Stephanie Alexander & Maggie Beer's Tuscan Cookbook: Recipes and Reminiscences from their Italian Cooking School

Author: Stephanie Alexander

Author: Maggie Beer

Travel with Stephanie Alexander and Maggie Beer to the sunlit hills of Tuscany.  Join their cooking classes run from a villa amid the vineyards, and find out how to live in a place where the pleasures of the table are the key to daily life.  Learn how to cook and ear by the seasons in one of the world's great food regions and through the eyes of two of our most accomplished cooks and food writers.  Experiment with classic dishes using the recipes that Stephanie and Maggie discover and adapt, and find out why a simple meal of tomatoes, oil, bread and wine outclasses practically any other dining experience.

With its stunning photography and heartfelt descriptions of the people, art and landscapes, the Tuscan Cookbook deserves a place on the shelf of every cook, traveller and lover of the good life.

'If cooking is escapism and a cookbook the escape hatch, this is the ultimate fantasy.' Sydney Morning Herald

'The Tuscan Cookbook fuels the need to live and eat as the Italians do.' Vogue Australia

'A captivating mix of delicious recipes, travel tales, idyllic picnics, expeditions to local markets for produce and jaunts in search of the essence of Italy.' Financial Review

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Book Cover:  Kitchen Garden Cooking with Kids, Second Edition
By Stephanie Alexander

Stephanie Alexander's philosophy is that there is no such thing as special food for children; if food is good, everyone will enjoy it regardless of age. Here are 120 recipes with simple instructions, a colourful layout and lots of fast, fun facts. And while these recipes can be made by a couple of eight-year-olds in aprons - with a bit of adult supervision - the dishes are anything but standard...

Stephanie Alexander's philosophy is that there is no such thing as special food for children; if food is good, everyone will enjoy it regardless of age. Here are 120 recipes with simple instructions...

Published: 22/08/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921383076
RRP: $39.99
Book Cover:  Lantern Cookery Classics: Stephanie Alexander

Lantern is proud to publish some of Australia's most celebrated cooks and chefs. Now, in a new series of indispensable books for your kitchen bookshelf, Lantern Cookery Classics brings you timeless recipes from these much-loved authors. Each book has more than sixty recipes – all photographed, and with clear instructions to help you achieve a great result every time.

Soon you'll be whipping...

Lantern is proud to publish some of Australia's most celebrated cooks and chefs. Now, in a new series of indispensable books for your kitchen bookshelf, Lantern Cookery Classics brings you timeless recipes...

Published: 22/08/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921383137
RRP: $19.99
Book Cover: A Cook's Life
A surprising, intimate and revealing insight into the perseverance and drive it took Stephanie Alexander to become an Australian culinary legend.
A surprising, intimate and revealing insight into the perseverance and drive it took Stephanie Alexander to become an Australian culinary legend.
Published: 21/03/2012
Format: Cloth Books
ISBN: 9781921382789
RRP: $39.95
Book Cover: A Cook's Life
A surprising, intimate and revealing insight into the perseverance and drive it took Stephanie Alexander to become an Australian culinary legend.
A surprising, intimate and revealing insight into the perseverance and drive it took Stephanie Alexander to become an Australian culinary legend.
Published: 21/03/2012
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742534947
Book Cover: The Cook's Companion
The Cook's Companion has established itself as the kitchen 'bible' in over 300 000 homes since it was first published in 1996. Stephanie Alexander has added over 300 new recipes as well as 12 new chapters to this thoroughly revised and updated edition. Stephanie believes that good food is essential to living well: her book is for everyone, every day. She has invaluable information about ingredients...
The Cook's Companion has established itself as the kitchen 'bible' in over 300 000 homes since it was first published in 1996. Stephanie Alexander has added over 300 new recipes as well as 12 new chapters...
Published: 04/10/2004
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781920989002
RRP: $130.00
Book Cover:  Stephanie Alexander's Kitchen Garden Companion

If you have ever dreamed of picking fresh salad leaves for the evening meal, gathering vine-ripened tomatoes or pulling up your own sweet carrots, this is the book for you.   Follow in the footsteps of one of Australia's best-loved cooks and food writers as she reveals the secrets of rewarding kitchen gardening.   Be encouraged by detailed gardening notes that explain how adults and children...

If you have ever dreamed of picking fresh salad leaves for the evening meal, gathering vine-ripened tomatoes or pulling up your own sweet carrots, this is the book for you.   Follow in the footsteps...

Published: 28/09/2009
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781920989989
RRP: $125.00
Book Cover:  Stephanie Alexander Gift Set

The Cook's Companion has established itself as the kitchen 'bible' in over 300 000 homes since it was first published in 1996. Stephanie Alexander has added over 300 new recipes as well as 12 new chapters to this thoroughly revised and updated edition. Stephanie believes that good food is essential to living well: her book is for everyone, every day. The book offers invaluable information about ingredients...

The Cook's Companion has established itself as the kitchen 'bible' in over 300 000 homes since it was first published in 1996. Stephanie Alexander has added over 300 new recipes as well as 12 new chapters...

Published: 21/03/2011
Format: Misc.
ISBN: 9781921382710
RRP: $250.00
Book Cover:  Cooking & Travelling in South-West France
Travel with renowned food writer Stephanie Alexander to the gastronomic heart of France, the legendary south-west, and discover its food, wine, history and culture. Illustrated with magnificent photographs by Simon Griffiths, this book takes you deep into the Dordogne and the Lot (also known by the old regional names of Perigord and Quercy), exploring the food markets and discovering the land of farmhouse...
Travel with renowned food writer Stephanie Alexander to the gastronomic heart of France, the legendary south-west, and discover its food, wine, history and culture. Illustrated with magnificent photographs...
Published: 03/04/2006
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781920989248
RRP: $49.95

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Book Cover:  Lantern Cookery Classics: Maggie Beer

Lantern is proud to publish some of Australia's most celebrated cooks and chefs. Now, in a new series of indispensable books for your kitchen bookshelf, Lantern Cookery Classics brings you timeless recipes from these much-loved authors. Each book has more than sixty recipes – all photographed, and with clear instructions to help you achieve a great result every time.

Soon you'll be whipping...

Lantern is proud to publish some of Australia's most celebrated cooks and chefs. Now, in a new series of indispensable books for your kitchen bookshelf, Lantern Cookery Classics brings you timeless recipes...

Published: 22/08/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921383144
RRP: $19.99
Book Cover:  Maggie's Table

Maggie Beer is a long-time resident of South Australia's Barossa Valley. She is deeply involved in the food culture of the area as a producer, chef and enthusiastic champion of all the Valley has to offer.

Maggie Beer is a long-time resident of South Australia's Barossa Valley. She is deeply involved in the food culture of the area as a producer, chef and enthusiastic champion of all the Valley has to offer...

Published: 21/11/2005
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781920989231
RRP: $49.95
Book Cover:  Maggie's Verjuice Cookbook
'Bring life and intensity to all your cooking with this collection of over 100 recipes using my favourite ingredient, verjuice. I can't imagine cooking without it.' Maggie Beer
'Bring life and intensity to all your cooking with this collection of over 100 recipes using my favourite ingredient, verjuice. I can't imagine cooking without it.' Maggie Beer
Published: 22/02/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921382628
RRP: $39.95
Book Cover:  Maggie's Harvest
Maggie's Harvest brings together over 350 of Maggie Beer's signature recipes, detailed descriptions of her favourite ingredients and inspiring accounts of memorable meals with family and friends.

The recipes highlight Maggie's philosophy of using the freshest and best seasonal produce available in the Barossa Valley South Australia, and treating it simply, allowing the natural flavours to speak for...

Maggie's Harvest brings together over 350 of Maggie Beer's signature recipes, detailed descriptions of her favourite ingredients and inspiring accounts of memorable meals with family and friends.

The recipes...

Published: 29/10/2007
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781920989545
RRP: $125.00
Book Cover:  Maggie's Kitchen

From Maggie Beer's own kitchen come 120 favourite recipes she has shared with her television audience, as well as the everyday basics Maggie believes form the foundations of a good food life. With her trademark warmth and finely honed knowledge, Maggie shows us how to get the best out of our ingredients so that every meal is as memorable as it is simple to prepare.

From Maggie Beer's own kitchen come 120 favourite recipes she has shared with her television audience, as well as the everyday basics Maggie believes form the foundations of a good food life. With her...

Published: 27/10/2008
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781921382024
RRP: $59.95
Book Cover:  Cooking With Verjuice

Verjuice was once a staple of French provincial cooking and is now enjoying a worldwide renaissance. It has the tartness of lemon juice and the acidity of vinegar without the harshness of either, which makes it an extraordinarily versatile ingredient. Particularly useful in sauces and dressings and when deglazing a pan, verjuice can also be used to make luscious sweet syrups to serve with desserts...

Verjuice was once a staple of French provincial cooking and is now enjoying a worldwide renaissance. It has the tartness of lemon juice and the acidity of vinegar without the harshness of either, which...

Published: 03/03/2003
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143000914
RRP: $24.95
Published:02/06/2003
Format:Paperback, 224 pages
RRP:$49.95
ISBN-13:9780143001577
ISBN-10:0143001574
Origin:Australia
Imprint:Penguin
Publisher:Penguin Aus.

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25 May 2012
Australian Society of Authors 2012 Barbara Jefferis Award - winner

All That I Am by Anna Funder has won the Barbara Jefferis Award.

The award is offered annually for “the best novel written by an Australian author that depicts women and girls in a positive way or otherwise empowers the status of women and girls in society”.

Anna beat fellow Miles Franklin contenders Foal's Bread and Cold Light.

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