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8 - 12 Feb 2010
WIN a Cookbook on the 938LIVEWIRE game!
Mon 8 Feb: 50 GREAT CURRIES OF INDIA/PB (comes with DVD) ($42.94)
A feast for the senses, this book explains how to add taste, aroma and colour to create that perfect curry. Dishes collected from all over India - from the classic Goa Lamb Vindaloo to the more exotic Gujarat Mango and Yogurt Curry - are accompanied by tantalising photography to inspire and excite. And now including a DVD showing you cooking techniques and step-by-steps of dishes, this really is an invaluable addition to your kitchen library. A further 50 recipes are given for rice, bread, vegetables, potatoes, lentils, yogurt, chutneys and relishes as well as tempting desserts to complete your Indian meal. Other features of the book include: the philosophy of Indian food, What exactly is a curry? Using spices, herbs and chillies, and Planning an Indian meal and suggested menus.
Tues 9 Feb: JAPANESE KITCHEN ($41.95)
Until very recently Japanese food was viewed with guarded suspicion. But due to the upsurge in popularity for Japanese cuisine, ingredients have become readily available on supermarket shelves and in specialist local shops and, now, people want to be able to cook this exquisite cuisine at home. Kimiko Barber presents 100 essential ingredients, from the more familiar, such as soba (noodles) to the more unusual umeboshi (pickled plum). Every ingredient has its own entry that covers history, appearance, taste, buying, storing, culinary use and health benefits. Completing each section are over 200 authentic recipes. Through informative prose and beautiful photography "The Japanese Kitchen" tells the full story behind Japanese cuisine and makes it inviting and accessible to all.
Wed 10 Feb: MODERN MEZZE ($53.15)
Mezze - a leisurely feast comprising a selection of small dishes - is a flexible, sociable way of eating now becoming increasingly popular in the West. Almost any dish that is small and tasty can be served as a mezze, even main course dishes served in small portions. With a tempting collection of 100 recipes from Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Morocco and Iran, "Modern Mezze" brings this brilliant, relaxed style of food to the home cook. There are recipes for delicious dips and fragrant herby salads, crisp pastries, tasty pulse and grain dishes, colourful vegetables, fish and shellfish bites, plus tempting mezze meat. Clear, step-by-step preparation photographs make the recipes easy to follow and there is also advice on shopping and how to combine dishes to make a successful and achievable mezze meal. Throughout the book, there are features on traditional breads, pickles, olives and drinks to accompany your mezze.
Thur 11 Feb: GORDON RAMSAY'S HEALTHY APPETITE ($57.90)
What you are is what you eat - and everyone wants to be healthy and look their best. Gordon Ramsay - super-fit chef, marathon runner and high-energy television presenter - is a great advertisement for eating well and staying in the peak of good health. For this third series of "The F Word", he has put together over 100 dishes thatare completely in tune with the way we want to eat today - packed with fresh, vital ingredients cooked in the most healthy way to achieve maximum flavour. Geared around our daily lives he gives ideas and recipes for healthy breakfasts, lunches, barbecues, suppers, desserts, kids and entertaining, demonstrates healthycooking methods that guarantee optimum flavour, and tells us which are his favourite healthy ingredients.Recipes include Mango and Smoked Chicken Salad, Griddle Squid with Roasted Peppers and Cannellini Beans, Wild Mushroom Risotto with Baked Courgettes and Roasted Peaches with Vanilla and Spices. With its fresh, colourful photographs and clean modern design, this is a worthy follower to hishugely successful Fast Food and Sunday Lunch.
Fri 12 Feb: BALI COOKBOOK ($44.75)
"The Bali Cookbook" is a journey through the unique cuisine of this stunning island. Visited by millions of tourists every year, Bali has long been famous for its rich tradition, striking landscape and legendary hospitality, but its cuisine has remained largely undiscovered. Lonny Gerungan will explore the complete range of authentic dishes served in Bali. There is a chapter dedicated to rice, as well as detailed information on a wide variety of ingredients, such as herbs, spices and vegetables, which are specific to this cuisine, as well as recipes for the famed satays and barbecued dishes. With chapters on starters, snacks and street food, main dishes, desserts and exotic drinks, readers will learn how to recreate 'the food of the gods.'
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