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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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Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

By Marcella Hazan
Knopf - 1992

Unquestionably the best way to roast a chicken, with a lemon up its bum. I've never had small enough lemons to use two, and I encourage the flow of juice with a quick zap in the microwave before puncturing.

Turning the chook over in the middle of cooking is a lot easier if you put a strip of baking paper under it.

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We are inordinately fond of veal chops chez bunyip. The sauce is simple but tasty if you are frying rather than grilling.

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Quick, no fuss, depends on top quality ingredients. I made this a lot when we had a bottle of rather good Madeira which sounds extravagant, but we were not particularly interested in drinking it. Oh, my ears and whiskers, it was good!

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