November 2023 New Cookbook Review

November 16, 2023 by
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Here we are in November and nearing the end of 2023. This year has flown by. Last month, I published the preliminary 2024 Cookbook Preview and don’t forget that you can create a wishlist and share it with your loved ones. Our December 2023 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary and November 2023 EYB Cookbook Club Summary can be found at the links provided.

In May we announced that we have connected the EYB database to ckbk’s library of digital cookbooks. ckbk is a cookbook subscription site where you can access the full content of 780 great cookbooks, the majority of which are indexed here on EYB (and more will be indexed every week). For all the details, please see Jane’s post. If any of this month’s books are a part of the ckbk library, we have identified them as such: ckbk.

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I have written short blurbs for those titles that I have reviewed and which are not reissued books or now being published in a different country. Any others are listed in the Other titles of interest section. Click on the book’s record to see the publisher’s description.

United States

Baking for Beginners: Easy Recipes and Techniques for Sweet and Savory At-Home Bakes by James O. and Tiffany Fraioli offers a baking education through easy and accessible explanation. Tools and techniques are thoroughly discussed in an easy-to-follow manner along with helpful tips that guide the everyday baker with easy preparation, ingredient substitutions, and troubleshooting when their bake is in danger. Important skills are carefully woven throughout – skills every new baker should know when baking from scratch, like measuring, mixing, kneading, creaming butter and sugar, and whipping egg whites.

Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice: Cocktails from Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks by Toni Tipton-Martin spotlights the creativity, hospitality, and excellence of Black drinking culture, with classic and modern recipes inspired by formulas found in two centuries’ worth of Black cookbooks. As usual with Toni’s work, this book provides a treasure trove of historic and modern information strengthened by a variety of recipes and beautiful photography. Drawing on her expertise and research in historic and rare texts, the James Beard Award-winning author shows how these drinks have evolved over time and shares the stories of how Black mixology came to be – a culmination of generations of practice, skill, intelligence, and taste. Events

That Time We Ate Our Feelings: 150 Recipes for Comfort Food from the Heart by Lisa Lucas and Debrianna Mansini: The stars of the hit sensation Corona Kitchen know that good food and good stories are like a warm, healing hug. Outspoken television pros Lisa and Debrianna shared their kitchens, hearts, anxieties, and good humor, and broadcast their culinary adventures during the Covid-19 lockdown and the dark days that followed, and in the process connected with a hungry audience that spans the globe. Here they share their most beloved dishes along with never-before-shared creations and the top-voted dishes of members of the Corona Kitchen community. The result is a colorful cookbook and cathartic read all in one that was three years in the making.

French Cooking Academy: 100 Essential Recipes for the Home Cook by Stephane Nguyen with Kate Blenkiron: With 100 showstopping recipes, the author takes you on a tour of the best France has to offer, prepared in the simplest way possible. Filled with all the sweet and savory classics you’ve always wanted to make, as well as some lesser-known regional delicacies, this book will be your guide to mastering classic French cuisine. Through helpful tips on efficient mise en place and tried-and-true culinary techniques aimed at budding home cooks, Stephane shows you that delicious food can be accessible to all and that French cooking doesn’t have to be difficult.

Food, Hope & Resilience: Authentic Recipes and Remarkable Stories from Holocaust Survivors by June Hersh shares a collection of stories, photographs and recipes gathered from survivors of the Holocaust as well as recipes from culinary icons such as Michael Solomonov, Mark Bittman and Ina Garten who contributed their own recipes as tribute to the remarkable survivor community. A portion of the proceeds from sales of this book will benefit organizations committed to Holocaust education. This is an important book to support especially now as the Israel-Gaza conflict continues. It is my hope that the world will learn from history and the hate and killing will end.

Oodles and Oodles of Vegan Noodles: Soba, Ramen, Udon & More―Easy Recipes for Every Day by Cheynese Khachame: Soba, ramen, udon, pho – saucy, slurpy noodles of every kind go vegan in this sunny cookbook. TikTok sensation Cheynese Khachame shares her noodle love, with over 50 dishes representing Japan, Korea, Thailand, China, and beyond.

Smoke on the Waterfront: The Northern Waters Smokehaus Cookbook by Northern Waters Smokehaus: In 1998, Eric Goerdt launched the Northern Waters Smokehaus in Duluth, Minnesota. Fresh off a stint in Sitka, Alaska, where he’d learned a method of smoking fish called kippering, Goerdt set up shop, and soon what had started as a small sandwich counter expanded into a downtown mainstay with a worldwide trade in its signature offerings, all manner of meat and fish smoked and cured on site. This book has a little bit of everything from grilling, smoking, curing, pickling and everything in between. Recipes include Smoked ribs and kimchi with maple sambal, Porketta and pasta and even Curry ice cream. Tips for making a charcuterie board, recipes for condiments and sides and loads more are offered in this amazing book which really surprised and delighted me with its content.

Yalla, Let’s Eat!: Delicious, Authentic Arab Meals Made Easy by Maha Kailani: Making your favorite Arab dishes is easier than ever with this contemporary guide to effortless Middle Eastern cooking from the creator of Make Delicious Happen. These recipes honor all the vibrant flavors of traditional Arab cuisine but use quick shortcuts and helpful appliances like the Instant Pot® and Air Fryer to cut down on prep and cook time.

Gather: 100 Seasonal Recipes that Bring People Together by Chris Viaud: From the James Beard nominee and Top Chef contestant comes a cookbook featuring recipes that not only bring friends and family together but keep them at the table. Filled with seasonal dishes from appetizers to dessert this title will make you feel good about what you are putting on the table.

Süss: Sweet German Treats For Every Occasion by Audrey Leonard: The founder of the Red Currant Bakery blog and professional food photographer takes pride in her German heritage and dual citizenship. Inspired by the treats her Oma made for her, she began a lifelong journey of sharing the joys of German baking, Audrey makes complex traditional showstoppers simple with easy-to-follow instructions and detailed descriptions. Her premiere cookbook demystifies quintessential European desserts and makes their divine deliciousness accessible to all. This book is beautiful with recipes for a stunning Blackberry poppy seed cake, Bavarian plum cake, and Sweet bread rolls with apricot jam. There are gorgeous photographs throughout. Audrey lives in Boulder, Colorado – I need to inquire if she needs a taste tester!

The Cookie That Changed My Life: And More Than 100 Other Classic Cakes, Cookies, Muffins, and Pies That Will Change Yours: A Cookbook by Nancy Silverton and Carolynn Carreño is the eagerly anticipated baking bible from one of America’s most respected authorities; 100+ recipes for cookies, cakes, breads, breakfast pastries, and much more. Nancy Silverton made her reputation as the original pastry chef for Wolfgang Puck’s restaurant Spago. Two years ago, Silverton bit into a particularly delicious peanut butter cookie and had an epiphany: every single thing we bake should taste this good. And so she decided to return to her roots, and set to work perfecting the rest of the American baking canon. While these are recipes for the classics, they are Nancy Silverton’s recipes with each detailed instructions for every step of the process. As with any “baking canon”, measurements are given in weight and volume. Events

Beautiful Cookies for All: The Easy Way to Decorate Stunning Designs with Buttercream by Melissa Broyles: Just in time for the holidays, this book teaches the author’s simple methods for piping stunning designs with delicious buttercream frostings, as opposed to notoriously finicky royal icing, helping you cut out the guesswork, get neat, professional results and save on time.

The Core of an Onion: Peeling the Rarest Common Food – Featuring More Than 100 Recipes by Mark Kurlansky features historical images and the author’s own pen-and-ink drawings along with the science and history of the only sulfuric acid–spewing plant. The book digs through its twenty varieties and the cultures built around them. Here the onion is celebrated from the raw, roasted, creamed, marinated, to the pickled. Including a recipe section featuring more than one hundred dishes from around the world, The Core of an Onion shares the secrets to celebrated Parisian chef Alain Senderens’s onion soup eaten to cure late-night drunkenness; Hemingway’s raw onion and peanut butter sandwich; and the Gibson, a debonair gin martini garnished with a pickled onion.

An Invitation to Indian Cooking: 50th Anniversary Edition: A Cookbook by Madhur Jaffrey is a reissue of An Invitation to Indian Cooking with a new introduction from Jaffrey and a foreword written by Yotam Ottolenghi.

The French Chef Cookbook by Julia Child is a beautiful new edition of the beloved cookbook capturing the spirit of Julia Child’s debut TV show, which made her a star and is now featured as the centerpiece of Max’s Julia.

The Look and Cook Air Fryer Bible: 125 Everyday Recipes with 650+ Photos to Help Get It Right Every Time by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough is a new collection from the bestselling appliance cooking gurus. Unlock the potential of your favorite at-home appliance with 125 recipes for every occasion. Capture the perfect crunch in every bite with less oil and minimal clean up.

Somethin’ Outta Nothin’: Creative, Customizable Comfort Food Recipes for Everyone by Lorenzo Espada: The author has a slogan he lives by: We gon’ make somethin’ outta nothin’. Growing up, his mother and father always made a way out of nothing, whether it was making ends meet, making a good time out of a bad one, or simply just creating a good vibe out of thin air. Along with creative twists on classics he provides tips and tricks for beginner chefs who are just starting to explore their skills in the kitchen.

Elegant One-Pan Cakes: 60 Effortless Recipes for Stunning Bakes by Sonali Ghosh will teach you how to build layers of sophisticated flavors in your batter and how to decorate with glazes, garnishes and more to dress up your desserts for any event. All you need to know is how to pour ingredients into a bowl and mix – it’s so easy, anyone can do it! And with a pan size conversion chart included, you’re guaranteed flawless results using any cake tin already in your cupboard.

Heroes’ Feast Flavors of the Multiverse: An Official Dungeons & Dragons Cookbook by Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, Michael Witwer and Sam Witwer: Explore the cuisines of the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse with more than 75 delectable new recipes from the New York Times bestselling authors of Heroes’ Feast.

Kitchen Gear: The Ultimate Owner’s Manual: Boost Your Equipment IQ with 500+ Expert Tips, Optimize Your Kitchen with 400+ Recommended Tools by America’s Test Kitchen: Leading kitchen gear experts Lisa McManus and Hannah Crowley share what they really think about Dutch ovens, air fryers, grills, and more in this indispensable handbook for gear heads everywhere.

Friday Night Cocktails: 52 Drinks to Welcome Your Weekend by A. J. Dean is for 30-somethings and, really, anyone who’s interested in a well-made but not fussy homemade mixed drink. The 52 cocktails (plus numerous variations) are made with common ingredients that readers can easily stock up on and keep at hand. Importantly, the focus of the book is “cocktail as ritual” a recognition that the transition from the workweek to the weekend should be celebrated. Rituals help us define beginnings and endings. And what better way to close the door on the week and welcome the weekend with open arms than with a chilled cocktail?

Snacking Bakes: Simple Recipes for Cookies, Bars, Brownies, Cakes, and More by Yossy Arefi contains 60 accessible, anytime recipes for delectable cookies, cakes, brownies, and bars that need only one bowl and easy-to-find ingredients, from the award-winning author of Snacking Cakes. Yossy covers all the baked-good bases with recipes that feature a wide range of enticing flavors (even savory!) and are each accompanied by gorgeous photography shot by Yossy herself.

Butter, Flour, Sugar, Joy: Simple Sweet Desserts for Everyone by Danielle Kartes shares one bowl recipes that anyone can tackle. Every chapter features simple, delicious dessert recipes including Danielle’s perfect dump-and-stir cake method, which allows you to create showstopper confections without all the fuss.

The Effortless Baker: Make Decadent, Show-Stopping Sweets the Easy Way by Janani Elavazhagan is a collection of recipes that both simplifies the baking process and yields fantastic results. With Janani’s easy-to-follow instructions, gorgeous baked goods are streamlined into simple, speedy recipes with all of the flavor and none of the complications. Packed to the brim with mouth-watering desserts that are perfect for bakers of all skill levels, this cookbook will have you spending less time in the kitchen and more time indulging your sweet tooth!

Bruno’s Cookbook: Recipes and Traditions from a French Country Kitchen by Martin Walker and Julia Watson: Bruno Courrèges, the protagonist of Martin Walker’s internationally acclaimed mystery series, is not only the local police chief of the idyllic French village of St. Denis. Bruno also happens to be an impassioned amateur chef, and in this delightful new cookbook, the culinary and cultural inspiration behind Bruno’s fictional world comes to life. Featuring local recipes, charming anecdotes, and a history of its French setting, Bruno’s Cookbook invites readers into the bucolic life of Walker and his wife, Julia Watson, and showcases their passion for the region’s rich cuisine. Brimming with truffles, pâté, famed cheesemakers, and prized cows, the Périgord region is a gourmand’s paradise. Bruno’s Cookbook includes over 90 recipes, steeped in local flavors and prepared in the Walkers’ cheerful country kitchen

Bake Smart: Sweets and Secrets from My Oven to Yours by Samantha Seneviratne: Break free from common baking myths, fears, and fussy procedures, with Bake Smart, filled with Sam’s tips and warm reassurances plus 100 achievable, mouth-watering recipes that are surprisingly effortless to put together for any home baker. Chapters are organized by main baking ingredient (Butter; Sugar; Eggs; Flour, Nuts & Cocoa; and Yeast), each starting with a quick intro to break down the fundamentals of baking, as well as core recipes—like Basic Custard, Any-Nut Frangipane, and Rough Puff Pastry—that are easy to master and return to again and again.

Maydan: Home Cooking from the Middle East by Rose Previte is the debut cookbook from the creator of the Michelin-starred restaurant Maydan and beloved Compass Rose. Here she explores bold flavors, accessible, shareable recipes, and overlapping foodways, spanning from the Middle East to North Africa.

Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food by Fuchsia Dunlop explores the culture, history and philosophy informing real Chinese cookery. Each chapter examines the way a particular dish expresses a singular aspect of Chinese gastronomy, from the importance of soup to the history of Buddhist vegetarian cuisine. Starting with sweet-and-sour pork, that classic of British Chinese takeaway cooking, Fuchsia examines the ways in which Chinese food has been understood and misunderstood in the West since its earliest days as an immigrant cuisine. Then the real feast begins: a journey into Chinese food as it is made, cooked, eaten and considered in China itself, through a diverse series of dishes.

Danni’s Juke Joint Comfort Food Cookbook: Modern-Day Recipes, Ole Skool Flavas by Danni Rose shares bold and irresistible Southern-inspired home cooking from the internet sensation and Food Network personality. The book is packed with memories, family history, and laugh-out-loud stories. Danni Rose grew up eating real Southern home cooking surrounded by family, friends, and community – at church potlucks and at her daddy’s juke joint, Haywood’s Place. These memories inspire the food she shares today with her millions of fans online and in the pages of this book,

Every Cocktail Has a Twist: Master 25 Classic Drinks and Craft More Than 200 Variations by Carey Jones and John McCarthy: You love your favorite libations, but sometimes you want something new that you know you’ll like. This user-friendly collection provides all the tools you need to create delicious new concoctions. It reconfigures 25 timeless tipples and these few simple riffs will elevate your mainstays to a truly spirited experience.

Sam’s Eats: Let’s Do Some Cooking by Sam Way revitalizes home-cooking with a mouth-watering collection of flavorful and luxurious dishes to see you from a beautifully executed brunch to a quick mid-week dinner, the perfect sharing platters to an indulgent all-out feast with family and friends. Packed with recipes that celebrate bold flavors and fresh, seasonal produce, plus plenty of tips and cheats for quick fixes at home, Sam brings creative and innovative culinary ideas for every occasion. With each chapter framed around one of Sam’s signature ‘make from scratch’ dishes, you’ll find everything from the ultimate mac ‘n’ cheese to miso roasted eggplant, a whole-roasted leg of lamb to mouth-watering meatballs, and quick no-churn ice creams to a decadent dark chocolate and sea salt mousse.

Sweet France: The 100 Best Recipes from the Greatest French Pastry Chefs by François Blanc: France has a rich history of sweet traditions and talented pâtissiers, and with Sweet France, readers will discover 100 recipes for irresistible cakes and pastries to satisfy every sweet tooth. The book includes the essentials, classics revisited, pastries, signature cakes, cookies, and other bite-size treats. Indulge yourself with canelés de Bordeaux, gâteau Basque, traditional fraisier cake, chocolate éclairs, and the legendary Saint-Honoré. Inside, you’ll find recipes for every level of proficiency to try at home, including the favorite creations of Cédric Grolet, Yann Couvreur, Pierre Hermé, Philippe Conticini, and a host of other big names and up-and-coming talents in contemporary French pâtisserie.

The Witcher Official Cookbook: Provisions, Fare, and Culinary Tales from Travels Across the Continent by Anita Sarna and Karolina Krupecka: Take a culinary journey through the fantastical world of The Witcher with thoughtfully imagined, flavorful recipes inspired by The Witcher’s expansive settings, characters, and lore. In this beautifully photographed cookbook, Anita Sarna and Karolina Krupecka, the creators of fan-favorite food blogs Nerds’ Kitchen and Witcher Kitchen, share their meticulously-researched, immersive recipes that give fans a taste of the distinct flavors a witcher might sample as he travels the countryside in search of monsters to slay and coin to earn.

Butchery: The Ultimate Guide to Butchery and Over 100 Recipes by Luis Robles and Vanessa Ceceña is the authoritative guide to preparing beef, poultry, pork, fish, lamb, goat, and more. Learn how to break down various proteins, from a whole pig to a side of beef and everything in between. With step-by-step instructions, photographs, and a thorough guide to tools, techniques, and handling, this is the only meat cookbook you’ll ever need.

Chocolate Desserts: Over 100 Essential Recipes for the Chocolate Lover by Cider Mill Press shares recipes for all your favorite treats with plenty of vegan, gluten-free and keto recipes – so that everyone can enjoy chocolate bakes no matter what their dietary needs are.

Drink Like a Local: Paris: A Field Guide to Paris’s Best Bars by Forest Collins: Uncorking history, personalities, interior design quirks, and signature cocktails, this title features 75 bars that help pump the heartbeat of the city. From classy rooftop bars to eccentric, hidden watering holes, discover the unique character of each location and their best recipes. Twenty five recipes are included.

Mocktails: A Collection of Low-Proof, No-Proof Cocktails by Cider Mill Press: Everyone has finished a bad cocktail, if only for the alcohol. For a mocktail, there is no such saving grace – it lives and dies on taste alone. That’s why this stunning book contains over 75 zero-proof recipes that emphasize flavor. These inventive, refreshing drinks are perfect for every guest and occasion. Whether you want to make the kids feel grown up, don’t drink alcohol, or are just not in the mood for booze, these mocktails offer something for everyone.

Other titles of interest:

Canada

BReD: Sourdough Loaves, Small Breads, and Other Plant-Based Baking by Ed Tatton is a complete plant-based book for bakers that goes beyond just making bread. Experienced bakers and novices alike can take their baking to the next level with gorgeous vegan baked goods from cakes, muffins, and scones to biscuits, cookies, and tarts.

United Kingdom

High Spirits: Easy, Elegant Cocktails by Sam de Teran is a collection of over 40 cocktail recipes with a Caribbean influence. Many are rum based and this book gives detailed explanations of the various types of rum used. Drinks range from the a classic Vodka Martini to the now popular Dark and Moody.

Oz Clarke’s Story of Wine by Oz Clarke: Revised and updated by Oz, this new edition of The History of Wine in 100 Bottles includes five new entries and updates throughout, with a completely refreshed design this book is the perfect gift for any wine enthusiast.

Made in Bangladesh: Flavours and Memories in Six Seasons by Dina Begum demonstrates how achievable traditional Bangladeshi home cooking is in home kitchens worldwide. Taking you through the six Bangladeshi seasons – summer, monsoon, autumn, late autumn, winter, spring – with essays sharing Bangladeshi traditions, you’ll learn modern classics and age-old recipes.

One Pan Chicken: 70 All-in-One Chicken Recipes For Simple Dinnertimes by Claire Thomson offers up the author’s 70 recipes with chicken as star of the show, revealing just how simple it is to create delicious one-pan meals that all of the family will love. Whether you’re using a casserole dish, roasting pan, baking tray, frying pan, or stockpot, you’ll find delicious and inventive recipes using all your favourite and most popular cuts.

Sweet Treats (The Little Book of Chocolate) by Melanie Dupuis is a bite-sized version of The Ultimate Book of Chocolate. Working with chocolate can be a challenge, so by breaking the original tome down into more manageable pieces, we hope that readers will find it easier to master the art of chocolate making. This is a masterclass in chocolate and every chocolate lover’s dream.

Mr Todiwala’s Bombay by Cyrus Todiwala (redesigned issue of Mr Todiwala’s Bombay 2013)

My Tel Aviv Table: A Journey of Flavours and Aromas from a Sun-Soaked City by Limor Chen: Compiled from one family’s roots across the Middle East and the Mediterranean, this is a collection of healthy recipes packed with the flavours, aromas and stories of Tel Aviv.

Scottish Celebrations: Treasured traditions and contemporary recipes from Scotland by Gary Maclean: Covering the most beloved national dishes and local specialties, Scottish Celebrations takes the reader on a journey through Scotland’s culinary calendar, from Burns Night in January to the biggest night of the year, Hogmanay. Scotland’s National Chef Gary Maclean, owner of seafood eatery Creel Caught, puts a contemporary spin on the nation’s classics. In this book he shows readers how they can prepare a bountiful Braemar feast for hungry Highland game fans or concoct a hearty meal as Martinmas brings the cold weather nearer. From Shetland to the Borders, this book is a perfect resource for readers who wish to celebrate the best of Scotland’s traditions, wherever they are in the world.

Brutto: A Florentine Cookbook by Russell Norman: The food of Florence rests on humble ingredients – not many – brought together in the rough-and-ready style of everyday cooking with flavour at its heart. This stunning brand-new cookbook offers outstanding recipes from Russell Norman’s acclaimed new restaurant, Trattoria Brutto, alongside an ode to one of Italy’s most beloved cities, Florence, and specifically the bohemian district of Santo Spirito. Including Russell’s captivating stories and insider advice, Brutto is a proudly fuss-free recipe book to use every day, wherever you are, and an joyous tribute to Italy’s greatest rustic cuisine.

These Delicious Things by Jane Hodson, Lucas Hollweg and Clerkenwell Boy is a collection of nostalgic food memories and recipes from more than 100 of the UK’s top chefs and food writers. Published to support children living in food poverty, it is proof that when people give a piece of themselves for the benefit of others, incredible things can happen.

Delia’s Complete Illustrated Cookery Course by Delia Smith contains more than a hundred stunning photographs and 450 recipes that will inspire you to rush into the kitchen and start cooking: many of the classic Delia recipes, from crunchy Roast Potatoes to Christmas Pudding, are here in full colour and spectacular detail. In addition there are step-by-step colour photographs illustrating basic techniques, such as how to make bread, chutney, marmalade and omelettes. To all the established favourites from Delia Smith’s Complete Cookery Course, Delia has added a variety of new recipes destined to become just as popular; they range from the simple to the sophisticated, from Stir-fried Mange Tout to Roast Stuffed Goose with Prunes and Armagnac.

Australia

Meatsmith: Home Cooking For Friends And Family by Andrew McConnell and Troy Wheeler: Born from the partnership between celebrated Australian chef Andrew McConnell (Gimlet, Cutler & Co) and world class butcher Troy Wheeler, this title is a tribute to the omnivore’s table, with over 100 brilliant recipes to inspire charcuterie cravings, long lunches, dazzling dinners and sensational sides that could steal the show. More than another meat cookbook, this is an essential lifestyle companion for cooking widely and creating meals and moments to be remembered. The beautifully designed compendium offers achievable, delicious recipes and gorgeous photography, including recipes for salads, vegetables and sauces; as well as anecdotes, advice and asides. 

Rumi: Food of Middle Eastern Appearance by Joseph Abboud: The author thinks of food as a conduit to greater things and presents it here in Rumi with much love and not much sentiment. The recipes – some non-negotiable restaurant favourites and others riffs on classics (fattoush for every season, or broccoli tabbouleh, for example) – are delivered as both inspiration and a jumping off point for myriad variations. Whether it’s Joe’s yoghurt, his taratoor, or toum, he empowers cooks to take and trust their own path. Alongside more than 60 recipes that cover vegetables, grains, salads, meat and sweet things, Joe talks barbecues, spice, the perfect dressing, cooking with nuts and the secrets to a very good sandwich.

Chocolate All Day by Kirsten Tibballs is all the invitation you need to indulge your friends and family with choc-focused treats that are big on wow factor and low difficulty. This is a chocolate lover’s paradise brought to you by the modern-day Willy Wonka of chocolate herself and founder of the internationally renowned Savour School as well as star of the TV show Dessert Queen, Kirsten Tibballs. Recipes include helpful tips for troubleshooting bake-fails, as well as Kirsten’s trademark skill-building know-how and technique advice so that you gain confidence every recipe you make.

Other titles of interest:

New Zealand

Eden Vegan: Plant-based Recipes for Every Day by Tess Eden offers a friendly entry point to plant-based cooking, with veganised Kiwi classics, budget-friendly recipes and meals to whip up in a minute from what’s in the pantry. Every dish in this book is 100 per cent vegan, made with whole-food ingredients that can all be found on the shelf at your local supermarket. No fancy ‘superfoods’, no expensive powders-just good, fresh ingredients!

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