If you only ever buy one book for the kitchen, you could do a lot worse than Stephanie Alexander’s The Cook’s Companion. The subtitle is ‘’the complete book of ingredients and recipes for the Australian kitchen’’ and she is not wrong (apart from the Australian bit as it seems to adapt to the NZ kitchen [...]

So my favourite cooking book in the world is Stephanie Alexander’s Cook’s Companion - if you only ever buy one cookbook, this is it, seriously. I’ve just discovered a recipe for soda bread that’s quick and easy, but still delicious.
Stephanie credits Darina Allen for the recipe, so I’ll credit them both here.
Darina’s quick soda bread [...]