Reader Reviews Start Coming

Pre-released copies of Australian Flavour have started to be shipped, and the first feedback is coming in.

 

Hi Sharon,I just received my copy of your book, and I have to say I love it!  It’s great! I’m really thrilled with it, and I hope you do really well with it. Many thanks for including me in your lovely book, blessings.

Melanie J Cook – Photographer, Australia (4th August 2008)

I just love Australian Flavour: Traditional Australian Cuisine by S L Robards.  It’s a well written and well presented compilation of Australian recipes, with some colourful history behind them. A must read for any Australian cook (or for the expatriate wanting to have a flavour of home in their new home!).  Excellent work!

 

Belinda D’Alessandro from Australia (3rd August 2008)

 

“This book provides with all the colour pictures and the detail background stories a wonderful insight to the origin of traditional Australian cuisine. Excellent research on good old traditions provides great recipes not only for Australian ‘cooks’.”

 

Peter Wahl from Germany (31st July 2008)

 

Beautifully illustrated with interesting stories throughout the book. The pictures in this cookbook are wonderful and so are the recipes. I’ve made several and this book is a great addition to any cookbook collection.

 

Barb Foley from United States (31st July 2008)

 

“Hi Sharon, my copy of the book arrived yesterday, WOW, Fantastic!, Thnx, it turned out great – fantastic images and great, easy to follow recipes. Thnx very much.”

 

Bill Donnelly – photographer, Australia (29th July 2008)

Interview with Nikki Taylor

Port Stephens Examiner

8th July 2008

 

TRADITIONAL Australian cuisine is celebrated in a new book by Corlette resident Sharon Robarts (Robards).

 

A first time writer, Mrs Robarts (Robards) said the book was inspired by her grandmother and aimed to familiarise people with the many flavours of Australian cooking.

 

“My grandmother brought me my first typewriter when I was nine years old and I have been writing ever since,” she said.

 

Mrs Robarts (Robards) said it was the loss of her grandmother that first prompted her to begin writing the book.

 

“When she [grandmother] died I really missed her cooking and wanted to put together a group of recipes that really captured the essence of traditional Australian cooking,” she said.

 

The book took 18 months to write and covers all aspects of Australian cuisine including meat, light dishes, desserts and a section on native bush tucker.

 

“There is a special part of the book which includes recipes by Vic Cherikoff who is credited as being a pioneer of native Australian food, Mrs Robarts said.

 

Also included in the book are a number of beautiful photographs that Mrs Robarts collected from photographers around the world.

 

Mrs Robarts (Robards) said it had been a life-long dream to have a book published and the experience was rewarding.

 

“It gives a great sense of achievement and it has my grandmother’s name in it,” she said.

 

Australian Flavour Book Launch Poster

 

 

Australian Flavour Book Launch 9th August 2008