So I’ve been doing the talking for a while and now I’d love to hear back from you! I’d be ever so delighted if you could fill out this 5 minute survey on how to improve NQN which of course comes with an added incentive – the chance to win 1 of 3 Nigella Lawson Living Kitchen aprons worth $80 each! Simply click on the link below and complete the survey and you’ll be in the running to win one of these aprons – shipped anywhere in the world!
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Thankyou very much in advance for your help. I hope that it will allow Not Quite Nigella to become a bigger and better place 
I’d also love to hear from you for another separate reason. A lovely friend, her sister and I are putting together a cookbook project called Secret Nanna Recipe.
About the Secret Nanna Recipes Project:
Everyone’s grandmother has one. The pudding she made on special occasions, the soup she made for Easter or the pickles she made after the summer cucumber harvest.
These recipes are not just merely formulas for food. They are the sensory embodiment of our childhood memories, the sweetness in the sorrow of loss, the practical handing down of skills from a mother or even a mother country. In short, they are precious and worth preserving.
We are asking you to join us on a journey back in time.
Please share your grandmother’s recipe with us and we will endeavour to include it, along with a photograph and some words, in our new cookbook, Secret Nanna Recipes.
Furthermore, if you would like to submit your mother’s recipe instead of your grandmother’s, that’s OK too. Some people’s nannas have passed away or simply didn’t cook!
Get Involved
Here’s what we need you to do;
- Post or email us the recipe
- Post or email us a high res photo of your Nan
- Send through 150 words about your Nanna and her recipe.
Email to: secretnannarecipes[at]gmail[dot]com (replacing the [at] and [dot] with @ and .)
Mail to: Emma
28 Garners Ave
Marrickville NSW 2204
For the 150 words, please answer one of these questions;
- What is your fondest memory of your Nanna?
- Tell us about the time of week/year she made this recipe and why? Was it for a religious festival, harvest season of a particular fruit or vegetable, was it a Sunday family ritual?
- What was your Nanna’s kitchen like?
- What was the best advice she ever gave you?
- What did she teach you about cooking?
Deadline: Tuesday June 30th, 2009
Note: 5% of the profits from the sale of the Secret Nanna Recipe cookbook will go to Meals on Wheels
Lots of love,
Lorraine/NQN
xxx
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I’m going to do the grandma one! Don’t let me forget! I got some great recipes!
Congratulations Lorraine! Looking forward to seeing the book. It will definitely be a celebration of women who have influenced our lives, and we always remember their food! made with love ofcourse
The secret nanna recipe cookbook is such a great idea! And I suppose I would really have to get the boy’s nanna’s filipino white cake recipe now and give it a go…. and I have to knack my brains out for a recipe from mum too (I didn’t grow up with my own grandma so I fall under the “mum’s recipes” category).
Way to go!
What a fantastic project, a wonderful way to honour our special ladies! I’ll put my thinking cap on, but will probably need a reminder at some point.
Yippeee!!So cool-the aprons look too good to miss!! Keeping my fingers crossed(though it’ll help if I know till when);)
We’re in for the survey!
What a brilliant idea for a cookbook! Are you going to test and blog about the recipes that you get from the submissions? Can’t wait to see how it turns out!
What a fabulous idea! Good luck with the project.
I just did the survey!
unfortunately, I’ve never lived with my grannies to try their cooking…:-(
What a cool project. I agree I’m sure our grandmas have hidden treasure recipes. Can’t wait to see the final version. Are you going to post some of the recipes on your site?
Hi!
I filled in the survey form, on clicking the submit button, got a blank page in response. I have no idea if the form went thru or not.
If it hasn’t, please let me know, will submit it in again.
Truly an exciting subject for a cookbook! Can I reserve my copy now? I only wish I had known my GrandMa longer…..
)
I did the survey! I hope I win! haha.
My grandmother doesn’t cook an is very crotchity… so there is nothing good for me to put in an email -sigh-
The Nanna cookbook is such a lovely idea! I’ll have to talk to my Granny about it.
ooohhhh… i did the survey!!!
AND i wil have to send in my Nanna’s ANZAC’s… except measurements are hazardous with these things…
The book is a swell idea…I’d better dig out a recipe. I’ve done the survey too. xoxo
What a neat project! Even though my grandma passed away before I was really cooking and she never wrote her recipes down, I feel like I still learned the basics from her and I was able to reconstruct some of her recipes by memory. I will see if I can send you something soon.
Hi Blond Duck-Oh fantastic! I won’t let you forget
Hi Maria-Thanks! Yep it’s a great idea (I didn’t come up with it, my friend did
)
Hi Trisha-It is! That would be amazing if you could get it! I’m crossing my fingers for you!
Hi Angela-It’s great isn’t it! Thanks
I’ll definitely send out another reminder don’t worry 
Hi Sweta-YAY thanks so much for completing the survey!
Hi The Duo Dishes-Thanks so much guys!
Hi Steph-Isn’t it just! Yes I guess we’ll all do the testing-hehe looking forward to that!
Hi Cakelaw-Thankyou so much!
Hi Sophia-Thanks so much for doing it! Aww how about your mum?
Hi Jackie-I’m not sure what I’ll end up doing, perhaps as a preview!
Hi Nachiketa-Wonderful! I don’t think your response came through (I searched for your email address). That would be great if
you could submit it again
Hi Steven-Thankyou so much! Hehe sure! I’m sorry to hear that, I don’t think we ever get enough time do we?
Hi ArtemisIII-Thankyou so much!
Ah well, how about your mum?
Hi Arwen-Thanks! Please do, I bet she has some great recipes:)
Hi Janna-Thankyou so much! Oooh Anzac biscuits are so good aren’t they!
Hi deeba-That would be amazing and thankyou for doing the survey! xxx
Hi 5 Star Foodie-Thanks!
That would be brilliant and great job reconstructing the recipes!
I did the survey, now let me see if I can send in something for the Nanna recipe.
What a fabulous idea for a cookbook! I’m looking forward to it being released! Good luck with it all.
Hi Soma-Thankyou so much! That would be great if you could send something in for the Secret Nanna recipes project!
Hi Rilsta-Thanks! It wasn’t mine, it was my friend and her sisters but it sounds like a great idea! Thankyou
count me in!!
:D
cheers!!
my enquiry is for ginger tea i was wondering if i can buy this from your shop
thank you
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