Gran's Kitchen—Recipes from the Notebooks of Dulcie May Booker

This edition is in American measurements.
Seventy-six of the best tried-and-true homemade recipes from a bygone era, lovingly selected from the notebooks of 95-year-old Dulcie May Booker. This edition, Compiled by her granddaughter, talented foodie Natalie Oldfield, Gran's Kitchen is sure to satisfy the current interest in traditional cookery in a very personal way. A little of the old, a little new, it is full of simple, comforting, and easy-to-make cakes, breakfasts, dinners, and desserts, as well as her secrets to award-winning baking and preserving. Not only is this book a beautiful cookbook, but it is also filled with wonderful family love and community spirit. At times achingly nostalgic, Gran's Kitchen is peppered with reminiscences and photographs of a once-typical but now disappearing lifestyle of pastoral dances and neighborhood dressmakers. Laden with warm, gorgeous, full-page images, it is the perfect gift for a gran, or a granddaughter.

Natalie Oldfield lives in Auckland, New Zealand, and has considerable hospitality experience, including establishing several cafes and function venues. Dulcie May Booker was born in 1913 to a farming family and began cooking as a small child. She has had an impressive collection of careers, ranging from market gardening to owning a fish shop, and she has also spent time as a neighborhood hairdresser, dance hall decorator and sympathetic ear to several generations of the community.