Maggie’s Table by Maggie Beer

Come sit at Maggie’s Table to celebrate the art of country cooking and to share the generosity and joie de vivre of one of Australia’s favourite cooks – the marvellous Maggie Beer.

Maggie Beer is a long-time resident of South Australia’s Barossa Valley. She is deeply involved in the food culture of the area as a producer, chef and enthusiastic champion of all the Valley has to offer.

Here are recipes and stories that capture the rich flavours and colours of Maggie’s home. Season by season, we discover how she cooks with fresh, local produce for simple family dinners and large festive occasions.

We travel with her to the local dairy for fresh cream to make ice-cream, to the butcher for smoked meats, and to the neighbouring beekeeper for delicious honey.

The large wood oven in the garden is lit for baked lemony chicken and potatoes, a picnic is prepared to take to the local pine forest to search for mushrooms, and we join Maggie’s husband, Colin, on a crabbing expedition in order to make classic crab cakes in the electric frypan.
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PRAISE FOR MAGGIE BEER

‘Maggie Beer holds a special place in Australia’s culinary landscape.’ Gourmet Traveller

‘Maggie inspires an element of magic and delightful surprise.’ AGFG

‘A cookbook you will cook from again and again.’ Australian Women Online

Contains recipes and stories which aim to capture the flavours and colours of some of the author’s favourite dishes. This book is divided into four sections, covering the seasons of the year with recipes using locally produced, but readily available seasonal ingredients.

About the Author: Maggie Beer is one of Australia’s best-known food personalities. As well as co-hosting The Great Australian Bake Off, appearing as a guest chef on MasterChef and writing books, Maggie devotes her time to her export kitchen in the Barossa Valley, which produces a wide range of pantry items for domestic and international markets. These include her famous verjuice, pate and quince pastes, her ice cream as well as her sparkling non-alcoholic grape drinks. In 2001, Maggie was awarded the Centenary Medal for her service to Australian society through cooking and writing, and in 2010 she became a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).

Maggie is the author of eight successful cookbooks- Maggie’s Christmas, Maggie Beer (Lantern Cookery Classics), Maggie’s Verjuice Cookbook, Maggie’s Kitchen, Maggie’s Harvest, Maggie’s Table, Cooking with Verjuice, Maggie’s Orchard and Maggie’s Farm, and co-author of the bestselling Stephanie Alexander and Maggie Beer’s Tuscan Cookbook.

21 Nov 2005
 

Maggie’s Table by Maggie Beer ISBN 9781920989231