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    BOOKS TO READ in September/October

    Aug 19, 2022 5 minutes
    compiled by DIANA PROCTER diana@ideasfactory.co.za

    FOOD

    FOOLPROOF PICNIC

    BY MARINA FILIPPELLI (HARDIE GRANT, R270)

    Looking for new picnic ideas? You’re in the right place. In Foolproof Picnic, discover 60 simple, easy-to-share recipes that celebrate throwing down a blanket and enjoying the sunshine. Marina Filippelli, food stylist and writer, offers up perfect summer recipes you’ll want to make time and time again. With everything from delicious sandwiches, savoury snacks and dips to portable pies, tarts and frittatas, summer salads, sweet things and a selection of drinks, this book is the ultimate guide to taking your picnic to the next level.

    THE LAST BITE

    BY ANNA HIGHAM (DORLING KINDERSLEY, R489)

    A comprehensive guide to modern desserts that teaches you how to cook, create, structure and season sweet dishes. Pastry chef Anna Higham encourages you to approach celebrates seasonal cooking and eating with irresistible, innovative recipes from fig leaf ice cream in autumn to elderflower vinegar meringue in spring. Let Anna blow your preconceptions about what your desserts can be and taste like with this inspiring book.

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