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Mary Contini

    Liebe Francesca
    Easy Peasy!
    Dear Francesca
    Dear Olivia
    Dear Alfonso
    Easy Peasy Baking
    • 2018

      Easy Peasy!

      • 144 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      Mary Contini and Pru Irvine provide over 60 recipes guaranteed to tickle the tastebuds, featuring a huge range of recipes, including a selection from other countries, not just Britain. Including clear instructions and information about the basics of cooking and utensils, as well as safety in the kitchen, these recipes are designed for children to cook with an adult. But once they have gained confidence and experience, kids will be able to cook many of them confidently on their own. From Cheesy Easy Peasy Pasta, Tooty Fruity Chicken Curry and Moorish Carrot Salad to Portobello Burgers, Scrumptious Slappleberry and Spanish Omelette, this is a fun and informative approach to cooking.

      Easy Peasy!
    • 2017

      Dear Alfonso

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      A heart-warming celebration of life and living, illustrated with archive family images and packed with anecdote, humour and history

      Dear Alfonso
    • 2008

      Focuses on the most popular area of kids' cooking - baking - with over 80 recipes to tempt kids into the kitchen. This title starts with basic techniques and preparation, and then moves into recipes that not only taste delicious, but are also fun to cook, from breads and buns to pizzas, cakes and pastries.

      Easy Peasy Baking
    • 2007

      Dear Olivia

      • 423 pages
      • 15 hours of reading
      4.1(33)Add rating

      In this fascinating follow-up to the highly successful Dear Francesca, Mary Contini writes to her other daughter, Olivia, to tell the story of her great- grandparents, the humble Italian shepherds who emigrated to Edinburgh and then helped to transform Britain's food culture.

      Dear Olivia
    • 2003

      Dear Francesca

      • 356 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      3.8(65)Add rating

      Addressing her daughter Francesca as she embarks on independent life, this is a compelling, often moving, family history in which Contini describes her ancestors' loves and lives in their adopted homeland where traditions were kept alive around the dinner table. schovat popis

      Dear Francesca