Farm Trader's top picks for this month
Together
Cherie Metcalfe
Allen & Unwin
$45
Much of the joy of food is around the shared experience. Cherie Metcalfe loves nothing more than bringing people together with great food. The chef (and creator of the delish Pepper & Me products) believes that sharing food with those you love is one of the easiest shortcuts to happiness. And with these recipes (more than 70), she may just be right. These are recipes you’ll want to repeat and share (we’re talking about you, cheeky raspberry cheesecake blondie). Packed with flavour and love on every page, there’s inspiration here for every occasion and it may just rekindle your love of cooking and entertaining.
The Complete Trip in a Van Guide to Australia
Bec and Justin Lorrimer
$34.95
Allen & Unwin
Plan a trip across the ditch with expert advice from Australia’s popular travelling family. In 2015, Bec and Justin Lorrimer, with their three children in tow, decided to go on a trip of a lifetime. They bought a caravan and embarked on what they thought would be a 12-month trip around the country. Seven years later, they’re still on the road.
Packed with every lesson learned during four laps of Australia, along with a full itinerary for every state and territory, this book offers everything you need to know about travelling on the road, from choosing essential travel gear, packing lists, budgeting, and home-schooling, along with recommendations for activities, caravan parks, and free camping sites.
Nirvana: The complete illustrated history
Andrew Earles
Allen & Unwin
$45
If you love the band, you’ll love the book. The immortal grunge Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee is as relevant and influential today as ever – more than three decades after they changed rock and roll. This revised and fully updated history of the band features more than 250 photographs and the writing of a team of grunge-rock experts and word slingers.
Die-hard fans of Nirvana will love the inclusion of handbills, singles, ticket stubs, gig posters, and other memorabilia that complements the narrative along with album reviews, gear breakdowns, and mini synopses of Cobain’s 50 all-time favourite albums. Take a deep dive into the band’s history – it was brief but a wild ride.
What’s for Dessert
Claire Saffitz
Alen & Unwin
$60
There’s never a bad time to indulge in dessert and Claire Saffitz delivers mouth-watering dessert inspiration with 100 recipes to enjoy – from molten lava cake and decadent brownies to pies, custards, cookies and a feast of other baking delights.
Bonus points for keeping recipes straightforward and simple. No stand mixer? No problem. The book is packed with loads of troubleshooting advice, delicious fool-proof recipes, and the answer to the question after dinner every night – what’s for dessert?
The Deep South
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Andris Apse
Penguin
$75
From the depths of the wild West Coast to the mostly inaccessible Sub-Antarctic islands and as far south as Antarctica – Andris Apse’s book features some of the most sensational photos from his 40-year career. Almost 100 photos span the 215-page book, and the
world-renowned New Zealand photographer has captured the stunning landscapes in all their moody magnificence, punctuated with lyrical essays by Laurence Fearnley and Dr Hinemoa Elder on the meaning of some of these wilderness places to them.
Vanishing Ice
Lynley Hargreaves
Potton and Burton
$59.99
Here’s a book for anyone who has an interest in mountains, landforms, or geology. It’s the stories behind New Zealand’s glaciers, present and past, many of which once existed in ice ages and the landforms such as morainic hills that they left behind. The author delves into history even back to examining the pivotal role the sunken continent of Zealandia may have played in our emergence from the last ice age. Diligent research and often stunning photos make it a great, informative read.
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