Consider the Oyster by M.F.K Fisher
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
M. F. K. Fisher, whom John Updike has called our "poet of the appetites," here pays tribute to that most enigmatic of ocean creatures, the oyster. As she tells of oysters found in stews, in soups, roasted, baked, fried, prepared #65533; la Rockefeller or au naturel--and of the pearls sometimes found the ...Show more
Truth, Love and Clean Cutlery UK by Giles Coren
$39.99 AUD
Category: Writing/Reference/Essays
A new way of choosing where to eat in the UK - a guide to the best and most ethically operated restaurants in the country. Of all the qualities that distinguish a truly outstanding restaurant or food experience, perhaps truth, love and care are the most important. A passion for creating food that is so ...Show more
Release the Bats The Pocket Guide to Writing Your Way Out of It by D. B. C. Pierre
$19.99 AUD
Category: Writing/Reference/Essays
A guide to writing fiction by the Booker Prize-winning author of Vernon God Little. Part biography, part reflection and part practical guide, Release the Bats explores the mysteries of why and how we tell stories, and the craft of writing fiction. DBC Pierre reveals everything he learned the hard way. ...Show more
One More Croissant for the Road by Felicity Cloake
$24.99 AUD
Category: Writing/Reference/Essays
'Joyful, life-affirming, greedy. I loved it' - DIANA HENRY 'Whether you are an avid cyclist, a Francophile, a greedy gut, or simply an appreciator of impeccable writing - this book will get you hooked' - YOTAM OTTOLENGHI The nation's 'taster in chief' cycles 2,300 km across France in search of the defin ...Show more
Summer's Lease - How to Cook Without Heat by Thom Eagle
$39.95 AUD
Category: Writing/Reference/Essays
From the author of the Fortnum & Mason Debut Food Book of 2019, Summer's Lease looks at the cooking techniques we use instead of heat which, in letting us step away from the stove, lend themselves perfectly to summer eating: breaking, salting, souring and ageing. The long dog days of a tiring summe ...Show more
Gastrophysics: The New Science of Eating by Charles Spence
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
A ground-breaking book by the world-leading expert in sensory science: Freakonomics for food Why do we consume 35% more food when eating with one more person, and 75% more when with three? Why are 27% of drinks bought on aeroplanes tomato juice? How are chefs and companies planning to transform our dini ...Show more
A Timeline of Australian Food by Jan O'Connell
$34.99 AUD
Category: Writing/Reference/Essays
A Timeline of Australian Food takes readers on a tasty and sometimes surprising culinary journey through 150 years of Australian food. Lavishly illustrated, this tasty book looks at what we've eaten, how we've shopped, and how we've produced and prepared our food, decade by decade, through depression, w ...Show more
An Anarchy of Chillies by Caz Hildebrand
$39.99 AUD
Category: Writing/Reference/Essays
With more than 2,000 varieties, and a dizzying array of flavors, shapes, sizes, and colors, the riotous world of chili peppers has no laws and no limits, and a revolutionary power to transform our food and gardens. This essential kitchen companion profiles 100 versatile chili varieties, chosen to showca ...Show more
Truth, Love & Clean Cutlery - A guide to the truly good restaurants and food experiences of the: WorldWorld by Jill Dupleix and Giles Coren (eds)
$44.99 AUD
Category: Writing/Reference/Essays | Reading Level: very good
Of all the qualities that distinguish a truly outstanding restaurant or food experience, perhaps truth, love and care are the most important: a passion for creating food that is so good that it will never be forgotten; an environment that makes that extraordinary food taste even better; and a care for t ...Show more
The Missing Ingredient - The Curious Role of Time in Food and Flavour by Jenny Linford
$24.99 AUD
Category: Writing/Reference/Essays
The Missing Ingredient is about what makes good food, and the first book to consider the intrinsic yet often forgotten role of time in creating flavour. Written through a series of encounters with ingredients, producers, cooks, shopkeepers and chefs, exploring everything from the brief period in which s ...Show more
Scoff - A History of Food and Class in Britain by Pen Vogler
$39.99 AUD
Category: Writing/Reference/Essays
The entertaining story of British cuisine and the hidden role it plays in our political, social and cultural lives.
The Science of Spice: Understand Flavour Connections and Revolutionize Your Cooking by Stuart Farrimond; Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
$39.99 AUD
Category: Writing/Reference/Essays
Adventurous cooks, curious foodies, and fans of spicy recipes. Break new ground with this spice book like no other. Be inspired to make your own new spice blends, and take your cooking to new heights.Spicewill help you understand the practical science behind the art of cooking with spices.If you've ever ...Show more