Penguin Books Australia

With her Cook's Companion front and centre in half a million kitchens, Stephanie Alexander is the very definition of a household name. Each day thousands turn to this 'food Bible' for definitive recipes, encouragement and advice. But before Stephanie Alexander penned a word for the emerging food media – let alone for The Cook's Companion – she had spent decades avidly documenting food experiences...

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...

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...

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...

This lovely hardback, ring-bound journal is divided into four sections – Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring.