Best Selling National & Regional Cuisine Books

Fresh! is a culinary journey around New Zealand from award-winning professional chef Peter Blakeway. This is a stunning hardback cookery book with recipes to suit every taste, including a simple potato salad using Otago Jersey Bennes, barbequed Marlborough crayfish, Canterbury lamb shanks,chargr...

Winner of the 2011 Best Cookbook in the World for 2010 at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. The cuisines of the South Pacific island nations are noted for their sensational use of coconut cream, fresh fruit and the most delicate fish. Away from the big resort hotels, skilled local cooks make th...

"Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey" is an ambitious journey, avoiding the beaten track and tourist hot-spots, in search of the authentic food of Southeast Asia. In this accompanying book to the major "BBC" series, Rick shares his favourite recipes and some well-known classic dishe...

"Paul has produced some memorable and unusual combinations of ingredients, which are entertaining and delightful to the palate."- Michael Meredith, 2008 Innovative Chef of the Year, Merediths "A Pinch of Salt is a testament to Paul’s hard work and enduring talent as a fine c...

'I've wanted to make a series in Spain for a long time. I love Spanish food, I've been going there since I was a young boy - but until quite recently I don't think people really took the food seriously. Thanks to a handful of really dedicated Spanish chefs and a growing enthusiasm for its rugged...

"Inexperienced cooks need more that just a few lines of laconic test to help them along. Rachael Ray has coached a generation of rookies on her Food Network shows, talking and plopping and emoting her way through dish after dish. Her latest books, "Rachael Ray's Look + Cook," shows what each stage s...

A guide to preparing food using a process which has its origins in the days when preservation of food was not as simple as just throwing it in the fridge. Smoking ensured that foods would last until the next hunting season. By using salt to draw out moisture over a period of days, or even weeks, the...

Travelling around New Zealand and looking for a good feed that isn't going to cost you the earth? Feeling peckish and in the mood for something special to the area you find yourself in and not sure where to find it? Want to take a visitor somewhere nice to eat that isn't going to bore you to tears b...

Fire up the best backyard bashes with 150 simple and delicious recipes from grilling guru Bobby Flay in his first-ever fully illustrated, full-color grilling book. Whether you've picked up corn at a local farmstand or chicken breasts at the supermarket, a fantastically flavorful, ridiculously simple...

Imagine yourself at the worlds grandest potluck meal! Where to start? What to try first? That is the feast youll experience when you open Fix-It and Enjoy-It Potluck Heaven. More than 600 recipes for stove-top and oven cooking, gathered from home cooks, fill these pages.

In 1961 Julia Child, Simone Beck, and Louisette Bertholle, collaborating on the first volume of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, began a virtual revolution in American cookery. In the years that have passed, as their book has found its way into almost 700,000 American families, and as Julia Chil...

"Creole" is a sumptuous celebration of this unique and much-loved style of cooking. The heritage of French, Spanish and African settlers, Creole cookery takes the best of these cuisines and combines them with native American ingredients to produce a style of cooking that is rich in history...

James Martin is famous for his easy-to-follow recipes. Now, finally, you can find your favourite James Martin recipes from his previous titles - "Eating In with James Martin", "James Martin's Great British Dinners", "James Martin's Easy British Food", "James Martin's Great British Winter Cookbook" a...

Taking her inspiration from her cook school in beautiful Umbria, Jo Seagar shows us how to make classic Italian recipes the easy way. In her inimitable way Jo teaches us that authentic doesn't have to mean difficult. She demystifies gnocchi, risotto, making your own pasta and pizza bases, and many o...

In this irresistible collection Rachael continues to work her 30-minute magic with nearly 100 awesomely delicious brand-new recipes. From pasta to pizzas, soups to sammies, and chicken, fish, and meat, you'll find a 30-minute-meal to suit every appetite. But what if you don't have even 30 minutes? N...

Cooking Chinese food at home has never been easier – all you need is this book, a wok and a quick trip to the supermarket. Kylie Kwong's philosophy is to use the freshest produce and cook it simply to make the most of the clean flavours. All the necessary ingredients are available at your s...

Thomas Keller, chef/proprieter of the French Laundry in the Napa Valley-"the most exciting place to eat in the United States," wrote Ruth Reichl in The New York Times-is a wizard, a purist, a man obsessed with getting it right. And this, his first cookbook, is every bit as satisfying as a ...

In the mid-1990s, Chris Kimball moved into an 1859 Victorian townhouse on the South End of Boston and, as he became accustomed to the quirks and peculiarities of the house and neighborhood, he began to wonder what it was like to live and cook in that era. In particular, he became fascinated with Fan...

Drop into a Japanese restaurant or sushi bar and you'll be seduced by the glistening sashimi and delicate bundles of other beautifully arranged foods. With the Easy Japanese Cookbook you can now create these mouthwatering recipes in your own home. Discover how to prepare enticing, authentic dishes s...

Bento fever has recently swept across the West, fuelled not just by an interest in cute, decorative food, but by the desire for an economical, healthy approach to eating in these times of recession. A leading light in the popularization of bento has been Makiko Itoh, whose blog, Just Bento, has near...