Cooking For Coco: Naturally Delicious Baby Food Recipes From A Chef's Kitchen - Hardcover

Blunos, Sian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1903258707 ISBN 13: 9781903258705

Publisher: Carroll & Brown Pub Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

A chef and mother's guide to bringing up children on an additive-free diet that results in good eating patterns for life. Precious time saving advice on preparing meals in batches and stocking in the freezer. These are meals at minimum cost but with the best of ingredients.

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About the Author

Sian Blunos - trained chef and wife of master chef Martin Blunos - has a unique blend of experience juggling bringing up the couple's three children with the running of the family's Michelin two-star restaurant, Lettonie, in Bristol. After training at the Stratford-upon-Avon Catering College, Sian worked as commi chef at La Sorbonne in Oxford and ran a kitchen in Switzerland before meeting her future husband Martin in London. Three years after opening Lettonie in the late 1980's, it became the first English establishment outside London to hold two Michelin stars.

Review

How many people do you know who won't eat a particular food because it was forced upon them as a child? Liver, onions, fish? Gourmet chef Sian Blunos, wife of Michelin-starred restaurant owner and chef Martin Blunos, spotted a gap in the baby and children's food market when she had her own. Tinned, preservative-ridden tasteless gunk in a variety of colours were all that was available and she wasn't going to inflict that on her kids. Instead she used her culinary expertise to design foods full of goodness and flavour which could be made in batches and frozen - a huge plus for busy mums. Slowly introducing the young palates to new flavours, she ensures that her children won't grow up with any food hang-ups or fads. Reading more like an adult cookbook, all the delicious recipes here should be eagerly devoured by young ones - braised pork with apricots, chicken and pumpkin risotto, poached salmon with vegetables in creamy dill sauce. And for puddings - apple and cinnamon muffins, poached peaches and warm mango and cardomom puree. Easy instructions, attractive photographs and expert advice from a "real" mum make this a must for any parent wanting the best for their child. And with such tasty food being served at the table, bun fights over it are sure to ensure between mum and child.. - Lucy Watson

Edition details

• Publisher: Carroll & Brown Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1903258707
• ISBN 13: 9781903258705
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128