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

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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River Cottage Fruit Every Day!

By Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - 2013

I'm glad I bought this depressing book on special. One expects a bias towards what is available in England, but not the whingeing about the poor quality of much of it or the need to import it at vast expense from Holland or Israel. Very unlike Hugh's usual cheerful style.

Most memorable is the advice about picking wild blackberries, something you can't do in Australia where they are a noxious weed. Always, says Hugh, pick from higher than the level at which a large dog can cock its leg!