For Bill cooking is a time to relax, and meals should be stress-free and sociable (his restaurant, bills, is famous for its one communal table). bills food focuses on the pleasures of cooking, eating, and sharing food with friends. His straightforward recipes reflect the casual, comfortable Australian lifestyle, and strike the perfect balance between the exotic and the familiar. The ingredient lists are short, and the sweet (and savory) results are spectacular. There are no complicated steps, and no fancy equipment is required. The stunning photographs accompanying each recipe are sure to spark both creativity and hunger in home cooks, and just might inspire them to head for the simple life down under.
Author: Bill Granger
Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks
Customer Reviews
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Just Fabulous
This was my first book from Bill Granger and i confess that i was suspicious and woundering what it would be like because my only experience with Bill was a recipe i made from a jamaican coconut bread. Now I just have to say that i loooooove this book and certanly i will buy the others as soon as possible. Great recipes and very easy to make.
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great food!
I love Bills food. Love his restaurants in Sydney and like to recreate this at home, far far away from Australia. Simple but effective, clear recipes. Focus on fresh ingredients.
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Another Bill Granger Winner
Even though I now live in Northern New Jersey and have the best restaurants in the world within a short drive to NYC, I still long for the tastes of home. Home being the pristine shores of Sydney Australia. It always did, and still does live up to it's reputation of being a glorious port drenched in AV rays and a never ending sapphire blue sky. I remember my childhood frolicking on the beach only a scant 10 minutes from my house, and the trek to the milk bar for either a hamburger with the lot or fish and chips with a couple of potato scallops thrown in for good measure. Oh, and chicken salt and vinegar please. So what does all this reminiscing have to do with this review? For a girl who feels the pangs of homesickness with every feel good spring day it has a lot to do with it. With the recipes in this book I get a great dose of all that I remember gastronomically for my 35 years in Oz. Clean fresh food. Simple, tasty and just a real beaut composite of flavours. If you like simple, tasty and fresh then this is your book. Bill is an icon in Sydney. And well he should be. I know this summer when I close my eyes and I feel the inkling of a breeze I will want to devour, consume a taste of home, it will be Bill Granger I turn to for that momentary return to the land down under and the bronzed decked beaches of the land I still call home.
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Essence of Australia
Bills simple yet elegant style of cooking captures the essence of the contemporary Australian lifestyle. Whether its a fabulous breakfast, a stunning desert, or a striking main course, Bills recipes are easy to prepare and boldly subtle in flavour. Bills food echos the feel of Sydney's Harbour, Melbourne's culture, Adelaide's wine districts, Perth's beaches and the vista of Brisbane's river at night.
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Surprisingly good!
Flavorful recipes and dishy chef come together in bill's food. The recipes are simple, turn out surprisingly well and are quite forgiving. The two main strengths of the content are that the book has lots of contemporary ideas (the yogurt pannacotta, for example) and recipes with multiple possibilities (corn cakes work as appetizer / brunch entree). The layout and pictures are attractive, instructions are simple, very much in keeping with the theme of the book: slow down and enjoy your food :-)
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