
The Holiday Kitchen
Mouth-watering recipes that ease the mental load of cooking on holidays & at home
$46.80
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2026
Summary
Mouth-watering recipes that ease the mental load of cooking on holidays and at home.
Packed with the hard-won wisdom of decades spent cooking for family and friends, two of Australia’s best-organised women share their most delicious recipes with tips on how to cut corners, minimise work and maximise taste and fun while on holidays. The sensible, practical and unfussy philosophy of Leigh Sales and Gwen Blake will look after your wellbeing and protect your downtime at h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761632358 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1761632353 |
| Author: | Leigh Sales, Gwen Blake |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Australia |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 190mm x 250mm |

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Leigh Sales
Leigh Sales AM
Leigh Sales AM is one of Australia’s most recognised and respected journalists. She currently anchors ABC-TV’s Australian Story and previously presented the ABC’s flagship evening current affairs program, 7.30, from 2011 to 2022. She has also been the face of major news coverage for ABC, including federal elections and budget nights. Her career has spanned roles as a foreign correspondent based in Washington D.C., covering national security and politics, and working across television, radio, print, and digital media.
Sales is the author of five books:
- Detainee 002: The Case of David Hicks (2007)
- On Doubt (2009)
- Well Hello (2021)
- Any Ordinary Day (2018) (national bestseller)
- Storytellers: Questions, Answers & the Craft of Journalism (2023)
She co-hosts the popular podcast Chat 10, Looks 3 with Annabel Crabb, which garners hundreds of thousands of monthly downloads, performs sell-out live shows, and explores topics from arts and culture to friendship and grief.
Additionally, Sales anchors the ABC TV program The Assembly, where she mentors autistic journalism trainees.
Her accolades include three Walkley Awards for journalism, an Order of Australia for public service, and two honorary doctorates from the Queensland University of Technology and Edith Cowan University. She is the mother of two sons.
Gwen Blake
Gwen Blake is the Founder and Director of Boxer & Co, an award-winning branding and packaging design agency in Sydney. For seventeen years, she has collaborated with major retail brands such as Woolworths, Nestlé, and Kraft Heinz. Gwen also produces merchandise for the podcast Chat 10 Looks 3.
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