Jun 01
I’ve loved Margaret Fulton since I found some of her themed cookbooks cheap at a newsagent or book store when I was in year 12. I’ve cooked from her Indian, casserole, quick meals, and Italian cookbooks. It was a sad day in 2019 when she passed away at the grand age of 94, as she …
Dec 20
On biscuits and cakes
Jan 11
I was sick and busy, it was the last weekend of my holidays before I returned to work after Christmas, so I decided I’d make cakes – something easy that didn’t take too much time, and yet would be nice and tasty. I found (and we don’t know who it belongs to in the house) …
Oct 18
This week I cooked from one of my favourite cake cookbooks, the Australian Women’s Weekly, Cakes and Slices Cookbook (available second hand in places if you look for it). I wanted to steal my mother’s copy of this book when I moved out of home I loved it so much, but she wouldn’t let me. …
Jan 16
I had a busy weekend, and so thought I’d do some baking, and I was bought a wonderful bench mixer by a fantastic group of people who love me, so I couldn’t not use it because that would be rude. I chose to cook from the Australian Women’s Weekly, Bake: Celebrating the time-honoured tradition of …
Dec 11
To put it simply, this book is amazing. I bought The Complete Cook’s Encyclopedia of Spices by Sallie Morris and Lesley Mackley for a whole $10 at a Readings Bargain sale. I got all my money’s worth and then some. Not only does it have a great selection of recipes, but it also contains, as …
Oct 10
I decided that it was time for more sweet things, and this week looked at the Family Circle mini cookbook on Brownies, Fudges & Toppings (now out of print). The recipes are all straight forward, the instructions clear (and obviously tested) and they are so very very very tasty.
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