Jenny Morris, the irrepressible Giggling Gourmet, welcomes you into the warm, fragrant kitchen of The Cook’s Playground, her culinary school based in Cape Town. Drawing on the treasured childhood memories that shaped her abiding love of food, Jenny has created a definitive collection of taste sensations.

The book has more than 200 pages, and at least 100 recipes, with beautiful photographs taken by Micky Hoyle. Unusual dishes and/or ingredients are quail, rabbit, veal sweetbread, bone marrow, beef cheek, pig trotters, duck, pig ears, goat’s cheese doughnuts, crayfish, octopus, brandade (an emulsion of salt cod and olive oil, usually eaten with bread or potatoes in winter), ceviche, quesadilla, hummus, Bavette (a beef flank steak), scallops, madeleines, clafoutis (baked dessert) with plums and blackberries, and a caramel soufflé.

Gaan saam met Chrissie Krokodil op ‘n heerlike kampavontuur. Kruip knus onder die komberse in en luister na wat Pippie Panda alles aanvang. Hierdie twee oulike stories gaan jou sommer gou-gou na droomland wegvoer. Hardeband, 16 Bladsye, 20 cm x 20 cm, 3+ Jaar R58.00