Featuring recipes from MasterChef: The Professionals finalist Dave Coulson, The Newcastle Cook Book celebrates the culinary diversity of the capital of the north east. This 128 page book features more than 25 recipes from some of the city's finest and quirky food establishments, local restaurants, cafes, delis, pubs and food producers such as Peace and Loaf, Pani's Cafe, Dil and the Bear, River Beat, The Boatyard and Cake Stories. Among the plethora of tasty treats are cauliflower & hake fritters with Cambodian curry sauce, spicy sweet potato and chorizo soup, beef shin pie with Durham white stout and bone marrow, gluten-free beer battered fish and chips with mushy peas, Iberico pork and brownies named The Corker. For home cooks of any ability and gourmets of any taste, there's something for everyone in this regional showcase.