Pamela Clark, the director of the The Australian Women's Weekly Test Kitchen, is one of Australia's most renowned cooks and her team of chefs, home economists, food editors and support staff work hard to maintain their reputation for trustworthiness and reliability. For more than 30 years people have been writing to The Australian Women's Weekly Test Kitchen asking questions about food and cooking - why has my fruit cake sunk in the middle? Why did my preserves develop mould? How do I make creamy ice-cream without an ice-cream maker? Here is a collection of all those questions and answers in one handy little book.