Exciting news everyone! After talking about it for so long, the RecipeTin Eats cookbook “Dinner” is finally available for pre-order in Australia, NZ, America & CANADA!!! Plus, revealing a big SURPRISE…..
Pre-order now available!
Just click the link of your preferred retailer to reserve your copy.
✨US/CAN now available! ✨
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Amazon Canada | Bookshop.org
AUSTRALIA
Booktopia | Dymocks | QBD | The Nile | Amazon | Big W
NEW ZEALAND
Mighty Ape | Paper Plus | Whitcoulls
More INTERNATIONAL
Stay tuned! See FAQ below for more information.
What is pre-ordering? It means that a copy of my cookbook will be reserved for you just in case it sells out (imagine that! 😱). Plus you will enjoy the convenience of having it delivered directly to you when it becomes available on 11 October 2022!
About “Dinner” cookbook
“The food you want to cook, eat and share, night after night”, aptly named “Dinner” (no exclamation mark, much to my dismay), this cookbook contains over 130 recipes plus 44 sides, sauces and other extras. Pretty hefty – bigger than typical cookbooks!
With a focus on quick and easy food for weeknights and a sprinkle of special treats for festive occasions, the recipes use easy-to-find ingredients and include what my publisher calls “Nagi’s famously helpful notes”. 😂
And – a big SURPRISE……
SURPRISE! Every recipe has a how-to video!
Yup, you read that right. Every single recipe comes with a how-to video, just like the recipes here on my website!
All you have to do is use your phone or iPad/tablet to scan the QR code and it will take you straight to the recipe video which will live in a special corner of this website!
The decision to do a video for every recipe was a huge workload commitment. You’re insane!!! I heard, multiple times from people much wiser than me. 😂
But for me? The thought of doing a cookbook without accompanying recipe videos was never even a consideration. For the last 5 years, every recipe I’ve shared on this website has had a recipe video – with the exception of super simple sides. You tell me how helpful you find them. So a minor little thing like the fact that a cookbook is printed rather than online wasn’t going to stop me from having recipe videos to accompany each recipe – he!
Peek inside!
“……in her first cookbook, Nagi brings us the ultimate curation of new and favourite RecipeTin Eats recipes – from comfort food (yes, cheese galore), to fast and easy food for weeknights, Mexican favourites, hearty salads, Asian noodles, and treats for festive occasions.”
“Featuring a photo and how-to video for every recipe, readily available ingredients, Nagi’s famously helpful notes, and Dozer, Australia’s best-loved food tester, this is a kitchen-shelf must-have….”
Recipe index
Click the images below to view full size and browse the full recipe index. There’s 130 recipes plus 44 extras – sides, sauces, salad dressings, rice, breads!
FAQ – “Dinner” cookbook!
How many recipes? Over 150! 130 mains plus 44 essential extras – sides, sauces, breads. It’s a pretty big cookbook!
What type of recipes are they?
Everyday recipes – The vast majority (say, 85%) are what I’d call “everyday recipes” that are straight forward and made with easily accessible ingredients
Cuisine – 20% of the recipes are Asian / Asian influenced, a whole chapter on Mexican (I adore Mexican food!), a sprinkle of French and Mediterranean, dusting of Middle Eastern and the balance are Western dishes.
Gluten free – approximately 1/3 of the recipes, including those made gluten-free with very simple, common GF substitutes.
Meat-free recipes – approximately 25%. (Are you shocked?? 😂 I was. It wasn’t intentional!)
Calorie conscious – I am not a “healthy” recipe creator nor do I sacrifice the quality of the end result simply for the sake of reducing calories. However, most of my recipes are well balanced sensible meals. I was not raised cooking with vast amounts of cream or butter!
Cheese-free – I decline to answer.
Special occasions – A sprinkle of dishes for festive occasions and leisurely Sunday suppers!
Are they all new recipes?? Most are brand new recipes created especially for the cookbook! By popular demand, I’ve also included some reader favourites.
Photos! Does every recipe have one? YES! Well, all the mains do. I couldn’t fit in a photo for all the extras!
Did you do all the photos yourself? All but 2 of the recipe photos were photographed by me. A professional photographer (Rob Palmer, whom I have admired for years!) and food stylist (Emma Knowles, Australia’s famous food whisperer) did the big double page photos for chapter openers (like the “Pasta and Cosy” chapter above) and photos that I am in. Plus the cover!
The other photos were done by me, in my home, in a makeshift studio shown below. The garbage bags to block the light are stylish, aren’t they??? I might even remove them one day and upgrade to blinds!
What about the videos?? You filmed them all yourself? YES! One of the (additional) downsides of having such chubby little hands is that it is IMPOSSIBLE to find a hand double. 😩 I have been cooking so much over the past couple of months to get the recipe videos done! As you get deeper into the cookbook, you’ll see the condition of my hands deteriorating …. .dried out red skin, cracking, cuts, burns… 😂 We tried to edit them out of the videos!!!
When will your cookbook be available overseas?? **UPDATE: Now available for pre-order in the US and Canada!!** Stay tuned for further announcements. I’m so, so sorry to everyone in other countries, my publisher (Pan Macmillan) and I worked incredibly hard to make it available at the same time but couldn’t get there. There are unprecedented challenges facing the book publishing world globally at the moment which has been a major factor in this. I’m so sorry! 😩 I was devastated when I had to accept this.
Signings! Book tour!! Book signing events are being organised in Australia! I will announce them when dates and locations are locked in. We are also planning to get Dozer to some of these events!
We want Dozer! We want Dozer! What – you missed that he is ON THE COVER??!! Yep, he’s a cover boy! And littered throughout the book, sometimes in the most unexpected places. 😂 So much so that there have been whisperings that I went through all this effort to create a cookbook just so I had a excuse to get Dozer photos in print……. I plead the 5th! 😈
How much did you cook for this cookbook? Over 1,600 recipes. SO MUCH COOKING!
Initial experimentation phase (>300!)
Refining the chosen recipes
Testing and re-testing by me, my Chef (JB – you’re obsessed with his Chicken Fricassée) and my team
Independent testing of every single recipe by recipe testers
Making the recipes for photos
Making the recipes for the recipe videos
A very big thank you – to you!
I don’t think I’ve told you this – I made this cookbook for you.
It certainly wasn’t for my family. Being such capable cooks themselves, they will never use a single recipe from it! 😂
You are the reason I love what I do, the reason that RecipeTin Eats is not just a soulless, silent website but a vibrant community. And you are the reason I wanted to create a cookbook, a physical thing we can touch and scrawl over (do it!), that can sit on your kitchen shelf. I secretly love the idea of being in your kitchen with you! 😉
Thank you for your enthusiasm when I announced I was planning to do a cookbook, for your messages of support, for the laughter, sometimes your cheekiness (😂), and your patience during the months of silence as I worked on this cookbook. You made me strive to do the very best I could!
I’ve truly given this cookbook everything I have, supported by a wonderful, talented team (you’ll meet them in the cookbook!). I’m so proud of the end result. I genuinely love every single recipe and I hope you love them too!
Thank you again. I feel so very fortunate to be surrounded by such great people. – Nagi x
Pre-order now available
There are not enough exclamation marks in this world to capture my excitement!!
✨US/CAN now available!!!✨
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Amazon Canada | Bookshop.org
AUSTRALIA
Booktopia | Dymocks | QBD | The Nile | Amazon | Big W
NEW ZEALAND
Mighty Ape | Paper Plus | Whitcoulls
More INTERNATIONAL
Stay tuned! See FAQ above for more information.
What is pre-ordering? It means that a copy of my cookbook will be reserved for you just in case it sells out (imagine that! 😱). Plus you will enjoy the convenience of having it delivered directly to you when it becomes available on 11 October 2022!
Life of Dozer
Of course I wanted Dozer to be in the lead photo for this exciting announcement post! But after many (many!) attempts, I had to concede defeat….
Some more attempts –
Dear Dozer
Dear Dozer,
You were there with me every step of the way through this cookbook, from the moment I made the decision to make it. By my side when I was shooting late into the night, offering to scrub – I mean lick – the piles of dirty dishes on weekends, keeping my toes warm when I was bashing away on the keyboard in the middle of the night, squeezing yourself under tripods holding very expensive cameras.
Taste testing every single dish, nibbling dirty tea towels (you’re such a grot), falling asleep in front of the oven when we were slow-roasting.
You never stopped believing you could make a hunk of meat fall off the bench through sheer will power, and shamelessly used your looks to get extra treats throughout this whole project.
I love you so very, very much. – Nagi x
olivia vinden says
hi…how would i be able to buy a copy of the book….i am from south africa?
Raana says
Nagi!! I cannot pre order from Pakistan 😪😪😪😪 and am totally jealous of people who have already received your book. I’m going to ask my daughter in law to order for me from the States 🤞🤞🤞
Todd Jenkinson says
I just got your cookbook. It is amazing. You are amazing!
Thank you for your tasty reliable recipes that even an unskilled buffoon like myself can cook!
Midi Perovic says
Hi Nagi,
I just received your book in the mail.
It looks absolutely AMAZING!!!!!
The photos, the quality, the recipes choices, detail of information, just everything about your recipe book is fabulous! I can’t wait to get into more of your recipes.
Cheers to a huge success and hopefully production for a volume 2.
Belinda says
I received your book yesterday, as I pre-ordered it!!!!
It is FAB!!!!!!! Congrats!!!!! and hope you sell billions 🙂
It is one of the nicest looking cookbooks and can’t wait to try the new recipes!!
Well done and can’t wait for the next one 🙂
Lynn says
Hello from the US! We love you, Dozer and your recipes!
Just pre-ordered your book!
Thank you for creating and sharing so many recipes. You’ve made our lives easier and our meals better! THANKS!
Alex says
Dear Nagi,
I am so happy for you and your well-deserved success!
Your love letter to Dozer is deeply heart-felt. There is no denying the love you two share for one another.
Now . . . how would a book-signing trip to Canada sound?! LOL! In my dreams – and your many Canadian fans, I am sure!
“Good Luck” to you and Dozer in your new adventures!
Warmest Wishes from the Canadian Prairies.
Dr Arct says
Europe? 🙂 🙂
Dessy says
Dear, Nagi, I was actually also able to pre-order on Amazon.de (Germany), so you may want to edit your post and make even more people happy! I can’t wait!
Ethan says
the book is perfect Nagi. My expectations were high, and I am blown away.
Kath says
Dear Nagi and Dozer,
LOVE LOVE LOVE the book – arrived today and I have just ordered 2 more copies for christmas gifts. Spicy pork sichuan noodles for dinner tonight!! Thank you and congratulations on your labour of love (and we reap the benefits!) Kath x
Betsy says
The cookbook got delivered today!!! Yehey!!! I love how colorful and full of life it is. Also think the organization of recipes is superb. The neatest part is the “attached” video. Love! Love! Love! Now to get cooking!!! 😊😊😊
Glenys says
Your cookbook is wonderful. I was so excited to receive it today and have spent the afternoon devouring every page. I have a list of new recipes to try and loved seeing some of our favourites in the book. I will be spreading the love this Christmas with further copies for family and friends.
Annette S says
NAGI CONGRATULATIONS!
I received my book today and have not been able to put it down. As one of your earliest followers I should not be surprised in any way by this book. Words cannot describe my admiration for your skills, your attitude to all those around you, your generosity and your attention to detail. I cannot wait to try many of the recipes. Having charlie in the fridge will be a godsend. This is a publication without equal and I sincerely hope you are rewarded appropriately for such great work.
Roger says
Hi Nagi … your magnificent cookbook was delivered this morning and we are thrilled to have it. After following you for many years and printing out recipes for folders, the book will now be our go to except for some earlier favourites. Congratulations on your success it is well deserved after so much hard work over the years.
Eromi Ponniah says
Dear Nagi and Dozer
I received my beautiful book today and WOW, it’s an amazing labour of love.
I absolutely love your recipes, love you and Dozer.
I have been a fan for many years and look up recipes online all the time. But I can’t tell you just how thrilled I am to have a book I can touch, look at and call my own!
Putting this together could not have been an easy feat, so much hard work, passion and commitment. Your dedication is this truly AMAZING book, so thank you.
I know you secretly wanted to be in our homes and share in the joy of cooking alongside….I can assure you, that this book will take pride and place on my kitchen bench.
Not only is this book a beautiful compilation of recipes but a true reflection of the fun, authentic and down to earth person you are.
Thank you for all your hard work and I love this book.
With love and gratitude
Eromi
P.S. I adore Dozer x
Mandy says
Congrats Nagi! My copy just arrived today. I’m drooling over the photos already (will try not to eat the pages). Super excited!!
Megan says
So excited for this! I ordered a copy for both my sister and myself so I can pick it up from her when I visit Australia (I’m in the US). Congratulations Nagi 🙂
Helen says
Love your recipes! Just pre-ordered your book in the US.
Graham uk says
Agree MAESRI SOUP is the best get from girls [chinese] at Norwich mkt.£2,00 or as a 2nd option ROI THAI GREEN CURRY SOUP. £1.99 is a bit salty I find. Can get MAESRI, online. Dog sitting Henry at end of month. [setter]