This weekend’s book was the Australian Women’s Weekly vegie food: low-fat & delicious. Quite frankly I’d rather see a “vegie food – all the tastiness we can cram in, bugger the fat”, but apparently that isn’t done. I’m not going to get into the argument that vegetarianism is better for your health than any other …
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Jun 26
Cookbook 43: the food of spain: a journey for food lovers
This book is amazing, there is no other way to put it. If you like Spanish food, or even simple to make, but incredibly delicious food, then I highly recommend the food of spain: a journey for food lovers. Nothing in this book was wrong. The recipes were all straightforward, there were no mistakes and …
May 13
Cookbook 38: hot and spicy
So I cooked from this UK cookbook (all the North sea fish were present) called hot and spicy. Not exactly hot, a bit spicy, and really not all that interesting. It cost a whole $3.95 at the time so we probably got our money’s worth. The theme was cashews because yum… but then again not …
Apr 06
Cookbook 34: More Than One Way: Learning About Other Cultures Through Food
Back when I was in year 10 and I was very excited about being able to finally choose subjects that I was interested in learning, I chose a subject called International Food Technology. The main reason I chose this subject was that it involved cooking every class, because I enjoyed cooking and wanted to do …
Jan 31
Cookbook 27: Curry Bible
So I decided to make some curries, and good curries they were from the Curry Bible (or as it probably should have been called the Curry Gita). Sadly this book is out of print, which explains why I got it so cheaply (though technically it should increase in price the rarer it is, but that’s …
Jan 21
Cookbook 26: the food of italy: a journey for food lovers
Yes, the title of the book, the food of italy: a journey for food lovers, is all in lower case, clearly Murdoch Press was being trendy at the time. It’s not a bad book, there were some occasions where I wasn’t sure whether I was doing what was expected, but overall any mistakes made were …
Sep 17
Cookbook 11: a month in Marrakesh
This weekend’s book was Andy Harris’s book a month in Marrakesh, which was less successful from my end. The starter we had was fantastic, the rest of the meal I was less than impressed with. This was not the cook book’s fault, more that my taste and the flavours in the dishes I selected were …
Jun 17
Cookbook 1: The Food of France: a journey for food lovers
The food of France: a journey for food lovers, recipes by Maria Villegas and Sarah Randell Today’s recipes were: Boef Bourguignon; Gratin Dauphinois; and Chocolate Mousse The beef bourguingnon is the longest and most time consuming of all these recipes, so if you are going to tackle it, time it out appropriately. I also have …
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