bunyip's Profile

From: Melbourne, VIC Australia

Joined: December 27th, 2009

About me: I've been cooking for over thirty years, and I can remember the days before EVO, couscous and (ghasp!) microwaves. My cookbook collection reflects this personal and national gastronomic history. My own cooking has actually got simpler over the years, and I can do much of my repertoire without looking at a recipe. But I still love collecting cookbooks, although these days I'm a bit over food porn with great big colour photos - I really prefer food writing to recipes.

Favorite cookbook: The Cook's Companion


Latest review:

December 13th, 2015

Salmon with macaroni from A Year of Good Eating: The Kitchen Diaries III

Simple but delicious. Poaching the fish in 600 ml of cream (that's two bottles), which is then poured over the fish and pasta, sounds richer than it is. This is partly due to the dill in the crumb topping. I... read more >


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bunyip's Bookshelf

249 book(s). Click the title of a book to start adding your recipe and book reviews.

TitleTagsRatings & Reviews

1000 Best-Ever Recipes from AWW

By
Australian Women's Weekly - 2000


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 20 my recipe reviews 0

Allegra's Colour Cookbook

By Allegra McEvedy
Kyle Books - 2006


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Appetite: So What Do You Want to Eat Today?

By Nigel Slater
Fourth Estate - 2009


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

Apple: A Global History (Edible)

By Erika Janik
Reaktion Books - 2011


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Arabesque: A Taste of Morocco, Turkey and Lebanon

By Claudia Roden
Michael Joseph - 2005


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

The Art of Eating

By M. F. K. Fisher, Joan Reardon
Wiley - 2004

memoir


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 13 my recipe reviews 0

Banana: A Global History (Edible)

By Lorna Piatti-Farnell
Reaktion Books - 2016


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Barbeque: A Global History (Edible)

By Jonathan Deutsch, Megan Elias
Reaktion Books - 2014


(0 recipe reviews)
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Beef: A Global History (Edible)

By Lorna Piatti-Farnell
Reaktion Books - 2013


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Belinda Jeffery's Collected Recipes

By Belinda Jeffery, Rodney Weidland
Lantern Books - 2013

australian


(0 recipe reviews)
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Bloody Delicious

By Joan Campbell, Schofield/Leo
Allen & Unwin - 1998

memoir, australian


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0 book review

The Bloomsbury Cookbook: Recipes for Life, Love and Art

By Jans Ondaatje Rolls, Anne Chisholm
Thames and Hudson Ltd - 2014


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The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand and Vilna to the Present Day

By Claudia Roden
Viking - 1997


(0 recipe reviews)
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Bread: A Global History (Edible)

By William Rubel
Reaktion Books - 2012


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Breads (The Good Cook Techniques & Recipes Series)

By Editors of Time-Life Books, John Elliott, Tom Belshaw, Alison Harris, Aldo Tutino, Tom Belshaw
Time Life Education - 1981


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The Breakfast Bible

By Seb Emina, Malcolm Eggs
Bloomsbury Publishing - 2013


(0 recipe reviews)
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The Breakfast Book

By Andrew Dalby
Reaktion Books - 2013


(0 recipe reviews)
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Cake: A Global History (Reaktion Books - Edible)

By Nicola Humble
Reaktion Books - 2010


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Cakes and Pastries (Good Cook)

By the editors of Time-Life Books
Time Life UK - 1980


(0 recipe reviews)
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Chalk and Cheese

By Will Studd
Purple Egg - 1999

cheese


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Champagne: A Global History (Edible)

By Becky Sue Epstein
Reaktion Books - 2011


(0 recipe reviews)
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Cheese: A Global History (Reaktion Books - Edible)

By Andrew Dalby
Reaktion Books - 2009

cheese


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Chillies: A Global History (Edible)

By Heather Arndt Anderson
Reaktion Books - 2016


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

The Christmas Chronicles: Notes, stories & 100 essential recipes for midwinter

By Nigel Slater
Fourth Estate - 2017


(0 recipe reviews)
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The Clever Cook

By Diane Holuigue
Simon & Schuster (Australia) - 1998


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Confectionery (Good Cook)

By the editors of Time-Life Books, of Time-Life Books
Time Life UK - 1981


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

The Cookbook Library: Four Centuries of the Cooks, Writers, and Recipes That Made the Modern Cookbook (California Studies in Food & Culture)

By Anne Willan
University of California Press - 2012

historical


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Cooking & Travelling in South-West France

By Stephanie Alexander
Penguin Global - 2002


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Cooking For Occasions

By Elizabeth Jane Howard, Fay Maschler
Macmillan - 1994


(0 recipe reviews)
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Cooking in Ten Minutes: or the Adaptation to the Rhythm of Our Time

By Edouard De Pomiane, Peggie Benton
Serif - 2008


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owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0 book review

The Cooking of Vienna's Empire

By
Time Life Books - 2000


(0 recipe reviews)
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Cooking With Verjuice

By Maggie Beer
Viking - 2000

australian


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Corn: A Global History (Edible)

By Michael Owen Jones
Reaktion Books - 2017


(0 recipe reviews)
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Cuisine of the Sun

By Roger Verge
Macmillan London - 1979

french


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Curry: A Global History (Reaktion Books - Edible)

By Colleen Taylor Sen
Reaktion Books - 2009


(0 recipe reviews)
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Dates: A Global History (Edible)

By Nawal Nasrallah
Reaktion Books - 2011


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owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Doughnut: A Global History (Edible)

By Heather DeLancey Hunwick
Reaktion Books - 2015


(0 recipe reviews)
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Easy Weekends

By Neil Perry
Murdoch Books - 2012

australian


(0 recipe reviews)
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Eat My Words

By Marion Halligan
Angus & Robertson Childrens - 1990

australian


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Eating with Emperors: 150 Years of Dining with Emperors, Kings, Queens... and the Occasional Maharajah (The Miegunyah Volumes)

By Jake Smith
Melbourne University Press - 2009

historical


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owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Edible Flowers: A Global History

By Constance L. Kirker, Mary Ann Newman
Reaktion Books - 2016


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Eggs: A Global History (Edible)

By Diane Toops
Reaktion Books - 2014


(0 recipe reviews)
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Elegant Economist

By Eliza Acton
Non Basic Stock Line - 2011

historical


(0 recipe reviews)
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Elizabeth David Classics: "Mediterranean Food", "French Country Cooking" and "Summer Cooking"

By Elizabeth David
Grub Street - 1999


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Emma: A recipe for life

By Emma Ciccotosto
Fremantle Arts Centre Press - 1995

italian, memoir, australian


(0 recipe reviews)
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ENJOYMENT OF FOOD: THE BEST OF JANE GRIGSON

By JANE GRIGSON
MICHAEL JOSEPH LTD - 1992

british


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Everlasting Syllabub and the Art of Carving (Great Food)

By Hannah Glasse
Penguin Classics/Press - 2011

historical


(0 recipe reviews)
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The Fast Egg

By Australian Women's Weekly
ACP Publishing Pty Ltd - 2007


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Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, with Recipes

By Jennifer McLagan
McClelland & Stewart - 2008


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owned by 8 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Fats: A Global History (Edible)

By Michelle Phillipov
Reaktion Books - 2016


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