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New Books
 Lighten Up: The Healthy New Way to Cook
Jill Dupleix
This book is for people who love food, but also want to eat a little healthier. The recipes don't compromise flavour, they are beautiful and light. Dupleix shows us how we can eat well at home without the cream, pastries and animal fats that can slow us down. Softcover, 224 pp. $39.95.
 The Complete Whole Grains Cookbook: 150 Recipes for Healthy Living
Judith Finlayson
An in-depth look at the importance of grains in a healthy diet. It includes information on grains and with each recipe it lists the nutritional break-down of the dish. With colour photos, this book is a must for people who don't want to sacrifice flavour for the sake of health. Softcover, 288 pp. $27.95.
 Sharing Sweet Secrets: Gluten & Wheat Free
Pamela Moriarty
Here are gluten-free desserts that look tempting even to those who do not have a gluten problem. Even better, many of these desserts, particularly the fruit-based dishes, do not require hard-to-find ingredients. Other recipes call for commercial gluten-free flour, rice flour. Softcover, 168 pp, $19.95.
 Terrine
Stephane Reynaud
Perennially-neglected terrine stars in the second Phaidon book from Stephane Reynaud (Pork & Sons, $49.95). There is a broad spectrum of recipes from vegetable through meat (including game), cheese, and surprisingly, a lovely selection of dessert terrines. For each type, Reynaud offers a few appropriate sauces. Lacking general instructions for terrine making, this book is a better bet for the experienced cook or professional. Colour photo with each recipe. Hardcover, 167 pp, $29.95.
 Postcards from Portugal
Tessa Kiros
Never have olive oil-slicked salt cod, calamari, and rabbit looked so seductive as they appear in the fourth book from Tessa Kiros. Fascinated with the concept of food as national identity, Kiros has previously celebrated the Cypriot/Finnish meals of her parents and the Tuscan food of the home where she is raising her own family (Falling Cloudberries, $45.00; Twelve, $34.95; Apples for Jam, $45.00) . Here, against a blue and white backdrop, she serves up the classic dishes of Portugal amongst photographs that capture the essence of the country from sea to table. Superb colour photos. Hardcover, 254 pp, $45.00.
 Turquoise
Greg and Lucy Malouf
Another stunning book from the Maloufs (Saha, $69.95), Turquoise is a culinary journey through Turkey. Stories, of course, and page after page of photographs transport will inspire you to try the recipes. The predominantly blue colour palette nicely reinforces the title and mibues the book with a sense of the Aegean Sea, all the better to whet the appetite for plate after plate of dips, kebabs, and pies.. Hardcover, 350 pp. $85.00.
 Pier
Greg Doyle Grant King and Katrina Kanetani
Accolades continue to rain upon Pier restaurant in Sydney. Most recently chosen as Restaurant of the Year in the magazine Australian Gourmet Traveller 2008 Restaurant Guide awards. And if the book is any indication this is a stunning place to dine. The presentation is innovative, creative and basically jaw dropping. Recipes, are mostly for the accomplished cook, yet, inspiration for the home cook is plentiful in the beautiful photography. Leaning toward molecular cooking with recipes such as Crab Meat with a Tomato Water Bubble (this is truly spectacular); Pan-Roasted Sardines with Preserved Orange Butter, Currants and Pine Nuts; Mango Cheesecake Foam with Sablee Crumbs - Lemon Beurre Noisette. Too bad it doesn't come with plane tickets! Hardcover, 280 pp. $95.00.
 Jewish Holiday Cooking
Jayne Cohen
Rich in personal stories and anecdotes, this warmly festive book includes traditional recipes passed down through generations of bubbies and those demonstrating the cultural influences of the Jewish diaspora. More than just holiday fare, many of these dishes are mainstays of everyday family dinners.
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