The Truffle Book - the first book in English to cover the world of truffles and the truffles of the world - is now available from good bookshops in New Zealand and by mail order from this site. With a foreword by truffle guru Antonio Carluccio, the book looks at the classic truffles of French and Italian cuisine, explores the new truffles of the USA, and examines the burgeoning truffle industries of Australia and New Zealand. There’s detailed advice on buying and using truffles, recipes for the defining dishes, plus chapters on training truffle dogs and establishing a truffière. 152 fact-packed pages, fully illustrated with over 90 colour pictures, maps and illustrations, available in paperback, limited edition hardback and downloadable PDF.

Limestone Hills Publishing is the publishing division of our farm company. It was founded in 2005 to publish The Truffle Book, and to provide a vehicle for Gareth Renowden's future projects.
As a small publisher, we are able to control every aspect of our products, and remain flexible in terms of content delivery via tradional books, electronic media and audio, in New Zealand and globally.

New Zealand booktrade distribution is handled by Nationwide Books. US distribution by Pacific Island Books. Please contact us for further information on other markets.

Translation rights are available in a number of markets.

The Olive Book is a guide to growing olives in Australia and New Zealand. It was first published by Canterbury University Press in 1999, and has become an important reference work for the new generation of southern hemisphere olive growers.