Three Sunshine Coast sisters come up with artistic new concept for tasty cookbook Sisters Maxine Thompson, 26, Jessica Thompson, 30, and Georgia Thompson, 26, have released a cookbook with artists impressions of the meals rather than photography. Picture: Megan Slade. YOUNG, hip and obsessed with food, three Sunshine Coast sisters are on the road to becoming the next cookbook queens. Jessica Thompson, 30, and twins Maxine and Georgia, 26, grew up in a house full of art, imagination and food. So they have combined all three in a new cookbook - The Bookery Cook - which has pushed them into the international foodie spotlight. The close-knit sisters follow in the footsteps of other successful Sunshine Coast cooks including the Four Ingredients ladies and top-selling grandmother Annette Sym. But they have added their own funky twist to the genre by ditching glossy food photos for art. The Thompson sisters commissioned artist friends around the world to create imaginative impressions of each dish. The result is quirky pictures like instrument-playing fish to represent Mexican Fish Cakes with Salsa. We've had very positive feedback and reviews. Everyone loves the artwork," Jessie said, during a rare catch-up with her sisters on the Sunshine Coast. It's as much a coffee-table book as a recipe book. The idea came after a dinner party when they lived together as arts students in Brisbane. Big groups of friends would regularly drop by and sample their homemade dishes and one night they pulled out drawing pens for a bit of fun. "I think it was Mexican that night and our friends were artists and creative designers so we brought out our pens and paper and everyone drew their interpretation of the food," Jessie said. Someone drew a Mexican man and someone else had drawn a chilli. Georgia said the sisters, who have been living separately in Brisbane, Melbourne and New York, had long toyed with the idea of a book because their recipes were so popular with friends. The Bookery Cook was three years in the making, with months and months of recipe testing at home. "We came at the right time when they (publishers) were looking for something different," she said. There wasn't much on the market for young people. The Thompson sisters attribute their love of cooking to their mother who gave the girls free reign of her rustic kitchen in Woombye. Maxine reckons her signature dish is the Paella One Pot Wonder which was easy enough to cook in her small New York digs to feed masses of people. Jessie, who once lived in Japan, is known for her Japanese Banquet - marinated steak, Daikon salad, miso eggplant, green beans with sesame dressing and cucumber salad. And Georgia, they all agree, makes the best dolmades. The Bookery Cook is available at bookstores and recipes can also be found at their blog thebookerycook.com.au