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$45.00
Penguin
Paperback
175 pages
2008
A book of traditional New Zealand home baking. The recipes are based on research in dozens of community recipe books and have easy-to-follow instructions for both experienced and novice bakers.
Ladies, a Plate
Traditional home baking
Many New Zealanders can still recall a time when family cake tins contained a delicious variety of home-made biscuits, slices, fruit loaves and cakes baked each week by mothers, aunts and grandmothers. The contents of the tins brightened children’s lunches, revived them after school, and refreshed friends and visitors at morning and afternoon teatime. Women also baked for suppers and teas at community events in response to the message ‘Ladies, a plate’ – often printed on invitations to attend. Cream-filled sponges, ginger kisses, lamingtons, custard squares, chocolate éclairs, club sandwiches and sausage rolls were just some of the many specialties perfected by New Zealand home bakers. This is a book for anyone who longs to re-create their favourite treats with over 80 easy-to-follow recipes – all of them tried, tested and true.
"Whether we knew it or not, this is the New Zealand baking book that we’ve all been waiting for. Alexa has a deep regard and affection for this country’s traditional baking recipes. Her combination of skill, scholarship and enthusiasm is rare indeed."
Lois Daish
Awards:
- Montana New Zealand Book Awards, 2009
- Winner, Lifestyle and Contemporary Culture Category
- Publishers’ Association of New Zealand, Book Design Awards 2009
- Winner, Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book
- Winner, Nielsen Award for Best Book
- New Zealand Guild of Food Writers, Culinary QuillAwards 2009
- Winner, Recipe Book of the Year