Food & Wine

Love to host but short on time? So many of us enjoy having friends over for dinner, but too often social occasions turn into fussy affairs, leaving you frazzled even before the first guest arrives. This book offers a hassle-free approach to entertaining, championing simplicity over showiness. From quick post-work dinners all cooked in one pan to deceptively simple, but nonetheless showstopping, suppers for a Friday night with friends, along with tips for get-ahead hacks, simplified shopping lists, and freezer shortcuts, this book is here to remove all the stress of cooking for a crowd.

Learn how to pull off the perfect carefree dinner party with a few simple get-ahead hacks. Weekend prepping, shorter shopping lists, and freezer shortcuts all set you up for easy impromptu gathering, while versatile pantry staples will help you elevate your dishes and expand your repertoire.

Once you have perfected the get ahead larder, there’s no need to plan on a daily basis to have a delicious meal at the ready, whether it’s a bloody mary station for a brunch get-together, a classic wedge salad with blue cheese dressing to serve alongside a quick-cooking skirt steak, or, skillet fried gnocchi with wild mushrooms for a cozy fall dinner. Finish it all off with no-churn lemon meringue ice cream or a fudgy chocolate skillet cake.

Last Minute Dinner Party offers everything you need to make your next best-ever dinner party, well within reach.

208 pages

Rebekah Peppler , Joann Pai (Photographer)

From James Beard Book Award finalist Rebekah Peppler: The definitive guide to the food, drink, and lifestyle of southeastern Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, featuring recipes that reflect the Provençal table from a modern perspective.

The charms of le sud are many. The food culture is vibrant and season-focused; the tables are welcoming and convivial. In Le Sud, Rebekah Peppler distills these flavors, techniques, and spirit of the South of France into a never-before-seen collection of recipes, photographs, and stories.

The region--and its many culinary viewpoints--spans from the snowcapped Southern Alps in the north to the French Mediterranean in the south, the Rhône River to the west, and Italy along its eastern border. And like many regions where landscapes and people happily crash into each other, the food is dynamic and exciting. Here are recipes--from drinks to savory to sweet--that capture the modern tables and life lived around them in the south of France today.

Le Sud's transporting photography expands our visual understanding of Provence outside solely lavender fields and endless summer holidays to showcase the geographically and culturally diverse region and its tables. As in À Table--her inspiring cookbook about dining the French way--Peppler's recipes drip in home cook equity.

Interwoven alongside the recipes and photography are fun, informative sidebars that reflect this perspective of eating and drinking in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and provide an inspiring, approachable guide to the south of France. Sidebars elevate a reader's knowledge of southeastern French cooking and eating, from the wines of the region to after-dinner drinking to the (modern) Provençal cheese plate.

Le Sud is more than a recipe book; it is a dive into and a celebration of this abundant, enchanting region that has long captured the imaginations of many.

ACCESSIBLE FRENCH COOKING: With dishes that are easy to make on a weeknight but impressive enough to serve at a party, Le Sud gives home cooks the tools they need to recreate the magic of a Provençal table anywhere in the world. Included are recipes that take you from start--Tapenades, Pissaladière, and Martini Provençal--to mains and sides--Market Day Roast Chicken and Potatoes, The Pasta I Crave Every Time I'm Near the Sea, and Ratatouille--through to the very end of the meal--Navettes, La Tropézienne, and Tarte au Citron.

MORE THAN A COOKBOOK: With insight into the staples of South of France living, from Provençal wine to marché must-haves, tips on gathering, and the longstanding tradition of apéro, this book is so much more than a collection of recipes.

A GORGEOUS GIFT FOR FRANCOPHILES: Shot in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Le Sud is filled with Joann Pai's evocative photography. Readers will feel as if they are traveling through and seated around tables across the south of France.

Perfect for:

Francophiles the world over, readers with existing memories of France, and those who want to armchair travel alike.
Anyone who loves to eat seasonally and cook with fresh ingredients.
Relaxed cooks and hosts looking for recipes that are approachable for the home cook.
Fans of Rebekah Peppler's work, including À Table, her James Beard Award-nominated book Apéritif, and her writing in the New York Times.
People of all ages who like to plan unfussy meals with delicious food and minimal prep.
Folks who dream of or are planning a trip to le sud.

ISBN 9781797219530
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Publication Date: April 23, 2024
Binding: Hardcover
Item Condition: New
Language: English
Pages: 280
Keywords: Cooking | Regional & Cultural | French; Cooking | Entertaining | General; Cooking | Courses & Dishes | General

Lunches to Look Forward To! 85 recipes for quick, easy-to-prep, and healthy lunches—perfect for taking to work.

Ready to revolutionize your lunch? Ditch boring, soggy, desk-side meals and inject some much-needed joy into your midday break. Instead of sidelining this important meal, use lunch as an opportunity for self-care and a chance to refuel for a productive afternoon.

With 85 energizing recipes, Lunch Well offers a road map to revitalizing lunch: make-ahead meals that take 15 minutes or less, nutritious dishes requiring only five ingredients, and budget-friendly meal prep ideas. It's packed with tips on how to build your pantry for quicker packed lunches, prep while making your morning coffee, and incorporate quick ferments for better gut health. With a focus on reusing ingredients, making clever use of leftovers, and packing meals to avoid spills and sogginess, this is a practical guide to reshaping your relationship with the midday meal.

192 pages

Peináo: A Greek Feast for All: Recipes to Feed Hungry Guests

Author Helena Moursellas and Vikki Moursellas


Modern Greek feasts to feed those you love.
Peináo is a contemporary celebration of traditional tried-and-tested Greek food, delivered feast style: cooking for roommates, brunch with your besties, or making Sunday dinner for the whole family. It isn’t another taverna cookbook; authors Helena and Vikki Moursellas are here to share their fun and modern spins on the Greek classics, presented in a beautiful coffee table cookbook.

Peináo translates to “I’m hungry” in Greek, and that’s how you’ll feel flipping through this book. Whether you’re cooking for a dinner party, breakfast with the in-laws, a mezze with the neighbors—name the occasion or palette and there is a suitable, mouthwatering feast to accompany it, presented with love and a great story that will leave readers with warmth in their hearts and their stomachs.



About The Author

Helena and Vikki Moursellas are identical twins born in Adelaide, South Australia. They learned how to cook from their Greek grandmother, Koula, and grew up with a passion and love for Greek cuisine. Finalists on Australian TV show My Kitchen Rules, the twins won the hearts of the nation with their Greek family food. In 2015, they published their first cookbook Taking You Home: Simple Greek Food for Friends & Family with Hachette Books Australia.

They have spent the last ten years working in the food industry in Sydney and currently work in publishing. Helena and Vikki Moursellas are freelance food photography chefs, recipe developers, and content creators working with brands such as Bonnie and Neil, Bed Threads, WÜSTHOF, and Olea Olive Oil.

Publish Date: October 31, 2023

Format: Hardcover

Category: Cooking - Regional & Ethnic - Greek

Publisher: Smith Street Books

Pages: 256

An Interactive Recipe Book Lotta Nieminen (Illustrator) , Meagan Bennett (Visual Art)

Cook pancakes from scratch inside this interactive recipe book — readers whisk the eggs, flip the pancakes, and more!

Step one: mix together the flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder.
Step two: whisk the eggs, milk, and butter.
Step three: stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients to make the batter.

Simple, straightforward recipe text brings readers through each step of cooking pancakes, while the interactive novelty features, such as pull-tabs, wheels, and a punch-out piece, invite them to participate in the process. Cooking pancakes has never been so satisfying nor so clean! Perfect for young chefs-to-be, or any kid who prefers to 'do it myself'. This is the first title in a series of interactive recipe books.
Genres
Picture Books
Food
Childrens
Cooking
Fiction
Cookbooks
16 pages, Board Book

Published October 24, 2016

Description
Preserved: Vegetables brings the magic of pickles, ferments, and chutneys from all around the world to your home pantry. Following Condiments, Fruit, and Drinks, Preserved: Vegetables is the fourth in a series of six short books devoted to food preservation.
Utilizing salt preservation, fermentation, vinegar curing, and other techniques that span the history of food preservation, Preserved: Vegetables adds depth and dimension to any modern larder with recipes like Green Tomato Marmalade, Ajvar, the Balkan charred pepper paste, and Misozuke, for Japanese style miso-cured vegetables.

The authors, Darra Goldstein, Cortney Burns, and Richard Martin, all lend stellar credentials and as a trio bring a mix of professional cookery and preserving experience, food journalism experience, and expertise on food history to the pages of Preserved.

This is a highly giftable book and series for anyone who wishes to hone their knowledge of preservation.

Item Details
ISBN
9781958417157
Publisher
Hardie Grant Books
Publication Date
October 8, 2024
Binding
Hardcover
Item Condition
New
Language
English
Pages
112
Keywords
Cooking | Methods | Canning & Preserving; Cooking | Reference; Cooking | Courses & Dishes | General; Cooking | Specific Ingredients | Vegetables; Cooking | Methods | Raw Food
Categories
Cookbooks
Recipes
Hardcover

Recipes from Sicily is a culinary exploration of this well-loved Italian island.

Join husband and wife team Giancarlo and Katie Caldesi as they head to the island of Sicily to delve into its diverse food scene through more than 90 delicious recipes.

Starting in the capital, Palermo, the couple come across some exciting street food that features tasty Arancini (rice balls stuffed with meat sauce and cheese) to Sfincione, a thick Sicilian pizza, topped with tomatoes, onions, anchovies and caciocavallo cheese. Heading to Noto, almonds feature in some of Italy’s most memorable desserts including a classic Semifreddo to a refreshing Almond Granita (served with fresh brioche, for dunking). No Sicilian book would be complete without Pasta Alla Norma (pasta with tomatoes and eggplants) and the classic, ricotta-filled sweet delight Cannoli.

Set against the backdrop of breathtaking photographs of the islands and Katie’s anecdotes of their travels, Recipes from Sicily is a stunning cookbook and visual feast of one of Italy’s most amazing destinations.

272 pages

Rosé is in the pink these days, and it’s no surprise – whether you’re at a picnic or a barbecue, enjoying a cosy night in or a big night out, with a glass of rosé in hand everything is just peachy. Bringing together the finest blend of recipes, clever quips, trivia and statements from aficionados the world over, this little book raises a glass to the rising star of the wine rosé.
160 pages, Hardcover

Published June 14, 2018

This edition
Format
160 pages, Hardcover
Published
June 14, 2018 by Summersdale Publishers
ISBN
9781786854971 (ISBN10: 178685497X)
ASIN
178685497X
Language
English

Salads are more than just leaves. Take the best of seasonal produce and make bowls, boards, and jars of salad to enjoy throughout the year.

Salad Meals shows you how to eat the rainbow of fruit and vegetables all year long with delicious and satisfying meals. Organized by season to highlight what is freshest and most delicious at that moment, Salad Meals offers a more sustainable approach to shopping, and one that is better for your overall health.

A few of the over 75 recipes include: Farro salad with shredded kale and pickled onions, roasted root vegetable salad served over whipped feta, roast salmon salad with crunchy greens, and a summer berry salad with maple, lemon and vanilla. In addition to delicious main course salads, Salad Meals introduces readers to the concept of salad boards (a riff on the popular snack and charcuterie boards), which are sure to impress at dinner parties. And for busy workdays, ideas for salad jars to take to work for desk lunches are healthy and time saving. Hearty salads use the addition of grains and proteins for the colder months, and lighter salads take advantage of fleeting spring and summer produce for the warmer months. Salad Meals is sure to expand your idea of what salad can be, and how it can delight.

208 pages

By Ashley Boyd

Elevate everyday cooking with 50 easy-peasy recipes for delicious, drizzly, dunk-able sauces.

Saucy is an accessible collection of 50 sauce recipes organized by flavor profile (herby, sweet, spicy, savory, and more). This go-to kitchen companion, irresistibly designed with bold graphics and full-color photography, includes simple, super-tasty sauces that transform basics from ordinary to sensational:

Dress up a piece of grilled chicken with Orange Chimichurri
Drizzle Thai Peanut Sauce over steamed veggies to up the flavor factor
Add Coconut Chile Crisp to spice up morning eggs
Fancify a bowl of ice cream with Blackberry Basil Coulis

How-to instructions for ten homemade dishes, like sautéed shrimp, juicy burgers, and fluffy pancakes, and a handy list of recommended sauce pairings for a range of proteins, vegetables, pasta, beans, grains, and greens, help you get your saucy party started.

Amateur cooks, busy parents, and healthy eaters will appreciate these painless ways to upgrade everyday meals. Paired with kitchen basics, first-apartment supplies, or registry items, Saucy also makes a fun and practical graduation, housewarming, or newlywed gift.

ACCESSIBLE SAUCE RECIPE BOOK: Home cooks will appreciate this super-practical cookbook filled with recipes that provide a lot of flavor with minimal effort. Anyone who doesn't have a lot of time to cook but still wants to eat well, and those who want to eat healthily but don't want to sacrifice flavor, will love these easy-to-make sauces that help simple meals shine.

SAUCE IS HOT: Whether you're addicted to The Hot Ones on YouTube or have taken advantage of the explosion of specialty crafted hot sauces, bbq sauces, and dipping sauces hitting supermarket shelves these days, it's a tasty fact that sauces are forever! Saucy, with a playful design and close-up shots of drippy sauces, is a fun, fresh, and distinctive cookbook. Its trove of simple recipes will make meal prep and mealtimes tastier, easier, and more enjoyable for years to come.

DELIGHTFUL, PRACTICAL COOKING GIFT: Bright, engaging, and easy-to-use, Saucy makes a fun and useful present for recent graduates, new homeowners, and newlyweds. Wrap it up with a serving spoon, a saucepan, dish towels, or a set of spices to help stock a first apartment kitchen or make a new house feel like home.

Perfect for:

Beginner and experienced home cooks
Busy people and parents who want easy ways to quickly dress up basic meals
Healthy eaters who want good-for-you dishes to taste great
Apartment renters and new homeowners
Shoppers looking for a graduation gift, wedding shower gift, or holiday gift for a beginner cook


ISBN 9781797218953
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Publication Date: March 5, 2024
Binding: Hardcover
Item Condition: New
Language: English
Pages: 152
Keywords: Cooking | Courses & Dishes | Sauces & Dressings; Cooking | Methods | Quick & Easy

By Sidney Bensimon

A gorgeous homage to coastal food and living filled with delicious recipes and dreamy photography of beaches, boats, and the sea.

For ocean lovers and seafarers, this photo-rich cookbook features 65 vegetable-forward and pescatarian recipes to satisfy hungry sailors and surfers or to savor after a day of beachy languor. From the Captain's Breakfast Sandwich to Vegetable Ceviche with Coco Leche de Tigre, Lemon and Herb Pasta with Shrimp, and Orange Cardamom Almond Cake, these recipes are easy enough to make in a galley kitchen on a sailboat or in a beach bungalow with limited equipment, and they all encourage seasonal, sustainable cooking. Eco-friendly travel and boating tips, plus vivid stories from the author's far-flung nautical adventures, make this more than just a cookbook. Rife with stunning photography of coastlines, boat life, and briny-fresh dishes, The Sea Lover's Cookbook is a treasure trove of tempting recipes, a love letter to the ocean, and a dreamy showpiece for any beach house kitchen.

BEAUTIFUL TO GIFT AND DISPLAY: These pages are full of evocative photographs of rocky coastlines with handsome lighthouses, boats docked at bustling harbors, crystal blue water crashing on sandy beaches, and lazy afternoons on sun-drenched sailboats. Display the book as a coffee table showpiece at your beach house or wherever you live as a marker of style and taste. It also makes the perfect gift for ocean lovers, beach house owners, and home cooks who like to surf, sail, or go for long walks on the sand.

FOR ANYONE WHO LOVES THE WATER: The Sea Lover's Cookbook is for anyone who loves the sea or the beach--whether you live by the water, visit the coast frequently, or only dream about it. It is not strictly a seafood cookbook (a handful of recipes feature fish, but most are vegetarian), and you don't have to live by the ocean to enjoy it. These recipes and photos will transport you there.

FRESH, APPROACHABLE RECIPES: These recipes are creative and easy enough for anyone to whip up--no cooking experience required. With fresh flavors, an informal tone, and captivating photography, this book makes you feel like you're sailing the high seas in the very best company. In a beach house kitchen, it will surely be the most-used book on the shelf!

MORE THAN A COOKBOOK: With lifestyle tips on sustainable boating practices, buying wine abroad, shopping for fish, and making the most of coconuts, The Sea Lover's Cookbook is more than just a collection of recipes. Aspirational photography and compelling travel stories make this book as fun to flip through and read cover-to-cover as it is to cook from.

Perfect for:

Seaside dwellers who like to cook
Home cooks who love the ocean, whether or not they live nearby
Foodies and food enthusiasts who love nature and want to cook sustainably
Surfers, sailors, boaters, beachcombers, and anyone who enjoys beach/water activities
​Beach house owners
Armchair travelers


ISBN 9781797205977
Publisher Chronicle Books
Publication Date April 9, 2024
Binding Hardcover
Item Condition New
Language English
Pages 208
Keywords Cooking | Courses & Dishes | General; Cooking | Seasonal; Cooking | Specific Ingredients | Vegetables; Cooking | Vegetarian

Everybody loves pasta: no other food is so versatile, so comforting and so delicious. Seriously Good Pasta features every pasta recipe you could ever need, whether you’re making your own or taking store-bought shortcuts.

Beginning with clear instructions for basic pasta doughs, followed by recipes on meaty, fishy and veggie pasta, as well as bakes, salads and soups, you'll have a mouth-watering variety of dishes to choose from every time that pasta craving calls. With everything from Crispy Sausage Orecchiette, Wild Garlic Spaghetti and Crab and Saffron Linguine, through to Mac and Cheese Arancini, Hot Smoked Salmon Farfalle Salad and Baked Aubergine Caponata, this is the ultimate cookbook for pasta lovers everywhere.

Feeling fancy? Whip up some homemade pasta dough. Stuck for time? Use store-bought pasta instead. Either way, with easy-to-follow instructions and a photo for every recipe, this book takes any pasta-based meal and makes it seriously good.

176 pages

Description
What do you want to eat when you have no demands from family or friends? What is your idea of a meal that is all delight and zero obligation? Maybe it's fresh tomato and melted cheese on sliced sourdough; or tuna hand-rolls made ingeniously with tinned fish; hummus topped with a fragrant mix of spiced nuts and raisins; or, for a splurge, caviar sandwiched between toast points. Snacking dinners are the ultimate form of self-care, a meal of favorite foods expanded to be balanced and perfectly satisfying, magical in their simplicity and promise, and both a delicious treat and a cooking shortcut.

With over 50 recipes that are endlessly versatile, accommodating of any food preferences, perfect for one, but easy to scale up for sharing with family and friends, Snacking Dinners is your blueprint for dinner tonight, tomorrow, or any time you want to truly take care of yourself.

Item Details
ISBN
9781958417706
Publisher
Hardie Grant Books
Publication Date
April 8, 2025
Binding
Hardcover
Item Condition
New
Language
English
Pages
160
Keywords
Cooking | Comfort Food; Cooking | Courses & Dishes | General; Cooking | Methods | Quick & Easy
Categories
Cookbooks
Recipes
Hardcover

Sofra (Lebanese Arabic)
Noun (regional): gathering for eating and drinking, feast

Through traditional family-style spreads, mother-daughter duo Karima Hazim and Sivine Tabbouch present a gorgeous array of dishes, perfect for sharing, in Sofra, a love letter to Lebanon.

As Lebanese diaspora living in Sydney, Australia, Karima and Sivine guide you through typical Lebanese feasts that tell the story of the rich and diverse regions of the country and evoke feelings of home. Sofra contains a mother’s recipes for achievable, traditional, homely dishes, with everything from a tall pot of freshly rolled Warak Enab or a charcoal bbq lined with Kafta and Meat Skewers, to a deluxe Fattoush and wholesome Tabbouleh. Alongside, you’ll find a daughter’s beautiful stories of cooking, sharing and identity that have been passed down to her around the kitchen table.

This is a collection of generous and nourishing recipes that have travelled across the world – from Tripoli, Beirut, and beyond, to Sydney, Australia – and through generations. Created with love, to feed the soul and preserve heritage, the recipes are woven together with stories of belonging that celebrate history, culture and the culinary traditions that bind families together.

224 pages

Recipes for Healthy Soil and Food
Henrietta Courtauld, Bridget Elworthy

Reflecting on the link between the health of our soils and what we eat, Soil to Table is filled with ideas and wisdom about how to care for your soil and includes recipes from chef Lulu Cox

Soil is a delicate ecosystem made up of minerals, water, air, plant roots, organic matter, insects and a complex web of micro-organisms. We rely on its health for our food and our future - just as caring for the gut flora within our intestines is vital to human wellbeing, so too is caring for the microbes in the soil the essence of soil health.

Following on from their bestselling book The Land Gardeners: Cut Flowers, authors and gardeners Bridget Elworthy and Henrietta Courtauld explore the full cycle of soil to table. From the microbes in the soil to the seasoning in your dishes, each plays an important role in contributing to a delicious and nutritious meal.

With recipes from chef Lulu Cox and paintings by Nancy Cadogan, Soil to Table is a celebration of the garden and an informative guide to cultivating healthy soil in order to produce glorious food.


About the Author
Bridget Elworthy and Henrietta Courtauld both trained and worked as lawyers before studying garden design. Henrietta went on to work with landscape and garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith and then started her own garden design business. Bridget went on to study horticulture in London before spending three years back in her native New Zealand, where she grew peonies on the family farm, Craigmore, before moving to Wardington Manor. As The Land Gardeners, both Henrietta and Bridget now specialise in the design of
productive gardens - particularly walled gardens. They have combined forces to research soil health and its importance as the source of plant, animal, human and, ultimately, planetary health. They launched The Farm Project to make high-quality, microbially rich compost on a large scale, with the goal of empowering growers and farmers to do the same. Their book The Land Gardeners: Cut Flowers was published by Thames & Hudson in 2019.

Format: Hardback
Size: 33.0 x 25.0 cm
Extent: 256 pp
Illustrations: 120
Publication date: 4 April 2024
ISBN: 9781760762636

Spritz Fever! Sixty Champagne and Sparkling Wine Cocktails

Author Elouise Anders, Illustrated by Sarah Hankinson



Become a certified fizz whiz with this illustrated guide to creating sixty ultra-refreshing spritz cocktails.

The 60 spritz recipes in Spritz Fever! are in the cocktail style of the decade. Seeing as most spritzes are low(ish) in ABV (well, certainly lower than wine, anyway), they're the ideal companion for any day-drinking event. Plus, as most Instagram feeds can attest, spritzes aren't just a drink...they're a lifestyle. These bubbly wonders speak to a careless Italian summer spent reclining by the beach in fine and flowing linen.

What can be so easy to forget is that spritzes are so much more than just Aperol and bubbles. In this book, you'll learn about the classic European liqueurs, like Cynar, Campari, Luxardo Bitter, Meletti, and more. Moreover, you'll discover the nuances between prosecco, cava, and champagne can create different textures as the bubbles in each effervesce uniquely. Plus, read up on how citrus garnishes must be matched appropriately to each drink's flavor profile and, of course, color. Above all, the perfect ratio of liqueur-to-bubbles changes for each recipe. Spritz Fever! explains all of this, alongside its dreamy illustrations.

It's time you get to the very essence of effervescence. Your next party guests will love all the cocktail recipes you glean from Spritz Fever!, and just in time for summer!
About The Author

Elouise Anders is a mixologist turned culture writer based in Melbourne, Australia. She also consults the city's finest bars and restaurants on how to best curate their drinks list. Sarah Hankinson is a food and fashion illustrator based in Melbourne, Australia.

Publish Date: September 03, 2019

Format: Hardcover

Category: Cooking - Beverages - Alcoholic - Bartending & Cocktails

Publisher: Smith Street Books

Pages: 152