The free range cook : simple pleasures

In the US edition of this beautiful book, Kiwi celebrity cook Annabel Langbein serves up all the recipes from her TV series now screening on PBS channels across America. Inside you’ll find her speedy mixer mayo, the ultimate pulled pork, super-simple sorbets, her famous gluten-free chocolate cake – and much more. Tailored especially for American homecooks, the more than 200 recipes feature Imperial measurements and ingredients accessible in the US. Every recipe is accompanied by a mouthwatering photo, interspersed with inspiring images of Annabel’s hunting and gathering adventures and New Zealand’s breathtaking natural landscapes. The award-winning book also features menus from the TV series, plus Annabel’s musings on living well in today’s fast-paced world. It’s interactive with her website, with scannable codes linking to videos of her demonstrating recipes or sharing tips for simplifying techniques. A publishing phenomenon in her native New Zealand, Annabel has written 22 cookbooks, which have won many international awards and sold over two million copies worldwide. She has earned a passionate following for her no-fail recipes, which transform seasonal produce into meals with the wow factor. Take time out from your busy schedule to savor life’s simple pleasures. For more visit annabel-langbein.com “I love everything about this new book from NZ's biggest selling cookery writer by a country mile (The Best of Annabel Langbein – aka to me and many others as 'The Bible' – has also sold more than 150,000 copies in NZ alone). The design, the photography, the recipes, the friendly text... no doubt it is another winner, especially with the TV series of the same name about to kick off.” – Graham Beattie, Beattie’s Book Blog Following the phenomenal local and international success of her 2010 cookbook Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook , which was named Best TV Cookbook at the 2012 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, Annabel returns to her idyllic lakeside cabin to cook up an exciting new batch of recipes using seasonal ingredients from her kitchen garden. True to her philosophy that quality natural ingredients need little in the way of fussy preparation, her new book is entitled Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook: Simple Pleasures . Inside, luscious photos of Annabels home-cooked food are interspersed with equally inspiring images of her verdant vegetable garden and orchard, and the gorgeous natural landscapes of the scenic South Island. As well as more than 200 delicious recipes, all easily achievable by the home cook, the book features menu suggestions drawn from the accompanying TV series, plus Annabels musings on living well in todays fast-paced world. It is interactive with Annabels website annabel-langbein.com, with QR codes on many recipes linking the reader to a video of Annabel making that recipe or sharing her tips for simplifying tricky techniques. With this exciting new book from Annabel Langbein, you are invited to take time out from your busy schedule to savour lifes simple pleasures. The companion cookbook to the TV series of the same name, Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook shares the secrets to cooking great food in a simple, natural way. Photographed around Annabel's lakeside cabin in Central Otago, The Free Range Cook is much more than a recipe book. Alongside the photographs of fresh, seasonal dishes, gorgeous images transport the reader into Annabel's country life - where she cooks on a simple double gas burner and chops wood to fuel an outdoor bread oven. Recipes are organised according to their source ... From the Garden, From the Farm, From the Oven, From the Larder, From the Orchard, and From Lake and Sea, and interspersed throughout the book are delicious menus taken from the TV series that provide three of four impressive courses to share with friends and family. Take time out of your busy schedule to savour lifes simple pleasures - the sweetness of a fresh-picked berry, the crunch of a carrot straight from the earth, and the joy to be found in cooking with love for family and friends. Annabel stays true to her philosophy that natural ingredients need little in the way of preparation "In more than 200 delicious recipes, all easily achievable by the home cook, Annabel draws on a global palette of flavours and her signature FridgeFixings to create dishes that are big on flavour while making the most of fresh seasonal produce." -- Jacket flap Companion book to the author's television series, Annabel Langbein the free range cook: simple pleasures, presenting recipes from that series and originally inspired by seasonal ingredients from her lakeside garden in New Zealand