I like Christine Mansfield's cookbooks, even if they do have the common flaw of having far too many photos, and I don't mean photos of the recipes, but photos of markets and villages. Images like that. Fire is a lovely book to own. But the Mansfield books are more of a coffee table book than a kitchen stalwart to me.
Time to invite some friends over for dinner. Beautifully presented book which makes you start looking in your pantry to see what else you have to buy...