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Australia's Favourite Recipes is the cookbook by Australians for Australians: more than 70 treasured recipes collected from families all around the country. Collated and edited by journalist and television host Leila McKinnon, and with a foreword (and pavlova recipe) by Margaret Fulton, the book features the stories and memories of everyday Australians and their favourite dishes, while celebrating the wealth and diversity of the food we hold dear.

Each recipe has been photographed with a sense of evocative nostalgia – native wildflowers decorate the Christmas table, and pages from historical Australian cookbooks are interspersed with collages of the labels and other food memories from our collective childhoods. Every recipe features a charming introduction describing why the dish is of importance to its contributor, how it came to be a special family dish or perhaps a little story about the contributor's grandmother and how she introduced them to the recipe. It is a collection of treasured memories. From the perfect chewy Anzac biscuit and Mum's no-fail spaghetti bolognese to the ultimate lamb souvlaki and lemon delicious, Australia's Favourite Recipes showcases our national cuisine – the dinners, cakes and slices we crave – and shows how the food we eat has changed over the years.

Note: Part of the proceeds from sales of the book will be donated from author and publisher to Legacy Australia, a charity that provides services to Australian families suffering financially and socially after the death or incapacitation of a spouse or parent during or after their defence force service.

About the Author

Leila McKinnon has worked as a journalist and television presenter for almost 20 years. She started her TV career in 1993 as a cadet at WIN Television in Rockhampton. In 1995 Leila began working with the Nine Network, reporting and presenting for Nine's Gold Coast News. Since then she worked as a reporter and host on A Current Affair, newsreader on Today and National Nine News, and reporter on What's Good for You. Leila currently co-hosts Weekend Today, reports for and hosts A Current Affair, and hosted the London Olympics for Channel 9.

ISBN: 9781742611198
ISBN-10: 1742611192
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 192
Published: 1st November 2012
Dimensions (cm): 27.8 x 21.5  x 1.4
Weight (kg): 0.871