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Cookbooks — From the recipe tin to the bestseller list

Cookbooks — From the recipe tin to the bestseller list

Update: 2025-10-03
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Whether it is Nigella, Stephanie or Yotam on your shelf, there is a good chance that you and I are cooking from the same book. The two best-selling books in Australia in 2024 were both cookbooks — and they were both written by Nagi Maehashi, the founder of the website RecipeTin Eats. Her two books — Dinner and Tonight — have together sold one million copies worldwide. So, what is it about the floury, greasy pages of a cookbook that unite us and shape our conceptions of food?

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Cookbooks — From the recipe tin to the bestseller list

Cookbooks — From the recipe tin to the bestseller list

Australian Broadcasting Corporation