Books for Cooks

Books for Cooks Books for Cooks, Australia's specialist independent culinary bookstore with Australia's largest colle We also accept direct payments and eftpos.
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Books for Cooks is an independent bookshop, owned by cooks and lovers of food and books committed to stocking the best books on food and wine. We are Australia’s only retail store specialising exclusively in new and old books about wine, food and the culinary arts. We are members of The Australian Booksellers Association, the Australian & New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers,

…our

bookshop is part of the Queen Victoria Market and houses
over 40,000 new, old, vintage & antiquarian books; from the 1780s to the latest releases including

cookbooks,
food writing,
food history, sociology and science;
wine, spirits, cocktails, coffee, tea and other beverages,
kitchen gardens and food production,
food and wine guides
foreign language cookbooks,
culinary ephemera,
hospitality, restaurant and catering management, restaurant design
and much much more! our history…

…Books for Cooks opened in Wattletree Rd, Melbourne in 1985 and for many years was run by Margit & Pearl as a part-time labour of love. In 2000, Tim & Amanda realised a long held dream and bought a tiny bookshop about wine and food and moved it to Gertrude St Fitzroy. In 2015 having run out of room... Books for Cooks moved to the Queen Victoria Markets. our services…

…we:

provide a free search service for hard-to-find or out-of-print cookbooks – just ask! mail promptly and safely throughout the world at cost
accept online Visa & MasterCard
accept instore all cards including American Express and Diners. have lay-by arrangements (4 weeks, 20% deposit – terms apply)
issue gift vouchers that don’t expire (any value)
can arrange valuations and appraisals
provide quotes and a replacement service for insurance claims for lost cookbooks
purchase all good books about wine and food – just ask! If you are a library or educational institutions please ask about the special services and arrangements we can provide your organisation
our people…

For us, avid food lovers, cooks and cookbook collectors for years, owing a cookbook shop has been a long cherished dream. Cookbooks clutter our house and dining table and if we are not reading one, we are usually cooking from another.

Very excited to be exhibiting at the Tokyo. Open all weekend. A treasure trove of rare East Asian books, manuscripts ...
13/03/2026

Very excited to be exhibiting at the Tokyo. Open all weekend. A treasure trove of rare East Asian books, manuscripts and prints.

Are these the cutest ‘mushroom’ antipasti ever? The English edition of Ada Garolla’s La Cucina in Minuti, 1967 🍄
31/10/2025

Are these the cutest ‘mushroom’ antipasti ever? The English edition of Ada Garolla’s La Cucina in Minuti, 1967 🍄

Join us for a fascinating conversation with Nat this Thursday in store!
28/10/2025

Join us for a fascinating conversation with Nat this Thursday in store!

If only my cellar was as good as my bookshelves 🍷
13/09/2025

If only my cellar was as good as my bookshelves 🍷

Entirely by coincidence three large collections recently received all featured an excellent selection of the works of M ...
27/08/2025

Entirely by coincidence three large collections recently received all featured an excellent selection of the works of M F K Fisher. Regarded as one of the best gastronomic writers of the 20th century, Fisher wrote a large number of books about food France love and life. First editions, private and fine press editions, signed copies, reading copies and academic reference.. something for everyone! And all on the website …

So this just happened…. Just a little humbled…Thank you to all our friends, customers, colleagues and supporters. The l...
25/08/2025

So this just happened…. Just a little humbled…

Thank you to all our friends, customers, colleagues and supporters. The love of cookbooks unites us

“A personally collected regiment of world-famous lively liquid masterpieces from the Orient and Occident and the South S...
14/08/2025

“A personally collected regiment of world-famous lively liquid masterpieces from the Orient and Occident and the South Seas”. A wonderful guide to exotic cookery and cocktails published 1946 both compelling and uniquely entertaining in style and content. Gonzoesque the best tradition, in another lifetime Charles Baker would probably have been a great friend of Anthony Bourdain and Hunter S Thompson. In his own lifetime he fished with Hemingway drank with Bill Faulkner, caroused with Errol Flynn and Robert Frost and travelled the world in search of the perfect cocktail. 🍹

Amazu zuke, Asazuke, Beer zuke, Kasuzuke, Kojizuke, Misozuke, Nukazuke, Tamatizuke, Otaukemono, and Ume Shigato….An inst...
11/08/2025

Amazu zuke, Asazuke, Beer zuke, Kasuzuke, Kojizuke, Misozuke, Nukazuke, Tamatizuke, Otaukemono, and Ume Shigato….An instant classic “The Japanese Art of Pickling & Fermenting

Only two more days until the Melbourne rare book fair 2025 at Wilson Hall the University of Melbourne. Tim’s been hunt...
29/07/2025

Only two more days until the Melbourne rare book fair 2025 at Wilson Hall the University of Melbourne. Tim’s been hunting for treasures all year. Books for Cooks will have an wonderful selection of rare and unusual cookery on display

A vintage classic cookbook from 1972 containing an assortment of unusual recipes from across the world that provide a va...
05/07/2025

A vintage classic cookbook from 1972 containing an assortment of unusual recipes from across the world that provide a variety of exotic menus for each sign of the zodiac. The perfect conjunction of palate and plate!

I’m your bread baker baby! Third edition, Chicago 1922.
01/07/2025

I’m your bread baker baby! Third edition, Chicago 1922.

Address

115-121 Victoria Street, Queen Victoria Market
Melbourne, VIC
3000

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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