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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Jan 26
Cookbook 101: Steam Cooking
We got Steam Cooking: 100 delicious and healthy food recipes for all steamers by Jenny Stacey forever and ever ago. I cooked one dish from it once, but never really touched it again, and the recipes I made from this this time reminded me why. Because we were eating with 2 vegetarians I steamed some …
Jan 26
Cookbook 100: Eat Well on $4/Day: Good and Cheap
This is another recent kickstarter project, Eat Well on $4/Day: Good and Cheap by Leanne Brown – second edition now available. The idea behind this project was to provide a cheap or free cookbook to those with limited incomes, in order to help them find seasonal recipes that they can cook at low cost to …
Nov 09
Cookbook 93: Fat-Free Vegetarian
When my husband started dating a vegetarian, he bought some vegetarian cookbooks to cook for his new partner. Not that my husband does a lot of cooking mind you, but he wanted to have options of things to cook. This is one of those purchases – and Fat-Free Vegetarian lies, because it’s not all fat …
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 …
Apr 13
Cookbook 71: The Australian Heritage Cookbook
I bought The Australian Heritage Cookbook: A collection of recipes and memories from Australian kitchens by Joy Hayes second hand – possibly sight unseen from an online book store. I was looking for books with certain types of Australian recipes – either Golden Syrup dumplings, or jams and chutneys with Australian available ingredients. This book …
Feb 28
Cookbook 67: Indonesia and the Philippines
This cookbook, Classic Recipes, Taste and Traditions of Indonesia and the Philippines by Ghillie Basan, Terry Tan and Vilma Laus did not impress me. There was potential, but a lot of it was wasted. Many of the recipes called for ingredients that are difficult to find, the recipes were overly fiddly, and there are very …
Jan 27
Cookbook 63: the round-the-world cookbook
I bought this cookbook second hand, from my favourite second hand bookshop in Australia, the Daylesford Book Barn (best place to be on a cold winter’s day). The round-the-world cookbook by Myra Waldo was written in conjunction with Pam American World Airlines (when they were a going concern), and published in the 1950/60s. My copy …
Dec 29
Cookbook 59: The Complete Book of Herbs and Spices
I bought this book decades ago, when I was young and my biggest garden dream was to have a herb garden of edible and medicinal plants. The Complete Book of Herbs and Spices by Sarah Garland talks about identifying herbs, growing them, which bits are for what and stuff. I remember reading through the plant …
Dec 01
Cookbook 57: Tex-Mex
This cookbook, Tex-Mex published by family Circle is a book of much promise that fails to deliver. I’ve had this book for some years and I and my husband have attempted to cook from it, and had very little success. There are some dishes in this book we’ve had no problems with, and many despite …
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