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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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Beef: And Other Bovine Matters

By John Torode, Michelle Bretl, Jason Lowe
Taunton Press - 2009

The addition of potatoes, two hours into the three hours cooking time of the filling, helps thicken the sauce. The given quantity of 2kg meat gets you enough filling for two standard pies, but it freezes or you can eat it as is.

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Here's as good a recipe as any for classic Oz meat pie filling. I just use butter shortcrust for the cases though - where am I going to get beef dripping in this day and age?

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