New Book – Spicery
November saw the birth of our new book, Spicery. The dictionary describes “spicery” as: “a place for storing spices,” but we rather fancy that a spicer creates spicery just as a sorcerer creates sorcery! Just as its predecessor Herbaceous covers all things leafy, this new book does the same for all things spicy, making a perfect partnership, with identical format of information and recipes. While many of the recipes are original, friends and colleagues have also generously shared recipes, so we have the ideal recipes to best showcase all of the spices – we’re particularly fond of the Little Onion Tarts with Nigella. As well as really useful information, Spicery has lovely full-colour photographs and a stunning cover, and retails for $39.95. As Herbaceous and Spicery are the perfect yin-and-yang, we have them available as a pair for just $70.00 between now and the end of the year.
You might be interested in the menu that we created for our launch of Spicery at Shearer’s Bookshop in Leichhardt. Mostly taken from the new book, it went like this:
Our good friends at Tucker Seabrook were kind enough to supply delicious wines for the event.
We can’t resist a little pat on our own backs, if you’ll pardon the crowing. At the recent Vittoria Food Media Awards, Herbaceous was highly commended in the Simon Johnson “Literary Excellence in a Food-Related Book” category. We will have the top award in our sights for Spicery when the next awards come around!