This isn’t my cookbook, it belongs to James who loves Claire Saffitz (which is fair, because she’s lovely), and so he was excited when Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence was published and bought a copy of it. The recipes all look amazing, the photography is beautiful and sound like something you …
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Jul 27
Cookbook 200: Destination Flavour – People and Places
Wow, 200 cookbooks. I still have more to go (because I did start buying them again) and this will probably never stop unless people stop publishing interesting cookbooks. Destination Flavour: People and Place by Adam Liaw is excellent. I loved all the recipes I cooked, the focaccia was amazing and I want to go back …
Jan 01
Cookbook 23: 1000 Best-Ever Recipes from AWW
So the Australian Women’s Weekly, 1000 Best-Ever Recipes from AWW was on sale at some point for significantly less than the RRP, and I bought a copy of it. Because despite the casual sexism (yes they have a section titled “just like mum made”), the recipes are triple tested and generally fairly easy for follow. …
Jul 16
Cookbook 5: chocolate
So this week, just to do something different, I picked up chocolate, by Australian Gourmet Traveller, for something different. This time, as there were no meat dishes, I cooked 4 recipes, a biscuit, bread, pie, and pudding. I remembered to take photos, and everything was incredibly good, though some were quite fiddly. I’ll list the …


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