Bill's Basics

Bill Granger, hugely popular Australian food writer, television chef and restaurateur has worked his particular magic on over 100 of his favourite classic dishes, bringing them effortlessly into the twenty-first century.

Bill's Basics is a cheat's guide to making the recipes that every home cook wants to master. Bill has simplified techniques, minimised fussy ingredient lists and given these core dishes a modern twist that's in tune with our busy lives and passion for fresh and healthy flavours.

This is a one-stop manual of favourite dishes for every occasion, from lazy breakfasts to late-night suppers to lunch for a crowd. In choosing them, Bill has drawn on all his fondest food memories, including dishes from a variety of different countries. From Lamb Tagine to Prawn Laksa, Thai Beef Salad to Chocolate Brownies, Chicken Burritos to Crème Caramel, this is the repertoire that every home cook wants to master. Bill's Basics will quickly become the essential book that all home cooks turn to time and again.

A modern classic, packed with irresistible photography, written with Bill's trademark friendly yet reassuring authority, it will have readers cooking their way through it from cover to cover.

About the Author:

Born in Melbourne, Bill moved to Sydney where he first started cooking professionally while studying at art school. Bill opened his first highly successful restaurant, bills, in inner-city Sydney in 1993. Two more Sydney restaurants followed in 1996 and 2005, and bills opened by the beach in Greater Tokyo's Kamakura in 2008 and Yokohama in early 2010. Bill's is the author of several internationally best-selling cookbooks that have sold in excess of 850,000 copies and translated into several languages. Bill is a regular contributor to magazines in several countries including Australia, the UK, South Africa and the Netherlands. Bill's television series, Bill's food and Bill's Holiday, have charmed audiences worldwide in over 30 countries.