ESSENTIAL: Annabel Langbein

ESSENTIAL by Annabel Langbein contains something for everyone, with recipes to suit all lives, appetites and dietary needs, and separate indexes to help you identify the many gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian and vegan recipes.

It celebrates 20 years since she published her bestselling book, ‘The Best of Annabel Langbein: Great Food for Busy Lives’, which has been reprinted countless times, sold hundreds of thousands of copies and is known as ‘the bible’ in many New Zealand kitchens.

If ‘The Best of Annabel Langbein: Great Food for Busy Lives’ has been a mainstay on your kitchen bench for the past 20 years this new book will be your trusted kitchen companion for the next 20. And if you’re more of an armchair cook, its out-sized format, lush photography and stylish design make it a covetable coffee table book too.

Focussing on savoury recipes, this book is volume one of a duo that will include a equally spectacular book of sweet treats.