Cooking With Heroes: The Royal British Legion Centenary Cookbook

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Cooking with Heros, published in partnership with St James House, is a fitting tribute to the Royal British Legions centenary year. The Royal British Legion is excited to be working in partnership with St James’s House on this new project, which is a wonderful way to celebrate our community in this Centenary year. The donations raised from Cooking With Heroes will be used to provide life-long support to serving and ex-serving members of the British Armed Forces, their families and dependents through hardships, injuries and bereavements in the years to come.” We're always happy to answer any questions or queries you might have, please get in touch using one of the methods below. Q) Inspirational stories are a great way of holding the attention of the reader what is your experience and how did you go about selecting them?

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L to R: bespoke sweet treats for the launch by Biscuit Boutique; Pork and Stilton pie (Corporal Lee Coxon, RAF); Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, Patron of The Royal British Legion; West Yorkshire Local Hero: the late Captain Sir Tom Moore. The Royal British Legion is the nation’s largest armed forces charity and worked since 1921 to support the armed forces and their families. A portion of the sale from every copy of Cooking with Heroes will help raise funds to ensure that the legion continues doing the amazing work they have been doing successfully for the past century. Official Book Launch Party You are here: Home / Food / Events / Royal British Legion Centenary Cookbook – Cooking with Heroes Royal British Legion Centenary Cookbook – Cooking with Heroes If you have already submitted another request to index a book or magazine yourself, please do not make any additional requests until you have indexed and submitted that book or magazine. A) Probably Eggs, I haven’t much to add to the world’s knowledge of the million and one uses of eggs other than to say, even with all of the sweet and savoury uses of Eggs that are out there, nothing beats a properly prepared poached Egg.

Cooking with Heroes focuses on 100 regions in which the British Legion has been active over the past century, presenting 100 delicious recipes as well as profiles of 100 military heroes specific to each region including that of Odette Halllowes. When the cumin seeds change colour it is time to add the chopped garlic, ginger, sliced chillies and the butter. Saute until the garlic takes on a little colour and then add the onions. Stir well. Saute over a medium heat. To celebrate the centenary of the Royal British Legion, some of the world’s bestselling celebrity chefs – including Jamie Oliver, Ainsley Harriott, Cyrus Todiwala, Melissa Helmsley and the Hairy Bikers – have teamed up with serving and ex-serving members of the military to create this unique cookbook.

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Local Heroes. L to R: Somerset, Odette Hallowes, Special Operations Executive, and the highest decorated woman in the Second World War; Aberdeen, Marion Patterson, the first Senior Fire Guard to receive the George Medal for civilian gallantry. The painting commissioned by the King and by Scots artist, Robert Sivell, now hangs in the Imperial War Museum. Cooking with Heroes Cookbook’s official launch was hosted over an afternoon tea at Claridge’s in London in October. The event was well attended by military officials as well as members of the media. I was honoured to be invited to this launch event and enjoyed a wonderful afternoon tea at the beautiful Claridge’s in Mayfair, London. Image Credit to my lovely pal NiruI had the pleasure of meeting and interacting with the Author Squadron Leader Jon Pullen (retired). Get to know the Author via some interesting answers he has for my interview questions to him. The book, Cooking With Heroes, represents 100 regions around the world in which the RBL has had a presence. With recipes from Antrim to Australia and Glasgow to the Gambia, each regional recipe is accompanied by the story of a local hero – a service man or woman or a civilian volunteer – whose contribution to others will be remembered forever. The Royal British Legion, in partnership with St James’s House publishing, has launched a high-end cookbook celebrating a centenary of service to the Armed Forces community and their families. Lovely recipes from around the world and lots of interesting reading Lovely recipes from around the world and lots of interesting reading

Cooking With Heroes: The Royal British Legion Centenary Cookbook

I’m particularly proud of one region and that was ‘Tyne & Wear’ where we set up a competition with the County Air Training Corps Squadrons to tell a panel, chaired by me but representing the RBL, the Publisher, and the County, who should be in the Book representing their County. I spent the most wonderful evening watching and listening to presentations from young Cadets passionate about their chosen candidate before having the unenviable task of choosing one: Kate Adie. A superlative choice of a Journalist who spent her career supporting and representing the Armed Forces, always reporting the stories as they really were and never refusing to go anywhere where British Troops were deployed. A truly inspirational choice. Not just fantastic recipes from old to new but each recipe is paired alongside astonishing tales of bravery, determination and sacrifice as we celebrate 100 astonishing Military Heroes and Heroines in The Royal British Legion’s 100th year

A) I pulled together a team from the Military Family to engage with the RBL across the UK & Commonwealth… this was a Tri-Service Team of serving, veterans, reserves, friends, families and youth services. These became known as our RBL Ambassadors, a role that saw them engage with the RBL Membership in their region and to work with them to select a local hero or heroine who had ‘made a great contribution to UK Defence’ and that the RBL local Membership wanted to celebrate and represent them. The list is astonishing and whilst there are many well-known VC and MC winners in the Book, there are others much less well known like Captain John Perkins RN who was born a slave in Jamaica in the 18 th Century and rose to Captain a 32 Gun Naval Frigate; Sergeant Alfred Holmes from Gibraltar who looked after the Barbary Apes for 38 years; Sybil Kathagasu from Malaysia who gave her life standing up to the Japanese invaders during WW2 by supporting British SOE Agents and so many more amazing and courageous individuals who have been chosen as outstanding by the members of the UK’s largest Military Charity, so many of whom are veterans themselves… a wonderful mark of respect that I hope does their memory justice. Why not add this amazing cookbook to your Christmas shopping list? This is bound to make for a fabulous gift for your friends and family alike. A high-quality hardcover book filled with fabulous easy-to-follow recipes and interesting stories of military heroes and heroines with a sprinkling of celebrity spice, what’s not to love?! Established in 1921, The Royal British Legion is the UK's largest Armed Forces charity, sitting at the heart of a national network of partner organisations and more than 200,000 members. Best known for organising the annual Poppy Appeal and Remembrance Day services, the Legion works to ensure that current and ex-service personnel and their families can always access the support they need.