My mother's kitchen New Zealand's best chefs, bakers nd foodies share their mother's special recipes.

In this book an extremely impressive line-up of over 70 New Zealand chefs, cooks, bakers, writers and foodies share the stories and recipes from their own mother's kitchen, the food that they remember and which triggers all the best memories of early family life.

"For most of us, the memory of the food that our mothers
served us as children never leaves us, a comforting
reminder of the maternal bond that resonates through our
adult lives. It is these memories, so often treasured,
that are the inspiration for My Mother's Kitchen. In this
book an extremely impressive line-up of over 70 New
Zealand chefs, cooks, bakers, writers and foodies share
the stories and recipes from their own mother's kitchen,
the food that they remember and which triggers all the
best memories of early family life. The contributors are
many and varied and include international chef Peter
Gordon; Ben Bayly of The Grove; Peta Mathias; Bevan Smith
from Riverstone Kitchen; Karena and Kasey Bird; Chris
Whiting of the Chop Shop in Arrowtown; Global Baker, Dean
Brettschneider; Fleur Sullivan from Fleur's Place in
Moeraki; Giulio Sturla from Roots in Lyttleton; Jax
Hamilton; Josh Emmet from Rata and Madam Woo in
Queenstown; New York-based chef and consultant Anthony Hoy
Fong; writer Lauraine Jacobs; Mark Limacher from Ortega
Fish Shack; TV chef Mark Southon; Lois Daish; Martin
Bosley; Michael Van de Elzen; Sean Connolly from The
Grill; Simon Gault; Tony Astle from Antoine's and Simon
Wright from The French Cafe. The recipes are wonderfully
diverse and approachable, the photographs evocative and
full of personality - this is a very special New Zealand
cookbook to enjoy and share."--Publisher's description.