Delicious magazine needs no introduction. It’s a gorgeous magazine full of the best to do with contemporary Australian food (and one that was kind enough to include me in their list of top blogs!). I am a long time reader salivating and poring over their pages imagining making all of the goodies contained within. Delicious magazine also has cookbooks and their latest one is called “Delicious. More Please” with 120 brand new recipes written by the recipe writing whiz Valli Little.
Almond parfait
The recipes are split up into the four seasons so that you can follow what is available in the season you are in. The food is all Modern Australian which means that there’s a bit of France (heirloom tomato tarte fine), a bit of China (Asian style caprese salad), a bit of Italy (beef carpaccio with strawberry vincotto) etc. with Thai, Japanese, Greek, British, Moroccan, South Africa, Vietnamese, Indian and native Australian influenced recipes. Plus I must mention that there is most delicious looking almond parfait, chocolate hazelnut tart and lavender friands (well you knew I was eyeing off the desserts right?). The other thing that I like about the Delicious books is that every single recipe gets a full page full colour photo, styled in that signature Delicious style-now if that doesn’t define food porn I don’t know what does. There are also menus for themed parties for occasions where they select an entree, main and dessert from the book should you wish to be guided.
Thanks to the lovely people at Harper Collins and ABC Books, four lucky Not Quite Nigella readers will each win a copy of Delicious. More Please (RRP $39.95)! For a chance to win a copy of Delicious. More Please by Valli Little all you have to do is tell me which season you like the best for food and why! Simply add your answer as a comment to the story. The competition ends at Midnight AEST 6th March, 2011. You can enter this competition once daily. Delivery is within Australia only as the winged monkeys get all puffed out otherwise.
***The winners are:
Joanne F. of S.A.
Connie K. of NSW
Juliette B. of Vic
Jennifer S. of Vic
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Best of luck!
Lots of love,
Lorraine
xxx
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oooh I adore Delicious cookbooks.
My favourite season for food is summer – wonderful fruit,salads,beautiful seafood, alfresco dining….
I’d die. I would just die.
First, because I’ve never won anything, and secondly, well, because this is the first time I’ve ever entered a giveaway!
In any event, I’d have to say Autumn is my favorite season. The warm fall colors, textures, and smells always impel me to quickstep into the kitchen for a baking marathon.
Thank you Lorraine!
Good luck to everyone!
Damn those winged monkeys!
Have a wonderful weekend daaahling.
*kisses* HH
Wow that parfait does look delicious.
I love summer for it’s stone fruits.
Hi Lorraine,
Definitely summer for the range of juicy fruits available. Not only because I’m allergic to apples and pears so there’s a scarcity of fruit during the rest of the year. But the plump juicy cherries at the beginning of summer, then luscious Kensington Pride mangoes, then tender white peaches and nectarines and a flourish of Victorian berries. Mmmm…
Summer is definitely my favourite season due to all the delicious fruit varieties available. Stone fruits like nectarines are definitely my favourite and they’re perfect for chilled summer desserts.
Summer. Cherries, peaches, figs, oysters au natural and prawns for dinner because it’s too hot to cook, nectarines, plums and mangoes, BBQ’s and picnics at the park. Yes definitely Summer.
I certainly wouldn’t want those winged monkeys to have to fly all the way to the USA, but I had to tell you that those folks obviously are wicked intelligent if they included you in the best blogs list…
go girl!!!
Ok, please excuse me while I wipe the drool off my keyboard!
My Darling Hubby bought me a signed copy of “Quick Smart Cook” for Christmas 2009, I would do a happy dance to have another signed Delicious cookbook to add to the collection!
As for season, I love winter cooking – roast dinners, beef bourguignon, mashed potato dripping with butter, Sticky Date pudding, molton chocolate hotopots… All that delicious calorie-laden food you could ONLY eat in winter when you NEED an extra layer of fat to keep you warm!
Hi Lorraine,
I love the Delicous the recipes always look fantastic but not too daunting that you can’t give it a try, would love to win.
My favourite season for food has to be summer, as soon as I start seeing all the mangoes and berries with their beautiful colours it’s instant happiness!!
Thanks Lorraine
Has to be summer for all the gorgeous berries!
I like the “more please” part of the title
so very true! The almond parfait looks delicious!
I love Autumn for when there are veggies like zucchini coming in and we start to feel like baking and cooking in the oven again.
I love summer, I love the summer fruits and salads….I Love the Barbeques on balmy summer evenings…Oh, and seafood seems to taste so much better in summer.
I love autumn, and not just for the food! Lovely cool days, reddening leaves, and all the delicious apples and pears you can handle!
Mmmmm…. now that is very difficult, I love all the seasons, they all have aspects I look forward to! Perhaps winter is my favourite. I adore yeast cookery and in winter I am inspired to spend the time baking those wonderful, comforting yeast goodies and the house is full of delicious smells!
I’m a bit odd, I love winter as you can have the hearty roast and yummy bread and butter pudding with a twist…
Ummm the cover of the mag is just what the tile states delicious..
I love love love summer but got this gorgeous food porn book for Xmas!!! Goodluck to everyone entering!!
Ps don’t include me, I don’t need another copy
Ooooohhhh…Winter.
Warm chocolate pudding, the house filled with the warm, toasty aroma of freshly baked banana and cinnamon loaf, warm butterscotch sauce dripping from sticky date pudding…oh! need I go on? Really?!
Winter – all those lovely casseroles and things like beef stroganoff… oh, and soups… yummy, hearty soups. The fact you can hide your winter weight with some creative layering helps too…
Give me winter any day … steak and kidney pie with buttery mash potatoes and green beans, followed by warm sticky date pud and cream. A few friends, an open fire, lots of red wine and the sound of the rain outside – heaven!
Winter is my favourite season. It’s a time to get such pleasure from the warming nurturing comfort foods such as slow cooked meats, soups and warm puddings. Time to wrap yourself up with food and love. After a long day nothing beats opening the door to the aroma of lamb shanks in the slow cooker.
I love Delicious magazine. The pictures are always so tempting. I can never resist buying the latest magazine as I pass the newsagents.
My favourite season is Summer, for the mangos and stone fruits. I also love a good seafood BBQ with big salads topped with berries and nuts. Ahhh Summer, although this heat wave is stretching the friendship slightly!
Winter brings the delight of rich comfort foods,tender slow cooked meats,fruit pies and flans topped with custard or cream and I spend more time in the kitchen due to the cooler weather outdoors!
Autumn is my favourite the colours outside reflect my interiors perfectly and the food available is sumptous without being heavy. Nothing better than a gorgeous Sunday in the mountains followed by a beautiful roast dinner prepared at home! Warmth of the sun on a cool day and the warmth of the oven on a cool night!
I love delicious magazine and the cookbooks they have produced. My favorite season is definitely autumn. I love that it is starting to cool down, and you can really get into the kitchen again and cook without melting.
I wouldn’t want those poor little winged monkeys to fall from the sky so I have a local address for them.
Love Delicious and cooking every season! All year … cooking, eating, cooking; as the seasons change and different fruit and veg appear at the markets it’s a never-ending delight to be a food-lover.
Summer – just because of white peaches. I could raphsodize about all the other stone fruit, the mangoes and berries – but really Summer, you had me at white peaches.
I think I love summer the most – not only for the food, but for the fact that it so wonderful to be able to eat outside so easily and so late into the evening
I bought this book as a gift for my neice at Christmas, and was sooo tempted to keep it for myself – I would love a copy of my own!
Winter is my favourite season – The cooler weather and mood of winter is so conducive to putting more time into creating meals for my family and friends. Thank you x
Give me winter ANYTIME! I’m all about comfort food and you can’t beat winter for that: casseroles, stews, garlic mash, slow roasted lamb shanks, roasts, curries, lasagne, hot fudge pudding, apple pies…… I could go on forever.
I love autumn here in Italy, with the porcini mushrooms, delicious figs and truffles.
Spring is my favourite season. It’s filled with the smell of freshness every morning when I rise to the sounds of chirping birds and the gorgeous views of my vegetable garden. Those lovely herbs and rows of green veggies are a sight to behold, and the colourful flowers add a touch of inspiration to my daily recipes. The spring onions, leeks and potatoes grow in abundance in Spring, which gives plenty of opportunities to cook vegetarian soups and dishes, like potato and leek soups, mixed veggie salads with Asian dressings, and the best of them all, onion rings and sweet potato chips! Most importantly, Spring is the best time to lose those extra pounds with lots of walking in the beautiful parks and gardens, or indulge in my DIY vegetable gardens everyday so I get to enjoy the fruits of my labor at the end of the day
Thanks Lorraine, your website looks gorgeous and those lovely desserts at the top are arresting!
Lots of love
Juliette
Mine is winter I feel I can indulge as I don’t have to wear a swimming costume.Food is more comforting in winter with the cold weather ,I tend to spend more time cooking in the kitchen and trying new recipes than in the warmer months.
Summer for me too. Raspberries and strawberries flourish in my garden- delicious. With Tassie’s short growing season it’s the best time for beans, corn, tomatoes…Going for a snack in the garden is great!
Summer is my favourite season for sure! Summer evenings on the patio, still able to enjoy the sunshine whilst eating all those luscious fruits with juices dripping down the arms – bring on the mangoes, peaches and cherries!
Looks like a great book Lorraine. Spring is the time for me – Asparagus, asparagus and more asparagus, baked, grilled, steamed, pureed, BBQ’d. I love it.
I would have to say winter, especially after spending a winter in Europe! There’s something about slowly cooking a feast to warm you from inside that I love!
I love summer! Mainly because fruit is sweetest in summer and I get to eat my favourite seasonal fruits such as mangoes, lychees, cherries, peaches and papayas! All of them make fantastic desserts!
Hey Lorraine. I REAAALLY love the winter season. I can have great hearty meals and its a great opportunity for me to help my sisters out in the kitchen as they are always cooking in the winter. I love winter meals. They are so fulfilling and delicious. Its a great time to cook meals like Roast Beef or Curries. Its also a great time to go eat outside.The thing i love about winter is that you keep on eating more and more and more and more and you dont get sick of it as easily as you would in summer. Its also a great tiem for baking as the oven keeps the kitchen warm. xD
Winter for using my own garden produce:- beef and vegetable stew, butternut squash pasta, sausage and cabbage risotto, leek and potato soup, potato and celeriac mash, pumpkin pie, carrot cake, rhubarb and pear crumble to name just a few. All just delicious and inner warming in the winter cold of Canberra.
Winter – because i can eat nice heavy rich meals and hide all the extra kg I put on without a problem
Oh definitely summer. Salads, fruits, seafood, bbqs and alfresco dining.
I love Delicious! And Summer is my favourite culinary season – for the sparkling freshness of the seafood, salads, mangoes and blueberries. Light, refreshing, perfect!
I love change to seasonal spring food; just coming out of winter so you still have an excuse to make pot roasts & slow cooked lamb shanks, but then the fresh green produce becomes more readily available and you get sugar snap peas (fresh pea & asparagus salad!), fat zucchini (carrot & zucchini frittas), radishes, leeks (leek pumpkin & brie tart!) and the new season lamb arrives….it’s the change of the season that gets me inspired in the kitchen!!!
It’s gotta be spring – all those luscious mangoes… yum
I’d have to say that winter would be my favourite. It lends itself perfectly to my favourite pastime, baking. Oooy, gooy, decadent desserts; warm, soft cookies; fresh, steaming bread and the whole house warmed not by the heater, but by the oven.
I have to confess I love WINTER, as it gives me the freedom to create and cook to my hearts content the family dessert favourites of the old fashioned lemon self saucing pudding for starters, and the ever favorite chocolate/coffee self saucing pudding that they cannot get enough of, and of which i have to double the recipe so there are leftovers the next day for them all; apple cobbler, lemon meringue pie; fried strawberries, oh yes, it has to be winter for sure !!
Choosing a season is like trying to choose which child is your favourite. Every season has its special produce available and all are enjoyed with gusto…
My favourite season for food is definitely winter. I adore soups with crusty bread, the smell of slow cookers doing their thing all day, making me so excited for dinner as whatever is going on in the slow cooker smells so good.
I also love winter desserts, such as hot custard, fruit crumbles and fruit pies.
I love how the food in Winter is so warming and comforting.
i choose summer for the beautiful fruit especially cherries and watermelon. Oh and seafood…YUM! Not much cooking involved but that is the secret to seasonal food.
For the variety of luscious fresh food, summer is a favourite. However, being in tropical QLD, its always so hard to cook up a storm in the kitchen without dying from the eat. So I would have to say winter from a purely comfort perspective!
I hate the summer heat but cherries, peaches, nectarines and melons are divine at this time of year and I am loving salads with fish and herbs at the moment. Fish & chips on the beach just isn’t the same in winter either – and lets face it, you can eat chocolate ANY season!
I LOVE ALL SEASON -EVERY SEASON HAS ITS ABUNDENCE OF PRODUCE,WHERE YOU NEVER RUN OUT OF IDEAS.AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE IS THE BEST.
I agree with Juliette and Melly – how can anyone go past spring? Besides the increasing temperatures, longer days and balmy breezes (quite boisterous hereabouts!)this IS the season of the “A”s – asparagus and artichokes! I could quite happily live awhile on just those two! What beautiful, elegant flavours – and so good for the waistline one wants to get into the last season’s swmisuit!
And my apricot weeping rose goes mad and the multicoloured pansies run riot and all my old/new herb plants peek out from their pots and say: ‘can we come out now?’
Oops – I LOVE sugar snap peas and absolutely go bananas re leeks!! (that sounds funny, doesn’t it?)
Summer – chargrilled meats on the deck. Just need a weekend when the car isn’t underwater!!
Great magazine and fantastic, delicious recipes. You feel like cooking!!!! Marita
Winter for me… always… the smell of a baking roast, curling up on the couch with a bowl of something hot, yummy and satisfying… best time of year.
It would definatley be winter! All that slow cooking, warms up the house and then warms up the body and soul when you eat it. NOthing but total satisfaction by the end of the meal. Plus, loads of the slow cooked meals can be frozen and had at a later time if one is running short of time on another day
I love winter because it’s pleasant cooking when it’s not hot, roasts, stews and sticky hot puddings are so enjoyable during the colder months
Winter for me…slow cooking, braising, the rich aroma floating in the house…
I love the heavy yet wholesome foods of winter. Baked beans, curries and all that baking!
It seems so far away at the moment with the heat wave we’re having right now.
SSG xxx
summer – i love salads, cold pastas, coleslaw, fruit and cheese platters etc
I love winter, not only is it my favourite time of the year but I love eating soups, casseroles and other foods that make you feel warm.
This cookbook embraces a number of different cultures and I love trying food from other countries. I love cookbooks and the recipes sound delicious.
It’s a tough choice, as I think all seasons have much to offer but I think I will have to vote for Spring. The weather is still cool enough to enjoy heartier style dishes, but the first delicious spears of asparagus are starting to emerge and there is so much anticipation of new growth and new life, it’s just a joyous time of year, all the better to enjoy a great meal.
I love all the comfort food of winter and I also like that I can turn the oven on to bake yummy desserts. I just can’t in this heat!
winter season for comfort food
turn oven on, let windows get steamy
Bake hot puds so luscious and creamy
Guaranteed to put one in the mood!
Summer for the fruit! Plums, mangoes, figs… I want it all
I gave this book as gifts for Christmas, but not got it myself yet! I love autumn as it’s got the lot. Residual heat from Summer, the cooler days reminiscant of Spring, the chill in the night of Winter, and of course in Canberra the colour change of the leaves and sky with the mellowness of Fall.
Spring for me is the best food season. After heavy winter food I wait in anticipation for beautiful flavoursome spring lamb, gorgeous fresh asparagus and then late spring brings the wonderful gift of the first pick strawberries. What’s not to love.
Con The Fruitier declared Australia Summerfruit Day on Australia Day!
WHAT more can I say? lol
NOTHING like the taste of a
J-U-I-C-Y peach!
Succulent packed on the way to the beach!
Here’s something that maybe people don’t know, TRUE!
Tassie produces all home-grown apricots harvested in mid-January to February too!
Always here “delicious. More Please” with summer stonefruits I do bake,
Would WINNING this cookbook to see what can also be I-N-S-P-I-R-E-D to bake!
PS Congrats on being on list to top blogs! WELL DESERVED!! WHOO HOO!
spring is the best season, everything looks and feels fresh and new. I would love to cook and serve up some fresh and new meals.
with this many people having entered already, i know i have no chance, i enter all your competitions and never win… But, in any case, i love AUTUMN, for the vegies – I bake them and make lovely soups. I always loved autumn in general, long time before i came to australia. The air, the colours, the poetic mood. Thanks for the chance to win this gorgeous book anyway, Lorraine.
I’d go with Winter. With all the warm, comfort food and grandma’s recipies coming out! Even speciality sri lankan winter food like Bredhure, traditionally a sweet bread introduced by the portugese! yummers!
Winter! If it involves putting the oven on, I’m a happy girl. It’s too hot for oven-baked foods in summer, and I never know what to make.
Summer brings with it all the Tropical Fruit and Stone Fruit. I could become a ‘fruitarian’ very easily in the hot months.
I love the autumn and winter seasons especially when the chestnuts come out and the smell of open fire is in the air. Chestnuts are so versatile for savoury and desserts and just to eat like that freshly roasted in front of the fire and sharing with friends.They are also gluten free, a real asset for people who are restricted with their diets. Roll on autumn.
I love a bit (actually, a lot!) of winter comfort food. Hot chocolates, warm apple crumbles, stews, soups, roast veggies. Bring on the cold!
Summer, a food fiesta,
My favourite season to be a food tester,
A season that makes food come alive,
Making me a great host and one happy wife.
i love the winter months, when you walking in the kitchen and can smell the aromour of the soups or stews that are being prepared for your meal so delicous and warming
Winter because i can make hearty meals to warm us or spicy meals ignite the heat
Summer – glorious summer. The barbeque and backyard spit become part of the household cooking mediums bringing a whole wealth of new dishes to the outdoor dining table.
Summer is the best. Some people stop off at the shops on their way home to get ingredients for dinner ! I go to my mum’s garden. In one foul swoop I can gather ingredients like tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini and fresh basil to make a beautiful Pepperonata (Ratatouille).
I love summer for the produce, but for cooking it has to be winter. I love comfort food & desserts and winter is the season for it.
i must say that there isn’t really one season that is my favourite. i love summer for the simple food that you can get away with cooking (or not cooking in some cases) and all the wonderful fruit. but for cooking some of my favourite meals it would def have to be late autumn to early spring and winter so that its not too hot to get into the kitchen and use the oven and stove without being reduced to a red faced sweaty beast who snaps at anyone who dares comes near me. its the heat i swear
I love summer because you can get outside on the bbq, fresh breeze blowing, kids playing in the pool until dinner time. Fresh salads,fresh herbs, hot chilli making you sweat.
Winter is my favourte season for cooking. We’re not outside all weekend so there’s more time for cooking lots of rich and hearty warming foods and vegetables and scrumptious hot desserts like Sticky Date Pudding.
Autumn wins my favourite season. It’s hard to choose, but beautiful stone fruits are still available, yet the winter fruits are on their way.
To me, this time of year, when the nights are fresh I look forward to baked quinces to finish off a hearty meal hearty meal ideally shared with friends and/or family while gazing into the fire, glass of red at hand. A time to embrace roasted root vegetables and slow cooked curries, casseroles and stews after the heat of summer is long gone and crisp salads are no longer as desired as they were.
Oh I am loving the summer fun, but am more than happy to be changing seasons soon!
Love your choice of prize. The cover looks amazing. This is a tough one for me as I love to cook all year round. I guess I would have to say summer for the versatility. We can enjoy our creative barbies, eat alfresco day or night, picnic and as we have a boat we take gourmet food up to our friends along the river to share and have wine. Food is also lighter. One of my favourite things I’ve done recently iss to have a high tea along the river in my backyard – how posh. We also had a mosquito net pavillion filled with fairy lights, dinner party which was gorgeous. Do that in winter – I don’t think so.
Winter when food is enjoyed the most. Aromas of delicious food cooking. Mouthwatering. I’d be a better cook if only I could receive a book.
I love winter as it’s the season for comfort food. When the temperature starts to drop my slow cooker comes out. When its insufferably cold outside there’s nothing more satisfying than coming home to a house filled with the smell of lamb shanks, garlic, rosemary, mustard and red wine that have been slowly cooking away for eight hours. Complemented with good fresh bread and a nice red, nothing else comes close!
I’m interested in Nigella
Those cookbooks look wonderful!
I adore cooking in winter – in no other season do you get away with quite as much butter and sugar! A wintry pork roast with fennel and colourful vegetables…
Oooh, summer. Definitely. Stone fruits, tropical fruit, all that basil and the veggie garden in full bloom! Yum!
I like all the seasons for different reasons, so I might just do a different season for each entry!
I love summer for blueberries – in lemon & blueberry friands or tipped over a ripe mango. I love summer for barbecues and eating outside. I love summer for basil, for the pesto that I freeze and can use all year.
I dont have a fave season as i love food 24/7 and i treat cold weather tucker with the same love as warm weather food
My favourite season is winter with fresh baked crusty bread and home made soups stews and curries on cold rainy wintery days.
I love Spring & Summer… I love fruit, especially stone fruit and tropical fruit!
Winter crawling up with some warm sweet desserts!
Definitely summer. Because for dinner tonight I can go to the garden and pick some tomatoes and basil for a caprese salad that actually has flavour … And because the zucchini flowers my husband picked last week are amazing stuffed with ricotta and lemon zest … And because rocket is growing quicker than we can eat it, so we make a salad with it each night while a meat is bbq’ed (maybe chicken thigh that has marinated in mint yoghurt and honey whilst we have gone for a jog) … And finally because peach Bellini sorbet impresses every guest, but there are always leftovers!
I would definitely have to say Spring as the stone fruits are just beginning & you can just do a lovely grilled nectarine or peach or something a little heavier like a clafoutis if it’s still a little cool & oh don’t let me forget spring lamb … so delicious this time of year !
Cooking makes me feel alive,
Especially when winter arrives,
Rosemary, garlic & lamp shanks,
And veggies. Thanks!
As I make an Avocado and Lime Salsa to go with my Spicy Fish I would have to say summer (minus the extreme heat please!!!)
Please, please, please let me win – you know I am a cookbook junkie – I don’t have this one!!!
I live in the South of Italy and my most favourite food is brown bread (baked in a wood burning oven) toasted on my open fire, rubbed with a clove of garlic and then drizzled with some of our local olive oil; I have this for my supper almost every night during the winter…repetitive? soooo delicious.
I like winter for food because I love things slow roasted in the oven, plus its easy to cook!
For me it would have to be winter – long slow cooked joints of beef, knobbly root vegetables, curly kale, a long table filled with friends eating family style….follow it all up with a nice pudding, maybe my Nans Lemon Delicious…and all washed down with lots of bottles of red, silly jokes and love.
Sorry to pick winter when you guys are sweltering – double digits here today (13!! whoohooo) – I want to win this for Mum down in Ulladulla – 42.3 on the wall when I spoke to her earlier today!
What a delightful work of art this ‘Delicious’ cookbook is. The different shades of brown in those pictures are really appealing. I’d love to see more please
I’d have to say the best season for food is Summer. With Christmas and the Chinese New Year both making their special appearances during the beautiful Aussie Summer, it’s my best time of the year to indulge in the fresh seafood and gourmet offerings that these special occasions bring to common folks like me. From Christmas turkeys and Chinese New Year ‘Yusheng’ (Teochew-style raw salmon salad), to fresh Aussie oysters, mussels, scallops and lobsters, and to the juiciest strawberries and cherries, the most sumptuous food paradise has truly come to life under the sweltering heat of the gorgeous Aussie sun. I can also indulge in the best desserts from puddings to ‘Nian Gao’ (steamed Chinese sticky cake), topped up with summer ice creams or a nice piece of lamington or two (thanks to your wonderful Australian Day tips). Summer is indeed the season to experience the best of fresh Australian produce, and the delicacies that the special occasions bring to passionate food lovers wherever they are.
Hhmmm…..I am torn, but I think that I it may be winter. I do love a slow braise!
I also love the plethora of produce available in summer….and spring. Doh! I’ll stick with winter, please, if I may? One full page photo per page?? That is genius. And I love the menu matching options. They never disappoint with their cookbooks, as you never disappoint with your posts and competitions, dear Lorraine! 
xox
Juicy tropical fruits.
Healthy weight-conscious salads.
Easy BBQ meals.
Fun Christmas baking and entertaining.
The perfect time for gelati…
Has to be SUMMER for me!
Summer is unbeatable for food (though in Australia we’re spoiled I think). I never can wait for great tomatoes.
Thanks for this awesome giveaway!
My favourite season is summer, love the long, warm & sunny days. A new cookbook sounds great, perfectly delicious…
I love summer foods as I love outdoor/cafe style dining. Fish and chips washed down with a bottle of cold beer. Fresh crisp summer salad with grilled salmon, oh my goodness! I love summer!
Summer–tomatoes, corn and green beans from the garden and all the lovely stone fruit for breakfast or dessert.
Don’t those photos look fantastic! I think I love summer the best, mostly for the abundance of yummy fruit, but it also naturally lends itself to healthier eating, lots of yummy salads and excellent excuses for ice-cream, sorbets and semifreddos (so much for the healthy part)!
Winter…definitely! Love slow cooked meals, pot roast, legs of lamb, delicious soups with lots of chilli, a bowl of warm oats in the morning, delicious self saucing and bread and butter puddings…the list is endless!
Love winter! Best for casseroles roasts and bakes! Baked cheeses and little cakes! Lots of flavour that goes BOOM! Ooops I dropped the oven dish, I smell DOOM!
i love all the delicious cookbooks. My favourite season for food is Winter. I love eating slow,comfort food on the couch, wrapped in my blanket. pure bliss.
I love summer best for food, it means awesome fresh fruit, bbqs and picnics all the time.
Definately winter! slow cooked meals, roasts & puddings!! YUM!! (can also hide in cardi’s, so doesn’t matter what I eat!
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I love winter- a great time to use cheaper cuts of meat and slow cook them along with earthy robust vegetables, followed by a pie of some sort with lashings of double cream.
I’m saying summer cos it is summer and isn’t the produce beautiful this time of year. But I also love going into winter as it gets cooler and you start to feel like comfort food etc. So I can’t decide. Do I have to?
My favourite season for cooking is Autumn… cool enough to start serious baking without adding extra heat to the house (we live in QLD), and for slow cooking and cooking with chocolate, while still enjoying fresh fruits and salads if I choose.
Delicious is just that …. delicious love love love the mag … always great source of ideas and inspiration for meals …. i agree Lorraine their phtography is pretty amazing and have that … i just want to dive into the page and grab that food appeal …. Well my season would be Summer …… because its great for entertaining… the food is fresh and light .. heaps of salads and tropical fruits …. and everyone has that holiday relaxed feel to them either gearing up to xmas or post with Aussie day celebrations …. just love Summer
I like to cook when I have finished watching Nigella on TV!
Summer when the sun and mother nature normally gives us an abundance of stone fruits to eat naturally or do some amazing recipes
Hi Lorraine, I’m going to say that Spring is my all time favourite season for food. There’s something about looking forward to warm outdoor weather that spurs foodies/cooks/chefs alike to breathe a fresh breathe of air into their menus. Not quite summer but there’s a certain excited energy at the produce markets.
Mmmm winter food…pies, roasts, casseroles and the best – chocolate and sticky date pudding – the absolute winter comfort food!!!
My favorite season has got to be winter as there is nothing better than coming home to a warm, comforting meal on a freezing cold day. Plus the cold weather just screams for me to turn on my oven and bake something warm like a delicious pudding topped with ice cream mmmm
Times like these, I regret not living in Australia.
Still, it’s such a gorgeous cookbook!
Oh sounds like a lovely book! The best season for food? Winter! Hearty stews, lovely soups, earthy, hot, warming, comforting, and the season where you need to eat and build up some body fat to keep warm right
It’s too hot to eat much in summer, especially with the Sydney weather this week!
If all the recipes look as amazing as that almond parfait and those bars on the cover it must be a beautiful book. I may have to move to Australia to qualify for your fabulous giveaways! My favorite season for food would be winter. I love soups and stews.
Thanks for the tidbit of food porn
I like winter the best as it is when I feel like eating lots and hibernating! I love warming winter bowls of pasta, stews and soups and steaming hot puddings for dessert.
if the whole book is like the cover this is very tempting !!! Pierre
The photos are stunning! Wonder if I can find a copy of this in the States to salivate over? Sure hope so!
Spring is definitely my favourite month for food. It has all the promise of summer and the delicious seasonal produce it brings but without the uncomfortable dining weather. Salads, bbqs, picnics, seafood – spring has it all…
And some days are cool enough that you can still enjoy winter comfort foods – it’s the best of all seasons.
It is summer, I love all the summer fruits and being able to live on salads!
Hi, I like cooking in Spring because it means that all the dishes are colourful and i sometimes even use flowers in my dishes!
I love winter food. It’s nourishing, feel-good food that fills the belly and warms the heart. I love how winter food tends towards the excessive and involves slow cooking processes (such as stews and bakes) that are made with patience, care and heart.
Winter, it’s easier to eat and make chocolate truffles.
Summer – dining Al Fresco is the Best-O!
Summer – vegetarian bbq’s that go without a ‘Snag’!
as much as i love summer and never want it to end, I think winter is my favourite season for food because I love baking- pies, puddings crumbles, yum!
I love summer fruits! Pears, nectarines, mangoes they are all beautiful and so refreshing on a hot day. The weather is terrible, but thank the stars we have delicious stone fruits
I love Autumn because each year we go to Bright and we have the most AMAZING apples. So crisp and delicious. Can’t get them down here in Geelong though
. If you’re ever in Bright, try the snow apples.
Winter for snow cone delight,
Pot luck certainly is alright,
Winter apple pies taste great,
Winter porridge shared with mate.
Got to be summer: rasberries, figs, sunkissed tomatoes, barbeques and beer, gelato, water melon, mojitos, frozen ices, avocados, white peaches, zucchini flowers, lemons off the tree in the backyard, white asparagus, sugar peas … be still my beating heart.
Awesome giveaway girl, so wish I was an Aussie to win that book
I love the summer season. Love the varieties of stone fruit. Oh and the fresh berries top off nicely my Nigella Lawson choc pav that everyone loves!!!!
Winter is my favourite season for cooking. Looking forward to this winter with the fire roaring, the pancakes frying (whilst the bread dough rises)with the children setting the table. It will also be my youngest baby’s first winter – her first bites will likely be then.
I like winter for food because it is not too hot to eat real food, not like summer having to eat salads all the time and being hungry most of the time.
Spring, with the refreshing new tastes, the freshness of the early morning sun, reflected in thew first strawberriesof the new season, the wonderful asparagus, gentle flavours oflettuce, the incredible lightness of being alive and tasting the re-awakening of light food
Spring = lamb …duhhhh
Twas summer, but with this Sydney heatwave, now it’s winter. I’ve had a recipe for coconut and mango angel cake calling me for days but it’s too hot to turn the oven on! It uses 12 egg whites, yes 12 not a typo. I guess the ironic thing is though that in winter we wouldn’t have the beautiful mangoes for the cake!
Being a solid I-love-summer girl, it’s hard to admit it, but spring has to trump summer for food.
Coming out of the cooler months with all the heavy foods, you get the joy of new spring vegetables, plump in their young sweetness and the flavours of beautiful spring lamb. It’s also the beautiful transition from heavier heartier meals to those focused on flavour, texture and balance which pleases me.
WOW! Bring on Vivaldi – could he possibly help?
The seasons are a big influence on my cooking. Summer is about BBQs, seafood, fruit and asian cooking. Winter is about slow cooked roasts. As a consequence, I love all seasons.
My favourite Season is summer,I like all the fruit and vegetables cooking and creating many light low fat delcious healthy meals with fresh australian food.
There is nothing like a Thai-style charcoal grilled octopus freshly catch from the blue ocean in the Summer sun.
when I was a kid, me and my mates liked to get on our little boat and catch an octopus. Once we can catch them, we chacoal grilled them and dip them into the yummiest dipping sauce mankind ever made. Fish sauce, lemon, garlic, sugar and Thai rice wine oooohhh. The highlight of the day was you enjoying the food with your mates, a bottle of beer and the view of the ocean from your boat !!!!! dont need no Maccas ..
i always flip to the desserts of cookbooks first too!!!
my favourite season is summer, cos summer = cherries!
Autumn is my favourite season
It is still warm but the nights are cool enough to sleep.
Autumn also offers the best of both worlds in the desserts too- icecream in the afternoon, warm pudding on a cool night!
Summer, where less is more & cooking is so easy because it’s not really cooking but more ‘putting together’ & ‘arranging’ cold salads, cold cuts & home elaborate home made salads on a plate. None of us like to eat when it’s hot, and gladly embrace leafy greens which are so much healthier for us.
Winter for sure! My slow cooker runs constantly.. I love casseroles, stews and slow roasted legs of lamb… puddings… cottage pie.. mash potato and porridge.. mmmm sitting here sweating in this Sydney heat wishing it was winter now!
Winter – hearty, delicious one pot meals. We call them ‘fork food’ because it’s so easy to eat. Filling, sticks to the sides and real comfort food that we all adore.
That is a very tough question but I think summer for the strawberries. I’m a delicious subscriber too and love it. The cookbook must be beautiful.
I love summer because of all the amazing fruits – mangoes, stone fruits, berries. And also because it’s the best time for eating lots of icecream!
SUMMER – love the heat, and nothing beats a BBQ with friends. Having people over is so much cheaper than going to a restaurant, and my wife always makes the best salads & desserts to make my BBQ a hit.
SUMMER! The drinks are cool and refreshing, the food is light and crisp and everything comes in bright colours!
All seasons and any fresh food in season is my favourite.
Australia is the most wonderful place as the fresh food is so plenty full and so wonderful. To be able to make dishes all year round using beautiful in season ingredients are what dreams are made of in a lot of other laces around the world.
I say “Delicious more please” every month. I subscribe and just can’t get enough of their recipes, I love the guests every month and just love to try new things. Summer is the season on my choice. Lazy nites with BBQ’s. I just love fresh seafood and you can’t go past the amazing refreshing deserts. YUM YUM
Summer, Summer, Summer. Hands down THE best season. The food is lighter, fresher and I always feel so much healthier. Summer Berries, Mangoes and all those delicious stone fruits. Drooooool.
Summer’s synonymous with happiness, Christmas breaks and relaxing in style/When summer comes round, I have to smile
I like winter best – comfort food, stews, soups and anything that can be mopped up with a chunk of bread.. Sooo good!
Summer is the best. All those gorgeous berries – berry drinks, berry desserts… yum!
Summer. It’s the best season for the best fruits in the world!
Oh SBS is sooo great with all it’s food shows and food websites! i can watch for hours!
as for my fav season:- SUMMER hands down! tropical fruit coming out of my ears like you’re on holiday in fiji or something! And all the beautiful fresh salads…mmmm pack a picnic and eat down by the harbour
I love winter and autumn because I love the cold weather so you can make hearty food. And drink lots of red wine
Winter definately for me the comfort food, the warm slow cooker casseroles, lamb shanks and mash, duck and kangaroo with red wine jus!!! Red wine in hand and an open fire for ambience.
I love winter as nothing beats coming home when it’s wet and cold to a warming casserole or hearty soup, plus it’s a great time to put on a few extra kilos to keep you warm
Summer is my favourite food season because the garden produces and dictates what we are eating!!! Pesto in various nutty forms (cashew is the winner so far), tomato sauce and soup, stone fruit eaten hot off the tree, juices dripping everywhere and any extra turning into jam mixed stone fruit is my fav……..the list goes on. WOULD LOVE the book, Lorraine
Most definitely summer! Desserts made with berries and beautiful tropical fruits like mango and passionfruit. All kinds of salads with avocado and sweetcorn. Barbecued prawns and hearty steaks all washed down with some gorgeous Pinot Grigio!
Summer definately, warm days spent at the beach and then balmy nights eating fish and chips or chucking some meat on the barbie and having a cold beer.
I love Delicious magazine! My favourite season for food is winter – I love the hearty stews, soups and roasts to which the season lends itself. I love spending a Sunday afternoon with something cooking in a pot on the stove, stirring occasionally and then eating with a big hunk of fresh bread. Yum!
Summer… because of the mangos!
That photograph of the box with little compartments for spices is just stunning. So pretty I can smell it!I’m a summer girl through and through and so I love salads and ice cream and all that jazz but I think the best season for recipes and images of food is Autumn. The tones and leaves, chilly nights and warm days just add mean anything is possible!
Winter is my favourite season for all the heartwarming meals with rich sauces.
Winter – slow cooked stews, pies, apple crumble, roasts. It reminds me of a child, living in New Zealand eating my Mum’s cooking. Yum
Winter for me. All those comfort foods like stews, soups, mashed potatoes, roasts, crumbles, pies and chocolates
Summer for me! Outdoors with friends sharing a wine and a meal.
Maybe a fillet of steak or fish on the barbi with a great salad and topped off with pavlova smothered with berries and fruit.
Hang on! I also love winter, curries and soups Yum!
Spring is the best with all the seasonal fresh produce-I could have asparugus every night.
Autumn hands down. We still get a trickle of summmer goodies and early winter produce. Curries, stews, pies, rich chocolate pudding….
I love winter. I love cooking all weekend making stews and baking bread. Then curling up to eat with a glass of red.
Winter for sure. It’s all about comfort food. Lovely slow cooked stews with a side of buttery mash leaving that lovely warm feeling in my tummy. Hot sticky baked pears or a hot apple tart with scrummy pastry.. yum!
Winter is the best, nothing like slow cooked hearty food to warm the heart and soul.
I would have to say its to hard to choose, Summer is great for outdoor bbqs and salads, winter is amazing for roasts, stews and warm the heart food, Autumn is so nice for comfort food but no need for the beanies and Spring is amazing for fresh veg and picnics. You definately cant define it as one great season. Eating is great all year round!
Jacky
Summer. The heady scent of home grown tomatoes makes my nose tingle and my mouth water. How I adore scrabbling through the bushes for the bright red jewels which whilst terribly bulbous and ugly taste magnificent!
I love winter. There is nothing better then warm comfort food, stews, curries and anything done in the slow cooker.
Well its almost my favourite time of the year – Autumn. Warm days, not stifling and cool nights which is great for sleeping. But warm days means I’m able to enjoy lunch at MissChu’s (steamed dumplings), or the Winery and dinner at Porteno or La Casa Ristorante. Then there’s BBQs as soon as I get my Christmas present put together any day now ready for Autumn. But as an intro to Autumn there’s the NSW wine function Sydney Cellar Door in Hyde Park 26-27/2/11. Autumn is a definite
Summer for sure! Nothing better than fresh fruit!
Winter… because I love nothing more than rustic European classics like coq au vin, ragu, boeuf bourguignon and cassoulet.
I already have two delicious cookbooks and they have served me well. Definately Summer for the fruit selection and the picnic oportunities. Everything tastes better outdoors
winter as you can eat comfort foods like stews and hearty dishes and really enjoy them
The Delicious range of cookbooks are all so beautifully done and very inspiring for all the die-hard foodies such as ourselves to the timid cooks. I would love to win this book, the cover has me hooked already!
Autumn would have to be my pick even though the other seasons have so much to offer as well. Autumn is the time of Harvest and isn’t that an amazing thing in itself? So many food festivals all around the world celebrate the bountiful Harvest, especially the wine regions.
I love winter, sitting inside with the fire going. What a perfect time to eat hearty meals like osso bucco and steamed puddings that just don’t seem right in the heat of summer.
I love the quiet of Autumn after the heat and holiday craziness of a Queensland summer. A time to experiment with new recipes and hopefully find few gems.
Winter because when its cold and wet outside its a great excuse to stay in and bake bake bake!
Summer is when my vegie garden is overflowing with gorgeous fare. There is nothing better than picking vegies straight from the garden to cook with.
Love this mag! My favourite season for cooking is winter.. lots of gorgeous slow braises, and warming puddings. Yum!
Definately Spring because of the thrill of frequenting produce markets in the gorgeous weather to find amazing ingredients to cook with.
Hmmm… my favourite season for eating is winter. Yummy roasts, hearty soups. Living in NQ means that winter is not so cold you can’t enjoy sitting outside with a brazier and a glass of your favourite wine and dinner in the company of your friends and family!
I love summer because I love all the fruits that become available!
Which season I prefer for food? It is such a hard one. First off I thought of Summer, because I love to enjoy juicy, sweet, cold and not too heavy foods. This is like loving food for food and what it brings us. Then I thought of Winter, and the hearty, warm, yummy filling foods that have rich flavours to heat the body and keep it feeling snug. I think of home cooked meals, and of my nan cooking a roast dinner on a Sunday – slaving away by the oven even if it’s super hot outside – a roast will be served on a Sunday evening. Autumn and Spring – is a mixture of both seasons. So being able to enjoy either type of foods – fresh and juicy or warm and comforting and my birthday, my favourite season to enjoy food would be Autumn!
Summer, as all the best fruit is available and the weather is great and you can enjoy a nice wine as well.
I love winter, as I am a big fan of comfort food and love cooking hearty stews. Also it’s much better using the oven in this season, which means more baking!
definitely winter, delicious soups, roasts, seasonal vegetables, steaming sweet deserts, hearty wines, and great company of course.
summer for the freshness of flavours Mmmm
I love summer and the silly season it brings – where I can loosen the notch on my belt without guilt and gorge on wonderful roasts, fresh seafood, barbecues, tropical fruit and incredibly sweet desserts. Not to forget the boxes and boxes of chocolate that pop up during that time
It has to be Summer, when my orchard and vegie patch is pumping, stone fruits, figs, many varieties of tomatoes, fresh basil, sweet corn, and too many others to list, life is at its best!
My favourite season for cooking would have to be winter. Nothing beats a steaming bowl of comfort food to take the chill out of my bones and put my mind in a good place. Winter is the season for baking in-season vegetables seasoned with olive oil and sprigs of herbs, gorgeous cakes and slices, fresh hot pasta and let’s not forget hearty stews, soups and moreish oven baked breads. Mmmmmmm
These books always look amazing. Mouth is watering just looking at the pictures.
My favourite season for food is definitely winter. Winter means warm hearty meals, delicious soups, comfort food, being able to savour the deliciousness of ice cream and chocolate without having to worry about them melting and of course movie snacks, homemade or bought, that are eaten when snuggling up to your partner on the couch keeping warm.
Oh and not related to food per se, the best part of winter is that thick warm clothes and jackets are needed, and also good for hiding the ‘effects’ of indulging on gorgeous winter food.
I’m a Summer girl. Seafood and especially our local crays are always a Christmas treat. Easy salads, non fussy menus so we can spend time enjoying the season and the food it offers.
I love winter cooking! My slow cooker lives on my benchtop then! Slow braised lamb shanks, osso bucco, stews, soups, etc… and warm hot gooey desserts are the best!
I love summer..it’s just easier to make better food choices in summertime. Delicious fruits and vegies are in abudance. They are light and refreshing besides being low in calories, they are loaded with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and fibre.
Spring is my favourite for new season lamb succulent and tasty and tender.
Winter is great as I love to cook lamb shanks with wine and mushrooms in my casserole dish and it warms the kitchen up beautifully with the oven going.
Winter for food (not the weather). Slow cooked casseroles and hot puddings….mmmmm
I will say summer because of all the amazing fruits – mangoes, stone fruits, berries. And also because it’s the best time for eating lots of icecream! (but i do also like winter for hot chocolate puddings!)
The Yueltide season is here…. hooray!
busy will be Christmas Day…. bake, fry, satay? , into a good cook book I look…. come what may, then relax with a box of milk tray!
I love winter food because it’s so comforting and warm. Also you can put on a few kilos and no-one will notice under the bulky winter clothes!
Summer is the best because of all the amazing fruits – mangoes, stone fruits, berries. And also because it’s the best time for eating lots of icecream! (but i do also like winter for hot chocolate puddings!)
Definately winter. Coming from an Italian background I love the heavy, rich, large meals that we spend all afternoon cooking as a family
Oh these look TOO GOOD!
My favourite season for food is definately winter: in France (my home country) we have delicious rich winter dishes like ‘Raclette’ or ‘Fondue’ which involve lots of melted cheese! Crepes with nutella or Grand Marnier are also one my favourite for winter. They truly warm you up!
Summer for me: there is nothing like a praws BBQ drinking beer with your mates.
Well I said summer the other day but after reading other comments perhaps it should be Autumn, so that I get the last of the yummy summer fruits but also a few cooler days that I can bake chocolatey desserts and soups!
Winter for juicy mandarins and indulgent stewed & poached fruits in dessert!
Enjoying food and having copies of Delicious magazines, means it does not matter what season it is; for with great inspiration every season is magical. I just can’t choose.
I have never experienced four seasons before till four years ago. I was blessed to have my first experience of four seasons in Melbourne. Summer was the first experience. Imagine the smell and the sight of all the summer fruits in Victoria market.
*take a deep breath now*
I was like a kid in a lolly shop!
Summer is now the season of discovery. The discovery of a new fruit, the discovery of a new taste, the discovery of a new dish!
Summer is my favorite season.
Autumn is my favourite, after the heat of Summer my apetite for cooking, eating and spending time at home always ramps up and I love all the vegies and autumn/winter comfort food that goes along with it…
I think summmer all those declicious ripe fruits, my kids love it especially the grapes, nectarines and peaches. Am also a little partial to a lovely ripe red capsicum.
I love summer because all the lovely fruit appears, I refuse to buy it out of season. Also it is the time to try all my new marinades/rubs for meat to be cooked on the BBQ.
Winter just for the comfort food. Warms you up like a hug
Winter. I do a lot a of baking and my slow cooker gets a real workout at this time of year. My friends comment that my house always smells welcoming and comforting, I love that people instantly feel good when they walk through my door. That warms me on the inside even more than chocolate pudding!
Summer! because of all the tasty fruits – mangoes, stone fruits, berries. And also because it’s the best time for eating lots of icecream! (but i do also like winter for hot chocolate puddings!)
Spring! Because you get the best of both worlds. Hot days call for yummy ice creams, salads, and fresh fruit while colder days are perfect for a slow cooked meal or a delicious soup!
Summer for the beautiful seafood, fresh salads, and wonderful fruit, and you mix them all together in one dish that tastes great. Fast, fresh and fabulous….. More Please…
I think I’m going to have to say winter! I’m a little homesick at the moment (British) and I love nothing more than cranking out winter warmers, you can never go past roast chicken oozing sage, pinenut & pancetta stuffing or a shoulder of roast lamb stuffed with rosemary, garlic & butter, left to drip straight from the rack onto chipped potatoes – is the saliva flowing enough yet to let me win?!
Favourite is summer-fresh fruit,salads,bq,seafood.So easy to entertain my big extended family and friends without blowing the budget.Have more quality time without been weighed down with lots of dinner parties
Spring. Light, fresh, delicious fare that awakens all the senses to new possibilities everywhere.
My favourite has to be winter for soups and delicious comfort food.
I love ALL the seasons and get excited about the different produce I get to use at different times of the year. Having said that I often find myself wishing for pears in summer or stoned fruit in winter. Probably a case of the grass is always greener…If I had to get permanently stuck in one season though, I’d probably choose SPRING. That way, most things I love would be flourishing…and I could always get myself a hot house and a cold room to take care of the rest!
All seasons in one day! ….summer grapes turned into delicious topping for my winter puds….
My home grown herbs used all year round for wintery sauces, summer delights and herbal teas. Tomato salad in summer, tomato chutneys in autumn tomato & herb sauce for warm wintery pastas.
Winter for me, because you can make heartier meals and have wonderful aromas wafting through the house, if you are lucky enough to have a woodstove you can warm your home while you bake a meal!
Spring is best for food,
With spring in step an appetite is gained,
We eat well without stomach pained.
I love summer, everything tastes sweeter and juicer, especially if your enjoying something that is bursting with flavours while sitting by the water.
Going to have to say Winter! I am a lover of hot, fufilling wintery dishes, steaming vege or pumpkin soups, roast dinners etc dinners that warm the heart and soul!!
It would have to be summer with cold gazpacho soups and eating blueberries till I burst!
can you get more delicious than this
Nothing makes my stomach rumble more than the aromas from hot ovens on a cold winter’s day. There’s something so comforting about succulent roasts, rich sauces & decadent cakes when your shaking away rain from your brolly & it’s blowing a gale outside…definitely winter for me.
Winter gets my vote. Lovely hot soups made with fresh ingredients. Warming casseroles and delicious pies. At to that a variety of lovely hot desserts. Woo Hoo! Winter for sure
winter is my favorite time of the year all those hot soups cooking on the stove keeping the kitchen nice and warm and the aromours its heaven
I love Summer – as I love the delicious fruits available then – and the fact that there is more opportunity then to have fun summer BBQs with my friends and family. It is a great season for outdoor entertaining.
winter in the best cause you can eat lots and loveley warm foods and doesnt matter about the extra kilos cause you wear baggy jumpers
The winter season,
I have GOOD reason,
A chilly night deserving of a deeply delectable feast,
Consuming a tangy scrumptious vegetable soup with fresh spice from the Middle East,
Complemented with freshly baked Turkish bread,
With a garlic butter spread,
An enticing and invigorating scent,
With a nutritional content!
Autumn with a nip in the air is the perfect time to enjoy slow cooked weekend meals, hot desserts with ice cream and a big pot of pumpkin soup on the stove.
Hmm very hard to say which is my favorite season for food..i love the colourful juicy summer fruits but winter is grrreat for warm breads and baking meals and treats for family and friends
Delicious is the “bible” that I study and worship year round! Throughout each season they create the most wonderful dishes, I can’t possibly have a favourite time of year when it comes to food, as each month excites me!Be it fresh salads, fruit and seafood in warmer months, or the comfort food and desserts of cooler ones! There are just so many wonderful things to try!
I prefer summer as there is a plentiful supply of fresh and fruit (which is scarce the rest of the year and hasn’t sat in cold storage for several months), also fresh salad vegetables.
Easter! It’s all about sweet goodness, like chocolate and hot cross buns!
I am a big fan of winter fare – any fish or meat ‘en croute’ and
I can justify gravy on anything in winter without the guilt!!!!
I love Spring – the sudden burst of fresh crisp green things, that make it so quick to prepare and easy to eat tasty, non-fattening fresh meals. Spring is a bright bountiful colourful season, generous and full of variety. Like the Delicious books, which I…um.. really really really want…..:-)
Winter,when you want to eat comfort food, in your pj’s with a big bowl of homemade soup and a roaring fire
Winter is by far the best for food. All those yummy hot casseroles, stews, soups and hot drinks yummo!! Gotta love winter it is just the best
It has to be spring – cooking with ingredients fresh from the garden and eggs from the chickens, apples from my tree.
Spring with fresh vegetables coming on, flowers to add to salad and beautiful new season meats
I adore fennel, crisp and crunchy raw in salad or baked soft and caramelly. Red onions slowly baked with pana cotto. Apples and eggplant. Autumn is inspiring!!
Easily Summer! The long warm nights to savour the tastes and flavours of our favorite meals. The heat provides the perfect opportunity to create light salads full of flavour, zing, and tang.The fresh fruits need little work to provide brilliant and healthy desserts. The bright colours of the food add to the appeal of every meal. Fresh, tasty, and light – there’s nothing more wonderful!
Definantely Winter – I love being able to have a hot chocolate or some pumpkin soup all snuggled up under a blanket!
My fave is Summer because so many delicious fruits and berries are in season so they’re readily available at reasonable prices. I love making Summer Berry Pudding, Yum!
Winter- In front of my fireplace it is warm and comforting, just like the food I so love. From roast chickens with stuffings, to steamed puddings with sauces- nothing says love like a plate of comfort food!
The best season is summer because of the amazing fruits – mangoes, stone fruits, berries. And also because it’s the best time for eating lots of icecream! (but i do also like winter for hot chocolate puddings!)
Love the cover of this book would eat it all up!!!!! yummmy
I love Winter because I love Winter warming puddings but feel guilty eating them at any other time of the year.
Summer – endless supply of summer fruits to make delicous icecreams for my four boys.
I love summer with fresh salads and fruits because my body doesn’t feel the need to stock on weight with comfort foods!
Summer loven out side by the pool.
Fresh fruit salad with plenty of stone fruits, berries & mangoes,
vegetable salads with a B.B.Q.
ALFRESCO DINING in this wonderful Oz.
Oh those summer nights!
winter – i like warm comfy food
My favourite season for food is definitely summer. The (sometimes crazily) hot temperature just scream all manners of cold food but at the same time tempting you to get together for a barbie. Eating a hot curry in summer is definitely one of my fondest memory.
And if I ever want to have a taste of winter, just turn on the aircon and have a hotpot. Summer is definitely the season for food (for me anyway).
It has to be summer – ripe red tomatoes with basil, crisp salads, soft sweet berries…there’s nothing better than that.
I’m loving the start of autumn. Pears and apples and persimmons, oh my!
My favourite season would have to be Winter – finally a chance to eat hot and cold decadent desserts!
I would say winter for food because you can have the delicious decadent slow cooked comfort food that is too rich and heavy to eat in hot summer
Winter – inside with the house all cosy, oven on baking treats, cooking casseroles, filling the freezer…all safe and toasty warm!!
Winter – warm cakes melted chocolate, freshly baked sweet pies. great way to warm up!
this book would help me finally beat the bf in a cook off, since hes a baker he thinks his sweets are always better!
Autumn would have to be my favourite season, both for the food & the weather! My mind is constantly buzzing with thoughts of decadent treats baking away in the oven…apple pie, baked pears….mmmm yum! And it’s cool enough to enjoy them with a hot cuppa!
Winter for sure!
Somehow there’s a lot more reasons to dig into some comfort food during that season..stews,bakes,puddings!Aaaah.. 
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Winter is my favourite season for food. Soups, roasts, casseroles and puddings. It is also the perfect time for a lovely glass of red to go with a meal.
summer for sure- i love all the summer fruits, and the gorgeous salads…the colors in summer are amazing
All food is great! I can’t decide between beautiful summer fruits or rich, warm, delicious winter stews! Oh ok, I pick winter.
Summer – I adore mixing it up with salads, trying something new, finding different flavour combinations. Only I’m inherently lazy, and summer seems the only time I can be bothered pushing the salad boundaries!
How can I compete with these amazing comments!
Firstly, not only is Delicious a monthly ritual – but I am addicted to Donna’s ‘seasons’ and love the ease of searching a recipe that allows me to use beautiful fresh ‘in season’ produce – nothing better! This book will no doubt not dissapoint.
Best season:
S – sweet strawberries
P – petals, peonies and picnics
R – rustic rhubarb
I – infused indulgences
N – new flavours and new life
G – great time to cook for gorgeous friends!
Summer lovin’ my BBQ’s a steadfast
Summer lovin’ enjoying a repast
Fresh delicacies caught from the seas,
Friends and neighbours, sharing coolies
Outdoor buffets let me convey, uh, oh, is my suuummmmmeeeeerrrr hiiiighlight. Tell me more…..tell me more….
I like late summer because of those William Pears that are so unbelievably cheap but delicious! Perfect when they turn yellow and soft! Taste sensation!
Summer for it’s tropical delights,
I never eat chocolate during those nights!
Autumn — because it’s cooling down enough to get in the kitchen and get the ovens cranking!
I love winter.
The hearty stews,the roasts,fondues and every thing that sticks to your ribs and makes you feel warm and toasty.
Summer for me, as white wine is best drunk on a hot summer’s day! Match it with prawns, lime and chili and I’m in heaven!
Oh, and then there’s ice cream, which is a whole other story!
Winter, its called comfort food for a reason!! It has to be cold to really enjoy a warm hearty meal!!
Winter, lots of soups and stews that warm the belly and fill you up so so yummy
Winter. I can get away with adding curry to hubby’s dinner when he’s in trouble. He feels hotter under the collar without knowing it!
Winter – a time for heart warming soups, breads, roasts and puddings so rich in time and love.
Mango season – summer is just the best. All the fresh, sweet summer produce, and you can’t forget the fabulous (although naughty) goodies during the party period.
Gotta love winter! Homemade vegie and pumkin soup to warm the body and soul
summer – who can resist the wonderful flavours and colours of all the different summer berries.
It’s winter that I really love,
A season with character and bite,
Winter vegies fill our savoury soups,
Perfect snuggle food on a chilly night.
Summer.Stone fruit and tropical fruit,salads and BBQ’s. Outside Dining is just the best
Coming from delicious more please
and summer being a fav for me
you can’t go past
The sitcky ribs or a praw cocktail with a twist
these are sure to be a hit
for summer what more can you wish.
Winter,to reap the rewards of hard work from my vegetable patch and turn it into my magic winter vegie soup makes my tummy gumble with delight.
Summer,all the tropical fruits make me want o live in a treehouse so I can lend in and pick them straight from the tree.
Winter: you can’t beat roast beef and yorkshire pudding for Sunday lunch with friends.
Winter: nothing is more comforting then snuggling on the lounge with a big bowl of something warm…
Scrumptious seafood and simple salads, sipping sinful strawberry daiquirirs by the scenic summer sunset.
I love summer you can swim, BBQ down the park, Christmas, school holidays, just lots of fun times with family and friends.
Winter is the best time of year for cooking. Home made soups and bread smell and taste the best after coming home from a long wet commute.
Each season has its specialties that are appropriate given what is fresh and plentiful and what the weather is doing….. those light summery salads don’t do it in winter , but I could not enjoy solid comfort food in mid-summer
winter, all those warming comfort foods, the casseroles, the filling soups, the sticky date pudding!
I love summer, love the berries and eating salad night after night for lazy summer nights.
Winter wllies and long walks topped off with hot bowls of steaming soup and crusty bread. Heaven!
Our family love’s WINTER….Mondays are mystery soup night. I cook a soup without telling them what it is and then the kids play off to see who can guess the most ingrediants- Great for them to become familiar with so many new flavours- and great for a workingmum who can spend SUnday afternoon preparing tomorrow nights dinner and knowing the flavours will develop overnight.I have used many ‘Delicious’ recipes…they are fabulous and some of the kids favourites.
Love the lightness & freshness of summer food.
Winter because I can cook more as its not too hot in my kitchen and to my family winter means comfort food that we love!
I love winter for cooking and food, as the heat of the oven warms the house and fills it with the smell of winter roasts. Lovely warming deserts like sticky date puddings are great for winter along with yummy porridge for brekkie!
Winter – what ever I can cook in the crockpot is always easy, time friendly, delicious and ALL 4 kids eat it.
Cant get enough of spring, the fruits are mouth watering & delicious, strawberries, mangos and all the melons, apples, oranges, banana’s. All make great juices and smoothies.
Summer.
Nothing is better than having the family over for a BBQ, a few cold drinks and using them as the testers for your newest recipe finds.
Summer is my favourite as our garden is ripe for the picking and we make so many gorgeous salad dressings at home that I would never have even had the ingredients for 10 years ago….my hubby has been converted to salads, and no longer refers to lettuce as “green s**t”. That must be a good thing.
Winter … a nice hot curry!! It is comfort food and makes me feel appreciated because my hubby loves spicy food and there is a certain feeling of warmth when enjoying a curry.
love summer and the delicious fruits, salads and desserts
I love my Prawn Luska its the best forget all the rest of the soups!
Winter…I love to fill the house with the warmth from the oven..I love that the first thing you smell when you come in from the cold is pies baking,or caseroles cooking or roasts slowly roasting…it makes our house… a home.
The Festive Season – Cherries, Pudding, Turkey with cranberry sauce.
Glazed ham, Seafood, leaves you drooling for more.
With the extended family all gathered around.
Happy and carefree, singing Christmas carols outloud.
Summer – crisp fresh prawns and salads… so light and easy
WINTER, warming up the house with a hot oven and the smell of a yummy roast baking away inside. Then enjoying the roast, with the fire crackling and a glass of red wine – DELICIOUS!
Summer – sweet seasonal fruits, add a little cream, so delicious, also add into cheesecakes for that extra tang.
I can’t choose! I love food in every season. The never ending cycle of seasonal foods is a cooks delight.
Winter foods are the best where we are warmed and comforted by staples such as hearty beef stews, shepherd’s pie, creamy chowders. Cold-weather blues dissapear with a plate of warmth!
summer – i love the fresh salads and gorgeous juicy stone fruits, mangos and cherries yum yum pigs bum!!!!
Summer – i love salads and the Aussie BBQ and entertaining in the sunshine
Spring – the start of the beginning of delicious summer flavours
WINTER ! Cold winter days and nights, a blazing fireplace and a large table where we all sit and indulge, delicious soups, hot bread, fabulous baked dinners and decadent deserts like walnutandteacle steamed puddings! YUMMM.
Summer- all the seasonal fruit is delicious and healthy, and so are the salads. You can’t resist all the glorious colours of them.
Summer…seafood, simplicity, salads, sunsets, fresh produce quickly prepared to share with friends.
Autumn as the weather starts to cool, I feel like cooking more. Apples and Pears for deserts and Pumpkin for soup.
The fresh variety of summer fruits and salad veges make it my favourite season.
Winter as it’s easy to cover up those ‘pudding layers’ with an extra jumper or two!
Winter, for root crops, puddings and porridge, and my excellent Fishermans Pie…
I love summer for the wide variety of fruit! Summery, fresh and tasty!
Oh Summers the season, friut juicy and ripe,
More salads and sorbet’s, oh what a delight!
Summers a sensation with a fruit punch,
Nigellas delights I shall have for lunch!
Spring because it’s great to have both roasts and fruit salads!
Summer – Perfect for salads with cold meat and so much fruit on offer – and BBQ’s for outdoor eating
Winter…red wine, a hearty casserole, gooey chocolate pud with vanilla ice cream, open fire…enough said!
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Cherries, Cherries, Cherries…equals summer, summer,summer!..If only cherries could grow all year round they are my favourite!
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