Maggie's Table by Maggie Beer
Sizes: 342 pages, h 25.5 cm, w 25.5 cm, t 3.2 cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: "Here are recipes and stories which capture the rich flavours and colours of Maggie's home. Season by season, we discover how she cooks with fresh, local produce for simple family dinners and large festive occasions. We travel with her to the local dairy for fresh cream to make ice cream, to the butcher for smoked meats, and to the neighbouring bee keeper for delicious honey." Come sit at Maggie's table to celebrate the art of country cooking and to share the generosity and joie de vivre of one of Australia's favourite cooks - the marvellous Maggie Beer. Published 2001.
Price: $20 + $9.50 Postage & Handling. (Her website price is $45 for the paperback version).
Richard Simmons' Never Say Diet Book (Hardback with Blue Cover)
Sizes- Page 211. H27.5cms, W19cms, T2.5cms. Condition: Very Good. Comments: Old favorite from this American Guru of fitness. Published in Australia 1982.
Price: $15.00 + $7.00 Postage & Handling.
Australian Home Journal Cook Book edited by Diana Wynne
Sizes - 239 pages. H27cms, W21cms, T2.5cms. Condition: Good (Some wear bottom edge, odd mark on cover. Clean & tidy). Comments: "To be a good cook does not require out-of-the-ordinary talents. All that is needed is of good food, time, patience, and fine, foolproof recipes". Over 400 recipes with colour plates throughout plus sections on weights and measures, utensils, etc. A true old classic cooking book. Published: 1979.
Price: $19.00 + Postage & Handling
Good Housekeeping Cookery for All Occasions
Sizes - 128 pages. H30.5cms, W22.5cms, T2.2cms. Condition: Good ( Some wear on outer sleave but inner main book cover and pages good condition.) Comments: "The recipes in this book offer over 300 delicious ideas for every occasion facing today's versatile cook. With advice on planning everything that makes a party perfect, from arranging flowers to choosing wines and mixing drinks. Each recipe gives ingredients in both metric and imperial measures." Published:1976.
Price: $14.00 + Postage & Handling
The Australian Hostess Cookbook edited by Hanna Pan
Sizes - 158 pages. H29cms, W21.2cms, T2.5cms. Condition: Good (clear cover, some normal wear). Comments: "Come on a fascinating tour around Australia to meet forty top hostesses and share their favorite party menus, a feast of useful hints and advice and more then 200 useful recipes with selected colour pics. Published 1969.
Price: $16.00 + $8.00 Postage & Handling.
Richard Simmons' Never Say Diet Book (Hardback with Black Cover)
Sizes- Page 211. H27.5cms, W19cms, T2.5cms. Condition: Very Good. Comments: Old favorite from this American Guru of fitness. Published in Australia 1983.
Price: $14.00 + $7.00 Postage & Handling.
Meals for Every Occasion - Marshall Cavendish
Sizes - 248 pages. H29cms, W22cms, T3cms. Condition: Good . Comments: Thick cloth type cover and thick pages. Meals for Every Occasion has been designed to provide the assistance and just about every type of meal you are likely to cook , whether for family or friends is included-from a romantic dinner for two, through a summer BBQ and a delicious selection of ethnic meals to those memorable once-in-a-lifetime occasions such as an engagement party. Over 400 recipes to enjoy. Published 1979.
Price: $18.00 + Postage & Handling.
Great Cakes & Pastries by Christian Teubner, Jacques Charrette & Hannelore Blohm
Sizes- 191 pages. H30cms, W23cms, T2.5cms. Condition: Very Good (small stain top right corner of pages) Comments: A superb selection of beautifully illustrated recipes to enable you to perfect the art of patisserie. Over 400 recipes and helpful note sections including utensils and equipment, famous cakes and pie, traditional festive baking, cheesecakes, fine fillings, small cakes, basic recipes and many more sections. Plenty of colour plates. Published 1983.
Price: $12.00 + Postage & Handling.
Madame Chocolate's Book of Divine Indulgences by Elaine Sherman
Sizes - 212 pages. H26cms, W18.4cms, T2.5cms. Condition: Very Good (small stain edge of book) Comments: Beautifully presented book with clear cover. Over 100 chocolate indulgences with over 16 differing sections to help you perfect your presentations. You will be drooling....guaranteed. Published 1984.
Price: $15.00 + $8.00 Postage & Handling.
Good Housekeeping Complete Cake Book of Decorating
Sizes - 127 pages. H25cms, W18cms, T2cms. Condition: Very Good. (slight folding) Comments: Clear protective cover. Sections include equipment, all about icing. Techniques of almond paste, base icing, piping, run-out, etc. Making and using a template, chocolate decorations, wedding cakes, birthday cakes, festive cakes and much more. Published 1979.
Price: $15.00 + $8.00 Postage & Handling.
The Book of Biscuits by Pat Alburey
Sizes - Pages 120. H 29cms, W15cms, T1.5cms. Condition-Very Good, small stain top right corner. Comments - Few can resist the tantalizing aroma of freshly baked biscuits and the Book of Biscuits features many with over one hundred for your cooking enjoyment. Published 1988.
Price - $10.00 + $4.00 Postage & Handling +
Complete Australian Family Cookbook
Sizes - 96 pages. H29cms, W21cms, T1.5cms. Condition: Good (An Australian Classic but well worn with water marks on inner pages) Comments: This old favorite includes over 140 Aussie recipes to enjoy with colour plates. Published: 1973.
Price - $10.00 + $4.00 Postage & Handling +
Great Australian Country Cookbook by Mary Blackie
Sizes: 376 pages, h 28cm, w 21 cm, t 4 cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: "At last, a cook book for Australians who love great country cooking. A treasury of old fashioned cooking skills with modern flair, The Great Australian Country Cookbook has nearly 400 pages of mouthwatering recipes and down to earth advice on every aspect of home cooking. All the recipes and instructions are within the capabilities of every cook. Mary Blackie offers refreshing new culinary directions. Beautifully presented an encyclopaedic in its dimensions, The Great Australian Country Cookbook is a kitchen classic, bringing the flavour and feeling of the country into every home." First Published 1985.
Price: $18 + $9.50 Postage & Handling. +
Reader's Digest Cooking for Every Occasion
Sizes: 432 pages, h 22 cm, w 25.5 cm, t 3.5 cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: Includes menus for special occasions, ie, anniversary, Anzac Day, Australia Day, birthdays, Boxing Day, christenings, Christmas, Easter, engagements, Father's Day, graduation, housewarming, Melbourne Cup, Mother's Day, New Year, Queen's Birthday and weddings. Recipes for every occasion: breakfast and brunch, morning coffee, lunch, dinner and supper, afternoon tea, lunch and buffet parties, picnics and BBQs, with special features including presentations and garnishing, BBQ equipment, the store cupboard, using kitchen equipment, and the table. Published 1988.
Price: $18 + $9.50 Postage & Handling. +
Reader's Digest Quick Thrifty Cooking
Sizes: 312 pages, h 26 cm, w 20 cm, t 2.5 cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: "480 delicious and inexpensive recipes for busy people who want to spend less time in the kitchen. Includes sections on how to be quick and thrifty, saving time and cutting costs, appetisers, soups, salads and salad dressings, vegetables, poultry, beef, pork and sausages, lamb, fish and shellfish, sauces, oven dishes, eggs and cheese, pasta rice and grains, cooking for one, breakfast, sandwiches and snacks, breads and cakes, desserts and sauces. Published 1993.
Price: $15 + Postage & Handling. +
Chinese Vegetarian Dishes by Nim Chee Lee
Sizes: 121 pages, h 29 cm, w 21.5 cm, t 1.8 cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: Over 100 appetising and exciting vegetarian dishes, prepared and cooked in the time honoured Chinese way. Chinese Vegetarian Dishes offers the cook and gourmet an easy introduction into authentic Chinese cookery, together with a host of delicious recipes, beautifully illustrated, that will appeal to vegetarians and meat eaters alike. Published 1986.
Price: $10 + Postage & Handling. +
Westinghouse by EMAIL - Microwave Oven Cookbook
Sizes: 143 pages, h 28.5 cm, w 22 cm, t 1.5 cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: "Welcome to the world of microwave cooking. When you purchase your Westinghouse microwave oven, you have embarked on an exciting meal planning adventure. Your microwave oven helps you prepare more exciting meals in less time and gives you more time for other things in your life. Includes benefits you will appreciate, safety features, utensils, tips and hints, weights and measures, and an abundance of delicious recipes.
Price: $10 + Postage & Handling. +
Australian Microwave Cookbook (Toshiba) by Marie McDonald
Sizes: 71 pages, h 26.5 cm, w 19 cm, t 1.5 cm. Condition: Very Good. Revised edition for variable powered ovens. At last we have the answer to the conscientious homemakers dilemma of how to spend less time in the kitchen but still provide good nourishing family meals. During summer months you will be delighted with your cool kitchen while cooking proceeds - only the food gets hot, not the oven or the kitchen. Over 220 recipes. Published 1978.
Price $10 + Postage & Handling.
Great Eastland Television Cook Book
Sizes: 209 pages, h 28.5 cm, w 21 cm, t 2.5 cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: "The Great Eastland Television Cook Book has been written by the best authorities in the Great Eastland area - housewives, batchelor girls, and cooking enthusiasts from all over the Great Eastland district. From the thousands of recipes entered in the Great Eastland Television cook-in, we have selected over 500 of the best. Included in this book are recipes from V.J. Reynolds via Grafton, E. Schelberg at MacAllister, G.L. Dart from South Grafton, M.J. Dowell from Inverell, S.A. Kopievsky from Armidale, E. Holden from Taree, A. Hunter from Narrabri, D.A. Hunter from Coffs Harbour, G.A. Harris from Woolgoolga, J. Frangos from Kempsey, D. Egans from Brushgrove, R. Richards from Rappville, K. Ross from Lismore, G.M. Stumer from Tingoora, G.J. Sims from Bingara and dozens of other submissions from people throughout the area. Perhaps your Mum or sister is listed in this book. A true piece of Aussie history. Published 1978.
Price: $25.00 + Postage & Handling. +
Making the Most of Your Microwave by Bridget Jones
Sizes: 224 pages, h 28.5 cm, w 21.5 cm, t 2.5 cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: "Everyone who either owns or is thinking of buying a microwave oven should read this book. If you are new to the microwave cooking or just using it for basic defrosting, heating up of food, or cooking only a few items in it, then this book will revolutionise your approach to cooking with a microwave and its endless possibilities." Includes useful facts and figures, utensils to use, successful experimenting, which model to buy, fish and shellfish recipes, poultry dishes, sauces and sidedishes, menu planning, etc. Published 1985.
Price: $19.00 + Postage & Handling. +
Consuming Passions: Cooking with Ian Parmenter (Heart Foundation) Paperback
Sizes: 143 pages, h 25cm, w 19 cm, t 1.5 cm. Condition: Very Good. "Healthy eating should be fun and enjoyable - as well as a way of life. This is a philosophy the National Heart Foundation shares with Ian Parmenter, presenter of the ABC television series Consuming Passions and author of this book.The Heart Foundation invited Ian to indulge his consuming passion for food by putting together more than 100 of his favourite recipes. This book will dispel any lingering doubts that healthy food can be both appetising and delicious. Published 1992.
Price: $15.00 + Postage & Handling.
Cooking with Josephine Farley
Sizes: 93 pages, h 28.5 cm, w 21 cm, t 1.5 cm. Condition: Good. Josephine Farley's imaginative and enthusiastic approach to food and cooking is well known to her many thousands of television viewers, and this book is very much a response to the countless requests she has received from them for a cookbook. Over 400 recipes with occasional colour plates. Published 1977.
Price: $10.00 + Postage & Handling.
The Australian Hostess Cookbook edited by Hanna Pan - Paperback
Sizes: 155 pages, h 28 cm, w 21 cm, t 1.5 cm. Condition: Good. Includes a New Year's Eve party, a leisurely meal from a cedar table, a party trained husband, a verandah party, a summer dinner, a grazier's wife entertains, informal buffet supper for 30, a dinner by candle light, an evening in Paris. Published 1980?
Price: $15.00 + Postage & Handling.