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Cookbook review: Pipi: the cookbook

By Colleen Thorpe
Hamilton News·
16 May, 2012 06:00 PM2 mins to read

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This book will draw you in again and again with its beautiful photos, inspiring words and absolutely fabulous recipes. It is sitting on my coffee table and I can't help but pick it up each time I sit down.

Alexandra Tylee, the owner and chef of Pipi Cafe in Hawke's Bay, is a self-taught cook and her philosophy is family, fun, good and simple food, and love.

Every recipe in this book, says Tylee, has two "musts".

The food must be simple and it must nurture the soul, not just the body.

The food is simple in that you can open this book at any recipe and feel confident cooking it. But it is far from simple when it comes to the look and taste of it. This food will impress any dinner guest.

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It's hard to choose the best from his book as all the recipes I have tried so far are on the must-have-again list. But for the record, do try roast pumpkin and spicy sausage risotto; asparagus, mint and lemon pizza; winter green soup (a must with the pizza dough topping); and cardamom panna cotta, roasted pears and ginger. With its beautiful cover and bright pink ribbon bookmark, this is the perfect gift for mum.

Pipi: The Cookbook

by Alexandra Tylee

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