Are you struggling to find the perfect gift and fed up of the usual chocolates and socks? We can help - Maternity Worldwide is selling "Recipe for Life" A cookbook written and compiled by Elizabeth Anne Brown, featuring recipes from friends and family. All proceeds will go to Maternity Worldwide.
The book is now hot off the press so get your orders in!
If you would like to order a copy of 'Recipe for Life' please email:
info@maternityworldwide.org
or give us a ring on 01273 682241.
The price is £20 for the hardback and £15 for the softback.
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Foreward by Elizabeth Anne Brown
THIS book was written to support Maternity Worldwide in saving lives in
childbirth. It is primarily a recipe book, but it follows the pathway of my life
and people I have met along the way. Maternity Worldwide is a registered
charity with the aim of reducing the huge global toll of maternal death during
childbirth. More than 99% of these deaths occur in developing countries. Everyone
who contributed a recipe has already donated to Maternity Worldwide and all proceeds
from the book will be given to the Charity.
Currently women in the poorest countries in the world have a high chance of
dying in pregnancy or childbirth. In some parts of Africa this risk is as high as 1 in 7.
Maternal death affect hundreds of thousands of families and communities. Millions
of children are left motherless each year and globally an estimated 1 million babies
die soon after the deaths of their mothers. But we can do something about it because
relatively inexpensive treatments and access to obstetric care could save the lives of
the great majority of these mothers and babies. Please look at the Maternity World-
wide website (www.maternityworldwide.org) and become a regular donor if you are
able to.
So my 'recipe for life' is not just a cookbook drawing from family, friends and
colleagues in my own life but, with the help of readers, it is also a very practical way
of saving the lives of many hundreds and maybe thousands of people in other parts
of the world.
In the recipes, I have resisted the temptation to standardise all of the units of
measure. Some of the recipes are quite old, from several generations ago, and to
have converted them all into modern day units would have meant losing something
of their authenticity. For each recipe, I have therefore included first the units pro-
vided by the contributor, followed by a conversion into either traditional or metric
units as appropriate. A conversion table is also included, so that readers can use
whichever units of measure they prefer.
In requesting recipes, I did not specify starter, main course, dessert etc but, inter-
estingly, when they came in, there was a good balance between the different types of
recipe. There is no division of types of recipe within the text, but I have included
sub-divisions within the index, which should make it easier to search.
The recipes have been obtained from family and many different friends. A very
wide variety of recipes was received and I have included at least one from everyone.
A big thank you to everyone who has contributed.
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If you would like to order a copy of 'Recipe for Life' please email info@maternityworldwide.org or give us a ring on 01273 682241.
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