REVIEW: The RNZ Cookbook - Edited by David Cohen and Kathy Paterson (Massey University Press)
The recipe go-to for every New Zealand kitchen. This is an authoritative and above all useful cookbook from New Zealand’s favourite broadcaster, featuring 180 trusted (and tested) recipes hand-picked from the thousands of delicious recipes that have featured on Radio NZ (RNZ) shows such as Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Saturday Morning in recent decades. Some of the country's top chefs and food writers have contributed to RNZ's culinary heritage, which is now the inspiration for a new cookbook. Editors David Cohen and Kathy Paterson have mined the RNZ 4000 strong recipe archive. The choices go back generations but the cut focuses on the last 10 years. That in itself creates a bit of a time capsule. Cohen references previous radio recipe highlights like the incomparable Aunt Daisy, Sharon Crosbie and Kim Hill and their various recipe compilations - Although he did miss Brian Edwards' regular slot on RNZ Saturday show 'Top of the Morning' (which aired du...