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Buy Maggies Harvest by Maggie Beer at a discount price at the Bookshelf of Oz click here
Brand new hardcover book, 736 pages
Maggie's Harvest brings together over 350 of Maggie Beer's signature
recipes, detailed descriptions of her favourite ingredients and inspiring
accounts of memorable meals with family and friends.
The recipes highlight Maggie's philosophy of using the freshest and best seasonal produce available in the Barossa Valley, South Australia, and treating it simply, allowing the natural flavours to speak for themselves. Describing herself as a 'country cook', Maggie cooks from the heart and is passionate about instilling in others this same confidence - to use recipes as a starting point, and be guided by instinct and personal taste.
This landmark book from one of Australia's best-loved cooks is essential for anyone with an appreciation of the pleasures of sourcing, cooking and sharing food.
Available late October, 2007. To preorder or register your interest, please email me.
About the author:
Maggie Beer was originally a Sydney girl, having grown up in the western suburbs where her parents owned a manufacturing business. She left school at an early age, without a 'proper' education, and worked in a startling number of jobs before finding her niche.Maggie & husband Colin Beer moved to South Australia's Barossa Valley in 1973 and began farming pheasants on their new property near Nuriootpa.
Colin was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to study game bird breeding in Europe and America and following their return to the Barossa Valley they opened a farm shop to sell the game birds they were breeding.
This humble shop soon grew into the famed Pheasant Farm Restaurant. The establishment of the Pheasant Farm and restaurant marked the start of a career that now spans farming, export, food production, and food writing.
After 15 busy years they decided to close the restaurant in 1993 and focus on production of their expanding range of gourmet foods, starting with the signature Pheasant Farm pate, a favourite with restaurant regulars, and in growing demand from gourmet food outlets around the country.
In 1997 the then premier of South Australia, John Olson, opened Maggie's next major venture, an export kitchen in Tanunda. A state-of-the-art facility, the kitchen was purpose-built for the production of preservative-free gourmet foods for the national and international market.
The range of products soon expanded, and now numbers over twenty, including meat and vegetarian pates, olive oil, verjuice, preserves, condiments and desserts.
They now export to Japan, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the US.
The pheasant farm was never far from Maggie and Colin's hearts however, and in 1999 they returned to both the site and the original concept of the farm shop, re-opening the premises as Maggie Beer's Farm Shop.
Maggie has written and co-written many well-loved cookbooks, including Maggie’s
Farm, Maggie’s Orchard, Maggie’s Table, Verjuice, and Stephanie Alexander & Maggie Beer's Tuscan Cookbook.
She is co-presenter with Simon Bryant of The Cook and the Chef, seen
on ABC TV, and is also a longstanding contributor of food columns to newspapers
and magazines.
Buy Maggies Harvest by Maggie Beer at a discount price at the Bookshelf of Oz click here
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What the weekend papers said Australian Hospitality Magazine Simon is most famous for his work with Maggie Beer on TV's The Cook and the Chef and has a reputation for spearheading the uniqueness and quality of SA ... |
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A great meat and greet The Age I was fortunate to have an introduction to Narda Lepes, the Argentinian equivalent of Maggie Beer, who hosts a popular food program on national television. ... |
Posted on 1 February 2010 | 11:12 am
Maggie Beer named our top senior Australian Australian Hospitality Magazine Australian culinary icon Maggie Beer is planning to use her new title of Senior Australian of the Year 2010 to change the way people think about food. ... |
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Bryant overdone at Hilton NEWS.com.au The Cook and The Chef co-star with Australian Senior of the Year Maggie Beer, Bryant's announcement closely follows the controversial departure of the ... |
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Mayor returns from Canberra visit Ipswich Queensland Times Cr Pisasale said he took the opportunity to invite Senior Australian of the Year Maggie Beer and singer Judith Durham to the city. ... |
Posted on 26 January 2010 | 11:11 am
AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED My Sunshine Coast (press release) (blog) Western Australia's Trooper Mark Donaldson VC was named Young Australian of the Year 2010, South Australian cook and restaurateur Maggie Beer was named ... Australian of the Year Aussie of the Year Professor Patrick McGorry attacks refugee policy Free asylum seekers, says Australian of the Year |
Posted on 25 January 2010 | 4:03 pm
Great achievers who have earned our admiration The Australian Maggie Beer, the Senior Australian of the Year, has also provided a great service, albeit one less dramatic or emotionally intense. ... |
Posted on 25 January 2010 | 8:07 am
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