Books for Cooks
An independent bookstore with over 40,000 titles dedicated to food and wine
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Books for Cooks has been open in Melbourne since 1983. It's moved around over the years before moving to the Queen Victoria Market in 2018. An independent, specialist bookstore, Books for Cook has more than 40,000 cookery and food and wine titles in stock. The store is run by passionate cooks and lovers of good food, and the team can help you search for any hard-to-find titles. If you've done a Marie Kondo recently and have some old books to clear away, Books for Cooks also buys good-condition secondhand food and wine books.
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