Author Liz Harfull was raised near Mount Gambier in South Australia. As a keen cook she has entered many shows and been successful. As a journalist and writer who has also won numerous awards she is well placed to put together this book which is a delightful celebration of the tradition of ’show cooking  in South Australia’ and the traditions behind it.

This book features tips from both cooks and experienced show judges about how to make recipes work. These tricks of the trade are an essential part of this treasure chest for cooks. What’s more the book contains many recipes so that you too can make award-winning yeast buns and lemonade scones, muffins, marmalades, chutneys and much more.

The Blue Ribbon Cookbook, Liz Harfull, Wakefield Press, 2008, rrp $39.95, www.wakefieldpress.com.au Hardcover, colour illustrations, 172 pages.