The Australian self-taught cook behind a best-selling cookbook – featuring more than 150 quick, easy and delicious dinner recipes – is toasting her success, after her debut effort was named Cookbook of the Year for 2023.
Nagi Maehashi’s RecipeTin Eats: Dinner: 150 Recipes from Australia’s Most Popular Cook, $24 on Amazon, was named best cookbook at the 2023 Australian Book Industry Awards.
The book has been rampantly popular since its release late in 2022, breaking sales records in its first week and becoming the highest-selling title from a debut Australian author.
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This is principally thanks to the fact that it contains an array of Nagi’s signature comfort food and dishes like Butter Chicken Curry and Homemade Naan Bread, as well as what Nagi calls the ‘Nachos of your Dreams’ and ‘My Forever Chocolate Cake’.
Recipes are divided into helpful sections including fast and easy food for weeknights, Mexican favourites, hearty dinner salads, Asian soups and noodles, and special treats for festive occasions.
There are also additional handy features, including a photo and how-to video for every recipe (simply follow the QR code), readily available ingredients and Nagi’s famously helpful notes.
The popular book has a wildly impressive 4.9 star rating on Amazon, where close to 2,000 shoppers have left glowing and positive reviews.
“Originally I had borrowed this book online from my library. However after reading about 10 pages I decided I needed it in hard copy. Amazon came to the rescue. I ordered it last night and it turned up this morning,” one shopper wrote.
“I’m now sitting in the winter sunshine enjoying planning something for dinner.
“Thank you Nagi for such a magnificent offering. I’ve made your recipes before and have rarely been disappointed.”
“I love her approach to cooking. Like her section ‘I have a piece of’… Had some chicken and she tells how to cook the chook and then choose a sauce, giving her preference. All ready in 10 minutes. Tasted lovely,” another added.
A third said: “Real and tasty food you’ll actually cook. This is one of the few recipe books where you are likely to make many recipes. I bought this for my 23-year-old son and he’s loving it”.
While a fourth simply said: “This is the best cookbook I’ve ever owned, and I’ve owned a lot”.
Nagi says of the book: “The thing that drives me, and what I love most about what I do, is creating and sharing recipes that taste so great it makes you do a happy dance.
“I’ve truly put my heart and soul into this cookbook. Literally, my blood, sweat and tears. I hope you enjoy it and cook a lot of the recipes.”
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