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Jacket-baked Potatoes Revisited

Think of the other possibilities – serve the potatoes with spoonfuls of Bolognese sauce, puttanesca sauce, sautéed mushrooms, chilli con carne, creamed chillied canned sweet corn … anything really. It all tastes better in a spud.

Cauliflower & Cannellini Bean Mash

Spread the mash on a warmed platter, plonk a French-roasted chicken on top (let the chicken cool for 15-20 minutes after removing from the oven), and pull the chicken apart with two forks, letting all the juices work their way through the purée. You’ll have an OMG moment for sure.

Spinach

Spinach is a healthy green, but did Popeye get it right? Is it better for you raw or cooked? And is NZ spinach the same as regular spinach?

Linzertorte

Sugary trash is just that, trash, but that when sugar is used skillfully as in this dessert, it is a joy, an absolute treat, something to be treasured.

Julie Biuso At Home

Beautifully photographed by award-winning photographer Aaron McLean, this quality hard-cover cookbook with wrap-around jacket and ribbon to mark your place, features over 270 recipes plus over 35 pages of pantry staples and cook’s notes on ingredients. A classic cookery book with recipes that will  endure.        

Julie Biuso At Home WINS Gourmand World Cookbook Award Best Easy ​Recipes

​Julie Biuso At Home Finalist NZ Guild of Foodwriters Culinary Quills Awards: Journalism Quill;