Best Selling Cooking, Food & Wine Books

For most of us, fish is something to be eaten in restaurants. The occasional prawn might sneak into our stir-fries or the odd sardine pop up on the barbecue but, for the most part, preparing and cooking fish at home on a regular basis is seen as difficult and time-consuming. Rick Stein would have us...

This useful handbook provides information about a good range of easy-to-grow chili peppers in New Zealand. Each variety is photographed in colour with information about planting, harvesting and storing, as well as any curative properties found in the plant or the fruit. In addition, the book contain...

Jo Seagar's Cook School is attached to her fabulous cafe and shop in Oxford, Canterbury, and it's incredibly successful, being booked out at least nine months ahead of time. In her cook school Jo teaches how to make a variety of impressive dishes really easily - sticking to her philosophy of 'Minimu...

A mouth-watering collection of Simon & Alison's favourite muffins and slices. One hundred fantastic recipes (and many tempting pictures) covering all the most popular muffins from sweet, to savoury and 'healthy', PLUS a tempting selection of slice recipes - from the nostalgic "my Grandma us...

"Raw Basics" provides easy beginning steps to add more fresh, vibrant living foods to your diet. This book answers the question 'How do I embark on a raw-foods diet?' by offering relevant real-time solutions to integrate more living foods into your eating plan, as well as simple guidelines that will...

Why don't we eat more veg? They're healthy, cost-effective and, above all, delicious. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall believes that it is time to put this to rights, as he explains in this brilliant new book. He's come up with an abundance of veg-tastic recipes, including a warm salad of grilled cour...

20 Minute Meals is the perfect book for any busy cook. It's full of easy recipes that can be prepared in around 20 minutes. The book is small enough to pop in your bag to take shopping with you so you won't even have to write a list. NEW LARGER FORMAT(175x175mm)

Promoting the health benefits of raw juice ingestion, this informative manual illustrates the powerful healing and rejuvenating properties of the essence of fruits and vegetables. Highlighting that raw juices are both easily digested and designed for maximum absorption, this collection of recipes an...

The perfect treat - no cup of coffee or tea is complete without one - cookies come in all shapes and sizes with a multitude of different flavourings. There are healthy versions, such as muesli bars, and more decadent bites, such as the triple chocolate circles. Cookie dough can be prepared in advanc...

Bento fever has recently swept across the West, fuelled not just by an interest in cute, decorative food, but by the desire for an economical, healthy approach to eating in these times of recession. A leading light in the popularization of bento has been Makiko Itoh, whose blog, Just Bento, has near...

2 popular family cookbooks from Alison and Simon Holst, now combined in one volume! 200+ recipes. Mince & sausages... * Quick and easy one -pan dinners * Sizzling burgers on the barbecue * Spicy curries, chillies and other ethinic treats * And many, many more…  Potatoes...&...

The book captures all the top recipes from the show, including biscuits, slices, breads, scones, cakes and cupcakes, muffins, savoury and sweet pies and tarts, and desserts. Filled with tips and tricks from Dean and Jade throughout the book, the reader will be able to learn how to make professional ...

Naturopath and nutritionist Julie Wood has two children; Antonia Kidman has four. Like most parents they have encountered one of the most frustrating aspects of parenting: the fussy eater. In FEEDING FUSSY KIDS the authors have combined their nutritional expertise and parenting wisdom to show you h...

From acclaimed chef Philip Johnson comes this glorious collection of lush, decadent desserts that will have your tastebuds tingling with pleasure. Dreamy, creamy, chilled, chocolaty, hot … whatever you are craving, you’ll find it here, with over 90 exquisite, show-stealing, mouth-droppi...

The Hummingbird Bakery is the destination bakery for Londoners with a passion for great cakes. In this irresistible book, the chefs from the bakery share their recipes for a range of deliciously light cupcakes with pretty buttercream frosting and muffins in a variety of flavours. Hummingbird recipes...

No one writes about food or cooking quite like Anthony Bourdain. In his books Kitchen Confidential and A Cook's Tour, Bourdain captivated readers all over the world with his gritty, action-packed tales of the kitchen. Now he brings his inimitable style and energy to Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Coo...

The only cookbook that helps any dedicated baker even the bride make a beautiful, delicious wedding cake For the cost--conscious new couple or their family and friends making a wedding cake is one sure way to put a truly personal imprimatur on a wedding. In Wedding Cakes You Can Make, PBS food show ...

Everyone who owns a slow cooker knows you can use it to make tender and delicious stews or casseroles, but this book offers so much more as well….It will show you how to widen your horizons and provide tasty ideas for almost any occasion! From fresh tomato juice to creme brulee and upside ...

Christmas is a time for family and friends, for tradition and treats. But, let's face it, when the pressure to feed and entertain builds up, the festive season can start to lose its sparkle . . . That's where Nigella comes in. With her no-nonsense approach, her inspirational ideas, and her empathy ...

This is a re-release of Robyn Martin's second book of no-fuss recipes for crockpots and slow cookers, following the hugely successful Best Recipes for Crockpots & Slow Cookers. Who needs a recession to remind us how easy it is to make delicious meals for minimum cost and maximum flavour- And ...

The kitchen is ground control in the war of weight loss and The No Excuses Cookbook is all the ammo you need! In this new book, Michelle Bridges, celebrity Biggest Loser trainer and author of the best-selling Crunch Time , Crunch Time Cookbook and Losing the Last 5 Kilos , arms you with over 80 calo...

Is there anything more satisfying than a thick and delicious smoothie? With endless varieties and variations, the smoothie is a refreshing drink, a tasty snack, a delicious dessert, or even an entire meal. Using combinations from fresh and ripe fruit and vegetables, to decadent concoctions of ...

A cookbook on the topic of fasting may sound like an oxymoron, but this eating plan modeled in the biblical account of the life of Daniel, often called a Daniel Fast, is actually loaded with fresh, delicious, health-promoting foods.

Stylish fashionable food that doesn't cost a fortune - that is the philosophy of Sophie Gray. This third "Destitute Gourmet" book introduces more ideas and more recipes to help the home cook create delicious and good looking food for all the family. Sophie Gray is a mother of two and so ha...

Make use of your slow cooker all year round! This book contains an ALL NEW SELECTION OF INTERESTING AND PRACTICAL RECIPES from the Holsts, whose first slow cooker and crockpot book has been, and still is, a runaway success topping the NZ bestseller list on many occasions since its release two years ...

Now in paperback, "Cake Boss" is the "New York Times" bestselling life story of Buddy Valastro, the star of the hit TLC show, "Cake Boss," and master baker of Carlo's Bake Shop, the Hoboken, New Jersey institution that he runs with the help of his funny and fiery family. Buddy Valastro was born to b...

Soul is Auckland's best-known restaurant, and its owner Judith Tabron is one of the country's most high profile and innovative restaurateurs. Big, bustling, slick, the restaurant and bar has the best position on the Viaduct Harbour and is synonymous with chic city dining. It wins awards for its terr...

Smuggle in some muggle magic with The Unofficial Harry Potter Muggles To Magic Cookbook. Inside this new and improved edition of The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: From Cauldron Cakes To Butterbeer, you will find all things sugary to satisfy your sweet tooth, including Ron's Love Spell Sugar ...

Taking her inspiration from her cook school in beautiful Umbria, Jo Seagar shows us how to make classic Italian recipes the easy way. In her inimitable way Jo teaches us that authentic doesn't have to mean difficult. She demystifies gnocchi, risotto, making your own pasta and pizza bases, and many o...

Veganism has quickly gone from the domain of zealous health nuts to the favorite lifestyle of fashion mavens - thanks in no small part to the smart and fearless "Skinny Bitch" books. Now coauthor Kim Barnouin is back with a guide that anyone even slightly intrigued by a plant-based diet will have to...

Crunchy and tempting food for the hungry hordes...A gratin is any dish that has a crispy topping such as cheese or breadcrumbs, or a mixture of them both. Cauliflower cheese and macaroni cheese are the most well known gratins but there are many more you'll see from the recipes in this book. Bakes ar...

It can be difficult to find the time to prepare delicious food on a tight schedule, but with a little planning it's easy to take the stress out of mealtimes! In "Make-ahead Meals", the team at the UK's best-selling cookery magazine has collected mouth-watering recipes that you can prepare in advance...

In Paris for a weekend visit, Elizabeth Bard sat down to lunch with a handsome Frenchman--and never went home again. Was it love at first sight? Or was it the way her knife slid effortlessly through her "pav au poivre, "the steak's""pink juices puddling into the buttery pepper sauce? LUNCH IN PARIS ...

This book is very close to my heart. It's about no-nonsense, simple cooking with great flavours all year round. When I began writing it, I didn't really know what recipes I would come up with, but something began to inspire me very quickly...my vegetable patch! I came to realise last year that it's ...

"Heat" is the story of an amateur cook surviving - or, perhaps more accurately, trying to survive - in a professional kitchen. Until recently, Bill Buford was an enthusiastic, if rather chaotic, home cook. His meals were characterized by two incompatible qualities: their ambition and his inexperienc...

From Sister's Stew to lemon cakes to the seventy-seven course feast for Prince Joffrey, food and its presentation is integral to "A Game of Thrones" and the world of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. Now, "A Feast of Ice and Fire" offers readers the chance to cook and sample some ...

James Martin is famous for his easy-to-follow recipes. Now, finally, you can find your favourite James Martin recipes from his previous titles - "Eating In with James Martin", "James Martin's Great British Dinners", "James Martin's Easy British Food", "James Martin's Great British Winter Cookbook" a...

Thomas Keller, chef/proprieter of the French Laundry in the Napa Valley-"the most exciting place to eat in the United States," wrote Ruth Reichl in The New York Times-is a wizard, a purist, a man obsessed with getting it right. And this, his first cookbook, is every bit as satisfying as a ...

Remember the excitement of choosing your birthday cake as a child? Or even last week? Would it be the pirate ship? Or the train? How about the fairy princess and her castle? Kids' Birthday Cakes has sold over 200,000 copies and makes birthdays fun - for all ages. With over 100 inventive cakes rangin...

Can someone with diabetes follow a vegan diet? Absolutely! These menus make following a vegan diet easy both for people with diabetes and those who are concerned about developing diabetes. The vegan diabetic menu planner is designed to provide a balance of protein, carbohydrates, fat, vitamins, and ...