I have the red AWW book, Cook I'm sure (it's spine is facing the back of the shelf for some reason). I have four old (pre 1980ish) AWW books that I usually refer to first (two copies of two of them, and the earliest I have is about 1940's, its a really good book too!). I look at the Cook book last actually, I have not found it useful at all really. I think I use an on Margaret Fulton (The Complete MF Cookbook) more often!

My Mum has given me a number of the 'newer' glossy AWW books; AWW Basic Cookbook (which I also highly recommend, not just for beginners looking for a book, but it has so many favourites in it), Celebration, (the old) Children's Birthday Cake Book (with the red train on the cover, Mum is still looking for the newer one with the mushroom cake for me), and Cooking Class.

I use a book called the Australian Book of Meat Cookery, which is old, but shows all the different meat cuts, etc, and I find really useful as a reminder on what I need for different dishes.

I have a Body Shop Cookbook which I used to use a lot. Some of you may notice that I get a lot of recipes from that which I have posted in BB. And a Nursing Mothers' Association book, which has lots of great things in it, easy and economical. I must remember to use it (or at least refer to it) more often.

As a beautiful looking book (which I would probably make use of when the kids are a bit older or on holidays at their Grandmothers!) is High Tea at the Victoria Room. I got it from a Playgroup fundraiser, but saw it at Coles last week. Highly recommended, even if its only ever used as a coffee table book!

Plus lots of others! I got rid of quite a few (can't even remember what they were, so meh, obviously don't miss them!. I also have a folder of recipes from magazines cuttings, etc, or hand written. I will cull the magazine recipes eventually (I sort through them every now and again and the others if I don't like the result), and it will be the 'book' that I give to my kids (or grandkids by the time I stop cooking) with all sorts of info in it hopefully, not just cooking.