I’m going to be in Europe for a couple of weeks as of next weekend, so this project will be on hold (I’ll try and avoid buying cookbooks, and taking them with me) while I’m there, but will recommence on the weekend of 25 August. Anyway… this weekend was Italian Food Safari, which again taught …
July 2012 archive
Jul 25
Cookbook 6: The Illustrated Food and Cooking of Lebanon Jordan and Syria
Last weekend was a birthday celebration weekend and so I asked the birthday boy what he’d like me to cook for him from all the cookbooks I own. He chose the Armenian Jewelled Bulgur, and then I wandered through the rest of The Illustrated Food and Cooking of Lebanon Jordan and Syria by Ghillie Ba?an. …
Jul 16
Cookbook 5: chocolate
So this week, just to do something different, I picked up chocolate, by Australian Gourmet Traveller, for something different. This time, as there were no meat dishes, I cooked 4 recipes, a biscuit, bread, pie, and pudding. I remembered to take photos, and everything was incredibly good, though some were quite fiddly. I’ll list the …
Jul 08
Cookbook 4: Classic African: Authentic recipes from an ancient cuisine
Tonight’s meal was from Classic African: Authentic recipes from an ancient cuisine, available at second hand from Amazon. As this book is now out of print, it would appear that most of the recipes are available on the internet, so I will link to them below. I forgot to take photos of the dishes this …
Jul 02
Cookbook 3: Sri Lankan Flavours: A journey through the island’s food and culture
This weekend’s book was Sri Lankan Flavours: A journey through the island’s food and culture with recipes by Channa Dassanayaka (a Melburnian it turns out). I cooked for 7 for this meal, and there are several important lessons I learnt. PREPARE ALL THE INGREDIENTS FOR THE DISH BEFORE YOU START TO COOK The serving size …
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