Category Archives: *French

Cookbook Review: 2010 Cookbook of the Year: Around My French Table

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.

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Cookbook Review: Manu’s French Kitchen by Manu Feildel

My rating: 4 stars

Manu Feildel is hot. And after seeing him at the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival I can confirm that he knows it.

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Cookbook Review: The Balthazar Cookbook by Keith McNally, Riad Nasr & Lee Hanson

My rating: 4 stars

Balthazar is my favourite restaurant in NYC and I had to buy the cookbook on my last visit (also available online).

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