Bill Granger

We've actually increased our knowledge of Bill Granger of Bill's (where we ate breakfast in the last post). He has just released a new book (I think this is his 4th or so) and Gleebooks, a bookshop in Glebe that I am a member of, ran a dinner with Bill's recipes, a talk by Bill and a signed copy of his book for all diners.

Bill's book also coincides with a new TV show on the Lifestyle channel (I am assuming from the name that this is not mainstream TV).

Bill came to sign our book before the meal started. He seemed pretty friendly but addressed the book only to me, despite the fact that Sean proffered his name at the start of our chat and I only gave his mine when asked. Sean wasn't offended - he thinks Bill was nervous. How can he be nervous talking to us when he has a TV show?

The food was all lovely, although as Bill explained in his talk the book is designed to contain food you can cook at home easily rather than restaurant food. In this he was right: although tasty, none of the dishes (salad, veal chops, tart) were things I would order in a restaurant.

However we did get to take the book away with us and I have since cooked several of the recipes, all with great success, and there are plenty more I plan to try. So I can consider myself a fan of Bill's. Although I think I will draw the line at buying his latest celebrity endorsed product, which is a CD of music he likes to listen to. Hmmmm, and we thought Jamie Oliver went too far....