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Alison Holst Cooks: Cool Food for Warmer Days Alison Holst Cooks Cool Food for Warmer Days, ISBN 9781869710866 and books by Alison Holst on sale at thebookshelf.co.nz As the days get longer and warmer, our meals get lighter and brighter, and we love to eat out doors, we love our barbecues, salads, picnics and cool desserts. Alison Holst, the champion of New Zealand home cooking, presents over 150 recipes that are ideal for balmy days. From seafood and salads to barbecues and picnics, from weekend brunches to jam–making with summer fruit, Alison Holst Cooks: Cool Food for Warmer Days has everything you need to celebrate the warmer seasons. In Alisons unique style, all recipes are prepared with the New Zealand home cook in mind – there are no strange ingredients or complicated methods. Put away the slow cooker and the soup pot, come out into the sunshine and enjoy these easy, cooling recipes About the AuthorAlison Holst is New Zealands best–known and most popular food writer and television cook. She made her first national television cooking programme in 1965, a few months after the introduction of television to New Zealand, and published her first best–selling cookbook the year after this. Since this time she has published more than 75 popular cookbooks which have sold over 3 million copies, and is well known for her TV appearances, newspaper columns, magazine articles, radio broadcasts and cooking demonstrations. Alison has travelled widely, studying the home cooking of other countries, promoting New Zealands high quality foods, and bringing home new ideas. Her particular interest is everyday food, encouraging home cooks to produce interesting, tasty, varied and nutritious meals without spending too much time or money. She has her own brand of high–quality bulk wholefoods, Alisons Choice, in many Foodstuffs supermarkets throughout New Zealand. In 1983 Alison received a Queens Service Medal for Services to the Community, in 1987 was made a CBE for Services to Home Science and in 1997 was given an honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Otago.Table of ContentsIntroductionWeights, Measures & Cooking Details Weekend Bruches Pack a Picnic Salad Days Light Lunches Gone Fishing On the Barbie Easy Family Mains Special Occasion Mains On the Side Sauces & Dressings Cool Desserts Nice as Pie Home Baked Jam Session Christmas Treats Index ExtractEvery year in the late Spring, as the days lengthen and becomewarmer, I start to think about the many pleasures of the next few monthsI open the doors and windows between the living room and the part of the garden where we have outdoor tables and chairs, with the barbecue nearby. It is good think that we will soon be eating outdoors as much as we will eat inside. Family meals will become lighter, and somehow brighter, and our entertaining will be casual and relaxed. We will benefit from my husband"s gardening by eating salad greens, vegetables and fruit as soon as they are picked, and enjoy the profusion of produce from roadside stalls and local markets. Just around the corner are Christmas, long school holidays, and extended family visits. Hopefully we will welcome friends and family from the other side of the world, where we have enjoyed their hospitality. We will pack picnics and take them to quiet, clean beaches, winding rivers and green hills with amazing views. In this book you will find a number of the recipes I use when cooking for the situations above, often with friends and family in the kitchen with me. Some of the recipes are new, and others are from earlier books which have been out of print for many years. You will also notice, as you read these recipes, that I have sugessted microwaving some dishes rather than cooking them traditionally. Microwaving means that cooking time is shorter, so you spend less time in the kitchen, and it also keeps the kitchen cooler which is important in warm weather. I would love to think that some of my ideas will become popular in your house too, and become part of your family"s traditions!
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