Annie Smithers
Kitchen Sentimental
Friday 20th September - 1pm
The memoir of a beloved cook, told through the kitchens and recipes that shaped her.
When we cook for others, or ourselves, the deepest hunger we feed is love. In her new memoir, respected chef and paddock-to-plate pioneer Annie Smithers answers the question she is asked most often: why cook? Annie takes us on a journey through every significant kitchen in her life, both domestic and professional, sharing with engaging honesty her personal development, her surprisingly complex relationship with food, and the lessons she has learned along the way to find her niche in the culinary world.
Annie Smithers is one of Australia's most highly regarded chefs and one of the first chefs to truly epitomise the paddock to plate ethos. With a career spanning well over 30 years, Annie has spent the last quarter of a century in the wonderful Macedon Ranges and Hepburn Spa region of Victoria. She has written two cookbooks and writes for The Saturday Paper monthly and Country Style seasonally, and appears regularly on ABC Radio National Blueprint for Living. Her previous book, Recipe for a Kinder Life, is part meditation, part memoir, offering practical advice and wisdom from a life dedicated to seasonal food and living lightly on the ground beneath her feet.