‘’It’s the only recipe I do well. Friends have tried it and no one complains.’’ New Plymouth MP Glen Bennett, who spoke at Friday s book launch, held at the Western Institute of Technology, listed an impressive number of countries represented in the cookbook at an even more impressive speed. There was even a recipe for pavlova, which is a New Zealand dish, Bennett pointed out. His Edmonds cookbook was well-used, so this could replace it, he joked. The recipes have come from immigrants from all over the world who were either living or had lived in Taranaki. Police ethnic support officer Constable Sreejith Sreekumar came up from Whanganui for the occasion.