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Lucy Corry
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Lucy Corry is an award-winning New Zealand writer who loves to cook, eat, read and think about food.
Her work has featured in Canvas, Sunday, Your Weekend, Frankie, Cuisine, NZ Life & Leisure, Nadia Journal and Gourmet Traveller, nzherald.co.nz, Stuff.co.nz and radionz.co.nz.
In 2019 she was named Food Communicator of the Year and Best Opinion Writer at the inaugural New Zealand Food Media Awards.
She is the current President of Food Writers NZ and in recent years has co-authored the Ockham award winning Hiakai:Modern Maori Cuisine and written the much-loved Burger Wellington cookbook.
Lucy lives in central Wellington with her husband and daughter and Cosmo the dog, who destroys all her vegetable-growing efforts on a regular basis.
www.thekitchenmaid.com
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Books by Lucy Corry

Homecooked

Everyday recipes for every New Zealand season and every occasion, this is real food for how we really live - our ingredients, our seasons and our way of life.

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Roasted nectarines and beetroot with watercress and burrata

Sweet beetroot, perfumed nectarine, peppery watercress and creamy burrata — don’t take this to your next BYO barbecue or people will fight over it. Save it for home instead.

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Jenny’s famous butterflied barbecue lamb

This recipe, from my wonderful sister-in-law Jenny Corry, is world famous in my family. Stick rigidly to the instructions to end up with perfectly cooked lamb. The varying thickness of the joint means that some bits will be well done while others are delectably pink.

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Penne with asparagus, parsley and brown butter

This is a fast and fabulous dinner — put the pasta water on to boil as soon as you get home, keep your wits about you and in under 30 minutes you will be sitting down to eat.