This Cookbook Is a Huge Missed Steak

Ranked #1 Gift For Foodies by the Australian Good Food Guide

A part autobiography, part cookbook, and all out delicious adventure.

This book is a HUGE coffee table size book.
Dimensions: 32.77 x 25.15 x 3.3 cm
Weight: 2.5kg

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This Cookbook Is a Huge Missed Steak is the cookbook you did not know you needed, the story you will not stop quoting, and the recipe book you will actually use. Equal parts culinary inspiration, riotous pun energy, life lessons from 18 restaurants, and heartfelt family moments, this is food writing that tastes like joy.

Featured across food media, hospitality platforms, and international interviews, This Cookbook Is a Huge Missed Steak has been celebrated as both a cookbook worth cooking from and a story worth reading.

Long before it was a book, it was a party in the kitchen. Colourful, unexpected, and more than a little mischievous. Inside you will find fan favourite recipes from across Mark Filippelli’s hospitality journey, from Melbourne icons like the vegan egg and blue algae latte at Matcha Mylkbar to blue spirulina tagliatelle from Mark + Vinny’s, all served with generous helpings of story, science, and soul.

Whether you are a seasoned cook, a total beginner, or someone who just enjoys laughing while chopping vegetables, this book is for you. With inventive recipes like Strawberry Spheres, Unicorn Chai Pudding, and Nonna’s beloved minestrone, you will be inspired to roll up your sleeves, have a laugh, and cook something memorable.

Every recipe is labelled with playful skill cues so you know what you are in for before the oven even heats up. From Easy Peas’y to Be gin ner and Intermedoughary, the book is designed to make cooking feel approachable, encouraging, and fun.

But this is not just a collection of recipes. It is a love letter to food, creativity, family, and the beautifully chaotic business of eating well while enjoying yourself. Written for anyone who believes food should make you feel something, joy, nostalgia, curiosity, connection, and everything in between.