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

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 >

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Canapes

By Eric Treuille, Victoria Blashford-Snell
Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd - 1999

Fabulous book. It has very good recipes (only one that guests didn't like) and most importantly evey recipe has a note on how to prepare it ahead for parties. With care, you can choose recipes that only need at the most minor assembling on the day, having been prepared the day or week before. There is a list of them at the back under "Do Nothing On the Day" (such a life-saver). Fantastic for beginners at entertaining.