All UK, US and Canadian Dinner cookbook pre-order customers will receive a free bonus digital recipe book that contains ten+ brand new recipes I created especially for you. A thank you gift for early buyers!

Dear Australians and New Zealanders disappointed to be missing out, skip down to my Letter to you. ❤️

Why am I offering this free gift?

This is a thank you gift for those in the UK, US & Canada who have pre-ordered a copy of Dinner. While here in Australia, my cookbook was released in October 2022, the release dates overseas are later: 27 February 2023 for the UK, and 28 March for the US & Canada.

Well, patience is not my greatest virtue, so it is a gesture of appreciation for your patience!!

What is the gift?

The free gift is a beautiful digital recipe book which contains ten+ never-before-seen recipes that I created especially for you. These recipes are brand new. They haven’t appeared on my website or in Dinner.

Like the recipes in Dinner, these in this digital book represent the food I love. Unpretentious. Hassle-free. Big on flavor. And they taste even better than they look!

Here’s a little sneak preview of some of the recipes!

And here are my now-famous Easy Brown Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies. I gave away hundreds of these cookies during the Australian cookbook tour. Countless people have since been begging for the recipe …. but I’ve refrained because I was saving it for this bonus digital recipe book!

How to claim your free gift

To claim your copy of the free digital recipe book:

1. Pre-order my cookbook, Dinner.

2. Fill in the fields below with your purchase confirmation details. All major retailers will be recognised (see FAQ).

3. After validation, you’ll be taken to a page where you can download the bonus recipes straight away!

FAQ

Who is eligible for this free gift?

Customers in the UK, US and Canada who preordered the book online from one of the retailers specified on this page.

When does the free gift offer expire?

On the day Dinner is released in the respective country! That’s 27th February for the UK and 28th March for the US/Canada.

Will all retailers’ proof of purchase will be recognised?

All major retailers selling pre-order copies of Dinner are recognised. If you have any issues, please email using the contact details at the end of this page for help!

I purchased the book in Australia. Am I eligible for the gift?

I’m so sorry but I’m afraid you are not. Please read my letter below to Aussies and Kiwis.

This gift is a gesture of appreciation to UK and North American customers who pre-ordered the book they will not receive until February/March 2023. On the other hand, Dinner has been released in Australia and is available in-store so you’re already enjoying the recipes!

Problems pre-ordering or with your pre-order purchase?

Please contact the retailer you have or are trying to pre-order from.

Problems claiming your free gift? Or other questions?

Please email [email protected] and I or someone in my team will get back to you as soon as possible.

Thank you!

To those who have already preordered a copy of Dinner, thank you! I’m so excited for you to receive it in February/March. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the bonus recipes! – Nagi x

Life of Dozer

Just to reassure you, every recipe in the bonus digital recipe book has been given the tick of approval by Mr Dozer. (And Chef JB and an independent recipe tester I hired especially to check the recipes. Just because it’s a free gift, it doesn’t mean we lower our standards!)

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The last few weeks since Dinner hit the stores in Australia has been a whirlwind. Here’s what’s been happening!

(And here’s my ongoing full Australian book-tour schedule here.)

“Why are all these people here?” my mother asked me, baffled, genuinely confused as she peeked out from backstage at an audience of 400.

“Well, I think they’re here for me…..?” I said, uncertainly, just as confused.

“You mean they PAID to come and hear you talk? I don’t understand. YOU?” she said, brows furrowed in total disbelief.

I wish I had captured that conversation on camera!! Because it’s funny – if anyone else had said it, it would be deemed downright insulting 😂 – and also because it perfectly captures my bewilderment as we pound the pavement for the cookbook publicity tour in Australia.

You see, this office-gal turned food blogger has been hiding behind a keyboard all these years. Being in front of a camera is definitely not my comfort zone. I have no desire to be “famous” (whatever that means these days!), to be recognised in public, to be on TV or in glossy magazines.

But on the other hand, the nervousness of public speaking is immediately forgotten when I see the first friendly face. The moment someone says hi and we start chatting food, BOOM! It’s like – well, it IS – chatting to a friend. It’s fun! It’s the best part, meeting so many wonderful people, having a laugh and hearing stories.

And there’s no better way for me to share with you what it’s been like than to show you. Welcome to the RecipeTin Cookbook Tour Home Movies!

Cookbook Tour Home Video!

Here’s a list of the events featured in my little home video:

• Visiting Warringah Mall, my closest mall, on book release day to see my cookbook for sale in stores!

• Kinokuniya book talk and signing that took place in the city, Dozer and my first public event!

• Big W book signing – a public event that anyone could attend. I was so worried about people not turning up that I brought cookies and brownies to entice people! That, plus Dozer, worked. I was determined to stay until I met the last person in the queue. It took about 5 1/2 hours!

• Cocktail party at Dymocks bookstore in Sydney city – Catered by my team (with a tiny little bit of help from me 😂). There were bubbles and nibbles and Dozer, chatting and book signing. It was fabulous fun! (Other than blowing the power in the store when we plugged in 3 deep fryers we brought in to cook arancini balls and spring rolls!!)

In addition to the above, I’ve been doing some little impromptu signings at some independent book stores across Sydney, both during the week and on weekends. I do like these small signings – more time to chat!!

TV!

Yes, Dozer has been on TV. Check that off his my bucket list!! 😂

Here he is with me on Studio 10 (a morning show on Channel 10) for a cooking demo, where I did the 12 hour lamb shoulder. (Watch it online here, or here on Facebook!)

Not even I have a chef hat…. how did Dozer manage to score one??

And here I am on Sunrise, another breakfast show on Channel 7 (watch it online here, or here on Facebook). Dozer wasn’t invited to this one – too complicated. He definitely does add an element of complexity to things he attends!!! 😂

For Sunrise, I did a demo of the Korean BBQ Beef Ribs, a cookbook exclusive recipe. Let’s just say it was quite a hit with the crew…. apparently most cooking guests do no-cook things like salads. Me, I insisted on making something statement!!!

Interviews!

I can’t quite describe how I felt when I opened up the Sydney Morning Herald to be greeted with this on the cover of the Good Food lift out a couple of weeks ago:

Errrr…. hmm. Never thought something like this would happen to me!!!!

Here are links to some of the online version of articles, in case you’re interested. I really like how they tell my story of how this website and my cookbook came to be!

• Cooking up a storm: How Nagi Maehashi turned RecipeTin Eats into a global hit in the Good Food in the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne’s The Age. The first interview published in the media!

• Meet Nagi Maehashi from RecipeTin Eats in the Western Australia Sunday Times Magazine (“STM”). This is a lovely piece that very clearly captures my stance on “I don’t want to be recognised, I like going to the shops in my tracksuit pants 😭”.

• A day in the life of Nagi Maehashi of RecipeTin Eats in The Design Files. Honestly, I must be their first interviewee whose lead photo is in PJ’s. 😂

Don’t worry. My people are keeping my ego in check.

With all these flattering things the media are saying about me, I know you must be rather concerned about how big my head is growing…… Ha ha ha!!!

But never fear. My people – my team and my family – have always and will always do an excellent job to keep my head from getting too big. Case in point – the conversation with my mother at the top of this post. Ruthless! 😂

As for sales…..?

I thought long and hard about whether to go public with how the book sales are going since it hit the shelves on 11 October 2022. On one hand, it feels boastful (spoiler alert) and is irrelevant to anyone without a vested or commercial interest in Dinner.

But on the other hand, I feel like you’ve been with me on this journey since the day I shared that I had decided to do a cookbook. And not telling you feels like leaving out a chunk of the story.

So I decided to share.

According to my publisher, Dinner is:

• The fastest selling cookbook on record in Australian history

• The fastest selling book in Australian history for a debut author (ie all types of books)

• The biggest first week release of 2022

I’ve read these words in emails and heard them said to me. But that is the first time I’ve written those words myself and I think the significance just hit me. I’m a little overwhelmed and still trying to digest it.

Thank you, everyone. I couldn’t have done it without you. – Nagi x

PS In case you are wondering, I can’t share actual sales numbers because of confidentiality reasons but they are recorded in a subscription service used by the publishing industry called Nelson BookScan. As for international, pre-orders are available in the US and Canada but official numbers don’t get released until the book hits the stores. UK to be announced soon!

Life of Dozer

You want it? Just slobber on it.

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The big day is here … I’m so excited to announce that my cookbook Dinner is now available for pre-order in the US and Canada!

Amazon US | Barnes & Noble | Amazon Canada | Bookshop.org

(Australia & NZ readers: Available in stores and online)

US & Canada Dinner pre-order

Today is a big day.

It’s the day my cookbook is finally released in stores across Australia and New Zealand. Let me just write that again so I believe it myself. A cookbook I wrote and photographed is selling in actual real shops!

And I honestly can’t think of a better way to celebrate this milestone day with you than by announcing that my cookbook is now available for pre-order in Canada and America!!!! (I am digging deep to stop myself from running exclamation marks across the whole row 😂).

To readers in other countries, please bear with me. I have a publisher in the UK pounding the publishing-pavement for Europe and other countries around the world!

The challenge of going global

I’ve been pretty open about how disappointed I was that I wasn’t able to announce my cookbook would be available worldwide when pre-orders became first available in Australia in August 2022.

I feel like we’ve been on this cookbook making journey together since the beginning as I shared my ups and downs, the excitement and rough patches. So I really wanted to celebrate with readers everywhere by launching it globally!

But alas, it was not to be. Unfortunately there are unprecedented challenges facing the publishing world globally at present, partially due to the pandemic. For instance there are paper shortages – literally, the paper books are printed on. And printers are scarce – America is apparently down to its last onshore book printing house.

Consequently, securing international publishing contracts in time to make Dinner available at the same time overseas as in Australia just wasn’t feasible.

As a result of Dinner will be made available overseas progressively. The US and Canada is first cab off the rank. But availability in more countries will follow, I promise!!

Why pre-order Dinner?

There’s a few reasons to pre-order!!!

1. To secure a copy: Imagine if it sells out…. and that did actually happen on Amazon Australia. 😳 But there’s plenty in stock now – phew!

2. Lowest price guarantee: Dinner is eligible on Amazon for a Pre-Order Price Guarantee which means you will be charged the lowest price the book is sold for at any time between when you pre-order and when it is shipped.

3. A special free gift from me: I have a special surprise in store for those of you who pre-order … to be announced in early November! Make sure you keep your preorder confirmations.

FAQ – US & Canada Dinner pre-ordering

More information about Dinner, including previews of recipes, types of recipes and a full recipe index, can be found here.

1. How can I pre-order? US and Canadian readers can pre-order using the retailer links at the top and bottom of this post, or on the cookbook overview page here.

2. Why pre-order? Three good reasons – see the previous section above!

3. When will I receive my cookbook? 21st February 2023. So far away, I know! But your patience will be rewarded with a special free gift … ☺️ To be announced soon!

4. What other countries is your cookbook available in? Dinner is now available in stores across Australia and NZ as well as online. Stay tuned for release in more countries … I promise the wheels are turning!!

5. Wait… is the cover different?? Yes! Well picked. ☺️ The cover for the US edition is ever so slightly different as my publisher Countryman Press (an imprint of W.W. Norton) felt it was better suited to the American market. There was never any question about Dozer remaining on the cover though! Actually, there were some cover iterations where he was even MORE prominent!!

6. Are the recipes the same? Yes! The same recipes are contained in the Australian/NZ edition as the US/Canada edition.

7. Are the recipes converted into imperial measurements? Yes they are. Measurements are in cups, ounces (weight and fluid), pounds and inches, instead of grams, ml and kg (which is used in the Australian edition).

   I know this will not suit all Canadian readers and I am sorry. However, including both imperial and metric would make the ingredients very cluttered, to the point that I felt it compromised readability. So I made the tough decision to include only imperial measurements. The result is a more streamlined design which I really love!

   However, it is worth noting that most measurements are in cups, tablespoons and teaspoons and a conversion chart has been included in the book.

   In addition to measurements, ingredients have been renamed as appropriate. For example, cilantro rather than coriander, bell peppers instead of capsicum. Also, ingredient accessibility has been considered.

Oh look, here I am. Proof reading the American/Canadian edition. You know it’s my favourite task… not!😂 Give me a pile of dishes any day!

Thank you for your patience!

As mentioned above, getting the book out internationally has been somewhat of a challenge! And it’s been a hard slog to “Americanise” the cookbook – so many more changes than I expected.

For me personally with almost half this websites’ readership based in North America, today is a big day being able to share that pre-orders are now available in the US and Canada!

So, thank you for your patience as I worked with both my US and Australian publishers to make it happen. And don’t forget, keep your pre-order confirmations to claim a special free gift from me to be announced soon…… – Nagi x

My debut cookbook: Dinner

US & CANADA

Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Amazon Canada | Bookshop.org

AUSTRALIA

Booktopia | Dymocks | QBD | The Nile | Amazon | Big W

NEW ZEALAND

Mighty Ape | Paper Plus | Whitcoulls

More INTERNATIONAL coming soon!

Life of Dozer

Helping with the proof reading of the American / Canadian edition of the cookbook. By “help”, I mean keeping my lap warm and slobbering on the pages.

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It’s time for me to come out from behind the keyboard to meet you! Here are all the (current) RecipeTin Eats Dinner cookbook tour dates. Feeling shy about coming to say hi? Don’t be. I’m more nervous than you.

Plus, an opportunity to join me for a very special, one-off dinner – see below for details!

Australian cookbook tour 2022

I won’t lie. I’m a little nervous. Some of these event spaces are big. Some I’ll be cooking live at. Some I’ll be doing alone, with no Dozer by my side to clutch onto as my life raft.

But also, I’m excited! Looking forward to meeting you in real life, to chat about our favourite ways to roast chicken, reveal our secret foods-of-shame and agree how bread-n-butter counts as one food item in the Deserted Island game (if you say it really fast).

Is the book tour not coming to your area? Tell me where you live in the comments below! My publisher’s incredible publicity team have done their best to organise events where there is the most demand. But maybe we missed somewhere!

Please note: More events are being organised. I will keep you and this page updated.

Sydney

The book tour kicks off in Sydney! Links to each event are provided below – for tickets and event details.

SYDNEY BOOK TOUR EVENTS

Tuesday 18th October
TIME: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
EVENT: Book talk and signing – with Dozer!
HOSTED BY: Kinokuniya (book store)
LOCATION: St Stephens Uniting Church, 197 Macquarie Street, Sydney
Bookings required – Tickets here
This is my very first event so it’s really special!

Saturday 22nd October
TIME: From 11am until my arm falls off (let’s say 2pm!)
EVENT: Book Signing – with Dozer!
HOSTED BY: Big W, Warringah Mall
LOCATION: Warringah Mall, cnr Old Pittwater Road and Condamine Street, Brookvale NSW 2100
Event information (registration not required, just come!)

Wednesday 26th October
TIME: 7:00pm – 8:30pm
EVENT: Cocktail party – with Dozer!
HOSTED BY: Dymocks
LOCATION: Dymocks, 424-430 George Street, Sydney
Bookings required – Tickets here (SORRY, SOLD OUT!)

MELBOURNE

MELBOURNE BOOK TOUR EVENTS

Friday 4th November
TIME: From 12:30pm until mid-afternoon coffee time
EVENT: Book signing
HOSTED BY: Readings Emporium bookstore
LOCATION: Woiworung Country, Emporium Melbourne, Shop 1-016/287 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Bookings required – Event information

Saturday 5th November
TIME: From 11am until I’m too hungry to continue
EVENT: Book signing
HOSTED BY: Big W
LOCATION: Westfield Southland (Venue link), Level 3, Westfield Shopping Centre, 1239 Nepean Hwy, Cheltenham VIC 3192
Registration not required, just come!

Sadly due to council regulations, Dozer is unable to attend these signings. Hopefully I am enough for you!

Brisbane & Gold Coast

BRISBANE & GOLD COAST EVENTS

Thursday 10th November
TIME: 6:30pm – 8:00pm
EVENT: Book talk, life talk, cooking demo, cook-off!
HOSTED BY: Gold Coast Libraries
LOCATION: Robina Library, 196 Robina Town Centre, Robina
Bookings required – Tickets here

Friday 11th November
TIME: From 12:30pm
EVENT: Book signing
LOCATION: Dymocks
ADDRESS: Westfield Chermside (Venue Link), Shop 249, Level 1, Corner Gympie & Hamilton Roads, Chermside 
Enquiries: [email protected]

Saturday 12th November
TIME: From 2:00pm
EVENT: Book signing
LOCATION: QBD
ADDRESS: Westfield Carindale (Venue Link), Shop 1248, 1151 Creek Rd, Carindale 4152
Bookings required – Register here

Unfortunately due to regulations, Dozer is unable to attend these events so it will just be me!

EXCLUSIVE DINNER WITH ME – Sydney

And lastly, a small dinner party, cooked by me, hosted by me!

{Update: Sorry, SOLD OUT! Join the wait list in case a seat becomes available and to be the first to hear about future Sydney Dinners with me!}

Just 25 seats available, 100% of the proceeds from the sale of tickets will be donated to my food bank RecipeTin Meals. Come and have dinner with me!

WHEN: Thursday 24th November 2022
EVENT: Dinner with Nagi
WHAT: Abundant multi-course meal with canapés, bubbles and wine, a group small enough so I can chat, eat and sip bubbles with each guest! It will be like an extension of dinners I put on for friends in my own home. Relaxed and probably a bit chaotic, but most importantly, it will be DELICIOUS and FUN!
WHERE: Rosebery (Sydney), in a fabulous industrial-style photography studio. I promise not to take a photo of every dish before you are allowed to eat it.😂
DOZER: He has been invited. RSVP is pending checks with council regulations and all that jazz.

{Update: Sorry, SOLD OUT! But join the waiting list using the link below in case a seat becomes available and to be the first to hear about future Sydney Dinners with me!}

Click here for details and tickets

MORE TO COME!

There will be more events, some very local to me (I’m in the upper Northern Beaches of Sydney) and some in unexpected places – not just in Sydney.

And if you happen to see me, just come up and say hi! I’m always happy to stop and chat, snap some pics, and sign books.

I intend to practice. The very first book I signed certainly did not go to plan…..

But as it turns out, she loved it even more! – Nagi x

Curious about my cookbook?

Read more about it here. It’s available in stores in Australia and NZ, and for pre-orders in the US and Canada!

Life of Dozer

Life of Dozer is going to be rather exciting in the coming weeks as he joins me for book tour and media events!! He’s even been invited to join me on a TV show next week. This should be interesting. I see….Dozer running wild among very, very expensive TV cameras. It will be chaotic. It will be hilarious. And I will share updates!

Here we are, earlier today at Big W in Warringah Mall, the closest large mall to my home, doing som publicity. We’ll be back here next Saturday 22nd October 2022 for a book signing. Come along!

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