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I write my books myself - my books are not ghost written. I also cook all the food for the photos in my books at home where it's much more relaxing than in a studio. I cook on my domestic oven and hobs so you know that cooking times will work. The first book I ever worked on was Keith Floyd's The Best of Floyd, for Michael Joseph in 1995. I'm credited as home economist - which basically means I cooked all the recipes we photographed and gave advice on things that seemed a little strange with the recipes. It was an interesting experience and it made me keen to write my own book one day. Which was exactly what happened next.

Fusion A Culinary Journey by Peter Gordon bookcover A Culinary Journey by Peter Gordon bookcover Vegetables - the new food heroes by Peter Gordon bookcover Salads - the new main course by Peter Gordon bookcover A World in my Kitchen by Peter Gordon bookcover

A World in my Kitchen

I have been creating recipes and writing for New Zealand House and Garden for over 10 years now. This book is a compilation of those recipes, published by Hodder Moa Beckett (now Hachette Livre NZ Ltd) in New Zealand in 2003. It was then published by Ten Speed Press in the USA in 2005 with glowing cover credits from Charlie Trotter and Jamie Oliver. The recipes are perhaps my most simplest, written specifically for the home cook and written for people who don't have access to Asian markets and the like. You will still find recipes requiring the odd exotic ingredient, but I always offer alternatives.