You Shouldn't Have Gone To So Much Trouble, Darling

by Jo Seagar

The 10th anniversary edition of Jo Seagar's bestselling collection of must-have recipes for entertaining.

This wonderful cookbook has stood the test of time. Now updated and revised, the recipes are still fashionable and delicious and are designed to be easy to cook, inexpensive and sure to impress the guests. Jo's philosophy of 'Maximum effect for minimum effort' continues to reign supreme.

This collection includes every recipe you need for successful entertaining, with nibbles, entrees, mains and desserts that will become staples in your repertoire. These are classic recipes that work and which you can call on time and time again.

272 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1998

About the author

Jo Seagar — dubbed ‘cook of the nation' by Next magazine — is the hugely successful bestselling cookbook author and TV cook, famed for her catch-cries of ‘Easy peasy' and ‘Maximum effect for minimum effort'.

Trained as a cordon bleu chef in Paris and London, for many years Seagar was a columnist for North & South magazine, while running popular Hartley's restaurant in Auckland. She also wrote for the New Zealand Woman's Weekly. 'Real Food for Real People' saw her move into television, and this series was a followed by 'Jo Seagar Cooks', bringing the chef to a wider audience.