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Cookbook Review: Clarissa’s Comfort Food by Clarissa Dickson-Wright

July 24, 2011 – 5:08 pm

My rating: 3 1/2 stars

In my quest for “Great British Food” (a fool’s quest to some and an oxymoron to many) I stumbled upon “Clarissa’s Comfort Food” in a discount bookshop. read more »

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Cookbook Review: British Baking by Peyton and Byrne

July 16, 2011 – 11:14 pm

My rating: 3 1/2 stars

5 for style, 3 for substance – the recipes did not taste great.

This book is like David Beckham – sexy as all hell – but such a shame he has to talk…

It is easily the most beautiful cookbook I have ever seen.

It IS the new Britannia (circa Tony Blair / pre- GFC) – cool, whimsical, Kate Moss meets Coldplay, “keep calm carry on” …

Alas, when it comes to communicating, something goes slightly out of kilter.

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WELCOME AND WIN!!

June 22, 2011 – 5:03 pm

Welcome to the new version of cookmybooks! (now cookmybooks.net).

To celebrate the new site we are giving away a copy of “The Sorcerer’s Apprentices” RRP $29.99 to one of our subscribers.

The Sorcerer’s Apprentices – A Season at El Bulli – Behind the Scenes at the World’s Most Famous Restaurant by Lisa Abend.

Published by Simon & Schuster

Just use one of the subscription options on the right and you have a chance to win!

Don’t forget to email us for any suggestions or requests for book review!

I look forward to hearing from you.

Results from the win will be posted in two weeks time.

Cheers!

Cookie!

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Cookbook Review: frankie magazine sweet treats

June 13, 2011 – 9:36 pm

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. : (

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Cookbook Review: Manu’s French Kitchen by Manu Feildel

June 7, 2011 – 7:16 pm

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: Paula Deen’s Kitchen Classics by Paula Deen

March 9, 2011 – 2:07 pm

My rating 3 1/2 stars

I have just fallen in love with beef short ribs.

I had some at the La Brasserie in Melbourne and inhaled the melt in the mouth fatty beef like oxygen. So now, along with my chocolate cake search, I’m trying to find the perfect short ribs recipe. First stop is the American South. Lets check out the Queen of Savannah – Paula Deen.

I love Paula Deen, she has silver fluffy hair and says y’all, y’all. She is also hilarious and down to earth – she whipped out chicken fillet bra fillers on The View! How can you not love this woman!

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Cookbook Review: Nigella Kitchen by Nigella Lawson

February 27, 2011 – 6:21 pm

My rating 4 stars

by Cookie McBookie

Nigella is the perfect foodie – crumbs fall off her lips and ricochet off her massive bossoms back into her plummy mouth.

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Cookbook Review Vintage: What Was Your First Cookbook?

January 24, 2011 – 2:17 pm

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).