In 'A Passionate Cook', our best-known cookery writer, Margaret Fulton, shares her passion for food and cooking through tantalising new recipes and tips gathered over a lifetime.
Lovers of find food in Australia know Margaret's recipes always work and, in this new cookbook, she once again excels in making complex dishes easy, and easy dishes interesting. These fine contemporary recipes are all meticulously tested and all cooking methods are clearly explained. Margaret combines European tradition with Asian influences and shows how to take advantage of the finest fresh produce for today's busy way of life. She also updates traditional dishes such as roasts, one-pot cooking and slow cooking.
'A Passionate Cook' has more than 200 new recipes for every occasion - from weekday meals-on-the-run such as Wild Mushroom Pasta, Moroccan Salad or Balsamic Veal Scaloppine to special family celebrations with Roast Standing Rib of Beef or Leek and Lamb Ragout. Delectable desserts range from Caramelised Cardamom Pears to Fig Tart and Chocolate Dacquoise. The sumptuous colour photographs - taken by Rodney Weidland and styled by Suzanne Gibbs, Margaret's daughter - illustrate the importance of visual presentation in tempting our palates.
