• South African gardening guru, Jane Griffiths, offers inspiration for city dwellers to turn their lifestyle around and go natural in her latest book, Jane’s Delicious Urban Gardening. An in-depth education on growing your own plants, herbs, fruits and vegetables, Jane shows you just how easy it is to achieve a flourishing food garden, no matter how limited the space you are working with. Buy Jane’s Delicious Urban Gardening at Exclusive Books here.

    Hot off his victory as the winner of Australia’s MasterChef 2014, Brent Owens’ debut cookbook, Dig In!, showcases his favourite recipes and unique approach to reinventing classic dishes, like chilli con carne and bangers and mash. Brent’s tips will guide you through approachable, everyday meals where simplicity is key and yumminess is the result. Scattered with images of beautifully plated food, as well as himself, it’s definitely easy on the eye. Dig In! is available from Exclusive Books.

    Sumac-dusted fried chickpeas are a lovely, lighter alternative to potato crisps or nuts to snack on with drinks. They’re also fabulous sprinkled over salads. Creamy in the centre and slightly crunchy on the outside, fried chickpeas are the perfect canvas for the lemony tang of sumac. If you don’t fancy chickpeas, there are many other delicious uses for sumac: Serve good-quality olive oil with a sprinkle of sumac as a dip for crusty bread. Sprinkle sumac over buttered popcorn for a fresh, lemony flavour. For a different flavour note, substitute the same quantity of lemon juice with sumac next time you’re…