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Five Ways With...

Take one ingredient and create five fantastic family meals

Does your typical daily routine consist of rushing around, trying to get as much done as humanly possible, having no time to yourself, then been faced with the dreaded question: What am I going to cook for dinner tonight? Christelle Le Ru, author of four award-winning cookbooks, and a busy working mum to four preschoolers, is very familiar with this question, so she has selected 19 basic ingredients that her family loves, and used each one to create five family meals: 5 Ways With.

5 Ways With shows you how to cook meals using basic, inexpensive and nutritious ingredients while preparing them in different and interesting ways. Christelle wrote 5 Ways With as she wanted to show people how easy it can be to cook healthy and delicious dishes that won’t blow your budget and don’t require hours of slaving over the stove. The dishes in 5 Way With focus on both the cost and the nutritional value of the ingredients they are made from, and Christelle has purposely chosen ingredients that are pantry must-haves and commonly used foods easily found in your local supermarket.

The emphasis in 5 Ways With is to present dishes that are healthy and will appeal to the whole family, from young children to teenagers to adults, while allowing you to keep to a tight grocery shopping budget. Each ingredient in Five Ways With is introduced with facts — such as its origin, its nutritional value, how to buy and store, how to cook it — and is then used in five easy recipes suggesting some very different ways to use the ingredient.

‘With four little children I know what it’s like to try to feed a family without having to resort to junk food or spending a huge amount on groceries. Once you have tasted some of the delicious homemade dishes in 5 Ways With, you will no longer feel the need to order takeaways out of desperation and a lack of dinner ideas.’

ISBN 978-1-86950-818-0
RRP: NZ$29.99
230mm*230mm hardback, 128pp, 100+ colour photographs throughout
First published in New Zealand in April 2010 by HarperCollins Publishers
Text, recipes and photography by Christelle Le Ru

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Fresh Start

French-born New Zealander Christelle Le Ru is the award-winning author of Simply Irresistible French Desserts, French Fare and Passion Chocolat. In Fresh Start, she has created a collection of healthy and nutritious recipes specifically designed to appeal to preschoolers’ budding tastes. The nutritional information and recipes have all been reviewed by a nutritionist and a dietician. As a mother to three young children aged one, two and four, Christelle is well aware of the challenges parents face at mealtimes. Mums and dads alike will also appreciate her many food tips, as well as the fact that her recipes are easy to make and use readily available ingredients.

Fresh Start is available throughout New Zealand and has also been translated into Danish, Turkish and Arabic.

ISBN 978-0-473-13439-6
RRP: NZ$34.99
230mm*230mm hardback, 112pp, 120+ colour photographs throughout
First published in New Zealand September 2008
Text, recipes and photography by Christelle Le Ru
Translated into Danish, Arabic and Turkish, more to come

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Passion Chocolat

French-born Christelle Le Ru is the award-winning author of Simply Irresistible French Desserts and French Fare. In Passion Chocolat she shares her lifelong love of chocolate with a collection of decadent yet easy recipes. Reminiscent of childhood memories, luxury, sweetness and sensuality, chocolate is more than just food - it is therapy.

Passion Chocolat is available throughout New Zealand and Australia.

ISBN 978-0-473-11356-8
RRP: NZ$29.99
240mm*210mm soft cover, 96pp, 100 colour photographs throughout
First published in New Zealand and Australia March 2007
Text and recipes by Christelle Le Ru, Photography Vanessa Jones

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French Fare

If you are interested in French gastronomy and looking for some simple yet delicious and authentic French recipes, this book is for you. Whether you are after a quick and simple dinner or an elaborate meal for a special occasion, you will find it here. Illustrated with beautiful pictures from France as well as many gorgeous food photographs by talented New Zealand photographer Vanessa Jones, this book is a delight to look at and bound to inspire you to try out your talent in the kitchen.

To help you with meal planning, menu ideas are suggested for various occasions. The simple instructions accompanying them will help you get organised and will ensure that your dinner party goes smoothly. Readers will also find useful information, tips and comments about the dishes featured and the ingredients used throughout the book. All ingredients are readily available in New Zealand. Once again, Christelle Le Ru’s inspiring and foolproof recipes make it clear that French cuisine does not need to be complicated to deserve the fame it enjoys.

ISBN 0-473-10922-0
RRP: NZ$39.95
240mm*210mm soft cover, 144pp, 150 colour photographs throughout
First published in New Zealand and Australia September 2006
Text and recipes by Christelle Le Ru, Photography Vanessa Jones

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Simply Irresistible French Desserts

Have you ever dreamt of a fabulous French “pâtisserie”? Do you enjoy baking for your family and friends, or do you simply have a sweet tooth? If either applies to you, this is the book you need. Full of truly fabulous and easy-to-make recipes, it is your key to the kingdom of sweetness and will guarantee your reputation as a chef. It is made up of three sections dedicated respectively to chocolate puddings, fruit desserts and finger food. The recipes, by a French author who lives in New Zealand, are original, authentic and simply irresistible, and all use readily available ingredients. Beautiful colour-pictures illustrating every single dessert throughout the book make it a delight to look at and will tempt you to demonstrate your talent in the kitchen. Whatever dessert you decide to try out, you won’t be disappointed. Be prepared to have your guests begging for more!

ISBN 0-476-01653-3
RRP: NZ$33.95
240mm*210mm soft cover, 108pp, 70 colour photographs throughout
First published in New Zealand September 2005, Australia August 2006
Text and recipes by Christelle Le Ru, Photography Vanessa Jones

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Self-Publish! A guide to publishing your own work

French-born New Zealander Christelle Le Ru is the award-winning author of four successful self-published cook books. She has drawn on her own self-publishing experience to write this useful guide which will guide you through the self-publishing process step by step and will give you insight into the fast-growing digital publishing industry.

Gathering a wealth of information and tips, this unpretentious digital guide will be extremely useful to any aspiring self-publisher before and during the course of the self-publishing project as well as after the publication. It also contains vital information for publishers wishing to publish in digital format and to the publishers of printed work wanting to make the most of their titles.

The aim of Self-Publish! - Digital Publishing is to contribute to turning a self-publishing project into a success to be remembered. The download of this ebook includes a number of customisable files to include into your website to enable you to handle the e-commerce of downloadable products directly from your own website, cost-free.

ISBN 978-0-473-15615-2
RRP: US$4.99
130mm*190mm, 156pp
First published in August 2009
Text and editing by Christelle Le Ru

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