Newsletter: Fabulous food for busy families + prize-winning community cookbooks
Fabulous food for busy families + prize-winning community cookbooks
Family food: help is at hand
Putting good food on the table, let alone food tempting enough for small people’s changing appetites, can be a challenge. Don’t worry: we’ve got you covered with the books in our Cookbooks for Busy Families collection.
New to ckbk is Real Food Kids Will Love by Annabel Karmel. “Food for everyone” – from toddlers to grownups – is at the heart of this highly practical recipe book.
Dishes are designed to appeal to all ages and to introduce younger palates to a wide range of tastes and textures, so that cooks can confidently venture beyond a safe list of ‘child-friendly’ meals cooked on rotation.
Pictured above:Pot-Roast Chicken from Real Food Kids Will Love by Annabel Karmel
New to your ckbk bookshelf
Also new on the site this month are two community cookbooks from food writer Liz Harfull, both mainstays of Australian food writing. In our guest post, ckbk subscriber Francene Connor writes about these books and the vital role they and other community cookbooks have played in preserving rural traditions and supporting local communities.
Harfull’s first book captures the stories of South Australian country shows and the long-standing traditions of their cookery competitions. Published in September 2008, it has become a best-seller, much praised by critics and home cooks alike. It went on to huge success, selling hundreds of thousands of copies.
Cook up a batch of delicate Cockles, whip up a blue ribbon-winning Carrot Cake or keep it traditional with classic Anzac Biscuits.
The success of Liz’s first book led to this nationwide follow-up, published in 2014. As well as great (and reliable) recipes, the book gives readers first-hand insight into local communities right across the continent, as well as regional recipes and their one-of-a-kind creators.
Try your hand at classic Lamingtons, or treat yourself to Cream Puffs – and you know that you are in good hands with this recipe for Jess McMillan’s Streusel Caramel Slice.
National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated annually from September 15 to October 15 in the US, recognizing the contributions and influence of Hispanic Americans to the country’s history, culture, and achievements. We’ve brought together a collection of cookbooks to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, covering the food cultures of Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Cuba, and more.
British Food Fortnighttakes place from September 20 to October 2 in the UK. The recipes in our collection of British Specialties are satisfying to make and eat.
Celery root (celeriac) is the edible root of wild celery. Over centuries, the thin, weedy wild root vegetable has been selectively bred to encourage the large, heavy root that it has today.
This knobbly-looking root vegetable is not going to win first prize in any beauty competition, but there’s so much more to celery root than meets the eye.