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Neil Perry's Good Cooking

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Neil Perry's Good Cooking is a delightful cookbook that showcases a range of recipes inspired by Neil Perry's world-class culinary expertise. The book offers an array of simple yet elegant dishes, emphasising fresh, high-quality ingredients and straightforward techniques to elevate home cooking. Perfect for both novice and experienced cooks, it combines culinary wisdom with practical advice for consistently satisfying meals.
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You might enjoy this book if you love exploring new culinary techniques and flavours crafted by a renowned chef. With an emphasis on delightful, simple-to-follow recipes, it offers inspiration for home cooks looking to elevate everyday cooking to restaurant-quality meals. Ideal for those keen on expanding their culinary repertoire with approachable yet sophisticated dishes.

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Simple yet sophisticated recipes that will entice you into the kitchen and inspire you to cook.

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For renowned Australian chef Neil Perry, cooking has always been about one thing: using the best-quality produce. This philosophy guides not only how he cooks in his restaurants, but also the meals he makes at home for family and friends.

Good Cooking features over 110 simple yet sophisticated recipes that will entice you into the kitchen and inspire you to cook. They draw on culinary influences both global and local to create amazing flavours for every occasion, with seasonal produce always taking the starring role.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781743368916

Publisher: Murdoch Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 26 October 2016

Country: Australia

Imprint: Murdoch Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 1358g

Pages: 256

About the Author

Neil Perry AM is one of Australia's leading and most influential chefs and authors. He has managed several award-winning restaurants in Australia and today concentrates on his flagship brand, the Rockpool Group, which includes Rockpool Bar & Grill, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth; Jade Temple, Sydney; Spice Temple, Sydney and Melbourne; Rosetta Ristorante, Melbourne; and various Burger Project venues across Australia. Neil has been creating menus for Qantas since 1997, continually redefining their dining and service. He has also been a major television presenter for a number of series on the Lifestyle Channel. Previous titles for Murdoch Books: Good Food, Balance & Harmony, Rockpool Bar & Grill, Easy Weekends, The Food I Love, Simply Good Food

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