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Book SynopsisDanielle Alvarez is an acclaimed restaurant chef, but
Recipes for a Lifetime of Beautiful Cooking is dedicated to her favourite way of cooking: at home, for and with friends and family. This fully photographed and illustrated hardback, featuring over 110 recipes and a ribbon marker, draws on Danielle's love of Italian and French food, her Cuban roots, time spent cooking in California and then in Australia, and all the incredible Asian influences that have coloured her time in Sydney.
The recipes are eclectic because her interests in flavour are diverse. We are so lucky to live in a world where one night we might be cooking something Indian, then next something Italian and then something Australian. Danielle celebrates this luxury, then applies the essential principles of respecting where food comes from and preparing it with care and attention.
Wherever you live, if you have a basic grocery store, you can adopt and enjoy the 100-plus recipes in this book. Every idea - from easy weeknight meals such as a Zucchini frittata or a hearty Cavolo nero and anchovy risotto, to more elaborate weekend projects like Bolognese with homemade Tagliatelle or a Sweet and sour cumin lamb shoulder, to gorgeous desserts such as Plum galette with a fennel crme anglaise - is designed to help you find happiness in your kitchen with the best that is available to you, and according to the ebbs and flows of your mood, budget, and tastes.
A lifetime of beautiful home cooking starts here.
Trade Review'Danielle is a wonderful cook; she moves with the seasons and brings produce to life. In her new book she teaches her way of cooking, with seasonality, with craft and with care. She approaches multiculturism with ease, food that comes from different parts of the world, but in her hands they belong together. The pages of this book are quite stunning, however I suspect in time they will be covered in the stains of a collection cooked from time and time again.'Neil Perry
'A joyful book, full of enticing recipes.'
Claudia Roden
'Thoughtful, bold, warm-hearted food. Danielle's cooking is a delight!'
Skye Gyngell
'A book filled with beauty, wisdom and generosity - I want to cook everything!'
Julia Busuttil Nishimura
'For those of us still drooling over Danielle's first book, it's hard to imagine a cookbook as seductive and soulful, but here it is. Her 'active' and 'inactive' cooking times are a genius, helpful way to prepare logically and calmly serve a really beautiful meal.'
Sean Moran
'Danielle's cooking is pure magic. There's no trickery or sleight of hand, but her gift is in making everyday ingredients and unapologetically simple dishes taste completely extraordinary.'
Adam Liaw
'The best cookbook ever.'
Cheryl Akle, Better Reading
Table of ContentsWith abandon and restraint
Between the bookshelf and the kitchen
My pantry and other kitchenalia1. Aperitivo
The art of the aperitif 2. Some like it hot
Season to taste3. Some like it cold
The music in my kitchen4. The great extenders
Bread and her many companionsSmall tins and salted things
The nonna ratio
5. The main event
At home in three restaurants
The chicken and the eggOn herbs6. Side by side
Coaxing flavour from water7. Pastry and pudding
Baking for karmaThe pen and the wooden spoon
How to cook an octopus
Thanks
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