Summer Recipes

Explore summer flavours with our recipe books, packed with fresh, easy dishes perfect for picnics and beach days!

Updated December 14, 2025
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The Frozen Sweet Treats & Desserts: Over 65 recipes for popsicles, sundaes, shakes, floats & ice cream cakes
Small, Ryland Peters.
Paper Book
Sweet, creamy, and cold ice cream sundaes, shakes, floats, ice box cakes, and more, perfect for cooling down on hot summer days. Cooling, delicious, and indulgent are all words that come to mind when we picture the wonderful world of ice cream. Whether you are sipping smooth...
Salad for Days: Breezy Ways With Veg, All Year Round
Zaslavsky, Alice.
Paper Book
Turn everyday veg into something extraordinary, with this collection of the tastiest and most satisfying salad recipes from the Queen of Veg, Alice Zaslavsky.
Mediterranean Summer Table: Timeless, versatile recipes for every occasion & appetite
Kordalis, Kathy.
Paper Book
A collection of timeless and versatile recipes inspired by the food of the Mediterranean countries, for every day, every occasion and every appetite. Take a journey through your favourite flavours from the Mediterranean, with over 100 recipes influenced and inspired by the...
Cool Pasta : Reinventing the Pasta Salad
Jackson, Tom
Paper Book
Pasta salads are back, but not as you know them... Cool Pasta presents bright, delicious and original pasta recipes that will breathe fresh life into your favourite store-cupboard staple. Pasta salad is the perfect warm weather dish: rummage through the...
Sensational salads : more than 75 creative & vibrant recipes
Kordalis, Kathy
Paper Book
There's so much more to salad than just a few salad leaves, tomato, and cucumber on a plate. They are so easy to elevate and take to the next level by experimenting with different flavors and additional ingredients. Taking inspiration from around the world from Mediterranean olive rich recipes to...
Vegan BBQ : 70 delicious plant-based recipes to cook outdoors
Beskow, Katy
Paper Book
Vegan BBQ showcases 70 simple, summery recipes to cook on your barbecue, as well as delicious sides, dips and snacks to brighten up any alfresco event. From Grilled mango flatbreads, Hassleback squash steaks, and Teriyaki tofu skewers, to Bourbon baked beans, Coconut corn on the cob or...
Fruitful : Sweet and Savoury Fruit Recipes Inspired by Farms, Orchards and Gardens
Johnson, Sarah
Paper Book
A classic and comprehensive cookbook revealing how to source, cook and enjoy fruit throughout the year in both sweet and savoury recipes. This is a celebration of fruit, and all the glorious variety it can bring to our plates. From crisp apples to buttery pears, sticky...
The Wanderlust Creamery Presents: the World of Ice Cream
Borlongan, Adrienne
Paper Book
With a family background in ice-cream making and a degree in food science, the flavor chemist behind LA-based Wanderlust Creamery, Adrienne Borlogan, turned her interest in recipe development and travel into a successful ice cream business. She and her husband, JP Lopez, started Wanderlust in 2017,...
BBQ companion : 180+ barbecue recipes from around the world
O'Donoghue, Ben
Paper Book
Take outdoor cooking to the next level with the BBQ Companion, the must-have compendium of recipes by acclaimed Australian chef, TV presenter and barbecue expert, Ben O'Donoghue. With more than 180 diverse and contemporary recipes on and off the barbecue, this book...
Maggie Beer's summer harvest recipes
Beer, Maggie
Paper Book
'Full of down to earth recipes that anyone can enjoy.' AGFG Maggie Beer's Summer Harvest Recipes brings together all of Maggie Beer's signature recipes from her summer chapter of Maggie's Harvest, including detailed descriptions of seasonal...
Incredible vegan ice cream : decadent, all-natural flavors made with coconut milk
Jalal, Deena
Paper Book
Your New Favorite Ice Cream Has Arrived Dig into FoMu Ice Cream's most popular flavors without waiting in line for a cone. Signature scoops like Peanut Butter Mud Pie, Rockier Road, Matcha White Chocolate, and Avocado Lime are easy to whip up at home with a basic ice cream...
Summer fresh : the best of the best recipes from Australia's #1 food site
Paper Book
The best of the best recipes from Australia's No 1 food site. FESTIVE FARE, EASY DINNERS, EPIC SALADS, DESSERTS AND MORE From Australia's #1 food site, taste.com.au, comes your essential best of the best cookbook collection. Masterfully curated by taste's food experts,...
Saladology : fresh ideas for delicious salads
Kirwan, Theo
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS FOOD & DRINK BOOK OF THE YEAR 'How to zhuzh up your leaves by Theo Kirwan - the king of salads.' The Times 'Ottolenghi-style food... as good as it gets. Very tasty food that just happens to be healthy.'...
Salata: Mediterranean salads for all occasions
Rantissi, Michael.
Paper Book
A wide world of Mediterranean salads, with more than 90 healthy recipes celebrating the classic flavours of Greece, Italy, Türkiye and beyond.
Linger: Salads, sweets and stories to savour, together
McKinnon, Hetty Lui.
Paper Book
The author of cult classic Community returns, with a cookbook about making friends and forging connection over salad.'My culinary life began with salad. A charred broccoli salad, to be specific. Crispy florets tossed with chickpeas and cooling mint, flecked with red chilli pepper and zested lemon...
Backyard BBQ : Delicious Recipes for Outdoor Cooking
Bawdon, Marcus
Paper Book
The art of barbecue has taken off around the globe, and Marcus has travelled widely to experience many unusual and exciting methods first-hand--from South America to Japan, Italy to India. Here he takes inspiration from a wealth of culinary influences to demonstrate how far cooking with fire has...
Dip in : 80 delicious dip recipes for entertaining, snacking & beyond
Shah, Sonali
Paper Book
"Recipe-packed. There is so much I'm eager to add to my repertoire" - Nigella Lawson Need an easy contribution for a picnic with friends? Dip it. Want stunning small plates for impressive entertaining? Dip it. Craving a quick and delicious snack to...
The Madrusan Cocktail Companion: Every drink worth drinking in the history of modern + classic cocktails
Madrusan, Zara.
Paper Book
The most ambitious cocktail companion ever published: 2800+ of the world's greatest drinks curated by the best in the business
Melbourne cocktails: an elegant collection of over 100 recip
House, Alana
Paper Book
Melbourne Cocktails is an elegant collection of over 100 recipes inspired by the land down under. Discover Melbourne's eclectic nightlife, hidden spaces, dynamic food and wine scene, and more with this collection of signature drinks. With over 100 recipes and dozens of...
BBQ days, BBQ nights : barbecue recipes for year-round feasting
Graves, Helen (Cook)
Paper Book
This is the ultimate go-to guide for entertaining - you'll find 20 menus, each featuring a drink, nibbles, a dip, the platter, a side, some extra carbs and a dessert. All customisable, all incredibly delicious. With recipe chapters divided by season, you'll find go-to grilling ideas...

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