Summer Entertaining for our Season

Thongs by the front door, sun-kissed skin, beach hair, picnics at the river, friends on the balcony on hot Summer evenings, family around the table…whatever it means to you, WA Summer is our stellar season for entertaining. 

With WA’s beautiful warm climate, entertaining often revolves around outdoor get-togethers as we come together at the end of the year for celebrations and welcome in the next.

So this year, for my third cookbook, I wanted to make A Local Table all about how to enjoy this fun and festive time of year when everyone is most focused on food and entertaining, with recipes that are full of flavour, easy to pull together and which still draw a gasp of appreciation when placed on the table. 

Most importantly, I wanted these recipes to demonstrate the gratitude I have for the fresh, seasonal produce and artisan foods we have access to in WA and the admiration I feel towards our talented and hard working local farmers, producers and food creatives. Anyone who has spent time with our food industry champions will know that it’s passion that drives them to work as hard as they do to deliver outstanding food to market.

This cookbook is about West Australians for West Australians.

Inside you will find brilliant foodie offerings through locally focused recipes, breakfast ideas, portable picnics, menu planning ideas, delectable desserts and encouraging simple but stunning entertaining at home where everyone can pitch in!
Make the most of our Shopping Guide liftout so you can find where to peruse and purchase these fabulous local products.

I am a proud WA food advocate because, quite simply, I think we have the freshest, most innovative food products on the market! 

My heartfelt thanks go to major sponsors of this project, Buy West Eat Best and Hart & Co Appliances, without whom the publication of this book would not be possible. Both organisations are embedded in the West Australian community and support the local food industry in their own important ways.

So, let’s choose A Local Table this Summer and share West Australia’s bounty with the people we love the most.

Kate x