Maggie Beer has become synonymous with local, high quality ingredients used to produce gorgeous inspirational food. Her passion for uncompromising excellence has given her a position as one of Australia’s leading cookery authors, on a par with a selected few such as Stephanie Alexander. She has recently been recognised as Senior Australian of the year for 2010, for bringing joy to many Australians through food. Maggie’s Kitchen contains … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: The Real Greek at Home – Dishes from the Heart of the Greek Kitchen
March 31, 2010 by Leave a Comment
I must start this review with a confession. Greek food is, for me, the ultimate comfort food, and it can be hard to review a book about one of your favourite things – how do you make an impartial assessment about something you’re anything not even faintly impartial about? However the real greek at home makes this easy. This relatively slim volume (192 pages) captures the delicious essence of Greek food. It is a carefully selected tasting … [Read more...]
Book Review: Masterchef – The Cookbook
November 30, 2009 by Leave a Comment
BREAKING NEWS: MasterChef Australia: The Cookbook Volume 1 is the best-selling book in Australia after its first full week on sale, making it the fastest selling illustrated cookbook opening week ever recorded on Nielsen BookScan (stats released by Random House Australia). Yes, I was thoroughly addicted, glued to the television screen with my novice-chef glass of wine and my cooking apron knotted firmly against my spine in expectation. … [Read more...]
Monica Trapaga returns with some home cooking
November 19, 2009 by Leave a Comment
You might remember her from Better Homes & Gardens and almost everyone remembers Monica Trápaga from her years on ABC’s Playschool. In the five years since she last appeared on Australian television, Monica Trápaga has been busy raising kids, recording Jazz CD's and writing a cookbook, inspired by her daughter Lil. When Lil, now aged 24, announced she was leaving home, Monica Trápaga did what a lot of mother's do, she presented her … [Read more...]
Book Review: Buon Ricordo – How to Make Your Home a Great Restaurant
November 9, 2009 by
It's probably a no brainer that if you're going to make your home into a great restaurant, you'd be heavily influenced by the type of cuisine that epitomises the very core of family-based cooking - that time-honoured, community-driven affair that is Italian fare. In this beautiful new book, authors Armando Percuoco and David Dale indeed take a focus on the home, with Chapter 2 - Family Fun - featuring easy ways every member of the family can … [Read more...]
One Mum’s Solution to Less Cooking and Cheaper Grocery Bills
September 22, 2009 by 2 Comments
The self-publishing success story of 2008 - 'Table Tucker' by Penina Petersen - has been re-released by Hatchette Australia. Table Tucker is the budget cookbook where recipes and shopping lists work together to produce an easy to follow program that promises to change the way you shop, cook, eat and live. The author of Table Tucker, Penina Petersen (pictured with her husband and son), is not a chef, dietitian or greenie - but this busy … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: Little Vietnam by Nhut Huynh
August 31, 2009 by Leave a Comment
I can still remember the moment I slid my teeth into my very first Vietnamese rice paper roll. I can feel the soft, dry, sticky exterior on my lips and tongue. I can feel the slight give of the sheet as my teeth enter the interior of the roll, and the tang of the fragrant dipping sauce on the tip and sides of my tongue. I can feel the crunch sensation of the Vietnamese mint, the vermicelli, and the al dente vegetables inside. And I can … [Read more...]