In this superb new book, best-selling New Zealand cookbook author Annabel Langbein shares hundreds of her favourite and most popular recipes for all things sweet. Featuring everything from nostalgic baking classics to modern vegan desserts, plus tried-and-true tips for perfect results every time and 'springboard' recipes that allow you to add your own creativity, it's the only book you'll ever need to bring a little sweetness to your life. The second volume in her beautiful ESSENTIAL duo, it is not just a recipe book - it's a lifetime of baking inspiration. "In this book I have sought to bring you the best of everything I know and love from the sweet kitchen," says Annabel. "I've cooked all my life, but I don't have time for fancy techniques, hard-to-find ingredients or long-winded procedures. On these pages you'll find classic recipes made simpler, indulgent recipes tweaked to be lighter and healthier, loads of exciting brand-new recipes, plus an encyclopaedia of tips and tricks that I've gathered over the years." With both metric and imperial measurements for use worldwide, ESSENTIAL Annabel Langbein - Sweet Treats for Every Occasion contains something for everyone, with recipes to suit all lifestyles, appetites and dietary needs, and separate indexes to help you identify the many gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian and vegan recipes.

Annabel Langbein is on a mission to get people into the kitchen with fun, no-stress recipes. Her down-to-earth approach to cooking is both practical and inspiring. Starting with the freshest seasonal ingredients, she shows how easy it is to cook sensational food in a simple, natural way. This book takes you on a journey through the food process from sourcing and growing produce to creating your own mouthwatering menus - all against a backdrop of stunning New Zealand landscapes and the natural lifestyle Annabel enjoys at her lakeside cabin. This is a very appealing, pared-back approach to food that celebrates a spirit of resoucefulness and the ability to enjoy whatever is in season at its very best.

Take time out of your busy schedule to savour lifes simple pleasures - the sweetness of a fresh-picked berry, the crunch of a carrot straight from the earth, and the joy to be found in cooking with love for family and friends. Annabel stays true to her philosophy that natural ingredients need little in the way of preparation.

Bursting with tender and funny anecdotes and gorgeous recipes, Bella is Annabel Langbein's must-read memoir. For the first time, Annabel Langbein, New Zealand's most popular cookbook author, writes about her remarkable life and how food has shaped it, highlighting some of the recipes that have resonated most strongly with her over the years. From her childhood fascination with cooking to a teenage flirtation as a Maoist hippie, to possum trapping and living off the land as a hunter and forager, to travelling and starting her own croissant business in Brazil, Annabel's life has always been centred on food and nature. Out of this came an obsession with creating cookbooks, introducing a generation of cooks to her simple recipes for delicious, stylish meals. Annabel has lived a huge and varied life, and she writes vividly about her many adventures. From throughout this rich life in food she has chosen 60 key recipes, created with her signature style and flair that make cooking easy for everyone, sharing them in this beautifully photographed book.

The new edition of THE BEST OF ANNABEL LANGBEIN - GREAT FOOD FOR BUSY LIVES contains more than 100 additional pages of recipes and is the essential kitchen handbook for modern living. Annabel is renowned for her down-to-earth, no fuss, delicious recipes that are quick and easy to make. The 600-plus recipes in this book are accessible and innovative and will inspire cooks of all abilities with the confidence to make them. The book covers everything from breakfast and brunch, appetizers, soups and salads to desserts, baking and preserves. Things can sometimes go wrong in the kitchen but Annabel's down-to-earth approach draws on a lifetime of cooking skills to demystify the processes and inspire confidence in her readers.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The definitive cookbook on French cuisine for American readers: "What a cookbook should be: packed with sumptuous recipes, detailed instructions, and precise line drawings. Some of the instructions look daunting, but as Child herself says in the introduction, 'If you can read, you can cook.'" —Entertainment Weekly “I only wish that I had written it myself.” —James Beard Featuring 524 delicious recipes and over 100 instructive illustrations to guide readers every step of the way, Mastering the Art of French Cooking offers something for everyone, from seasoned experts to beginners who love good food and long to reproduce the savory delights of French cuisine. Julia Child, Simone Beck, and Louisette Bertholle break down the classic foods of France into a logical sequence of themes and variations rather than presenting an endless and diffuse catalogue of dishes—from historic Gallic masterpieces to the seemingly artless perfection of a dish of spring-green peas. Throughout, the focus is on key recipes that form the backbone of French cookery and lend themselves to an infinite number of elaborations—bound to increase anyone’s culinary repertoire. “Julia has slowly but surely altered our way of thinking about food. She has taken the fear out of the term ‘haute cuisine.’ She has increased gastronomic awareness a thousandfold by stressing the importance of good foundation and technique, and she has elevated our consciousness to the refined pleasures of dining." —Thomas Keller, The French Laundry

Bestselling author Annabel Langbein is back with a brand new book featuring more than 200 fabulously simple recipes using fresh, seasonal food. In a world that places so many demands on our lives, taking a few minutes to prepare a meal and enjoy the ritual of eating together provides a rhythm to daily life and gives us a sense of belonging and connection to the cycles of nature. Home cooking isn't about performance food and fancy tricks; it's about nourishment and care. And beginning with fresh, seasonal produce is one of the simplest ways to make great food. All the recipes in Through the Seasons are designed to make the most of every season's produce-from the lightest summer salads to the most decadent winter puddings. Clever variations and substitutions to the recipes mean that many of the dishes can be cooked at any time of year with whatever produce you have to hand. There are many gluten-free and vegetarian options, plus menu suggestions for every occasion, as well as hundreds of Annabel's cooking and gardening tips and tricks. Annabel also brings her own twist to classics that will quickly become delicious family favourites-including a guilt-free black velvet cake, the ultimate roast chicken, and the best sticky Asian pork belly you will ever eat. Interactive with Annabel's website, Through the Seasons will inspire a fresh way of thinking and eating-more than just a cookbook, it's a toolkit for a good life.