Dulcie May Kitchen: Everyday, by Natalie Oldfield (HarperCollins, RRP $45): Following on from the earlier success of her Gran’s Kitchen and Gran’s Family Table cookbooks, Natalie Oldfield has produced another winner packed with recipes that are both desirable and accessible.…
Category: Home & garden
Low cost doesn’t mean low flavour
Feed the Family for $15 or Less, by Sophie Grey (Random House, RRP $35): It’s easy to make food taste spectacular if you’re chucking expensive ingredients into the equation but making great-tasting food that will appeal to the whole family…
New book from slow cooker converts
All New Delicious Slow Cooker Recipes, by Simon & Alison Holst (Hyndman Publishing, RRP $25): I have a couple of slow cookers and am a big fan of the easy meals that can be produced with the help of these…
Baking: so hot it’s cool
New Zealand’s Hottest Home Baker, with Dean Brettschneider (Penguin, RRP $35): Baking is one of those retro things that has suddenly become cool again and television has jumped on the bandwagon with New Zealand’s Hottest Home Baker, which isn’t quite…
Quick and Christmassy
4 Ingredients Christmas, by Kim McCoster (Random House, RRP $35): I hate to be the bearer of bad news folks, but Christmas is just around the corner. Really, it truly must officially be the festive season because a certain large…
Granny knows her stuff
Granny’s Kitchen Baking (Penguin, $19.99): I’m sure everyone out there has a favourite recipe for a never- fail sponge, awesome bikkie or spectacular scone that has come from a mother, grandmother, aunty or friend. It is those recipes that are…
Still good after 12 years
Simple Cafe Food, by Julie Le Clerc (Penguin, RRP $32): This is a reprinted, repackaged and updated version of Julie Le Clerc’s 1999 book by the same name and I have to say, the recipes still stack up well as…
Build your own cooking journal
Allyson Gofton’s Recipe Journal, by Allyson Gofton (Penguin, RRP $35): We all have our favourite recipes and have collected favourite recipes from family and friends over the years so this book is something I’m sure every home cook would find…
Tasty range of books to add to your collection
The New Zealand Bread Book, by Simon & Alison Holst (Hyndman Publishing, RRP $24.99): A decade after producing their first bread book, the Holsts are back with one that features all the old favourite recipes and a bunch of new…
How to navigate the pantry
The Modern Pantry, by Anna Hansen (Ebury Press, RRP $69.99): Chef Anna Hansen may have been born in Canada, but we’ll do what we poke the borax at the Aussies for doing, and claim her as our own since she…