Wekas and Queen Cakes

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When:

Fri 15 May ’09, 12:00pm–1:00pm

Where: Lower NZI Room, Aotea Centre, 50 Mayoral Dr, Auckland CBD Show map

Restrictions: All Ages

Ticket Information:

Standard: $19.50
Earlybird pre 13 May: $16.50
Friend pre 13 May: $15.50
Student : $9.75
Booking fees may apply

Website:

www.writersfestival.co.nz

The way to a man’s heart, every new wife is told, is his digestive tract, that most unromantic of fleshly parts. Yet the place of food in a culture goes much wider than that: recipes cement friendships, span cultures. They evoke, almost painfully at times, a lost past. And that seemingly lost past can zoom into close-up again, when the present needs it. This is the case with the charmingly written, yet expertly correct book of cake and biscuit recipes put together by Alexa Johnston, Ladies, A Plate. David Veart’s history of recipes First Catch Your Weka is a frequently witty and erudite walk through New Zealand’s long love affair with food. We have gradually adapted to our environment by expanding beyond bravura many-egged sponges and that classic of the cafe, cold spaghetti sandwiches. Both these books are gems for the bookshelf. In the dark night of the soul they might just save your life. Chair: Dish Editor Victoria Wells.