MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH PASTRY
An Illustrated Course
Bruce Healy & Paul Bugat
With drawings by Paul Bugat and photographs by Pierre Ginet
Published by Barron’s, out of print and worth any money you can get a copy for

This is a book that is never lent, my most precious book. Even more precious than my first edition Larousse. Over the years it has been the bible of pastry and cake cooking valued for its technical explanations like no other book on the subject. Out of print for some time second hand copies can be purchased from Amazon and to show the respect with which this book is held it still sells for around $60 AUD. The images will appear old fashioned but the content remains as useful today as when it was first published and purchased in 84. Whilst supporting local booksellers is vital to their survival when it comes to out of print books the net becomes invaluable.

THE ULTIMATE MUSHROOM BOOK
The complete guide to mushrooms — a photographic A – Z of types and 100 original recipes
Peter Jordan and Steven Wheeler
Published by Lorenz Books, H/B

This book is not so much for the recipes despite the fact that they are very sound and come with an interesting preserving section.
The main purpose of this book is to be an invaluable handbook for anyone wanting to identify mushrooms they might have found. A bit of rain and some sunshine and fungi start popping up everywhere. This book has full size colour photographs that clearly identify each mushroom from the Death Cap through to edible varieties. It is important to remember that people die every year from eating the wrong mushrooms and if you cannot easily identify your find, the best advice is do not eat them.