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Kebabs

April 16, 2017 by mstuart720

Derrick Riches and Sabrina Baksh The Quarto Group ISBN 9781558328723 RRP $27.99 Publication date: 1 April 2017 Reviewer Megan Stuart This book gives barbecuing a new spin – and because they’re kebabs there are no bones to deal with! There are sauces, marinades and advice about what skewers to use too. There are plenty of interesting recipes for skewered and barbecued meat and vegetables from around the world. Think of fig and pork, coconut Thai prawns, Tuscan Halibut and sweet […]

Categories: Cook Books, Miscellaneous, Murdoch Books Australia, Reviewer - Megan Stuart, The Quart Group • Tags: Books, cooking, Murdoch Books The Quarto Group, Reviewer - Megan Stuart

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Coastline

April 3, 2017 by mstuart720

Lucio Galletto and David Dale Bree Hutchins Murdoch Books ISBN 9781743367346 RRP $59.99 Age Adult non fiction Reviwer Megan Stuart This is a book to look at again and again – You can even cook from it too. The photographer (Bree Hutchins), David Dale (travel writer) and restaurateur Lucio Galletto have combined their knowledge and skills to create this lovely book. The book while examining the history and culture of food along the western Mediterranean actually shows “how societies that sometimes […]

Categories: Adult, Cook Books, Miscellaneous, Murdoch Books Australia, Non-Fiction, Reviewer - Megan Stuart • Tags: cooking, Culture, Europe, Reviewer - Megan Stuart

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Diary of a 6th Grade Ninja(series)

January 13, 2017 by mstuart720

Marcus Emerson Allen & Unwin ISBN 9781760295554 RRP $9.99 Age 7 – 12 Date of publication January 2017 (books 1 – 4) Feb 2017 (books 5 – 7) and March 2017 (books 8- 10) Reviewer Megan Stuart A whole new series of 10 books will reach books stores and devices this year. The books chronicle the life Chase Cooper an ordinary, skinny eleven year old (and to a degree his cousin Zoe). Book one begins as Chase starts at a new […]

Categories: action, adventure, Allen & Unwin, Children's Books, humour, Junior Novel, Miscellaneous, Murdoch Books Australia, Reviewer - Megan Stuart

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Not Just Jam

March 11, 2016 by mstuart720

Matthew Evans Alan Benson Murdoch Books Australia ISBN 9781743365816 RRP $35.00 Age 15+ Date of publication April 2016 Reviewer Megan Stuart Really everyone over the age of 15 or so should make jam. It’s not particularly complicated and if you look at this beautiful book written by Matthew Evans you will be inspired. There are some gorgeous looking recipes but the first I’ll make is the High Dumpsie Dearie. As well as jams there are pastes, sauces, curds, pickles preserves […]

Categories: Austrlalian, Cook Books, Miscellaneous, Murdoch Books Australia, Murdoch Press, Reviewer - Megan Stuart • Tags: Australia