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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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The Really Useful Cookbook

By David Herbert
Penguin/Lantern - 2009

Made to use up a small quantity of caramel sauce left over from a sticky date pudding. Unexpectedly rich, especially as we both had a slight tummy bug. Teenagers would love it, but a bit challenging for aging digestions!

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Slightly unusual in that the meat cooks in paprika infused stock, but tomato paste is added at the end.

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Next time I'll halve the quantity of chocolate chips in the topping. I accidentally omitted the brown sugar that's mixed with the pears and lemon juice, but the topping was so sweet it wasn't missed.

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As the chops were large but not very thick I reduced the cooking time to 1 hour. The veggies reduced to a delicious mush, the chops were beautifully tender.

Another one of those recipes where you do a lot of chopping up, a little bit of preliminary frying, and then just sit back and wait for a one pot meal.

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I didn't bother with the grilled prosciutto to serve. Herbert is right, success depends on top quality chook, and stock.

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A complete meal as it includes white beans. The leftovers I shredded and used as a pasta sauce. Simple but good Italian style.

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