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Cookbook Review: Two Asian Kitchens by Adam Liaw

June 26, 2011 – 5:06 pm

My rating: 5 stars

Adam Liaw is the thinking woman’s crumpet – warm, airy and a bit stodgy in the middle. There are no less than 8 pork belly recipes in this book!! read more »

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Cookbook Review: Nigella Kitchen by Nigella Lawson

February 27, 2011 – 6:21 pm

My rating 4 stars

by Cookie McBookie

Nigella is the perfect foodie – crumbs fall off her lips and ricochet off her massive bossoms back into her plummy mouth.

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Cookbook Review: The Barefoot Contessa – Best Chocolate Cake Ever?

February 8, 2011 – 11:25 pm

Review: The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten

My rating: 4 stars

Fark I lurve Ina Garten. (Yes I speak English).

She is the human version of Martha Stewart. I “HEART” INA. Ahhh Ina.

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Cookbook Review Vintage: The Margaret Fulton Cookbook 1968 (reprint 1977)

January 29, 2011 – 9:37 pm

Dear Margaret Fulton – I’M NOT WORTHY!!! I’M NOT WORTHY!!

I have failed you oh great sage, Yoda lookalike with a splash of ET. Stab me with a carving knife oh great one!

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Cookbook Review Vintage: What Was Your First Cookbook?

January 24, 2011 – 2:17 pm

What was your first cookbook?

Mine was: The Good Housekeeping Step-by-Step CookBook (1977, special imprint 1984) edited by Gill Edden.

My rating: 4 1/2 stars

Any child (to later develop a weight problem) would have to stop and caress the cover of The Good Housekeeping Step-by-Step Cookbook…..My mum bought this for me from a discount bookstore – the kind Greg Evans did commercials for in the 80s. Its one of the best cookbooks I’ve ever owned and produced the best baked cheesecake I’ve ever tasted (see below).

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Cookbook Review: Fast, Fresh, Simple by Donna Hay

January 15, 2011 – 6:56 pm

by Cookie McBookie

My rating: 3 1/2 stars.

Donna Hay is one of The Chosen. Yes, she was hand picked to cater for Oprah Winfrey‘s party in Sydney.

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Cookbook Review : Masterchef Australia – Volume Two – The Cookbook

January 7, 2011 – 8:42 pm

by Cookie McBookie

My rating: 4 stars (5 stars for fans of the show)

I love love love the MasterChef TV show.

Really any show where fat people rule the school has got my full attention.

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Cookbook Review: Poh’s Kitchen – My Cooking Adventures by Poh Ling Yeow

December 12, 2010 – 7:32 am

by Cookie McBookie

My rating: 5 stars

WARNING: IF SATAN HAD PLAQUE IT WOULD SMELL LIKE BELACHAN…

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Cookbook Review: Food Safari by Maeve O’Meara

December 10, 2010 – 2:51 am

By Cookie McBookie

My rating: 4 stars

Food Safari is a “culinary adventure around the world” that you can do from your kitchen in Australia. Its a great idea and Maeve O’Meara has assembled a big collection of recipes from professional chefs and home cooks.

However, styling-wise the book looks like a tribal painting threw up on a persian carpet.

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Cookbook Review: The Country Women’s Association Cookbook Seventy Years in the Kitchen

November 29, 2010 – 7:10 am

by Cookie McBookie

My rating: 1/2 star

Take note – there is NO Vanilla Slice recipe. WTF! On the savoury front – NO Shepherd’s Pie!! This book is not the jedi-path to being dinki-di. Also, in contrast to similar publications, there are no boasts of blue ribbon, prize winning recipes that I was hoping to try. read more »

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