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Food writers such as John Newton (The Oldest Foods on Earth, 2016), Vic Cherikoff (The Bush Food Handbook, 1997) and Jean-Paul Bruneteau (Tukka: Real Australian Food, 1996), as well as chefs such as Sydney’s Peter Gilmore (of Quay fame) – none of them First Nations people – edged the conversation towards the mainstream, along with many pioneers in the agricultural industry. Hurrah for this landmark book, which combines Adnyamathanha man Damien Coulthard’s cultural knowledge with Rebecca Sullivan’s interest in the local food economy and a desire to feed her family well. Both authors show you how to buy, grow, cook and eat from the amazing pantry on our doorstep.

Of the six books by the Sydney chef Kylie Kwong, Simple Chinese Cooking appears to be the most enduring, demystifying Chinese cooking with step-by-step instructions and photographs that illustrate the various cooking techniques. Many of the recipes evoke a nostalgia for eating in Chinese restaurants in country Australia. Like all the other cooks on the planet, I love Yotam Ottolenghi, but sometimes it’s good to have an Aussie reference to Middle Eastern food and this is the book I rely on for that for its unfailingly reliable and delicious recipes. This book is just about food. Nothing flashy, no expensive equipment and gizmos. It’s entirely about flavours and understanding. Food in its entirety is more than about filling your stomach; it’s about stories, history, and those shared moments.”– Hasan Semay This debut cookbook from talented chef and YouTube star Hasan Semay is a celebration of the dishes, places and people that have made him who he is today. He’ll talk you through the stages of lighting a BBQ and how to prepare a variety of dishes from small plates to Turkish Cypriot classics, home-made pasta to delicious desserts, as well as meat and fish straight off the grill. This is real food cooked right – no tablecloths or fancy china, just your friends, round the BBQ proper Sunday Sessions style, because food is a celebration of coming together. This is one for the bakers. It edges out other equally beautiful and inspiring baking books for the sheer fact of its reliability, as Belinda Jeffery is renowned for testing and retesting recipes until they are just right, which makes for appreciative neighbours. Chocolate recipes are a specialty, but Jeffery also enjoys a good fruit cake. Mix & Bake’s enduring popularity saw the book revised in 2017.Written by Dr. Drew Ramsey, a pioneer in Nutritional Psychiatry and father of two, this physician and home chef walks readers through the 21 nutrients that are most important for brain health and wellbeing and puts them into 100 delicious recipes that are also gluten-free. Reviewers note that the recipes are made with common, everyday ingredients and are easy to cook. Many also agree that his instructions are so clear and easy to follow that they can use them to make their own recipes with foods not featured in the book. This is one of the best kinds of cookbooks: the one that sizzles with excitement and propels you to take culinary action, coaxing us to Vietnamese food enlightenment – bowl by bowl of fragrant, herbaceous pho. Some cookbooks have over 100 recipes, and others might have fewer. There is no general rule when it comes to the number of recipes in a book. Cookbooks that focus on a specific cuisine may have fewer recipes than other more varied cookbooks. That rainbow cover! ‘Easy to spot, and the frequency in which it appears speaks to the book’s universality’

We reviewed several cookbooks available at top online retailers and consulted with Rachel Josey RD, an Atlanta-based registered dietitian and Dr. Sylvia Gonsahn-Bollie, a dual board-certified Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine physician, in addition to our team of Registered Dietitians. Meal prepping is a skill that can save time and energy on cooking throughout a busy week, and this cookbook is a great way to get started. The main focus of these recipes is to provide well-balanced meals with minimally processed foods. If you're also looking for macronutrient measurements for personal goals, you'll have the tools here. Individual caloric needs vary from person to person, and a cookie-cutter approach never works when figuring out someone’s nutritional needs. Age, height, weight, activity level, family history, lifestyle, gender, and overall health status all affect caloric needs. If you are worried about not meeting or exceeding your personal needs, consider working with a Registered Dietitian. Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morningIt was impossible to resist including this cookbook in a list of the best, for obvious reasons. But seriously, this is a book of austere beauty and interesting twists from the mind of the renowned Sydney chef Mark Best. For a continent girt by sea, there were remarkably few locally produced cookbooks devoted to fish and seafood before Australian Fish and Seafood Cookbook arrived on the scene. Created by four talented fishy folk, the book provides an A to Z guide for fish and shellfish and many suggestions on how to cook it well. The unique flora and fauna that has nourished First Nations people for more than 100,000 years gets a mention in historical colonial documents and early cookbooks (fern syrup and native currant jam feature in an 1843 recipe collection printed in Australia) and yet remain a culinary mystery for many of us. Why? Plenty is not a cookbook, although recipes are included in it: sorrel soup, caesar salad, and chocolate pots, for example. It makes the “best” list because it is one, if not the best collection of essays about Australian food and cooking by a writer who thinks deeply about food and eating and writes about it well.