For the past year, I’ve been secretly beavering away on my second cookbook: TONIGHT. And I’m so excited to announce it is now available for pre-order in Australia, US, UK, New Zealand and Canada here!
Introducing my new cookbook: TONIGHT
150+ brand new recipes | 800 variations | 3,000+ combinations
GOTCHA! Are you surprised? I hope so!! I’ve been working so hard to keep this second cookbook a secret – because I wanted to make this a big surprise. And that’s been a challenge because it is not in my nature to keep things like this from you!
In fact, I was not even supposed to make this announcement until next week. But I thought I better tell you today as it got leaked and there’s been speculation that it’s fake news. Because how could I possibly have been secretly working on such a big project and not accidentally let slip??
Or perhaps, I DID let slip and you missed the clues!!! Did you notice that I’ve been publishing far fewer recipes than my standard 3-new-recipes-a-week for the better part of the last 10 months?
I’ve accidentally shown peeks of my Wall of Photos. my can’t-live-without visual cookbook tool. You’ve seen me at professional photoshoots involving hair and make up. You should know that I don’t bother with such things unless it’s important! 😂 It takes a special occasion for me to quickly rip a brush through my hair before I leave the house!!
And ironically, Dozer’s recent health issues had one silver lining: that my social life ground to a halt as I stayed home to nurse him which cleared my calendar to give me months of uninterrupted time to focus on TONIGHT.
I’ve been secretly stashing away recipes for 2 years
The truth is, the moment I finished my first cookbook, Dinner, there was never any doubt in my mind that I would make another one. I didn’t know when, but from the moment Dinner hit stores almost 2 years ago, I’ve been secretly stashing away recipes for my next cookbook.
That great Ginger Sesame Noodle Soup I threw together on a rushed Tuesday night that was so good! A double-crunch Hot Honey Salmon that took less than 20 minutes to make that I couldn’t stop eating. A creamy Wild Rice Mushroom Soup and the Korean BBQ Chicken marinade that had my friends swooning and the Thai Wings my friend was so obsessed with, he hid leftovers under a pile of lettuce in the fridge so his kids wouldn’t find them!
I fought my instinct to publish these recipes on my website and instead, saved them for my second cookbook, TONIGHT. And I’m so excited to tell you about it!!
About TONIGHT – and why it’s different
It’s quite different to Dinner which has lengthier and more involved classic foods. TONIGHT is more focussed on dinners you can make tonight when you’ve got no time (but of course, we still want something delicious to eat!), to suit every budget, and every level of cooking, catering to big families as well as one-person households.
There’s 150 brand new recipes you won’t find on my website and there’s 800 variations on those recipes (including my beloved Stir Fry Sauce “Charlie”!), plus 3,000 possible combinations that mix and match ingredients.
There’s a whole chapter of recipes that can be made in 20 minutes, and another filled with recipes you can make with whatever you’ve got on hand. Of course there’s a one-pot chapter (some of my greatest hits are in there), a sweets chapter and my favourite chapter called My Favourites Made Easier where I’ve come up with a faster ways to make comfort food favourites. Such as – Hainanese Chicken in 20 minutes. Monday Night Aussie Meat Pies. And burritos filled with eight different stuffings made using just one pot. Aren’t you just dying to know how???!
And YES – in addition to a photo for every recipe, like DINNER, every recipe has a QR code that will take you straight to a handy how-to video!
More about TONIGHT here.
Featuring – Dozer!
And of course, what cookbook written by me would be complete without excessively featuring Australia’s favourite taste-tester, Dozer!!
He has been with me every step of the way as I’ve created, tested, photographed and written the recipes, cheering me on as I’ve groaned at the thought of yet another entire weekend spent proof reading and re-testing recipes. (I can’t lie – I hate proof reading, but it takes the longest!).
Though he is now in negative sick leave because of all the time he took off for his surgery, I am very pleased to say that he is back full time in his position as Chief Taste Tester of RecipeTin with the dedication and enthusiasm he has always shown.
He has been awarded Employee of the Month 10 months in a row (ie since the cookbook commenced) and he was so thrilled when I informed him today that he would be given a pay rise effective immediately: an increase from 2 to 3 peanut butter balls each day!
Because of you!
This second cookbook is here because of you! I am so grateful for all your feedback on my first cookbook, Dinner. I listened, absorbed, thought, went into the kitchen and cooked.
Then I wrote TONIGHT. A book filled with recipes that aims to be truly useful, truly useable and most importantly, truly delicious. The sort of food you crave – like Slow Baked Italian Meatballs, the softest, most succulent meatballs I’ve ever had in my life. Roast pumpkin with a maple pecan bacon crumble. Creamy mushroom wild rice soup! My Asian Quinoa Kale-Fluff Salad (I am OBSESSED with this.)
AGGGHHHH! I love them all! I want to eat them all right now!
Pre-order and release date
TONIGHT is now available for pre-order in Australia, US, UK, Canada and New Zealand here. When you pre-order, it means you have secured a copy and it will be delivered to your door on 15 October 2024 in Australia, 17 October 2024 in the UK and 29 October 2024 in the US (we are working on closing the gaps!).
Why pre-order? Well, it means you have secured a copy and you get it on release date so you can start celebrating and cooking with me, immediately! 🙂 Also, it did become a bit difficult to find copies of my first cookbook leading up to Christmas due to low stock levels. Even I struggled!
TONIGHT will then be available in stores on the release dates listed above, and in local libraries shortly thereafter. There will be a book tour later on in the year as well as some special surprise events.
I hope we get a chance to meet, and that the book is already splattered with food stains and cluttered with tags. They are the best kind! – Nagi x
PS Don’t feel bad if you missed the clues. 😜 Not even my own team knew about it until 6 months ago!!
Hi, just wondering if there is nutritional information available for this book and your other one, dinner? Thanks.
Hi Nagi & Dozer. I just got your new cookbook today. I can’t wait to read the recipes, but I just can’t seem to get the tears out of my eyes from the “dedicated to Dozer” page! Thanks to both of you, my friends. You two really do deserve each other!
Nagi I have the new cookbook, fabulous. I’m making the slow cooked meatballs. It says at one point to turn the oven off and put meatballs in oven. You don’t turn it back on? I’m laughing at my confusion.💕
Tonight was delivered this afternoon and I love it. I can see myself making so many recipes from this one. Great, easy ideas to cook on a weeknight. The most difficult thing will be deciding what to cook first. So many great choices. A big, hearty thank you.
I ordered your new cookbook many months ago, I think it was via your website and maybe coming via big W but not totally sure of that . Can you tell me when I can expect delivery. Many thanks
Thank you for the many wonderful recipes you’ve given us over the years. I’m thrilled to see that you’ve come out with a new cookbook. Like a few others have mentioned, I’d love it if you could find time to offer us a vegetarian cookbook. Thank you, Nagi. And hugs to Dozer.
I second that! Please 🙏🏻🌱
I’d love a vegetarian co9k book please! You have a lot of recipes that are vegetarian but I don’t particularly enjoy reading on screen and would love a go to book with everything vegetarian in it! Keep up the good work and cheers to our wonderful doggy companions.
Hi,
I have preordered several books to send to friends overseas, we can’t wait!
Would you ever consider a book on cakes, desserts etc?
It would be a wonderful addition as your first book, (and the new one as far as I can gather), are mainly savoury.
I can’t wait for the dates to be released for your book tour. My friend and I queued in Robina in late 2022 with your first book and will be there with bells on for this one! Xxxxx
Hi Nagi! I love your books!! Will they be available in other languages? Specially spanish?
Hi Nagi! Do you have any details of a book tour!? Would love to see you in Perth!
Hi! Will this book be released for shipping in Malaysia?
Congratulations 🥂!! Can your next book be vegetarian focused pretty please!!!! I understand it’s not mainstream but so many people are trying to include meat free days in their week, and it’s not always as easy as just skipping the meat in the recipe! You are one of the very few cooks who appreciate vegetables and can make them a star of the dish and I would love to see those kind of recipes from you. I’m now an expert at veggie substitutes 😅 but I would love to have a recipe book of yours that I can open at any page and cook anything 🙂.
Your recipes are terrific, and I’m sure your new book will be as successful as the first 🤗
Did I tell you my kids are dozer fans so we watch the dozer videos as a family 😂
YES! I would be soooo happy to have a vegetarian book from Nagi!
Same request and challenge to you Nagi from me! 😀 But with lots of vegetarian protein please!!
Hi Nagi, any way I can get your new cookbook ‘Tonight’ in Japan?
Preordered. Supporting you in this small way after all your great online content. Thank you so much Nagi for inspiring flavourful and well researched recipes.
Pre-ordered mine at least a month ago on Amazon. Can’t wait to pull up chair and have a good read before cooking up a storm in the kitchen again. Thanks Nagi. Love your and Dozer’s work.
Important note: the book is actually available in any country on amazon. I was about to cry that this and dinner can not be delivered to NL, and then it is appeared that it can – and just in 1 day!
Pardon me if anyone has asked this question before. Have no doubt the new cookbook will be great too.
Why is it named recipetineats btw? 😉
It’s because of the recipe tin in her kitchen, like her mums, that stores all her favourite recipes.
I’m excited 🙂 Will be waiting in line again to get this second booked signed just like my first however, I will be getting another copy of Dinner to ‘re-sign’ as my original copy is looking very well used and worse for wear. I will be keeping my new signed copies somewhere other than on my kitchen bench, always open, splattered, tagged and ready to use. Gonna need a bigger bench to cope with Tonight as well!! So excited, thanks Nagi
Do you think you would ever come to Canada for a book tour? We would love to have you, and I would love to meet you (I’m a Registered Dietitian and love cooking, new recipes, but especially your new recipes. 🙂 Your website is so engaging, cheerful and your smile is beautiful. Dozer … well need we say anything, He gets attention without even trying. Keep up your fantastic work and love that you do so much for your community. I volunteer at a food bank and love that too.
I have been a big fan of yours Nagi for many years now…I have so many go to fav recipes and I tell everyone to check out recipetinests. I was lucky enough to be surprised by a friend who went to your book signing in Melbourne when “Dinner” came out. I was so wrapped to receive a copy of your book that you had actually signed!! My friend said you were lovely to meet in person too. I am very excited about “Tonight” being released and I’m already thinking about who I can pre order it for as a gift…thanks so much for all your efforts!!!
I got Dinner as a Christmas present and as soon as I saw this I told everyone I know what I want for Christmas this year