Interviews with...
Michelle Cranston
 Marie Claire Comfort
Michele Cranston
Like Martha Stewart, Ina Garten, and Sara Foster, Michele Cranston has a talent
for re-inventing the familiar. As in her other books (Zest, Luscious,
et al $29.95) Cranston is particularly inventive with vegetables whether in salads
or side dishes. An orange soda bread with mixed seeds is another must-sample.
Colour photos. Softcover 224 pp $29.95.
CB: The first album/CD/eight track you bought?
MC: Stevie Wonder, Songs in
the Key of Life.
CB: What was your first car?
MC: I don’t drive.
CB: Your favourite junk food?
MC: Chips, I am a potato girl!
CB: What kitchen gadget, or piece of equipment can't you live without?
MC: Potato
ricer.
CB: Your favourite ingredient, or food?
MC: Fresh herbs.
CB: Most over-rated ingredient, or food?
MC: Truffles, truffle oil.
CB: What was the first cookbook you used?
MC: The big cookbook from Margaret
Fulton from quite a few years ago.
CB: Your favourite authors, doesn't have to be cookbook authors?
MC: Nigel
Slater, P.D. James.
CB: Your favourite city?
MC: London.
CB: What is your greatest extravagance/indulgence?
MC: Books.
CB: Your favourite movie?
MC: Blade Runner.
CB: What was your first job?
MC: As a waitress in a cafe.
CB: What kind of music do you like?
MC: Blues and soul.
CB: Your favourite sports team?
MC: (Blank look) I suppose I should say the
Sydney Swans.
CB: Your pet peeve when dining out?
MC: Menus that are too long.
CB: Your favourite drink?
MC: Red wine.
CB: If you could change one thing in the food & wine industry what
would it be?
MC: Male chefs with egos!
CB: Who has been the biggest influence on your career?
MC: My grandfather,
he used to have a kitchen garden with herbs which is why I love
both herbs and freshness.
CB: What four people, dead or alive, would you invite to dinner (assuming
you would invite your significant other to have six around the
table)?
MC: Noel Coward, Picasso, Nigella Lawson, Germaine Greer – imagine
the conversation!
Luscious: Simply delicious food from Marie Claire
Michele Cranston
When Donna Hay departed Marie Claire magazine, Michele Cranston
took the reigns and has acquired her own legion of fans. Very much in a similar
style with the gorgeous photography, easy to follow recipes and accessible ingredient
list. This is her fifth book. $29.95.
Zest
Michelle Cranston
Each of these tempting and beautifully photographed recipes highlights a different
flavour: either tangy, piquant, zesty, aromatic or ambrosial, among others. Softcover,
224 pp. $29.95.
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