Love of a Laminex Table: A Sustainable Food Journey - Kate Shelton (Signed)

Hardback.  Very good condition.  2011 (Signed)

Love of a Laminex Table is a beautiful recipe book that follows Kate Shelton’s food journey, originating within a large family on an isolated working property in northern New South Wales — largely self-sufficient in meat, dairy and vegetable production in the1960s.

The virtues of a simple life, interdependent with nature, animals and a caring community, are deeply engraved and recaptured alongside recipes that hold poignant memories.

A city education and travel introduced alternative approaches to cuisine. Influences from Jewish cooking in London, simplicity on a Greek island, Italian neighbours, African and Asian friends embellish the practical approach dictated by Australian bush life.

The embodiment of the journey is expressed in Kate’s cafe in Benedict House where food is prepared with the same ethos as at Yambulla  -  a vegetable garden, fruit trees, local seasonal produce, recycling and improvising.

Readers of the post-war generation will identify with the recollections and the echoes of their own ‘memories’.  Young readers will be inspired to embrace simple and sustainable approaches to enhance their busy lives.