So when it was my birthday, and there was a cookbook sale, and I indulged (because birthday), I was very excited to see Mexican: Authentic recipes from south of the border by the Australian Women’s Weekly, because my previous Mexican cookbook left me uninspired and wanting a book that was far better. The AWW does …
April 2015 archive
Apr 26
Cookbook 105: Paella! Spectacular Rice Dishes from Spain
I bought Paella! Spectacular Rice Dishes from Spain by Penelope Casas some years ago when I thought it’d be nice to learn how to cook Spanish food. I didn’t have a paella pan at the time so this book sat on my shelf waiting for the moment when I got one. That happened to be …
Apr 19
Cookbook 104: The Australian Women’s Weekly One Pot: Low-fuss food for busy people
One Pot: Low-fuss food for busy people was a birthday gift to myself, because AWW cookbooks are good, and one pot recipes in the colder months are the best invention ever. Scott wanted to make a bourguignon recipe, and I remembered that this book had one with lamb shanks, so we went with that. It …
Apr 07
Cookbook 103: Sensational Salad Recipes
This was Scott’s book. Yes, there is that tricky past tense. I cannot recommend this book to anyone. I mean, salads are nice, but these salads are boring for the most part, and I’ve found much better salads in other recipe books. Anyway, at some point Family Circle released Sensational Salad Recipes, and with a …
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