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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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Michael Boddy's Good Food Book

By MIchael Boddy
Nelson - 1984

Michael Boddy used to write a cooking column for The Australian newspaper and later published a newsletter from his small farm - referred to always as Boddy Towers - in northern NSW. If he were alive today he would no doubt be a blogger of note.

This is a discursive sort of cookbook, short on precise recipes but full of valuable information and delightful anecdotes, The chapter on sausage making is a classic.