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 Reviews

Cookbook Reviews

Chocolate: A Global History (Reaktion Books - Edible)

By Sarah Moss, Alexander Badenoch
Reaktion Books - 2009

June 6th, 2010

Only a little book, but it has a bibliography if you want to know more. A fascinating history of the social and political history of chocolate (often produced, even today, by slave labour).

Among other things it covers the class implications of packaging and the longstanding feminine associations of chocolate - no surprise to Tim Tam lovers.