awell writtencookbook that includes history, tradition, and proper cooking technique can be looked upon as a text book for the home cook or chef. For me, it’s these text
A Thousand Feasts isn’t a cookbook, but I feel strangely nourished after reading it. The book is a series of poetic vignettes, each the perfect length for reading right before you fall asleep. That is, if they don’t compel you to creep to the kitchen for a late-night snack instead....
as well as housing a farm shop and delicatessen. Inevitably perhaps, this means that it doesn’t feel as though the restaurant is his main focus at the moment. The FOH were charming, the staff very attentive {though there was a lull during the height...
English he would say. “I love doing hand jobs”. I would try to hide my smile. I never did want to correct him when his English was muddled, because as well as being sometimes hilarious and enormously cute, it offered a peek into the structure of the language I was trying to learn...
Back inside, recently I took a look at Jamie’s new book, Jamie Cooks Italy. I don’t buy too many cookbooks these days, partly because at the moment I have nowhere to store them, but also because our local library has a rather amazing cookbook section. There are some nice recipes in...
Stir well, and whosh it into the oven. Bada bing, bada boom and your done. There is no rising time required. I know what it means to feel life is too busy to make homemade bread, but I can honestly say that everyone has time to make this. For me, it was a wonderful way to ...
it took one day for all of the painful symptoms to go away, and within a week or so I could tell that additional healing was taking place. Depending on the severity of the damage to your celia, it may take a while for you to become well-nourished again. But, celebrate the fact that...
(until I ate broccoli soup that is). I was well nourished. My mom was there to care for me and cook for me. My breakfasts arrived on a tray with a flower. Sweet rice cereal, toast with almond butter, sliced fresh fruit in a bowl. Lunches of homemade chicken noodle soup chocked ...
. You can also get a healthy add-in such as freshly grated turmeric, beet kvass or bone marrow. I ordered the beef broth which was deliciously rich in colour and taste with a hint of fresh ginger. It certainly warmed me up on such a cold winter’s day and I felt well nourished....
I think I may well have just stumbled upon Australia’s first Italian cookbook. All I have to do is go to Canberra and check it out. Happy days! La Cucina Continentale in the NLA’s catalogue. So off to the nation’s fine capital I go. When I get to the NLA, I become a member...