Winner, 2003 Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Best Culinary History Book (English language category)

The Market

Recipes, history and stories

Catherine Murphy with recipes by Rosa Matto

230 x 168 PB 160 PP COL AND B/W ILLUS 1862545960 $29.95 Food / History APN 9781862545960 Wakefield Press

For over a century, the Adelaide Central Market, in the heart of the city, has fed Adelaide people with colour and chaos as fresh and abundant as its produce. The theatre of the market has consistently drawn capacity crowds for sensual experiences and given satisfaction, comfort and pleasure. Suppliers of this bounty are the hard-working stall holders; men and women with deep attachments to the place and the tradition.

This book of stories, history, recipes and fabulous photographs will delight friends and fans of the market just as much as a well-cooked meal.

‘The energy flows in every chapter, it is deep, emotional, historical, and happy, all at once. It is a true masterpiece, and one of the most exciting cookbooks I have seen in years.’ – Edouard Cointreau, Gourmand World Cookbook Awards

‘Vital, succulent, and a sensory delight . . . Long-time Market-lovers should purchase The Market as an act of reaffirmation. Casual users and those who like warmth in their social history should buy it and begin a new love affair.’ – Bernard Whimpress, History Matters