There is a good chance you can remember a time when the family cake tins were always full of biscuits, slices, fruit loaves and cakes baked by mothers, aunts and grandmothers. And, of course, home-made sponges, ginger loaves, lamingtons, custard squares were an integral part of all special occasions - whether it was a birthday, a christening, a wedding or a wake. In Ladies, A Plate, Alexa Johnston looks back to this gentler time and shares her favourite traditional New Zealand recipes. An avid collector of community cookbooks, Alexa also writes about the history of some New Zealand baking classics, showing how our favourite recipes evolved over time. This gorgeous book contains over ninety recipes and will be treasured by every kitchen enthusiast, whether in your twenties or your nineties.

Shortlisted for Nielsen BookData New Zealand Booksellers' Choice Award 2009 and Montana New Zealand Book Awards: Lifestyle and Contemporary Culture Category 2009 and BPANZ Book Design Awards: Illustrated Book 2009.

Paperback
01-09-2008
Penguin Group (NZ)
9780143008637
230 x 230 mm
178