December 2007

The One-Armed Cookbook

The One-Armed Cookbook - Helping give the tiny babies who rush into this world the best possible chance of a healthy life.

This year's winner of the Babes in Business Halo Babe award, Tara Castle, is one of the creators The One-Armed Cookbook - a beautiful "gift that gives twice". Charity initiative The One-Armed Cookbook contains a collection of easy and delicious recipes from celebrities, mums, dads, friends and family - specifically chosen for busy people wanting to create tasty food on the run.

The One-Armed Cookbook is the perfect gift this Christmas with 100% of the $19.95 purchase price going directly to Australia's largest Perinatal Research Centre at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH), where they conduct life-saving research helping Australia's premature babies get the best possible start in life, and at the same time help women become mothers of healthy babies.

Recipes donated by celebrities include international celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay's Hot Chocolate Fondant; Lorna Jane's Toasted Muesli; from national TV show Sunrise, Mel's Fruit Crumble and Kochie's Hello Dolly Squares; Channel Ten's Kim Watkin's Penne Carbonara; Channel Nine's Kerri-Anne Kennerley's Beef Wellington; Tim Horan's Spag Bol and Professor Paul Colditz's (Director of the Perinatal Research Centre at the RBWH) Watercress Soup, which was donated by Princess Diana to the Neonatal Unit at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford where the Professor was undertaking research in 1987. Over 150 people have given their time, talent or financial assistance to help produce the book.

Tara was blessed to have had a very normal pregnancy and gave to her son Harrison at full term. However, her best friend a co-creator of The One-Armed Cookbook, Sally Warren had a more challenging time and gave birth 9 weeks prematurely with baby Jackson weighing just over 1 kg and having to spend over two months in hospital. This touching experience inspired the creation of The One-Armed Cookbook.

The One-Armed Cookbook is priced at $19.95 and is available from all Mary Ryan's bookstores throughout Queensland and Lorna Jane stores throughout Australia  please check www.onearmedcookbook.com for lists of the many other small businesses supporting this wonderful initiative.

The book can also be purchased at www.onearmedcookbook.com or by calling the RBWH Research Foundation during working hours on 1300 363 786.