Easy to make, authentic cuisines adapted for the average kitchen. This curry was AMAZING.
4.5 stars
But how does this book cook? I made the Kari Ayam Kelapa (Chicken Curry with Roasted Coconut) and the Nasi Kunit (glutinous tumeric rice).
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My rating: 4 1/2 stars
Molecular gastronomy for idiots. Unleash your inner gadget whore!
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My rating: 4 1/2 stars
The best celebration of the Vegetable I’ve ever read. A must for carnivores wanting to eat more veg and compulsory for every vegetarian.
My rating: 4 ½ stars
This is a book for serious dessert lovers, budding pastry chefs and domestic cooks ready for training from a generous and kindly master.
My rating: 4 1/2 stars
This book is definitely one of those compulsory doorstops along with La Cuisine, Stephanie Alexander and anything by Marc Bittman…
My rating: 4 ½ stars
Adrian is a Melbourne boy done good – check out La Luna and his show, “Secret Meat Business”. This book is a fantastic celebration of his Italian food life. It is hilariously male in many ways… read more
My rating 4 1/2 stars
This book is old school i.e. it’s similar to books from the 60’s and 70’s in that there are hardly any pictures and there’s an overdose of words. (bye bye Gen Y, LOL, LMAO). I would have cooked more than one recipe but typing out one gave me carpel tunnel.
My rating: 4 1/2 stars
As a youngster in a migrant family, primary school fetes were completely foreign to me. Other kid’s parents made honey joys, toffees, rumballs, and fairy cakes. My parents sent me in with a packet of Marie biscuits. : (
What was your first cookbook?
Mine was: The Good Housekeeping Step-by-Step CookBook (1977, special imprint 1984) edited by Gill Edden.
My rating: 4 1/2 stars
Any child (to later develop a weight problem) would have to stop and caress the cover of The Good Housekeeping Step-by-Step Cookbook…..My mum bought this for me from a discount bookstore – the kind Greg Evans did commercials for in the 80s. Its one of the best cookbooks I’ve ever owned and produced the best baked cheesecake I’ve ever tasted (see below).
