GORDON, AUDREY — Audrey Gordon\S Tuscan Summer

Hardie Grant Books. 2010. Card Cover with dust jacket, 25cm. Book, Oversized French flaps enclose the lavishly illustrated 224 pp @ just under a kilo. Join Audrey Gordon as she travels to the heart of Italy and shares the recipes, produce and memories of her Tuscan summer. It was only a matter of time before someone released a cookbook parody--every year our bookshelves groan from the weight of these mighty tomes as TV shows like MasterChef whet our appetites for home cooking. So we are incredibly fortunate that Audrey Gordon's Tuscan Summer was written by the talented team behind the `Jetlag' series (Molvanîa, Phaic Tan and San Sombrèro). Join Audrey Gordon, voted three times Britain's sternest chef, as she travels to the heart of Italy and shares the recipes, produce and memories of her Tuscan summer. Visit traditional farmhouses, local trattorias and sample the stunning range of local produce on offer as Audrey shares the sights, sounds and occasionally, smells, of regional Italy. Then sample these delights at home with the range of delicious and easy to make recipes that Audrey, inspired by Italian traditions, has created for the home cook. This book is not directed at celebrity super chefs or haute cuisine high flyers dazzling diners in their Michelin starred restaurants. It's written for you, the ordinary cook, stuck at home with insufficient bench space and a set of chipped mixing bowls. My fervent hope is that it will inspire you, give you the confidence to believe that you can be a wonderful cook or, at very least, an adequate one. This book is meant as a guide, not a set of strict instructions you may only deviate from at your peril! There's no need to slavishly follow my every measurement and step. Does a violinist playing Beethoven not occasionally add a few notes? Or an aircraft pilot about to take off sometimes skip a pre-flight safety check or two? , Excellent/None issued.