What’s the most popular book for Christmas? My bet is on a New Zealand cookbook.
What’s hot at the moment? You only have to switch on telly or open a magazine – it’s food, glorious food.
It seems every New Zealand foodie has published a cookbook in 2009 including:
- Richard Till and Jo Seagar and Allyson Gofton – all three emphasising quick, delicious and easy family food
- Jo Seagar and Allyson Gofton both wrote on baking
- Al Brown (fish)
- Peter Gordon
- Simon and Alison Holst
- Sean Armstrong (from North and South)
From ‘grow it, cook it’ to ‘culinary journeys’ there is a NZ cookbook for every budget, taste and time.
Surely a record year for the cookbook industry.
For cooking your own Christmas kai, find more about festive fare from our web site – Christmas pudding? Christmas cake? Pavlova and strawberries? Roast lamb and new potatoes with mint sauce? Salmon on the barbeque? Whatever you’re planning for your home-cooked Christmas dinner, our libraries have plenty of resources to give you ideas.
Cornelia, Selection and Access Librarian
14 December 2009 at 2:54 pm
Looks like Cornelia was right on the money. In the year’s Best of the bestsellers 2009 listing from Booksellers New Zealand there are no less than SEVEN cookbooks in the top 10.