All-Consuming Passions: Recipes Gathered from a Lifetime of Loving Food

Description

Ian Parmenter's love of food is infectious. In All-Consuming Passions he gathers together his favourite recipes, collected from around the world, from watching the great chefs and from cooking for the people he loves. Bon vivant and ABC tV personality, the gregarious Ian Parmenter takes a delight in good food and wine - in cooking the former and making the latter, as well as in eating and drinking both - so it's no wonder his long-running television series was titled Consuming Passions. In this new cookbook, Parmenter brings together 235 of his favourite recipes, including entrees, mains and desserts, which rely on his trademarks of simplicity and fresh ingredients. He shares his kitchen tips, dispenses sensible advice on food preparation and storage, and of course he provides some of his 'most requested' - like his recipe for Ego Noodles, a favourite dish of his friend and colleague, Poh Ling Yeow.

Ian Parmenter was born in London and survived nine years of British cooking before his parents moved to Belgium and, much to his relief, took him with them. He arrived in Australia in the 1970s, joining the ABC in 1973. Ian soon moved into television and has been responsible for directing and producing several hundred major TV shows. In 1991 he was thrown kicking and screaming in front of the camera for the debut run of Consuming Passions, now in its eighth series and screening in 15 countries. Ian has 10 recipe books to his credit and writes and illustrates newspaper and magazine articles. He lives in Western Australia.