I picked up the very imaginatively named Hungarian Cook Book by Tamás Bereznay at a souvenir shop in Budapest some years ago, as a gift to Scott who wasn’t on that trip with me (I was travelling with James, Nigel and Jacinta). I specifically chose this book because it had a decent vegetarian section which …
Tag: dumplings
Jul 23
Cookbook 151: Polska – New Polish Cooking
I bought Polska: New Polish Cooking by Zuza Zak because I wanted Pierogi recipes. And then it took me ages to get around to making them, and sadly I haven’t yet made them again. Not all the dishes were successful when cooking from this recipe book, and I know how to fix the one that …
Jun 28
Cookbook 110: Vegie Food: from vegies on the side to the main event
My sister kindly gave me this book recently, she found it at a second-hand shop going cheaply and she thought I’d like the recipes in it. She wasn’t wrong, Vegie Food: from vegies on the side to the main event, is full of great recipes. It’s also out of print so probably generally hard to …
Jul 26
Cookbook 83 (ish): Asian Cooking Made Easy
As we’ve previously established, I am addicted to cookbooks. I find it very hard to say “no” when someone makes me an amazing offer of “buy these recipes on a periodical basis for not very much money, and we’ll throw in the supporting folders and other information”, I generally say, “yes please”. And this is …
Oct 20
Cookbook 52: the cook’s companion
This time I cooked from the much loved, and epic, the cook’s companion by stephanie alexandre, touted as “The complete book of ingredients and recipes for the Australian kitchen”. It’s a great book, it is incredibly thorough and lists far more recipes than I’ll likely ever cook in my entire life. It is aimed at …
May 29
Cookbook 40: Homecooked: Favourite receipes from Australian Kitchens
So I found this beautiful cookbook, Homecooked: Favourite recipes from Australian Kitchens. I can’t remember now if I bought it new or second hand, I’m thinking second hand as it was published in 2006 and I don’t recall getting it until the last couple of years. Anyway, the cookbook is a collection of recipes submitted …
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