkers simply ask, 'What are you having?' First published 2007. ...Show more

Della Fattoria Bread by Kathleen Weber

$65.00 AUD

Category: FOOD

More than an instructional guide, the book takes the fear out of bread baking, and encourages bakers to draw on their senses, experiences, and instincts. Weber's teachings are homespun and based on passed-down wisdom, not on finicky science or dull kitchen textbooks. The book is filled with invaluable b read-baking secrets, including starters and proper techniques, and features recipes for all levels of bakers. Beginners can learn to bake yeasted breads using pans. Advanced bakers can jump right into making free-form loaves of naturally leavened breads in all shapes and flavours. Other chapters include recipes for enriched breads like brioche and challah; pre-fermented breads, including baguettes; and crackers, breadsticks, naan, and more. The book includes recipes that incorporate the breads, too, such as Tomato Bread Soup and Della Fattoria's famous Tuna Melt Piadina, along with the stories of the bakery and the unique family that has run it for nearly 20 years. ...Show more

Indulgence Cookies: A Fine Selection of Sweet Treats by MURDOCH

$29.95 AUD

Category: FOOD

Ginger Bliss and the Violet Fizz - A Cocktail Lover's Guide to Mixing Drinks Using New and Classic Liqueurs by A. J. Rathbun

$29.99 AUD

Category: FOOD

A Cocktail Lover's Guide to Mixing Drinks Using New and Classic Liqueurs by Spirits Expert

Antonio & Lucia: Recipes and Stories from My Australian-Calabrian Kitchen by Riccardo Momesso

$39.99 AUD

Category: FOOD | Reading Level: very good

Riccardo Momesso's parents, Antonio and Lucia, moved from Calabria to Australia in the 1950s, bringing their cooking traditions with them foraging, hunting, fishing, preserving and, most importantly, the tradition of sharing food with family and friends. Calabrian food is rustic and hearty with an empha sis on creating lots of dishes from just a handful of seasonal ingredients. Antonio and Lucia shows you how to makes the preserves, sauces and smallgoods that are at the heart of Calabrian cooking and much more, with chapters covering stuzzichini (shared plates), soup, pasta, seafood, meat and dessert. Recipes include Oven-Dried Black Olives, Baked Eggplant Filled with Lamb and Pecorino, Murray Cod with Capers and Green Olives and Traditional Ricotta Canoli. With gorgeous imagery and 90 authentic recipes, Antonio and Lucia is an accessible journey to the heart of the rich cuisine and culture of Calabria. ...Show more