Books

From pages on the rugged Italian coastline to the beaches of Miami.

For the gourmet design palate.

It doesn't get much sweeter than this.

Which authors had us leaping to the stove this year?

Christine Manfield nominates not one but three books, as part of our occasional series where we ask some of our favourite chefs about the cookbook that’s left a lasting impression on them.

We asked some of our most celebrated chefs about the one cookbook that's made a lasting impression.

In her pursuit of flavour, cook and writer Samin Nosrat has distilled the art of great cooking into its essence, writes David Matthews.

Pull up a chair and pour yourself a glass as Pat Nourse surveys the best page-turners of 2017.

How does the epoch-defining cookbook of the ’80s stand up 30 years later? We sat down with its chef-author to find out.

Ten of Australia's best bakers share the cookbooks that have proven vital on their journey towards pastry mastery.

Winter is here, so we’re cracking a bottle and settling in with a new book. Fireplace optional. Here are our picks.

Cookbooks new and old will be cracked open, cooked from and discussed by some of our favourite chefs and thinkers.

Fatherhood meant Anthony Bourdain had to settle down – in the kitchen. With his daughter now his main customer, he tells Peter Meehan, he decided to tackle home cooking.

A new book from Janne Apelgren and Joanna Savill chronicles a global food adventure to some of the world’s best restaurants.

These dozen tales depict divergent lives in food. Swerve from a fast and furious account of a drug-addled line cook, to a fragrant memoir about living and cooking in China.

As part of the magazine’s 50th birthday celebrations, Gourmet Traveller has released its first hardcover cookbook, Menus.

Does Australia’s relationship with meat need to change? Food journalist and GT contributor Richard Cornish thinks so...

Hetty McKinnon, the salad queen who took her leaves from Surry Hills to the world, shares a little of the cosmopolitan inspiration behind her latest cookbook.

We ask Eau de Vie owner and Shaken, Stirred, Flamed & Thrown author Sven Almenning why we should buy his book.

We’ve seen a bumper crop in food publishing. Pat Nourse picks the 10 best books of the year for your stocking-stuffing convenience.

We ask In the Mix 2 author Dani Valent why we should buy her book.

We ask Moving Out...Eating In author Elizabeth Hewson why we should buy her book.

Chefs usually steal the limelight, but restaurateurs are key to successful diners, writes Nicholas Lander.