TY - BOOK AU - Seagar, Jo, AU - Frew, Jae, TI - Jo Seagar cooks SN - 9781869418144 U1 - 641.5 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Auckland, N.Z. PB - Random House New Zealand KW - Cooking KW - Cookbooks KW - fast N1 - "100 recipes from Jo's kitchen"--Cover; Includes index; Introduction -- Breakfast, brunch & morning food -- Soups & midday food -- Baking, afternoon tea & filling the tins -- Drinks, party nibbles & pass-around food -- The main event' side dishes & salads -- Desserts & gorgeous treats for coffee -- Weights & measures -- Seagars at Oxford -- Index N2 - . Jo Seagar Cooks includes a lot of classics, but with a twist eg Breakfast spuddy fry-up, fresh bay and manuka honey cake, lamb cutlets with fesh mint and chilli chutney and 'gooey in the centre' molten chocolate puds. There are over 100 recipes. Jo's personality comes through strongly with chit-chat about the recipes when appropriate. The great design uses atmospheric shots of the Canterbury countryside and incidental shots of interiors and fabrics to give a warm but stylish country feel. It appeals to the mainstream but it's also aspirational -- the perfect home and perfect food we all want ER -