Following on from the earlier success of her Gran’s Kitchen and Gran’s Family Table cookbooks, Natalie Oldfield has produced another winner packed with recipes that are both desirable and accessible. All too often, modern cookbooks tend to feature ingredients that no normal person has in their pantry or food that looks like it’s been painted […]
A classic for the kitchen Read Post »
It’s easy to make food taste spectacular if you’re chucking expensive ingredients into the equation but making great-tasting food that will appeal to the whole family and keep the budget under control is a little more of a challenge. With the recession putting the squeeze on all of us, I’m sure most people would be
Low cost doesn’t mean low flavour Read Post »
I have a couple of slow cookers and am a big fan of the easy meals that can be produced with the help of these great little kitchen staples. I bought my first one way back in the mists of time, when I first moved out of my parents’ house and into my first flat.
New book from slow cooker converts Read Post »
New Zealand’s Hottest Home Baker, with Dean Brettschneider (Penguin, RRP $35): Baking is one of those retro things that has suddenly become cool again and television has jumped on the bandwagon with New Zealand’s Hottest Home Baker, which isn’t quite as dodgy as the name might suggest. No, this show doesn’t involve scantily clad busty
Baking: so hot it’s cool Read Post »
I hate to be the bearer of bad news folks, but Christmas is just around the corner. Really, it truly must officially be the festive season because a certain large coffee-selling corporation broke out their special Christmas cups last week. Christmas is a busy old time of the year, so anything that saves some of
Quick and Christmassy Read Post »
I’m sure everyone out there has a favourite recipe for a never- fail sponge, awesome bikkie or spectacular scone that has come from a mother, grandmother, aunty or friend. It is those recipes that are handed on from friend to friend, and generation to generation, that always seem to end up becoming our go-to recipe
Granny knows her stuff Read Post »
This is a reprinted, repackaged and updated version of Julie Le Clerc’s 1999 book by the same name and I have to say, the recipes still stack up well as good cafe food 12 years down the track. Food trends come and go and looking over old magazines can sometimes offer a bit of a
Still good after 12 years Read Post »
We all have our favourite recipes and have collected favourite recipes from family and friends over the years so this book is something I’m sure every home cook would find useful: it’s a collection of more than 40 recipes from the author herself, compiled in the form of a journal that allows space for the
Build your own cooking journal Read Post »
A decade after producing their first bread book, the Holsts are back with one that features all the old favourite recipes and a bunch of new ones. If you’ve got a whizz-bang breadmaker, then I’m sure you’ll be in the market for some new recipes to try but the beauty of this book is that
Tasty range of books to add to your collection Read Post »
Chef Anna Hansen may have been born in Canada, but we’ll do what we poke the borax at the Aussies for doing, and claim her as our own since she grew up in our fair country. She has made quite a name for herself in London during her time as a pastry chef and as
How to navigate the pantry Read Post »
