DAILY ITALIAN - Tobie Puttock $29.95 Brand new hardcover book

DAILY ITALIAN

by TOBIE PUTTOCK

Brand new hardcover book with dustjacket. 200 pages, full of colour photos throughout. RRP $ 49.95

"What makes food taste special ... is whether the person cooking it has personality, a smile on their face and a sense of celebration and fun. Tobie has all these qualities."                   Jamie Oliver

Daily Italian gathers together Tobie Puttock's favourite Italian recipes, dishes he has discovered, reinvented and perfected while working as a chef in some of the world's great Italian restaurants.

Tobie's yen for simple food made from the best and freshest ingredients is evident on every page, as is his philosophy that a recipe is a blueprint, the point from which the creative cook at home can begin to explore and craft a dish based on personal taste, ability and dietary preference.

This simple, edgy and energetic cookbook rewrites some rules and ignores others. But however far it pushes the boundaries of tradition, it sticks closely to the guiding principles of Italian cuisine: that cooking is, if nothing else, an act of love.