The Ducks Guts' Profile

From: Melbourne, Vic Australia

Joined: March 26th, 2010

About me: Just in case my mother finds this website, I don't buy all my cookbooks new. A lot are second hand from garage sales and op shops. One of my favorites is a 1960's high school cookbook from Malaysia bought from a garage sale. I use to love the Time-Life Good Cook series and the Food of the World series, but I haven't had a lot of success cooking out of them. They are wonderful to read tho', so they are still in the bookshelves, and not relegated to storage.

Favorite cookbook: Thai Food by David Thompson


Latest review:

August 12th, 2012

Lentil Soup from A Month in Marrakesh

A good plain soup which made a large potful. I made it with water, not stock, and it still worked, which is always a good sign. read more >


recipe reviews (154)
book reviews (14)
useful review votes (56)

The Ducks Guts' Bookshelf

861 book(s). Click the title of a book to start adding your recipe and book reviews.

TitleTagsRatings & Reviews

The Best of Bridge: Royal Treats for Entertaining

By Best of Bridge Publishing Limited
Best of Bridge Publishing Limited - 1979

entertaining, canadian


(1 recipe review)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 0

Biscuits (The Good Cook Series)

By Time-Life Books
Time-Life Books - 1982

baking


(1 recipe review)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 1

Bugialli on Pasta

By Giulliano Bugialli
Harry N. Abrams - 2000

italian, pasta


(1 recipe review)
owned by 12 my recipe reviews 0

Chinese Cooking Class Cookbook ("Australian Women's Weekly" Home Library)

By Maryanne Blacker
ACP Publishing Pty Ltd - 1991

asian, chinese


(1 recipe review)
owned by 6 my recipe reviews 0

Dim Sum: Chinese Hors d'Oeuvres and Light Meals

By Margaret Leeming, May Huang Man-hui
TBS The Book Service Ltd - 1985

asian, chinese, snacks


(1 recipe review)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 1

Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art

By Shizuo Tsuji, M.F.K. Fisher
Kodansha International - 1980

asian, japanese


(1 recipe review)
owned by 12 my recipe reviews 0

Stephanie's Menus for Food Lovers

By Stephanie Alexander
Methuen Haynes - 1986

australian


(1 recipe review)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

Tassajara Bread Book

By Edward Espe Brown
Shambhala - 1970

baking, bread


(1 recipe review)
owned by 18 my recipe reviews 0

Terrines, Pates and Galantines (The Good Cook Techniques and Recipes)

By Time-Life Books
Time Life Education - 1982

entertaining, pate


(1 recipe review)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 0

The French Kitchen

By Diane Hokuigue
Methuen (Australia) - 1983

french, textbook


(9 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 4

Delia's How to Cook: Book Three (Bk.3)

By Delia Smith
BBC Books - 2001

british


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 7 my recipe reviews 2

Ken Hom Travels with a Hot Wok

By Ken Hom
BBC Books - 1997

asian, chinese


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 0

THE BEST OF BEVERLEY SUTHERLAND SMITH FROM THE AGE

By Beverley Sutherland Smith
LANSDOWNE - 1982

australian


(5 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

A Taste for All Seasons

By Beverley Sutherland Smith
Penguin Books Australia - 1991

australian


(7 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 0

Arabesque: Modern Middle Eastern Food

By Greg Malouf, Lucy Malouf
Hardie Grant Books - 2002

middle eastern


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 0

Paletas: Authentic Recipes for Mexican Ice Pops, Shaved Ice & Aguas Frescas

By Fany Gerson
Ten Speed Press - 2011

desserts, ice cream, drinks, south american


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 8 my recipe reviews 0

The Perfect Scoop: Ice Creams, Sorbets, Granitas, and Sweet Accessories

By David Lebovitz
Ten Speed Press,U.S. - 2007

desserts, ice cream, Sweets


(74 recipe reviews)
owned by 90 my recipe reviews 5

Madhur Jaffrey's Ultimate Curry Bible

By Madhur Jaffrey
Ebury Press - 2003

indian


(7 recipe reviews)
owned by 11 my recipe reviews 0

The Silver Palate Cookbook

By Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins, Michael McLaughlin
Workman Publishing Company - 1982

american


(42 recipe reviews)
owned by 80 my recipe reviews 0

Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes

By Maya Angelou
Random House - 2004

american


(4 recipe reviews)
owned by 10 my recipe reviews 0

Thai Cooking Class (Bay Books Cookery Collection)

By Somi Anuntra Miller, Patricia Lake, Ashley Barber
Harpercollins - 1995

asian, thai


(4 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

Thai Food

By David Thompson, Earl Carter
Pavilion Books - 2002

asian, thai


(4 recipe reviews)
owned by 21 my recipe reviews 4

The Cook's Companion

By Stephanie Alexander
Viking Australia - 1998

australian


(9 recipe reviews)
owned by 17 my recipe reviews 5

The River Cottage Meat Book

By Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Hodder & Stoughton - 2004

meat, british


(5 recipe reviews)
owned by 13 my recipe reviews 0

Apples for Jam: A Colorful Cookbook

By Tessa Kiros
Andrews McMeel Publishing - 2007

general


(7 recipe reviews)
owned by 27 my recipe reviews 0

Falling Cloudberries: A World of Family Recipes

By Tessa Kiros
Murdoch Books - 2004

italian, ice cream, african, finnish, greek


(14 recipe reviews)
owned by 26 my recipe reviews 0

50 Great Curries of India

By Camellia Panjabi
Silverdale Books - 2005

indian


(1 recipe review)
owned by 10 my recipe reviews 0

Abla's Lebanese Kitchen

By Abla Amad
Penguin Group (Australia) - 2010

middle eastern, Lebanese


(1 recipe review)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 0

The Alice B.Toklas Cookbook

By Alice B. Toklas, Sir Francis Rose
Serif - 2004

french


(1 recipe review)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 0

Authentic Recipes from Thailand (Authentic Recipes Series)

By Sven Krauss, Laurent Ganguillet, Luca Invernizzi Tettoni, Vira Sanguanwong
Periplus Editions - 2004

asian, thai


(1 recipe review)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 1

Bourke Street Bakery

By Paul Allam, David McGuinness
Murdoch Books - 2009

baking, australian, bread


(4 recipe reviews)
owned by 8 my recipe reviews 1

Charcuterie

By Michael Ruhlman
WW Norton - 2005

preserving


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 29 my recipe reviews 0

China Moon Cookbook

By Barbara Tropp, Sandra Bruce
Workman Publishing Company - 1992

asian, chinese


(1 recipe review)
owned by 34 my recipe reviews 1

Cooking at the Kasbah: Recipes from My Moroccan Kitchen

By Kitty Morse
Chronicle Books - 1998

middle eastern, african


(1 recipe review)
owned by 6 my recipe reviews 1

Digby Law's Pickle & Chutney Cookbook

By Digby Law
Hachette Livre NZ Ltd - 2006

preserving, new zealand


(1 recipe review)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 1

The Enchanted Broccoli Forest...and Other Timeless Delicacies

By Mollie Katzen
Ten Speed Press - 1982

vegetarian


(6 recipe reviews)
owned by 23 my recipe reviews 0

The Essential Cuisines of Mexico: Revised and updated throughout, with more than 30 new recipes.

By Diana Kennedy
Clarkson Potter - 2000

south american


(1 recipe review)
owned by 9 my recipe reviews 1

Flavours of Greece (Penguin Cookery Library)

By Rosemary Barron
Penguin Books Ltd - 1994

greek


(1 recipe review)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 1

French Provincial Cooking

By Elizabeth David
Penguin Books Ltd - 1970

french


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 10 my recipe reviews 0

A Gourmet Harvest: A Guide to Growing and Preparing the Exotic, the Delicate and the Simply Delicious

By Gail Thomas
The Five Mile Press - 1986

vegetables, fruit


(1 recipe review)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 0

Indian Vegetarian Cookery

By Jack Santa Maria
Red Wheel Weiser - 1977

vegetarian, indian


(1 recipe review)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 1

Iris Country Fare

By Lyndall Muellar and Robyn Boyce
Winifred West Schools - 2002

australian


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 2

The Italian Baker

By Carol Field
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1985

italian, baking, desserts, bread, Sweets


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 20 my recipe reviews 2

Italian Family Cooking: Like Mamma Used to Make

By Anne Casale
Ballantine Books - 1984

italian, pasta


(5 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 4

Korean Kitchen

By C. Marks, M. Kim
Chronicle Books - 1993

asian, korean


(1 recipe review)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 0

Mastering the Art of French Cooking Volume One (Penguin handbooks)

By Simone Beck, Louisette Bertholle, Julia Child
Penguin Books Ltd - 1970

french


(1 recipe review)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 0

Old Fashioned Homemade Icecream

By Ann Creber
Decalon Pty Limited - 1979

desserts, ice cream, Sweets


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

Pasta

By Julia Della Croce
Convent Garden Books - 2000

pasta


(1 recipe review)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 1

The Quick and Easy Ayurvedic Cookbook

By Eileen Keavy Smith
Tuttle Publishing - 2000

healthy, indian, ayurvedic


(1 recipe review)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

South East Asian Food (Penguin handbook)

By Rosemary Brissenden
Penguin Books Ltd - 1970

asian, thai, indonesian, malaysian


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 1