A little food flight reading Australian Heritage Cookbook (New Holland, $40); Green and Gold Cookery Book (New Holland, $19.95) Source: Supplied FROM Australia's culinary heritage to recipes first published in 1923. Australian Heritage Cookbook (New Holland, $40) WHO says Australia doesn't have a culinary heritage? The veal saltimbocca, curried fish with coconut rice and tandoori chicken pockets in this new hardback would illustrate we've taken a pinch of this and a pound of that from just about everybody and come up with a cuisine all our own. Easy recipes geared to the Aussie lifestyle, from a family tea to a formal dinner, make use of the bounty on our doorstep (chapters include "From the oceans, rivers and streams," "Inspired by the vine" and "Farmyard cooking"). It's an old-fashioned offering in a sea of slick and glossy recipe books, but there are some decent dishes, served with a fair dollop of nostalgia. Green and Gold Cookery Book (New Holland, $19.95) IN the fickle world of hospitality and publishing, having one's book reprinted once is no mean feat. That this collection of recipes was first published in 1923 and has been reprinted regularly since would have the competitive likes of Manu and Pete spitting organic corn chips. Originally a fundraising initiative for King's College, Adelaide, it contains authentic family recipes from a bygone era (potted mutton, anyone?) and, for this edition, a new - yet charmingly retro - cover. It's going straight on the bookshelf, right next to Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management.