Free range cook to visit Tauranga

The crowd at a previous Annabel Langbein book signing in Papamoa. Supplied photo.

Annabel Langbein, New Zealand's popular ‘free range cook', will visit Tauranga this Monday as part of a nationwide tour promoting her new book.

ESSENTIAL Annabel Langbein brings together everything she's learned in a career of cooking and eating adventures.

She says she's looking forward to coming to the Bay of Plenty again.

'Tauranga is a beautiful part of the world: lots of good coffee shops, nice weather, lovely fruit and vegetables. I like seeing what's happening at the farmers' markets, little stores and the development of artisan food culture.”

This her 25th book, in about as many years.

'So many things have changed in the past two decades. I've brought up a family, and I continue to be a busy working mum,” she says.

'In this book I'm trying to teach people how to be good cooks, rather than just provide a collection of recipes. I'm hoping as people learn confidence they can start to develop their own ideas and be creative.”

Every recipe in the book has been tweaked for today's tastes – for example, there are fewer refined ingredients and the occasional gluten-free option. On-trend flavours such as sriracha, chipotle, and aquafaba also make an appearance.

Paper Plus Papamoa owner Neville Butler says Annabel's been to the store in the past, and always draws a crowd.

'It went really well last time, we had quite a big queue.”

Annabel will be visiting three local Paper Plus stores on Monday March 20 to sign books – Bethlehem from 11-11.30am, Tauranga from 12-12.30pm, and Papamoa from 2-2.30pm.

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