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She's Leaving Home

She's Leaving Home

Favourite Family Recipes for a Daughter to Take on Her Own Life Journey

Author: Trapaga Monica
Illustrator: Meredith Gaston

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Retail Price	$49.95
Booktopia Price	$30.75

ISBN: 9781921382062
Format: Hardcover
Published: 1st November 2009

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One of my childhood idols has written a book!! Monica from play school has written a manual for her daughter Lil (who is leaving home) and in it she includes recipes from her grandmother, mother, Lil's childhood friends, their travels and favourite best-loved cookbooks. The culmination is a collection of family and friends' advice from years of cooking and eating together. The Trapaga family, being Spanish, draws much of that nation's tradition for her inspiration, but many of her dishes are also inspired by English, Chinese and other regional cuisines. Plus - and do not go past it - there is an entire section on cheesecakes!

But wait, I can go on... the collage design of this book is stunning - like a scrapbook of buttons, fabric and drawings straight from the set of play school but with a professional designer's hand thrown in. The recipes are an ultimate collection of staples for any home kitchen - family satisfaction and entertaining ideas guaranteed. Dips, meatballs, perfect peaches and pears are all accompanied the by stories that make them special: for instance the mother who baked a fourth birthday cake as an exact replica of the emerald city including tiny yellow bricks for Dorothy and Toto to stand on!

Take Oscar Wilde's advice on this one: temptation is best resisted by yielding to it.

Reviewed by Karen Coleman, Booktopia Buzz Editor

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Monica Trapaga knew exactly what to do when her daughter Lil announced she was leaving home: present her with a collection of tried-and-tested family recipes and stories.

Drawing on her Spanish heritage, crazy family history and vast well of creativity, Monica gives us a recipe book replete with love and humour, along with ninety seriously good recipes, from the classics (roast beef, bolognese and brownies) to the exotic (paella, san choi bao and gazpacho).

Beautifully illustrated with drawings from artist Meredith Gaston and Monica's own collages, this precious manual of culinary inspiration and sound practical advice is a must-have for any girl about to embark on her own life journey.