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Basics to Brilliance Kids

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By Donna Hay
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Basics to Brilliance Kids by Donna Hay is a delightful cookbook tailored for young chefs and their families. It focuses on transforming simple recipe foundations into impressive meals, encouraging creativity and confidence in the kitchen. With clear instructions and engaging visuals, this book inspires kids to explore and enjoy cooking.
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If you're looking to inspire the little chef in your home, this book offers easy and fun recipes that transform from simple meals to dazzling treats. It encourages creativity and learning in the kitchen, making cooking both educational and enjoyable for kids and parents alike.

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A new edition of Australia's favourite cookbook for kids and the modern family who love to eat, cook, celebrate, and have fun together, from Australia's #1 bestselling cookbook author, Donna Hay.

As a mum, Donna knows that there is nothing more enjoyable than introducing your children to the wonders of taste, food, flavours, and the joy of cooking. The new and expanded edition of her bestselling Basics to Brilliance Kids is all about the importance of mastering the basics, a celebration of fresh, healthy food, and the joy of cooking, eating, and sharing delicious food with the people we love.

Featuring over 175 fantastic, fun-filled, simple, family-friendly recipes, the new edition of Basics to Brilliance Kids gives you and your kids endless ideas for birthday parties, picnics, school fairs and bake sales, family and celebration dinners, brilliant breakfasts, beach days, backyard movie nights, and sleepovers.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781460762363

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 04 May 2022

Country: Australia

Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 31.0mm

Width: 223.0mm

Height: 273.0mm

Weight: 1338g

Pages: 272

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About the Author

Donna Hay is Australia's favourite and most trusted home cook, a household name, and an international food-publishing phenomenon. Donna's 27 books have sold more than 7 million copies worldwide, been translated into 10 different languages, and her television cooking shows have brought her signature style to life for viewers in more than 14 countries. In Australia, her recent books have dominated the bestseller charts, with Fresh and Light (2012) selling 202,000, The New Classics (2013) selling 160,000, Life in Balance (2015) selling 114,000 and Basics to Brilliance (2016) selling 106,000 copies to date. Her food range is stocked in supermarkets nationally. She is also the working mum of two beautiful boys.

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