I have problems with a book styling itself as The Complete Asian Cookbook: indonesia malaysia & singapore (by Charmaine Solomon) because that’s not all of Asia, even if it is a part of Asia whose food I really enjoy. Oddly enough there are twice as many recipes for Indonesia than there are for Malaysia and …
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Jan 02
Cookbook 128: BBQ Secrets – Summer BBQ Guide
I backed Rich Evans’s BBQ Secrets: Summer BBQ Guide on Kickstarter because it’s always great to have new ideas for making BBQs more interesting, and we’ve already incorporated one of the recipes (the corn below) into how we cook BBQs permanently. There are more recipes in here I want to try (except for the seafood, …
Jun 19
Cookbook 123: The Spice Routes: More stories and recipes from the World Food Cafe
So it’s been AGES since I’ve last cooked something for this blog, mostly because I’ve been incredibly wrapped up in studies and attempting to have a life while studying (which I think was a silly idea). I’m in my mid year break now, so I plan to cook and enjoy the food. This book, The …
Mar 14
Cookbook 122: The Dumpling Sisters cookbook: Over 100 favourite recipes from a family kitchen
I bought The Dumpling Sisters cookbook: Over 100 favourite recipes from a family kitchen after I got a $50 Dymocks gift voucher from my work after completing 5 years of service. I liked that it was written by two Chinese, New Zealand women (who according to the bio over at Fishpond (link above) are incredibly …
Jun 28
Cookbook 111: a Nonya Inheritance
I was in Penang for a week recently, and one of the things I did in order to prepare for the holiday (and survive a really stressful week) was book a cooking course. Penang food, to me, is the essence of Malaysian cuisine, and I wanted to learn all I could about it. I researched …
Nov 09
Cookbook 92: Fast Asian
Fast Asian, a part of the Family Circle mini cookbooks, was picked up somewhere, and like many of my cookbooks prior to this project, never used. Which, as it turns out, is an absolute shame, because there are some top recipes in this book, and as it promises, they are fast. It took more time …
Sep 14
Cookbook 87: Food & Cooking of South America
Food & Cooking of South America by Jenni Fleetwood and Marina Filippelli was another of my “Hey look, a cookbook for $10” purchases. And like some of the other purchases of this type that I have made, this one wasn’t a good choice for me. Many of the recipes in the book are of food …
Aug 14
Cookbook 86: New Idea’s Chinese Cookbook
I was gifted New Idea’s Chinese Cookbook by my grandmother just after I moved out of her house, as she knew I liked to cook Chinese food. I’m sorry to say that apart from looking at it from time to time, I didn’t cook from it. It’s quite fragile, and as it turns out also …
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 …
Jun 15
Cookbook 79: Classic Cajun: Hot and spicy Louisiana Cooking
I bought this book as a part of three, the other two (African, Indian) I’ve already cooked from as part of this project. Classic Cajun: Hot and spicy Louisiana cooking, with a foreword by Rube Le Bois is not a book that my capsicum allergic, vegetarian housemate could partake of. All but one vegetable recipe …
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