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Favourite Autumn/Winter Cookbooks

Have a hot, flavourful, tender dinner ready when you get home from work with these slow cooker recipes.

A dedicated book full of hearty winter soups, stews and casseroles for you to enjoy.

Warm your heart & feed the soul with risottos, pastas, curries, soups, puddings &more. Over 250 recipes.

Assorted Cookbooks

Great recipes from NZ rugby stars including Richie McCaw, Piri Weepu, Dan Carter, Jerome Kaino and Conrad Smith.

Stress free entertaining from the ever popular and inspirational Donna Hay who can turn simple into special.

Ina Garten's latest book makes the "Wow" factor even easier for home chefs with her Foolproof recipes.

Why don't we eat our veges? This 416 page hard-backed book will encourage you to eat veges everyday in interesting ways.

Al Brown takes you on a tour of regional NZ, its best produce and recipes. A CD of songs from local bands is included to listen & cook.

"My Kitchen" is a casual dining at home cookbook from Pete Evans, host of Australia's "My Kitchen Rules". Relaxed cooking with a fresh focus.

Master Chef Cookbooks

If you just can't get enough of Master Chef or you want to get your hands on some Master Chef tips and recipes then check out the great selection of the best Master Chef cookbooks below. My favourite is the one I can't get my hands on yet - Nadia's Kitchen.
"Nadia Lim's Good Food Cook Book" Nadia Lim was the winner of Master Chef New Zealand in 2011. Her relative youth combined with her Kiwi/Malaysian heritage means her cooking style is deliciously modern.
Jax Cooks: She's fronting some Countdown TV ads at the moment but her cookbook gives you 90 of her favourite recipes that represent her story told in food. Sub-titled "Great Food for Family & Friends", the recipes have Jax's simplicity and great flavours.
Simon Gault Homemade NZ MasterChef judge Simon adds his "5 cent magic" to family favourites.
The MasterChef Cookery Course is as focused on kitchen skills as it is on classic recipes that should be in any Master Chef's repertoire. Learn the skills and enjoy the results from these great recipes.
The Junior Master Chef Cookbook from the Australian series is perfect for budding Master Chefs who want to extend their skills or even for adults who were embarrasses at how great the kid-chefs were on that show.

10 Great Cookbooks for kids

This is a list of 10 fabulous cookbooks for kids. Whether you are looking to create a helper in the kitchen, have a budding junior masterchef or you simply want your children to learn to cook - here are some of the best kids cookbooks with quick and easy recipes to help them learn a valuable life skill. They are also great inspiration for new ideas for childrens meals.

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Bill's Everyday Asian

Enjoy the explosive tastes of Asia with this fabulous book from Bill Granger. The Asian dishes he most loves to cook and eat aren't exotic but quick, easy and healthy everyday food. Bill has simplified his favourite classics to create the very best that Asian food has to offer: beef rendang, pad Thai, satay chicken and bibimbap have all been given the Bill makeover to tantalise the tastebuds and fit our busy lives.

Fast and Fabulous

Real Fast Food: 350 Recipes Ready-To-Eat in 30 Minutes

Nigella Lawson introduces this new cook book by Nigel Slater which is packed with recipes that are strong on flavour and simple in technique. Unpretentious, quick and flavourful food.
That's Nigel Slater's fast food! "Real Fast Food" is an inspirational collection of 350 enticing yet simple recipes with great flavors that can be completed in less than thirty minutes. It's the ultimate modern-day cookbook, filled with recipes for everyone who enjoys good, unpretentious food.

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Gwenyth Paltrow Cooks for Family

For Academy-Award-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow, family comes above everything, and cooking and eating together are the key ingredients of a happy home. Now she has put her passion for food into her first cookbook which is full of 150 fresh, original and practical recipes (both healthy and indulgent) that all the family will love. Both accessible and inspiring, this beautifully illustrated and easy-to-use cookbook is a celebration of cooking with - and for - the ones you love.

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Tricky Eaters

Feeding Fussy Kids: Delicious Nutritious Recipes to Tame Fussy Eaters

This cookbook written in part by Nicole Kidman's sister, Antonia, it is full of clever ideas to improve children's nutrition without them knowing. Combining delicious with nutritious to help them eat right.

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Cookbooks for Weight Loss

The 21-day Wonder Diet: Lose Up to 10kg in Three Weeks (Australian Women's Weekly Standard)

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The hardest part of any diet is sticking to it, but the scrumptious recipes and clever tips in this Australian Woman's Weekly cookbook will help you stay the 21-day distance. The diet is clearly laid out,with incredibly tasty recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. Stick to the plan (with helpful daily hints along the way) and you'll eat no more than 20g fat a day. Your food will be so delicious, nutritious, and quick and easy to make, you just may not want to stop.

The No Excuses Cookbook: Weight-loss Recipes for Everyday Life

Crunch Time Cookbook: 100 Knockout Recipes for Rapid Weight Loss

No excuses because this cookbook is full of calorie controlled recipes from celebrity the "Biggest Loser" trainer, Michelle Bridges.
Michelle is also the author of "Crunch Time", "The Crunch Time Cookbook" and "Losing the last 5 Kilos".

Under Pressure

The New Zealand Pressure Cooker Cookbook: Lisa Loveday's Tasty, Economical Recipes for Busy Kiwi Cooks

My mother's pressure cooker terrified me. Hissing and spitting it seemed like a time bomb ready to explode dinner over the walls. But combine the latest, safer pressure cookers with new generation recipes from this cookbook and you have delicious time saving gourmet meals for the family.

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It's Kinder Alicia Silverstone

The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight, and Saving the Planet

Actress Alicia Silverstone's book advocates a new approach to a plant-based diet with the sub-title "A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight, and Saving the Planet.
Alicia has won hundreds of thousands of fans in America and her book spent 20 weeks on top the New York Times Bestseller list.

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Foods that Harm, Foods that Heal

Not a cookbook but an A-Z reference book of foods giving great information about each foods nutritional value, pros and cons. A fabulous guide to food health this book is easily available online but not so much at book stores. The earlier edition of this book has been a regular on my bookshelf for years.

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The Art of Cooking for Two

Cooking for Two (Australian Women's Weekly Mini)

If you don't want to be eating leftovers for a week, couples need to learn the art of cooking for two.
This Australian Womans Weekly cookbook is designed for two-person homes and has a collection of smaller quantity recipes as well as dishes which freeze well for later use.

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A Big Smoothie

Smoothies: Over 50 Fabulous Recipes for Perfect Smoothies: Summer Specials (Love Food)

Make the most of your blender and create delicious healthy concoctions for all the family with this affordable little smoothies recipe book.

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Summer Favourite Cookbooks

Ben O'Donoghue, from "Surfing the Menu" fame, has a colourful and comprehensive 244 page BBQ cookbook.

For less fussy BBQ fare you can't go past "The Great Blokes' BBQ Cookbook".

The South Beach Diet Taste of Summer Cookbook

Get a Taste of Summer as you South Beach Diet yourself with the finest summer foods and ingredients..

Savour the tastes of Summer all year round by capturing them in a jar or bottle. Let AWW guide you through the process.

Christmas Cookbooks for new recipes & ideas

Nigella Christmas: Food, Family, Friends, Festivities

Nigella's special Christmas cookbook with have something fabulous for your family spread.

Stylish but simple Christmas fare with over 80 Festive recipes.

A hard-backed AWW collection of Christmas classics.

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