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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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Soup: A Global History (Reaktion Books - Edible)

By Janet Clarkson
Reaktion Books - 2010

From How to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption by the famous early twentieth century American scientist George Washington Carver.

Unusual but sounds worth trying.

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I agree with the author that it's probably not as weird as it sounds. Spiced butter cake with dates and walnuts, held together with a tin of tomato soup.

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