Teaching Dad to Cook Flapjack is a collection of recipes and memories, a delicious food novel where food is embedded within daily family life, as well as an essential, relaxed home cooking manual. Miranda writes ... The book was written after my mother s death ... It started as an informal how-to-do manual for my dad, learning to cook and fend for himself for the first time. A man who could drive a car, tell you about the inside of a camera but couldn t cook his own supper. I started by showing him how to cook some of mum s things. The first recipe in his book was for Chewy Flapjack, which appeals both to his sweet tooth and frequent request for anything to go with a cup of tea? Teaching Dad to Cook Flapjack also contains a blend of ancient Cornish and newer Finnish traditions, with influences from as far afield as Australia. Sometimes the food might be a direct response to a place (Fossil Cake) or even dreamt up as I try and fall asleep (Dulce de Leche Ice Cream).
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Miranda Gardiner s life-long interests have been food and art. She studied at the Courtauld Institute of Art and is a former curator of contemporary art, working with artists such as Turner Prize winner Tacita Dean and Andy Goldsworthy. She spent her twenties working for the flamboyant Keith Floyd, with talented young chefs such as Jean Christophe Novelli, and also at Bar Contessa in Sydney. She retained detailed food diaries influences which have slid into her more relaxed home cooking. She has written regularly for art publications and given TV broadcasts. She now lives in a beach house in South Devon with her three young children and husband.
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By Sue P
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This is a wonderful book - full of great recipes, which are obviously well tried and tested. I've tried several and have been delighted with the results. For the first time ever I have successfully made meringues. In fact my eldest son more than favourably compared them with those of his late great Aunty Mary , who made the best meringues ever! We love the biscotti and the chicken and leek pie - which has become a regular! The book has been requested for Christmas by my son and nieces. This book also brings back memories for me both of Sydney, where I also lived, and of the early 70's when my older children were young. Miranda's Mum's Danish apple Charlotte recipe is one I used to make regularly...and is now back on the repertoire! I always grated dark chocolate on top of mine ... but then chocolate has always been a big part of my life!
Reminded of the lovely books of Tove Jansson about the Moomins, which my daughter also loved, I bought one for my youngest granddaughter, who loved it too.
This is an imaginative cook book for young and old, beginner or old hand...something for everyone. Thank you for a great read and some gorgeous food ideas.
Reminded of the lovely books of Tove Jansson about the Moomins, which my daughter also loved, I bought one for my youngest granddaughter, who loved it too.
This is an imaginative cook book for young and old, beginner or old hand...something for everyone. Thank you for a great read and some gorgeous food ideas.
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This is an unusual book, which came about when the author started to make a book of recipes to give to her Father after her Mother passed away - and Dad still needed feeding, but wasn't sure exactly how to go about it. It's a touching story. The book is done in a sort of diary style, parts of life described in text, then recipes from that time to follow. Miranda is obviously a great cook.
I like it. It is full of pictures of both food and scenery, with straight forward recipes, which are often just a bit different. Such as Finnish Salad with Orange Blossom Dressing, Pumpkin soup with Black Olive & Feta Quesadillas and an absolutely divine Blackberry and Sour Cream Clafoutis, which I would have bought the book for alone. Her porridge recipe is also great. There is a flapjack recipe - of course - `Chewy Flapjack', and it's good too, very sweet, oaty and just a bit chewy.
This is a family cookbook, it's also uplifting and calming at the same time, with recipes to suit everyday life in a family home.
I like it. It is full of pictures of both food and scenery, with straight forward recipes, which are often just a bit different. Such as Finnish Salad with Orange Blossom Dressing, Pumpkin soup with Black Olive & Feta Quesadillas and an absolutely divine Blackberry and Sour Cream Clafoutis, which I would have bought the book for alone. Her porridge recipe is also great. There is a flapjack recipe - of course - `Chewy Flapjack', and it's good too, very sweet, oaty and just a bit chewy.
This is a family cookbook, it's also uplifting and calming at the same time, with recipes to suit everyday life in a family home.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By smoggy
Format:Hardcover
This is a great book. Lovely photographs, with memories and easy,quick recipes.
I love it, and have a Dad that phones me for food advice so it a book that echoes my family life.
Sarah, Edinburgh
I love it, and have a Dad that phones me for food advice so it a book that echoes my family life.
Sarah, Edinburgh
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