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Better cooking is a lifelong journey. It's the flick of a wrist, pinch of the fingers, the whiff of a waft. It's intuition. It's flying hours and muscle memory, from childhood, through school and young-adult years, to bring-a-plates and dinner parties where you learn to keep things simple ... eventually.
But what happens when we miss a stage? Or three?
The Art of Better Cooking is an instruction manual, but you'd never know it. Australia's favourite kitchen mistress presents a collection of 100 recipes (plus countless riffs) that you'll want to cook, on a weekly basis, with tips and tricks scribbled in the margins, and explanations where need be, so that by the time you're finished (never!) you'll have tripped over technique to a point where if feels second nature.
Starting with chapter one, entitled Really Outstanding Things Simply Thrown Together (hello All-seasons Avo Half and Wedge Caesar), through to Never Going Back (Fava Bean Felafel, Hubbababaganoush) and Making the Most of It (delicious ideas with leftovers, saggy bits and preserves). Then it's Loosen the Shoulders Time (Onion and Tomato Pie) and building up to Showstoppers and Centrepieces (yes you can make Salt and Pepper Creme Caramel).
All recipes are naturally veg-forward, with countless suggestions for making adaptations, spotlights on favourite produce and kitchen gadgets galore.
You are a better cook than you know. Here's the book that builds your confidence. Start your flying hours now.
About the author
Alice Zaslavsky is an award-winning author and one of Australia's favourite broadcasters. She is the cookery columnist for The Weekend Australian Magazine, host of Saturday Breakfast on ABC Radio Melbourne, culinary correspondent for ABC News Breakfast, as well as creator of digital food education program Phenomenom. Her vegetable bible In Praise of Veg won the 2021 ABIA for best illustrated book and went on to win accolades around the globe, being published in eight countries. When Alice is not on stage hosting international culinary talent, or on screen showing people how to find every shortcut to delicious food, she's at home testing recipes and sharing insights online as @aliceinframes.
Summary
Confidence and intuition in the kitchen can be all yours! With a little help from the phenomenon that is Alice Zaslavsky in this joy-infused cookbook.
