Chef's LibrarySet of 2 Recipe Books

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Meat Manifesto - Proper and Delicious

Meat Manifesto: Proper and Delicious offers a practical and considered guide on how to choose meat, how to butcher it and how to cook it. Andy believes you can’t sell meat unless you know what to do with it and, in between personal food philosophies and agricultural insights, the book celebrates various cuts of meat, by introducing readers to them and offering delicious recipes best suited to each specific one. Andy smokes, grills and roasts his way through beef, pork, lamb, venison, poultry and even goat as recipes range from exotic (tongue, ears and offal) to basic (how to grill a pork chop). The book will explain how to make bacon at home but also why you should be eating grass-fed beef, as opposed to the feedlot. It will show you how to butcher a chicken at home but also explain how to best cook it. It is meticulously researched but presented in an approachable way. The end goal is to walk people through various meat recipes, sure, but also to strengthen the reader’s relationship with their supply chain by asking them to consider if they really are happy with the status quo.

Something’s Cooking

"My food philosophy is simple: begin with love … this book takes you on a journey of the food I grew up with – the food I simply cannot go without. I hope that it inspires home cooks and chefs and reminds us all that nothing is more important than doing what you love and doing it with passion." – J’Something
His spicy authentic Portuguese heritage and hearty homegrown South African food has become his trademark. This book provides a fascinating insight into the musician and soul foodie’s guarded private life with never released before recipes from his restaurant and national hit television program, Something’s Cooking." -Publisher
Portugal born Joao Da Fonseca, a.k.a. J’Something, is known to millions of fans for his award-winning hits as the lead singer and songwriter of South African band Mi Casa. J’Something has won multiple awards with Mi Casa, including 8 number 1 singles and 5 SAMA awards. They have hosted countless sold-out shows in 31 African countries as well as in Portugal, UK, Netherlands, Italy, and Canada.

In 2014 his passion for food and drink came to the fore culminating in two shows; Something’s Food & Drink and What’s for Dinner that reached over 18 000 000 viewers across South Africa in two years.

Currently, together with David Higgs he hosts and judges the smash-hit My Kitchen Rules South Africa on MNet prime time. When not performing, J’Something can be found at Something’s Cooking by J, his first restaurant. The future is looking sweet for this humble, passionate, talented and creative mastermind.

YOU Let's Cook 5

Carmen Niehaus does it again with yet another treasure trove of recipes from YOU.

The recipes in YOU Let’s Cook 5 combine simplicity and flair – with recipes ranging from simple starters such as toasted ciabatta to spectacular desserts such as ice cream bombe with berry sauce, and flavourful curries from Durban and the Bo-Kaap. With traditional favourites as well as dishes from around the world simplified to be used by everyone. Featuring more than 400 mouth-watering recipes for all occasions, this book is guaranteed to inspire. YOU Let’s Cook 5 is a beautiful book – full of practical hints, great ideas and best of all, tried and tested recipes.

Slow Cooking

A feast of rich and rustic dishes awaits you in this fantastic book of slow-cooked delights. Every recipe has been carefully selected by recognised experts who want you to enjoy the ultimate in slow cooking. From hearty, warming stews and classic casseroles to mouth-watering desserts, there is something for everyone. Spoil yourself, because this is as good as it gets. This is the number one cook's choice.

Bush Cooking

Bush Food is the answer when you’re camping and you’re in the mood for more than another boerie roll for supper. The recipes are new, innovative and, most importantly, easy! They’ve all been thoroughly tested and can be prepared over an open fire or a camp stove and are so tasty that you’ll want to use this book when you are at home.
If you enjoy cooking outdoors, whether under the stars in the bush, or just in your own backyard, Bush Cooking will be your constant companion.
Contents: Camp Kitchen Packing list; Hints and tips; Breakfast; Soup; Fish and seafood; Chicken; Meat, Jaffles; Pasta; Vegetarian mains; Vegetables; Salads; Side dishes; Breads and bakes; Low carb meals; and Desserts

Bord

Die resepte in dié boek kan elke dag van die week gebruik word vir daardie een hoofmaaltyd wat ons elke dag voorberei, hetsy ons vir die gesin kook of vriende vermaak. Bord is in slegs drie hoofstukke ingedeel – Vleis, Pluimvee en Seekos – en die resepte wissel van bekende klassieke tot moderne geregte, meestal met ’n kontinentale invloed. Alles word voorberei met die skrywer se flair vir tuisgemaakte, hartlike en lekker etes.
Bord is die perfekte geskenk vir diegene wat huis opsit en relatief onervare in die kombuis is, maar selfs gesoute kokke sal inspirasie in dié boek vind.

Plate

The recipes in this book can be used every day of the week for that one main course we cook daily, whether we’re cooking for the family or entertaining our friends. Divided into just three chapters – Meat, Poultry and Seafood – the recipes range from well-known classics to modern dishes, many with a Continental influence. All are prepared with the author’s flair for home-cooked, hearty, and delicious meals.
Plate would make the perfect house-warming gift for those relatively inexperienced in the kitchen, but even seasoned cooks will find inspiration.

Karoo Food

Karoo Food is bigger, better, and tastier than ever, with more recipes, stories and anecdotes about life and food in the Karoo.
Once again, Gordon takes you on a Slow Food journey, via your taste buds, to foodie-nirvana. Tracing the origins of ingredients and the stories behind the dishes, this is a selection of recipes and inspirations from the important people in his life. It’s a mix of the old and the new and a tribute to all those lovely people and their marvellous food over the generations that have helped foster his love of cooking.
This book is a must-have for cooks, foodies and aspiring home chefs.

Everyday

As a working mom, Lisa Clark is constantly on the clock and trying to find ways to cheat time. There are days where she literally mothers her twin tweens remotely from her phone, making sure they have arrived home safely, that they have changed out of their school clothes, that they are doing their homework or are on their way to horse-riding. And when her day gets busier, the last decision she wants to make is what to cook her family for dinner. In Everyday shares some insights into how to provide healthy, balanced and quick recipes for the mom (or dad) on the move!
The book is divided into 10 chapters, each starting off with a basic recipe and then followed by several others that show how to turn one quick meal into several appetising dishes. From muesli, tomato sauce and roasted vegetables to fish, chicken, pastry and sponge cake, there is sure to be a recipe to inspire your everyday cooking.

Sweet - Delectable Vanilla, Caramel, Chocolate And Fruit Treats

Sweet – a word that in the culinary realm conjures up notions of decadence, irresistible deliciousness, indulgence and yes, basically palate bliss. Those treats we crave when we’re happy, sad or in need of a pick-me-up, and which make the world feel like a wonderful place. These are what Samantha Linsell presents in Sweet – and so much more! The dizzy array of sweet temptations will make your head spin and take you back to that state of excited contemplation that you last experienced as a child before a birthday party. Cakes, tarts, butters, confectionery sweets, muffins, biscuits, bars, pastries, sauces, puddings, beverages, ice creams, preserves, sorbets, mousses, scones – they’re all there. But unlike the sweet treats of childhood, Samantha offers a very adult twist to many a traditional offering, such as Vanilla and Baileys® French toast bake, and Chocolate waffles with bourbon butterscotch sauce. And if you really need to salve your conscience, all the recipes in one of the chapter include fruit.
As if the recipes titles aren’t sufficient to set the tastebuds alight, special mention should be made of the photography. Sam is a food stylist par excellence and the photographs (she took them herself) are sure to kick that last vestige of resistance into the wild yonder. The only sensible thing to do is to yield to temptation and move into the kitchen.

Cook From The Heart - Food For Every Mood

These are recipes specially created to suit your mood - food that will give you a lift when you are feeling down, add that extra bit of joy to your celebrations, turn a romantic occasion into something fantastic, enhance moments of calm and serenity, and even cover those days when you feel too lazy to cook but need to feed yourself and your family.
Get inspired by Alida Ryder's enthusiasm, her fresh ideas and her easy to follow instructions and cook scrumptious food, whatever your mood. Alida Ryder's first book, Simple & Delicious, was published by Penguin South Africa in 2012. Apart from her expertise in the kitchen, she is a food stylist, photographer, award-winning blogger and the mother of twins.

Vegetarian Sheet Pan Cooking

What’s not to love about sheet pan cooking? It is super- convenient, healthy, easy on the washing up and, as Liz Franklin proves here in 101 inspired meat-free recipes, big on flavour! More and more of us are cutting out animal protein and products from our diets, or at very least reducing them. Liz Franklin reveals how all manner of truly scrumptious dishes can be created when oven, sheet pan and vegetables conspire. Most of the recipes are built on a rainbow of roasted vegetables, grains, cheese and vegan sources of protein, but there are also recipes for things you might not associate with oven cooking too, such as fabulous fritters, glorious soups and the best- ever baked porridge. Taking their lead from dishes enjoyed all around the world, recipes include delicious dishes from the Mediterranean, Middle East, Africa and the Americas as well as ideas designed to showcase your own local seasonal produce.

Baking With Jackie Cameron

Jackie Cameron made her first biscuits under the watchful eyes of her grandmothers. Now she is able to pay tribute to them by including some of their cherished recipes in Baking With Jackie Cameron. But she wouldn’t be an award-winning chef if she didn’t take a recipe and make it her own.
Jackie has applied her formidable culinary skills to some of her favourite recipes, presenting the reader with a selection of recipes that are utterly delectable, yet reassuringly familiar. Covering everything from biscuits, breads, pies and quiches for family meals, to celebration cakes and delectable desserts, Baking With Jackie Cameron is a book no keen baker should be without. 

Jackie Cameron Cooks at Home

Jackie Cameron is one of the most exciting chefs working in South Africa today. Under her leadership the Hartford House restaurant in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands has been in the top 10 in all of the South African culinary awards, achieving the first when she was just 25 years old. Jackie Cameron Cooks at Home shows the professional taking off her chef's tunic and donning her home apron. With its generous invitation to good cooking that is easy and delectable this book is a must-have for every South African home cook. What makes Jackie's achievements on behalf of Hartford House remarkable, is that she has made her name in a region not famous for fine dining, yet through her efforts Mooi River is on the foodie map and has become a destination. But Jackie's ambitions are not just to keep Hartford House up with the country's best eateries, but to improve the lot of the local women and men she works with. 

Supper with Rosie: Recipes from Family, Friends and Far-flung Places

All of us have recipes, given to us by friends or handed down from generation to generation, that make up our culinary comfort zone. In Supper with Rosie, she shows us how to make them really our own. She brings together dishes taught her by her mother and friends and picked up on her travels, and shows us how to experiment with food and to have fun while doing so. Her recipes blend old-fashioned principles of frugal cooking - using seasonal and store cupboard ingredients - with a multicultural influence to bring you accessible dishes full of flavour. Chapters include: Weeknights In - everyday, inexpensive suppers for 2-3 people; Feasts of Plenty - impressive meals for larger numbers; A Bowl of Comfort - dishes for when you need cheering up; and The Sunday Cook-off - recipes for when you have time to indulge in the pleasure of cooking from preserving, to baking a luxurious cake. 

The Simple Secrets To Cooking Everything Better

Every great home cook needs a go-to list of delicious, fail-safe recipes, from the perfect crispy hasselback potatoes to the ultimate roast pork with crackling and the foolproof cheesecake that will have people requesting the recipe every time. Nobody is better qualified than Matt Preston to bring you this kind of knowledge, to share with you the secrets to cooking everything better.

Matt reveals here for the first time the secrets and tips he has picked up over his many years food writing, TV presenting and working alongside some of the greatest cooks of our time - be they CWA matriarchs or Marco Pierre White.

These are the building blocks for better cooking and they've never been easier to master.

Johanne 14 by Hope Malau Johanne

14 explores the secrets of simple, homecooked meals in South Africa’s townships. Told through the eyes of award-winning food writer Hope Malau, the book features authentic, traditional dishes cooked with love, and acknowledges the ability of countless unsung kitchen heroes – the mothers, fathers, grandparents and siblings – to make culinary magic with often very little. It is a vital glimpse into South African township life; moreover, it is a celebration of culture, resilience, human spirit, community and family – through the shared meal. Beautifully photographed and personally told, this title provides unique insight into SA’s unsung culinary traditions and township culture. Know your serobe from your kgobe-kgobe? Explores much-loved favourites and the more unusual ingredients of SA township food. Over 60 practical recipes, from mains to sweet treats.A welcome, never-before-seen addition to the local cookbook scene. Large tourist audience as well as local buyers. A nostalgic journey for the people of South Africa

Eating Well Made Easy - Deliciously Healthy Recipes for Everyone, Every Day

It's everyone's meal-time dilemma: how to cook quick, easy, tasty meals that are also good for you? Bestselling TV chef Lorraine Pascale's brilliant new book Eating Well Made Easy shows you how.Lorraine is famous for putting together delicious recipes that are simple and easy to make, and now she's gone one step further: creating tasty dishes that are not only perfect for busy lifestyles, but are nutritious, too.Understanding how important it is now for both families and individuals to eat healthily every day, Lorraine gives you all the inspiration you need to eat well all week long, without compromising on taste.Rustle up surprisingly simple breakfasts and delicious midweek dinners, and impress your guests at the weekend with recipes that are properly balanced, with nothing processed - and still decadently full of the flavour Lorraine is known for.Stunningly presented with beautiful photography throughout, this essential cookbook is Lorraine's most comprehensive to date, full of delicious, nutritious fare for every meal time - made easy!