Cooking/Wine

If you loved Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook, you'll adore this new book. Annabel invites you into her city home and shows how her free range cooking style can help you create a sustainable lifestyle in the city.
With over 150 delicious recipes and menus for every occasion, Annabel Langbein Free Range in the City is more than just another cookbook - it's a recipe for a good life.

Since it opened eight years ago, Molten - in the heart of Mount Eden Village, Auckland - has built up a loyal following. Successive wins in both the Metro and Cuisine restaurant awards as 'best local restaurant' show that it consistently delivers against all the benchmarks of a great local bistro: the menu is ever-changing and innovative, the atmosphere is intimate, lively and convivial, the wine and produce are top-rate. Now, in his first cookbook, Michael Van de Elzen shares the secrets of his favourite recipes - just the ticket ... read more

The 80 recipes in this book first appeared in the Sunday Star Times, Sunday magazine. These recipes accompanied by photographs by Kieran Scott, have now been brought together in this the first of a series of books to feature all your favourites.

A superb sauce can transform the simplest dish into an impressive creation. This comprehensive collection of over 200 sauces by Michel Roux, proprietor of the 3 Michelin-starred Waterside Inn, has already attained classic status as the essential guide in every good cook's kitchen. For this new and revised edition, Michel has updated all the recipes for today's lighter, healthier taste, added 20 new recipes and over 50 new colour photographs. The techniques and methods of sauce making are explained simply and clearly, many illustrat... read more

Create your own unique recipe book with Simon and Alison Holst, combining NZ's most popular recipes with your own family favourites.

Finalist in the Illustrated Non-Fiction category. Al Brown is the acclaimed Wellington chef and owner of Logan Brown - one of Wellington's top restaurants. He's also one of the stars of 'Hunger for the Wild' and author of the successful cookbook of the same name. Brownie is a passionate man - he has loved fishing since he was a little nipper growing up and going fishing with his dad in the holidays, and he still loves nothing better than getting out there and going fishing with mates or his kids - nearly as much as he loves cook... read more

Gives an account of the author's battle with depression, and how baking has helped her. With chapters on cupcakes, cheesecakes, meringues and macaroons, chocolate cakes, fruit cakes and favourite classics, this title presents recipes for beginner bakers, offering hints and tips to help along the way.

Good home-baked products are the most delicious, but finding trusted recipes or stimulating ideas is not always easy. Julie Le Clerc knows many home-cooks and professional bakers who are constantly searching for reliable, inexpensive yet innovative recipes. That's why she's keen to share her favourites with you: easy-to-follow recipes that result in a variety of cakes, all with seriously good flavours. The cakes in this book are Julie's tried and true favourites - the ones she comes back to time and time again. Many she's been maki... read more

'What's for Pudding?' is a question that has been asked around New Zealand dining tables for generations. A family will eat the main course and be satisfied, but the main event, the thing waited for with the greatest anticipation by all is, of course, pudding. In What's for Pudding Alexa Johnston brings together the sweet delights that have graced New Zealand tables for generations. Hot and cold puddings, as well as all kinds of baking, became a significant outlet for the creative genius of countless New Zealand women. The excellen... read more

From the authors of the much-loved "1080 Recipes" - the Spanish cooking bible by Simone and Ines Ortega - "The Book of Tapas" presents the collection of definitive recipes for everyone's favourite type of Spanish food. From gambas al ajillo (garlic prawns) to tortilla espanola (Spanish omelette), it combines classic tapas dishes from "1080 Recipes" with brand new recipes from the Ortegas, selected and introduced by renowned Spanish tapas chef Jose Andres.

How many times have you opened the pantry or fridge door and thought there's nothing to eat? Then my new book is your saviour. Whether it's meat from the freezer, noodles from the pantry or eggs from the fridge, I'll show you how to take everyday star ingredients and turn them into weeknight winners. I've always been of the view that if you have an egg in the fridge, you have a meal on the table. I feel the same way about quite a few pantry items and fresh staples, from bread and pasta to canned beans, couscous and rice. They're to... read more

The book starts with information about stock - how to make your own and what to look for in store-bought stock. The Soup chapter is divided into its four most popular types - creamy soups, vegetable-based soups, Asian soups and meat, fish and chicken soups. The Stews chapter includes the most well-loved meat, chicken, vegetable and seafood stews as well as tagines from Morocco and Asian curries. It's a great blend of traditional and contemporary recipes, all easy to make, all deeply satisfying to eat.

Dough has sold over 100,000 copies and has been translated into 7 languages.Dough won the Julia Child Award, the IACP Best Cookbook of the Year Award, a Guild of Food Writers' Award and a James Beard Foundation Award. It was shortlisted for an Andre Simon Award and a Glenfiddich Food & Drink award. The book comes with a free 30-minute DVD gives additional guidance on techniques as well as showing recipes step-by-step. Each of the five chapters begins with a slightly different dough - White, Olive, Brown, Rye and Sweet - and from th... read more

The Edmonds Cookery Book has been loved and trusted by New Zealand families for almost 100 years. Everyone has an Edmonds recipe to which special memories are attached; we undertook a national quest to collect these special recipes. All your favourite recipes are included in Classic Edmonds, along with Edmonds famous 'handy hints'. Snippets of Edmonds history and recipe trivia are also presented. Not only a great piece of Kiwi kitchen nostalgia, but an invaluable collection of loved and reliable recipes. Classic Edmonds pays tribut... read more

From New Zealand's foremost wine writer comes the definitive guide to the best New Zealand wines. Filled with practical information on everything you need to know to buy the perfect bottle, this easy-to-use reference book appeals to all wine drinkers, whether wine experts or those simply looking for a good wine to have with dinner. 100 Must-try New Zealand Wines allows the reader to cut through the bewildering array of wines to find those that achieve outstanding quality, year after year. Some of these may be 5-star, gold medal, to... read more

Everyone knows you can cook a casserole in a crockpot, but this book offers so much more. There are recipes for: decadent crème brulee and pineapple upside-down cake; meltingly tender roasts, from whole chickens to pork shoulders; fragrant and exotic curries; soups; zingy accompaniments, from colourful chutney to fresh tomato juice; appetising and flavourful fresh fish dishes; side dishes, from dumplings to baked potatoes; comfort food; family favourites; and a new twist on traditional desserts.

Indochine sees Red Lantern's Luke Nguyen revisit his beloved Vietnam and seek out the food and cultural remnants of this former French colonial empire. On his regular visits to Vietnam today, Luke is often struck by the appearance of people wearing berets, speaking French and the aromas of coffee and butter emanating from cafes and patisseries. The recipes and accompanying stories in Indochine showcase the French influence upon Vietnamese history and cuisine. Against a backdrop of grand colonial hotels, bars, restaurants and terrac... read more