AFGHANS, BARBECUES & CHOCOLATE FISHJane Hingston, Hodder Moa, $29.99
This Kiwi compendium of culinary knowledge gives you the A to Z of New Zealand food.
In here you will find out the origins of lamingtons, cook some yummy Afghans and discover just how many Jelly Tips we eat each year.
In here you will find out the origins of lamingtons, cook some yummy Afghans and discover just how many Jelly Tips we eat each year.
Afghans, Barbecues & Chocolate Fish covers the history of Kiwi’s favourite food, food brands and customs, and includes celebrity panels and more than 20 recipes for favourites such as banana cake, feijoa jam, pavlova and ginger crunch.
From Anzac biscuits to whitebait, chocolate fish to the Sunday roast, Bluff oysters to the huhu grub – this book is a quirky celebration of our national cuisine. It provides the low-down on Kiwi culinary traditions such as Christmas, birthday parties and ‘ladies a plate’, along with a fun collection of facts, such as:
New Zealander’s eat 7 million servings of hot chips a week.
Crayfish can migrate many hundreds of kilometers. Crayfish originally tagged in Otago have been caught in Fiordland (a journey of 850 kilometres!)
Our beloved Jaffas were originally Australian.
In the 1980s political party McGillicuddy Serious put forward a policy of establishing chocolate fish as legal tender.
In 1926 Alfred Fagg opened his shop in Wellington and became the first roaster of coffee beans for espresso.
New Zealander’s eat 7 million servings of hot chips a week.
Crayfish can migrate many hundreds of kilometers. Crayfish originally tagged in Otago have been caught in Fiordland (a journey of 850 kilometres!)
Our beloved Jaffas were originally Australian.
In the 1980s political party McGillicuddy Serious put forward a policy of establishing chocolate fish as legal tender.
In 1926 Alfred Fagg opened his shop in Wellington and became the first roaster of coffee beans for espresso.
And a bonus are the colourful and appealing illustrations throughout. Lots of nostalgia.
Jane Hingston lives in Auckland and has worked in the New Zealand book publishing industry for the last ten years as editor, researcher and project manager. She has been involved in the editing and production of hundreds of books, (many of them cookbooks), – but this is the first one she has written herself.
Takapuna Library and Hachette NZ warmly invite you to hear Jane Hingston talk about her new book
(Special treats from the book will also be able to be sampled!)
Details:
(Special treats from the book will also be able to be sampled!)
Details:
Wednesday, 22nd April, at 6pm
Takapuna Library, North Shore City. NZ
Entry: $5, Friends of the Library $2
RSVP Helen Woodhouse
Ph (09) 486 8469 or helenw@shorelibraries.govt.nz
Takapuna Library, North Shore City. NZ
Entry: $5, Friends of the Library $2
RSVP Helen Woodhouse
Ph (09) 486 8469 or helenw@shorelibraries.govt.nz
My sister bought the chocolate fish book and absolutely loves it.
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