Hardie Grant Books: 294 books

Discover the city's best kept food secrets with The Foodies' Guide to Sydney. Food lovers know that when you want to enjoy a delicious meal at home, you need the best ingredients and the freshest produce. The Foodies' Guide to Sydney is the one book that shows you where to find these essentials and much...

The Melbourne food scene is alive and well! No matter the world's financial position, Melburnians it seems still want to enjoy good food. Fresh produce markets are buzzing with customers, great food stores are busy, bakery shelves are cleared of sourdough loaves by mid-afternoon and our chocolate makers...

Unlike many in the West, the Chinese see food not as a chore to prepare and sourceof unwanted calories, but as a health-giving pleasure. In 15 short, captivatingchapters, Lorraine Clissold explains why the Chinese can eat as much as theywants without worrying about their weight.

This is the first volume of an annual series that celebrates the best in newly commissioned food writing. The first of its kind in Australia this series aims to be bold and unique and to start the conversation about food in the wider community. With 20 contributors from food professionals to journalists...

2004 marks the tenth year of the Mildura Writers' Festival, an arts festival noted for its camaraderie, conviviality and hospitality. Writers, poets and cooks are all in attendance, and attend one another's sessions; they eat - or rather feast - together from breakfast to dinner and beyond;...

The Family Book is a cornucopia of entertaining activities that everyone can enjoy, packed with illustrations and diagrams. Presented as a grabbag of ideas and suggestions, it touches on all the different occasions when families can spend time together: weekday evenings, summer holidays, birthdays...

Got a craving for a cup of Italian hot chocolate? Need to pick up some fresh buffalo mozzarella? Or perhaps you're wondering where to go for the best sourdough loaf? If you answered yes to any of these questions, or simply take a lively interest in what you eat, then The Foodies' Guide to Melbourne...

On Saturday 7 February 2009, Jane and her family were sweltering through one of the hottest summer days on record, listening with concern to reports of fires sweeping through Kilmore and Wandong, 50 kilometres to their east and - according to the reports - heading south. But as the clouds of smoke loomed...

The Battle for the Kokoda Track is Australia's Alamo. If Gallipoli symbolised the ANZAC spirit in WWI, then Kokoda is its WWII equivalent. In August 1942 Kokoda was a killing field. Today, it is hard to imagine what those young men endured for our freedom but the journey gives some clues. The track...

A collection of twelve inspirational, provocative and insightful essays by prominent Australians on a wide range of topics including an Australian republic, the refugee issue, higher education reform, environmental sustainability and an Australian bill of rights. The theme of the book is 'positive...

Botanical is a dazzling collection of more than 100 recipes by award-winning chef Paul Wilson from the iconic Botanical restaurant.

This book includes a diet and exercise plan that will change your life. Insideyou'll find a fitness program to help you lose weight at a healthy pace plus morethan 70 healthy recipes with full-colour photography. Jam-packed with advicefrom nutritionists and trainers who work on The Biggest Loser TV...

Have you found yourself at a party recently, starting up a conversationabout the price of petrol? Let's face it, we're fast becoming obsessed with the subject and it's not going away. Th is timely book is full of clever strategies, tips and advice to help you save cash and maybe even save the planet while you're at it.

In April 1997, Macdonald and a fellow climber and hiker decided to climb to the summit of Mount Bowen, on an island off the coast of Australia. One night, while his companion was asleep, Macdonald stepped out of the tent to heed a call of nature and wound up lying in a creek, his legs pinned under...