From our table to yours — Family Favourites Recipes is a unique collection of delicious, tried and tested recipes from the listeners of The Two Murrays radio show, celebrating an Australia of yesteryear that you can enjoy with loved ones today. What started as a discussion on the show quickly grew into this cookbook with the help of scores of listeners who shared their own recipes, photos and stories, many dating back decades. Wonderful memories are created while cooking and enjoying food around the family dinner table. Re-discover old favourites and try your hand at exciting new meals with the sweet and savoury inspirations of entrees, mains and desserts in this book. The Two Murrays hope this collection can celebrate an Australia of yesteryear and paint a unique picture of part of Australia’s culinary heritage.
Murray Olds and Murray Wilton have been on air together since the Sydney Olympic Games, broadcasting a very different style of radio talk show. They met at Radio 2UE in Sydney in the early 1990s. Murray Olds was the news director, while Murray Wilton was the manager of marketing and promotion. They were thrown together on air in late 2000, for no reason other than they shared the same first name, and they’ve been together on and off ever since. Each has gone away to do other things over the years, but successive radio managers have recognised the unique on-air chemistry of ‘The Two
Murrays’ and persuaded the boys to get back together. Murray Wilton has a real job — he is the general manager of agriculture and the Sydney Royal Easter Show for the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW. Although Murray Wilton was born in Sydney, he’s loved farming and the bush all his life, and shares that love on air with listeners. Murray Olds has been a journalist since the mid-1970s, with a special interest in sport. He’s covered a dozen Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games as well as World Cups of football and rugby union. These days he plays golf (not very well) and drums in a number of bands. Miss Jane (Jane Lange) has no particular qualifications or talents, other than exasperating most people she works with. Somehow, Jane found a job in radio, and worked on 2UE’s top-rated George and Paul Show. She made the move to 2GB with George and Paul in 2016 and stayed with the show until it ended in 2019. Jane is now the Accidental Producer of the Two Murrays Show which airs on weekend afternoons in summer on Radio 2GB.
* A unique collection of family favourites recipes from The Two Murrays radio show with contributions from the hosts, Murray Olds and Murray Wilton, and listeners who have shared their recipes, photos, stories and memories. Compiled by their Producer Miss Jane.
* From rissoles to lamb roasts, curries, salads and soups, through to delicious desserts including pavlova, slices and tarts — this is a book to help you rediscover old family favourites and new culinary quests. * Recipes are simple, easy to follow and sure to delight.
* Includes 8 full colour photo pages of recipes and the show’s listeners.
Publicity:
* Regular promotion on The Two Murrays radio show (2GB and 4BC) every Saturday and Sunday over summer (audience estimate 196,000 in Sydney, 45,000 in Brisbane, 392,000 in Canberra, 80,000 in Lithgow, 161,500 in Rockhampton).
* In association with Nine Radio (2GB, 3AW) and News Ltd including interviews, advertising, giveaways from September–October 2022–2023. Plus ABC radio and TV and regional television and newspapers (print and online).
