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13 February 2007
The heat was on chefs from 3rd Logistics Battalion, as they cooked up a storm for a Canterbury Rugby and Crusaders cookbook, aided by Crusaders Andy Ellis and Steve Brett.
Ellis’s favourite dish of banoffi (banana and toffee) pie and Brett’s choice of ika mata (Polynesian-style marinated raw fish) were easy fare for the chefs to whip up, with encouragement and laughs provided by the boys in red and black.
Each member of the Crusaders team, including their managers and coaches, submitted their favourite food recipe – whether it was something cooked by their mum, girlfriend or wife, themselves, or even a dish sampled in a café while on tour. Dishes ranged from Reuben Thorne's mussel and bacon pasta, to Campbell Johnstone’s “vegetarian” platter – a dish consisting entirely of meat!
Chefs from 3 Log Bn cooked up all the dishes to be featured in the book, which were then styled and presented for photography. The result: cuisine extraordinaire!
The book will be launched in late-April as a lead-in to the Super 14 finals.
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