2007-04-11 Owning an AGA really does become a way of life .......'

`Owning an AGA really does become a way of life - it is a trusted friend in the kitchen. I adore cooking with my AGA and wouldn't dream of having anything else.'

In this book, `Amy shares the essential secrets for getting the best out of your AGA. Starting with all the information you need to use your AGA, `AGA Cooking' shows you just how simple it is to cook with it and how to adapt recipes originally devised for conventional cooking.
Packed with ideas and hints, tips and techniques, `AGA Cooking' is the book no AGA owner should be without.'

Where old favourites such as `toad-in-the-hole' and `shepherd's pie' meet the lesser well known `crab spring rolls with lemon oil' and `baked pumpkin with cream and gruyere cheese', this book has 192 high quality, shiny pages split over 12 main chapters, sandwiched between the 14 page introduction and a concise index:-

Breakfast and brunch
Soups and starters
Family foods
Chicken and game
Meat
Fish and seafood
Vegetables
Puddings
Baking
Christmas entertaining
Mummy's little helpers
On the side

The introduction section has a brief history of AGA cooking - `How it All Began', in 1922, plus `AGA Know-How' including the various ovens:-
The Roasting Oven
The Simmering Oven
The Warming Oven
Cookware for your AGA
Cleaning/caring/servicing
AGA IRONING (!)
Converting recipes e.g. for a 2 oven AGA or a 4-oven AGA
and AGA A.A.G. (At A Glance)

Each recipe is well laid out with clear ingredients list and method, with useful notes re `conventional cooking' modification.
Full colour, double-page spreads open each chapter, but, generally, the book is perhaps a little light on photography. Having said that, the dishes which are pictured are simply mouth-watering, e.g. the 'Oven-roasted Spare Ribs', on page 87 or the `Sephardic Orange Cake', on page 145!

Other recipes include:-

AGA porridge
Banana and walnut muffins
Roasted garlic and onion soup
Rouille
Grilled tiger prawn and fennel salad
Old fashioned meatloaf
Crispy duck pancakes with plum sauce
Braised beef
Balsamic pork roast
Roast potatoes
Glazed ham for a crowd
Christmas pudding snow-drift
AGA-toasted cheese sandwich
Pigs in blankets
School fete cake
Apple Cake
Seville orange marmalade
Glazed passion fruit tart

and a superb recipe for

Tarte Tatin

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