The Melbourne Rare Book Fair returns in 2023 and we are exhibiting.  We will have some wonderful rare and interesting wine, food and gastronomy items from the 18th to the 21st century.

There will be 25 Australian and International dealers with thousands of wonderful items for collectors and lovers...

Julia Busuttil Nishimura is a local Melbourne-based cook and author who often shops here at the Queen Victoria Market.

Around the Table is her latest, and largest, book following on from her highly popular Ostro (2019) and A Year of Simple Food (2020).

Her recipes draw on her Maltese heritage...

The Australian & New Zealand Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ANZAAB) is excited to announce the return of the Melbourne Rare Book Fair after a....

At 12.30 on Saturday 26th, March, one of our favourite authors Fuchsia Dunlop will be giving a cooking demonstration on making Mapu Tofu at the Queen Victoria Market - as part of the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival - and afterwards Fuchsia will be at Books for Cooks for a....

We're quite excited to be included in the latest Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Bookseller's latest joint catalogue.  Twenty-four Antipodean bookdealers are exhibiting and there is a wonderful selection of rare and unusual books.

You can download the catalogue from the ANZAAB website

You will find our selection...

It seems every year at this time all the hype is about 'Click Frenzy' or 'Black Friday' or 'Cyber Monday'....

To be honest, its not for us...its not how we like to sell books. 

And, we strongly believe in shopping local, but we did want to do something to celebrate...

Here we go again!

From Wednesday night 6th August, to comply with Government restrictions, Books for Cooks will closed to the public for instore sales.

We will be open for online, phone and mailorder sales.  We can deliver by post or contactless local delivery or if you are shopping at...

In late February, Sandor Katz will be touring the East Coast of Australia with Sharon Flynn of the Fermentary

We will be popping up at his Victorian events with a wide selection of fermenting books including the seminal books by Sandor himself, The Art of Fermentation and Wild Fermentation and...