The original Destitute Gourmet cookbook was published in 2000 - nine years ago - and it has since sold over 20,000 copies and been reprinted eight times. Cooks everywhere respond to Sophie's tasty, fashionable and healthy recipes and her tips on how to spend less on groceries. Sophie aims to encourage home cooks to innovate and improvise. What do you really need in your pantry? What can you easily do without? How can you create gourmet meals to impress your family and friends and not have to live on bread and water for the next week?

Redesigned for today's cooks, this is the must-have recipe book for everyone - from flatters to families to fabulous entertainers.

Author Biography

Sophie Gray is the face and inspiration behind destitute gourmet, the dg series of cookery books and www.destitutegourmet.com. She is a popular speaker and teacher on food, family life and finances, and writes regularly for Healthy Food Guide, Parenting magazine and www.simplesavings.com.au. She is married to Richard and they have two children, Isabella and Jack. Sophie works fulltime communicating the destitute gourmet philosophy from their home in Auckland, New Zealand.