FEED ME, FEED ME
Fran Mazza, Random House, $50
This enticing collection from pastry chef Fran Mazza–who with husband Aaron Carson is responsible for raising the bar on Auckland’s cafe scene–is a club sandwich of a book, many-layered and heartily satisfying. Some of the dishes are from their iconic eateries, all embrace their ethos of ‘highquality, accessible food’, and many are multicultural in influence. As well as sharing the stories behind the cafes, including Winona Forever, Sugar, Major Tom, Rude Boy, and Hello Friends + Allies, it’s a book about global collaboration. Fran, who grew up in an Italian family in New Zealand, explains how Hello Friends + Allies was named as a thankyou to Kiwi soldiers who liberated her father’s town, Rimini, from the Nazis. “That blending of communities…
