Simple food for families

SIMPLE ingredients and seasonal produce is the basis for Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s latest book, A Year of Simple Family Food.

A Melbournebased cook, author and teacher, Nishimura’s food is influenced by her Maltese upbringing and time spent living in Italy.

She teaches sellout cooking workshops and ‘‘pasta master’’ classes and is a regular contributor to Australian and international publications.

Her first cookbook, Ostro, was shortlisted for the 2018 ABIA Illustrated Book of the Year and named in Gourmet Traveller’s Best Food Books for 2017.

Nishimura’s family food is generous and unfussy and focuses on

the family coming together at the end of the day to share a simple meal.

Following the seasons, she provides recipes that make the most of fresh produce, from apricot and berry galette in summer to a hearty baked

maccheroni in winter.

She is a great believer in using the best ingredients available and there are plenty of quick recipes in the book, as well as those that take more time.