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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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Michael Boddy's Good Food Book

By MIchael Boddy
Nelson - 1984

This dish, often encountered in hospitals, can be disgusting because of the sauce. Boddy adds to a standard white sauce capers, chopped dill cucumbers, chopped hard-boiled eggs and herbs then, to fool everybody completely, a little paprika to turn the sauce pink.

He has no name for this fabulous concoction, but tells us he has rejected his family's suggestion of bat-chunder!

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