A beautiful hardcover cookbook rooted right here in the top of the South. Nostrana by Bri DiMatina draws on the rhythms of an Italian kitchen garden, with recipes that celebrate seasonal produce, simple technique, and the kind of cooking that feels like it belongs at a long Sunday lunch with good company.
Bri spent her school holidays visiting her Italian grandparents who were tomato growers based in The Wood, Nelson. This is the kind of cookbook you reach for again and again - not just for the recipes, but for the way it makes you think about how you grow and cook and eat.
A genuinely lovely addition to any kitchen shelf.