Her first book, Kylie Kwong: Recipes and Stories, introduced the wonderful home cooking, family gatherings and Chinese banquets that nourished Kylie and helped to shape her future. Kylie Kwong: Heart and Soul traced her life with food, family and friends, from hanging out at her uncle’s noodle factory as a child to holding a steamboat party. From the response to the accompanying TV series, Kylie realised how daunting people can find the prospect of cooking Chinese food at home, and so with Simple Chinese Cooking she sought to demystify the intricate methods and exotic ingredients that have produced one of the world’s great cuisines. The long-awaited follow-up, Simple Chinese Cooking Class, combines master classes in time-honoured Chinese techniques such as tea-smoking and pickling with inspiring recipes to expand your repertoire.

Kylie is endlessly fascinated by travel, and the opportunity it offers to learn more about food traditions worldwide. A growing awareness of Chinese regional cooking, as well as a profound urge to reconnect with her relatives in China, has led Kylie to return to her ancestral homeland many times. The story of my journey through the food, history and culture of China and Tibet is captured in both a TV series and a book, My China: A Feast for all the Senses. Closer to home, It Tastes Better is a celebration of the growers, farmers, fishermen, artisans and food providores behind the sustainable food Kylie loves, with simple recipes inspired by their beautiful produce.

Kylie firmly believes that our food choices should be ethical, sustainable and supportive of both the natural and human environment. By spreading this message, and through her ongoing support for the work of organisations such as Slow Food, the Australian Marine Conservation Society, MAD, the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation, Oxfarm and the Half the Sky Foundation, Kylie is determined to do all she can to make the world a better place.