A beautiful celebration of regional Australian produce featuring fresh, seasonal recipes - from the locals who live there. There's no doubt that the food culture in regional Australia is flourishing. From Capricornia to Tasmania, the Kimberley to the Hunter, our food growers and artisans supply us with some of the best produce the world has to offer. And now, in AUSTRALIA COOKS, the locals get to share their best-kept secrets, favourite ingredients and most-treasured recipes with the rest of the country. Featuring over 60 of the best recipes sent in by home cooks, an additional 20 stories and recipes from chefs who have built their businesses on championing home-grown produce and provedores, and gorgeous photography throughout, AUSTRALIA COOKS is a cookbook that celebrates those three crucial ingredients - passionate people; beautiful, fresh food and stunning landscapes - that make our food culture so vibrant and unique. Travel through regional Australia via your tastebuds, sampling everything from Maroochy River mud crab cakes to Bruny Island baked eggs, and Bega Valley brunch cheese tart to Taylors Arm beef skirt with pepperberry and bush tomato rub, and meet the talented foodies that make our cuisine world-class - and banish the meat and three veg for good!