Recipes from My Mother for My Daughter [Hardcover]

'Our family has always loved food... Victoria and I always ended up in the kitchen because that s where Mummy was. We d do our homework at the table and end up watching her cooking. She died of cancer when I was 16 and Victoria was 14. We took on her role there was nothing else we knew how to do. When Daddy went shopping he d buy the same things every week, and we d cook from it, mainly comfort food, stuff we had learnt from Mummy... I was so scared when I went on Celebrity Masterchef and was faced with all the ingredients. But when I saw a chicken leg I thought, I m just going to do chicken and mash, because then I ll feel like I m at home. ... I didn t care if nobody bought it; it was just important to have a book of Mummy s and both grandmas recipes' - Stella, Sunday Telegraph 7/10

'Actress and Celebrity Masterchef winner Lisa Faulkner remembers her late mother through their shared passion for cooking. Now Lisa s daughter is learning about her too. What endures? What do we bequeath to successive generations? Objects, certainly a treasured piece of jewellery, the family silver but what about less tangible gifts such as traditions, templates for living or memories strong enough to provoke laughter and tears decades later? Or even the way a particular taste, piquant on the tongue, can summon those who are long gone' - The Scotsman Magazine

'In her book, Recipes from my Mother to my Daughter, she re-creates those dishes - keeping her mum s memory alive and passing on that love of home cooking to her daughter Billie. The book has luscious photographs and easy-to-follow recipes' - The People

But though Lisa, like her mother, adores entertaining, she did not recognise the extent of her ability, or realise how finely tuned her palate was, until she won BBC1 s Celebrity MasterChef in 2010. 'Lisa elevates humble food into something beautiful,' said Gregg Wallace after her victory.
I think she [mother] would be proud that I love cooking; proud of my book...She was instrumental in everything I ve done with my life. To me she was just magic - Daily Mail

'My mother, Julie, was a brilliant cook and would cook all the time. She did family food but also cordon bleu - she loved going on cookery courses and would write her own recipes down. She was always in the kitchen and the way I got to hang out with her was to be in the kitchen with her. That's how the kitchen became a place of comfort to me.' - Families, The Metro --Daily Mail

In her book Recipes from my Mother to my Daughter she re-creates those dishes- keeping her mum s memory alive and passing on that love of home cooking to her daughter Billie. The book has luscious photographs and easy-to-follow recipes --The People

But though Lisa, like her mother, adores entertaining, she did not recognise the extent of her ability, or realise how finely tuned her palate was, until she won BBC1 s Celebrity MasterChef in 2010. 'Lisa elevates humble food into something beautiful,' said Gregg Wallace after her victory.

I think she [mother] would be proud that I love cooking; proud of my book...She was instrumental in everything I ve done with my life. To me she was just magic --Daily Mail

Actress Lisa Faulkner won Celebrity MasterChef in 2010, and has since then cooked regularly in a number of the country's leading restaurants. She co-presented Channel 5's Family Cook Off! with Matt Dawson, and has also presented BBC 2's Heir Hunters. Lisa continues to be a regular guest chef on ITV's This Morning, a panellist on Channel 5's The Wright Stuff and has a number of upcoming new drama projects for the BBC.