DIY in the Kiwi Kitchen

Ingredients:

Flour
Butter
Eggs
Chocolate chips
One bloke

Who said baking was limited to the ‘missus’? Steve Joll, author of Baking for Blokes: DIY in the Kiwi Kitchen, believes that if men can take pride in the BBQ, then they can easily muster up some baking winners in the kitchen, by following his simple, step-by-step recipes.

Just over a year ago, radio host and busy dad Steve Joll, started his own website, blokeswhobake.co.nz, for Kiwi blokes to share their proven recipes. Through the website, it turned out that Steve wasn’t the only bloke who baked and now the book (and website) is set to show that baking isn’t just a woman’s domain or for the metro-sexual types! Baking for Blokes is a collection of Steve’s own best recipes, some friends suggestions, old family favourites and the rest contributed through his website.

As the sub-title of the book spells out, DIY in the Kiwi Kitchen, Steve explains, ‘Baking is just like DIY: it’s precise and takes a steady hand. It’s about building and sharing the results of your labour, it means following a strict set of instructions and yet it’s also about being creative.’  And for Steve, it is about using the ingredients already in the fridge or pantry rather than having to make that special trip for a fancy ingredient list.

And although the book can also be used by the wife or girlfriend, she’ll have to deal with the no-nonsense straight-to-the point instructions in Baking for Blokes – and Steve’s stories! And as Steve reminds us – and the point of his book – the best thing for blokes about baking is this: you get to eat the results!

Publication date: 6th August 2010 | RRP $29.99 Flexicover
**New Zealand author** **Wellington based**

Getfrank has five copies of Steve Joll’s Baking for Blokes to give away, naturally, winners will be chosen from the best comments left in the food recipes section!

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