Mietta's Books
Mietta's Best Australian Restaurants 2002
Now in a new pocket sized format Best Australian Retaurants is a careful selection of the country's best 1,000 establishments. It retains the same coverage of the diversity of styles and price that distinguished the earlier guides, looking at cafes and bars as well as expensive restaurants. The choices are made by industry professionals with an eye to the needs of the customer. RRP $15.95, published by BlackInc and sponsored by Diners club.
Mietta combines the stories of the Italian families that introduced Australians to the joys of Italian food and hospitality from 1940s onwards. It is the story of her family's arrival from Milan in 1939 and the restaurant they established in the early 1940s. But, it not just a history, most of the book celebrates Italian food in Australia with a selection of fabulous and achievable recipes. Dishes that can be produced in Australia using local ingredients. Hard cover 312pp $42.95.
Covering the country from side to side and from top to bottom this book is filled with informative reviews of 3,800 establishments ranging from fine dining to coffe and bars. An absolute must for anyone who eats out of the home either 'at home' or when travelling. There are 1,200 reviews in Melbourne and country Victoria, 1,000 for Sydney and country NSW, 600 for Queensland, 400 for WA, and the other states and Territories are covered with equal thoroughness. The Guide is one of the all time bargains - soft cover 370pp for $24.95.
This book displays the talents of fifty of Australia's top chefs. Lavishly illustrated with action shots of the men and women who have made the Australian food scene what is. Each chef has contributed three recipes. Hard cover 328pp, $42.95.
Welcome to dining in Melbourne. This year, greatly expanded, it has reviews of nearly 1,000 restaurants, cafes, bars and delis. It is clearly organised, has more maps and lots of interesting articles from an ever growing army of contributors. Soft cover A4 format 232pp, $19.95.
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