began her
Feeding a family.
career in the late 1980s alongside comedy team
Every night.
The D-Generation on a number one breakfast FM show and on television with The Late Show. She co-wrote, produced, directed and starred as the ruthless reporter Brooke Vandenberg in Frontline, a satire about the current affairs industry. Jane was also a co-producer of movies The Dish and the film recently voted Australia’s favourite of all time, The Castle. She continues to work behind the scenes at Working Dog as Casting Director on shows such as The Hollowmen and Thank God You’re Here.
Is hard.
Feeding a family. Every night. Is hard.
Jane Kennedy knows because she cooks for
So Jane Kennedy came up with a collection of dinnertime favorites (because what family meal includes a starter?) that will please everyone, from the fussiest child to the most adventurous adult. Base recipes that can be jazzed up, or down, to suit all taste-buds.
seven people, seven days a week. Grownups are easy, but kids … well. Most kids don’t like spices and herbs and zest. Green bits. Orange bits. And especially not hot bits. So Jane set out to find a way to keep everyone
Her first cookbook, Fabulous Food Minus the Boombah, was published in 2009, and was
One dish. Two ways.
happy. A way that wouldn’t involve her having to eat ‘plain’ food with the kids or required the
followed by OMG! I Can Eat That? in 2010,
kids to miraculously start loving ‘spicy’ food.
cementing Jane’s status as one of Australia’s
A way where one base meal could be jazzed
favourite cookbook authors. Jane lives in
up, or down, to suit all taste buds. One dish.
Melbourne and, clearly taking her commitment
Two ways.
to comedy too far, she and partner Rob Sitch
These recipes are easy, fast and fresh, with
have five children.
plenty of non-boombah, low-carb alternatives for the grownups. From Moroccan beef kebabs, Teriyaki salmon or Spicy cumin lamb ribs, these are new family classics that are guaranteed to become dinnertime favorites.
Feeding the whole family. Without the fuss.
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