bunyip's Profile

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


Latest review:

December 13th, 2015

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 >


recipe reviews (225)
book reviews (106)
useful review votes (103)

bunyip's Useful Review Votes


86 recipe reviews were voted useful.

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(1 vote) Boeuf Bourguignon reviewed from: The French Kitchen

(1 vote) Fattoush reviewed from: A New Book of Middle Eastern Food (Cookery Library)

(1 vote) Spiced Apple Sauce reviewed from: Complete Perfect Recipes

(1 vote) Chicago Deep Dish Pizza reviewed from: Pizza: A Global History (Reaktion Books - Edible)

(1 vote) Tuna and White Bean Toast reviewed from: Simple Food

(1 vote) Slow-Cooked Apple & Cider Pork reviewed from: Taste

(1 vote) Peanut Soup Number Four reviewed from: Soup: A Global History (Reaktion Books - Edible)

(1 vote) Tomato Soup Cake reviewed from: Soup: A Global History (Reaktion Books - Edible)

(1 vote) Pork Chops with Apples and Currants reviewed from: The Complete Beverley Sutherland Smith Cookbook

(1 vote) Apple Pie reviewed from: Charmaine Solomon's Complete Vegetarian Cookbook

(1 vote) Simplest Beef Stew reviewed from: The Cook's Companion: The Complete Book of Ingredients and Recipes for the Australian Kitchen

(1 vote) No Roll Dough reviewed from: Charmaine Solomon's Complete Vegetarian Cookbook

(1 vote) Pork Chops Braised With Cider and Fennel reviewed from: The Really Useful Cookbook

(1 vote) Bansna & Caramel Crumble reviewed from: The Really Useful Cookbook

(1 vote) Pot-roast Lamb with Gremolata reviewed from: The Really Useful Cookbook

(1 vote) Apples & Quinces Baked in Cream reviewed from: Tender

(1 vote) Braised Fennel reviewed from: Stephanie Alexander's Kitchen Garden Companion

(1 vote) Parsnip Tart reviewed from: The Cook's Companion: The Complete Book of Ingredients and Recipes for the Australian Kitchen

(1 vote) Beans, Bacon and Tomato reviewed from: Hugh's Three Good Things

(1 vote) Parsnip Soup with Cider reviewed from: Guardian Recipes

(1 vote) Spring rice with sausage, egg, lemon and pecorino reviewed from: Taste

(1 vote) Cider Apple Cake reviewed from: Guardian Recipes

(1 vote) Pasta, sausage, cabbage reviewed from: Hugh's Three Good Things

(1 vote) Peach pie with a lemon pastry reviewed from: The Kitchen Diaries II

(1 vote) Oven roasted roots frittata reviewed from: River Cottage Veg Every Day! (River Cottage Every Day)

(1 vote) Stuffed peppers with potato, feta and pesto reviewed from: River Cottage Veg Every Day! (River Cottage Every Day)

(1 vote) Sausage lentil and chorizo stew reviewed from: Guardian Recipes

(1 vote) Upside-down Tomato & Basil 'pie' reviewed from: Mix and Bake

(1 vote) A 'pudding-cake' of honey, cinnamon and plums reviewed from: Tender

(1 vote) Simple Ginger Marinade for Rump Steak reviewed from: The Cook's Companion

(1 vote) Tomatoes, Charred Onions and Steak reviewed from: Eat - The Little Book of Fast Food

(1 vote) Sausage lasagne reviewed from: Eat - The Little Book of Fast Food

(1 vote) Ras el hanout chicken and spelt reviewed from: Eat - The Little Book of Fast Food

(1 vote) Braised oxtail with root vegetables reviewed from: Cooking on the Bone: Recipes, History and Lore

(1 vote) Roast duck breast with herbed freekeh and preserved lemon reviewed from: Grains

(1 vote) Rony's Brussels Sprouts and Chickpeas reviewed from: Bitter: A Taste of the World's Most Dangerous Flavour