 | Sunday Suppers at Lucques: Seasonal Recipes from Market to Table by Suzanne Goin
Buy new: £18.72 / Used from: £29.67 I defy anyone not to read this book of delicious fresh recipes and not feel immediately transported to sunny Californian climes. Beautiful, seductive, seasonal. Love it.
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 | Beaneaters & Bread Soup by Lori de Mori
Buy used from: £5.83 If you have never been to Tuscany, this is the book to take you on a virtual tour. You can practically smell the dishes off the page - and meet the locals who helped put food on the plate. Wonderful.
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 | Recipes and Remembrances from an Eastern Mediterranean Kitchen: A Culinary Journey Through Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan by Sonia Uvezian
Buy new: £14.94 / Used from: £19.99 A special and surprising offering, this, based on the author's stories of life in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. A detailed, loving, unique work.
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 | My China: Stories and Recipes from My Homeland by Kylie Kwong
Buy used from: £17.50 Follow Kylie on this irresistible journey back to her homeland of China. The recipes, largely fish and vegetarian, are authentic and seductive. Inspiring design and photography make this a must-have.
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 | A Table in the Tarn: Living, Eating and Cooking in South-west France by Orlando Murrin
Buy new: £12.48 / Used from: £4.75 I've not been to this part of France, but a peruse of this book makes me feel that I am there, eating fresh baguette with freshly made conserve or madeleines with coffee in the sunshine.
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 | My Mexico by Diana Kennedy
Buy new: £18.48 / Used from: £21.91 Growing up in the UK, we do not have the relationship with Mexican food as they do in the US, but this work by longstanding resident Kennedy makes me want to visit and sample its culinary culture.
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 | Saha: A Chef's Journey Through Lebanon and Syria by Greg Malouf
Buy used from: £21.99 The Maloufs really know how to turn on the travel bug instincts in a woman, this time through Lebanon and Syria. Stunning photography, inspiring stories, mouthwatering recipes.
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 | Wild Garlic, Gooseberries and Me: A Chef's Stories and Recipes from the Land by Denis Cotter
Buy new: £15.64 / Used from: £15.71 A cookbook list is not complete without Denis. This lovingly written book is the latest by chef Cotter, and contains typically irresistible recipes from his restaurant in Cork.
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 | Lobster and Chips by Trish Hilferty
Buy new: £15.29 / Used from: £14.81 This is like the best compilation of recipes one could imagine that combines fish and potato, taking you on the best riverside picnic and seaside jaunt you can imagine.
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 | Made in Italy: Food and Stories by Giorgio Locatelli
Buy used from: £34.85 Giorgio - he the King! If you make it to Locanda Locatelli and have a big, fat wallet have the pasta with white truffle shavings. Yum.
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 | The Calcutta Kitchen by Udit Sarkhel
Buy new: £12.50 / Used from: £0.01 When I go to India, I will go to Calcutta first, based on this book. That's how good this book is.
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 | Arabesque: A Taste of Morocco, Turkey and Lebanon by Claudia Roden
Buy new: £19.47 / Used from: £17.80 Claudia Roden's book is like a magic carpet that takes you direct to Morocco, Turkey and Lebanon, and a party with a buffet serving all your favourite Middle Eastern and North African goodies.
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 | Seductions of Rice by Jeffrey Alford
Buy used from: £8.04 The world as a bowl of rice! Can there be anything better than that?
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 | A Taste of Morocco by Laurence Mouton
Buy new: £17.00 / Used from: £36.90 With this book I'm back in Essouira eating freshly caught fish on the harbour.
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 | Bills Open Kitchen by Bill Granger
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £5.93 Just look at the picture on the cover. Don't you want to be in Sydney with a drink in your hand, eating Bill's food? Of course you do. Buy all his books, they are fantastic.
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 | Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons: Enchanting Dishes from the Middle East, Mediterranean and North Africa by Diana Henry
Buy used from: £14.99 Diana Henry is a genius and so is this book. Try not to lick the pictures.
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 | Ottolenghi: The Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi
Buy new: £15.96 / Used from: £14.88 To be fair, this book mainly transports you to Islington, but Ottolenghi's heritage is much farther away, and it shows in the pages of this gorgeous book and its recipes.
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 | Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-sour Memoir of Eating in China by Fuchsia Dunlop
Buy new: £10.88 / Used from: £9.27 No pictures, few recipes, but one of the best and most fearless accounts of eating and travelling in China you will ever read.
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 | The Man Who Ate the World: In Search of the Perfect Dinner by Jay Rayner
Buy used from: £0.01 He doesn't eat the world, though he does eat such peculiar foodie destinations as Las Vegas and Tokyo, and he does become quite round. Hence the need for his gym membership. Brilliant writing.
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 | La Pizza: The True Story from Naples (Mitchell Beazley Food) by Nikko Amandonico
Buy new: £9.74 / Used from: £7.89 If you've never been to Naples and had proper pizza, this book will help you understand why you must go. If you've been, you may debate about the best pizza venue in the city. (Da Michele is best.)
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 | Breakfast, Lunch and Tea: The Many Little Meals of Rose Bakery by Rose Carrarini
Buy new: £12.97 / Used from: £40.00 A cookbook about a teashop in Paris - what's not to like? Let us eat cake (preferably at the Rose Bakery).
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 | Chocolate and Zucchini by Clotilde Dusoulier
Buy new: £6.74 / Used from: £3.00 And when you leave the Rose Bakery, graze around Paris with Clothilde and then go back to her flat for supper. She's a charming hostess.
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 | Cooking in Spain by Janet Mendel
Buy new: £20.39 / Used from: £11.99 It's not a pretty book, but it reminds me so vividly of being on holiday in Jerez, eating churros in the square, and pistou and tuna steak sauteed in sherry that you have to have a copy.
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