bunyip's Profile

From: Melbourne, VIC Australia

Joined: December 27th, 2009

About me: I've been cooking for over thirty years, and I can remember the days before EVO, couscous and (ghasp!) microwaves. My cookbook collection reflects this personal and national gastronomic history. My own cooking has actually got simpler over the years, and I can do much of my repertoire without looking at a recipe. But I still love collecting cookbooks, although these days I'm a bit over food porn with great big colour photos - I really prefer food writing to recipes.

Favorite cookbook: The Cook's Companion

Latest review:

December 13th, 2015

Salmon with macaroni from A Year of Good Eating: The Kitchen Diaries III

Simple but delicious. Poaching the fish in 600 ml of cream (that's two bottles), which is then poured over the fish and pasta, sounds richer than it is. This is partly due to the dill in the crumb topping. I... read more >

recipe reviews (225)
book reviews (106)
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bunyip's Bookshelf

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

TitleTagsRatings & Reviews

Cravat-a-licious: the Selected Works of the Master Chef Critic

By Matt Preston
Ebury Press - 2009

memoir, australian


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

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

vegetarian, australian


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

Hugh's Three Good Things

By Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Bloomsbury Publishing - 2012


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

The Kitchen Diaries II

By Nigel Slater
Fourth Estate - 2012


(20 recipe reviews)
owned by 12 my recipe reviews 2

The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen

By Nigel Slater
Fourth Estate Ltd - 2007


(22 recipe reviews)
owned by 36 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Michael Boddy's Good Food Book

By MIchael Boddy
Nelson - 1984

memoir, australian


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

Nanny Ogg's Cookbook

By Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs, Paul Kidby, Tina Hannan
Corgi Books - 2001


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 3 book review

Old Fashioned Homemade Icecream

By Ann Creber
Decalon Pty Limited - 1979


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 3 book review

The Original Mediterranean Cuisine

By Barbara Santich
Wakefield Press - 1995

historical


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

The Pressure Cooker Recipe Book

By Suzanne Gibbs
Michael Joseph - 2009


(9 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 1 book review

Spices, Salts and Aromatics in the English Kitchen ( Ancient and Modern English Cooking: Vol.1 )

By Elizabeth David
Penguin Books Ltd - 1970


(1 recipe review)
owned by 7 my recipe reviews 0

Taste in Time: 60 Minute Menus

By Beverly Sutherland Smith
Horizon Book Promotions - 1986


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 2 book review

Tender

By Nigel Slater
Fourth Estate - 2011


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

Vegetables

By Beverley Sutherland Smith
Viking Australia - 1994

vegetarian


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

Jerusalem

By Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi
Ebury Press - 2012


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

Roasting-A Simple Art

By Barbara Kafka, Maria Robledo
William Morrow & Co. - 1995


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

The 30-minute Cook

By Nigel Slater
Penguin Books Ltd - 2006


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

A New Book of Middle Eastern Food (Cookery Library)

By Claudia Roden
Penguin - 1986


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

Very Simple Food

By Jill Dupleix
Hardie Grant Publishing - 2000


(6 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 6 book review

Grains

By Molly Brown
Hardie Grant Books - 2014


(12 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 4 book review

Real Fast Food

By Nigel Slater
Penguin UK - 1993


(60 recipe reviews)
owned by 18 my recipe reviews 7 book review

Australian Bread Book

By Doris Brett
Pitman - 1984


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

Vegetarian Epicure

By Anna Thomas
Vintage - 1972

vegetarian


(16 recipe reviews)
owned by 25 my recipe reviews 0 book review

The Flavour Thesaurus

By Niki Segnit
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - 2010

ebook


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

Mastering the Art of French Cooking Volumes 1 & 2 (Two Volume Slipcase)

By Julia Child
Particular Books - 2011


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

Pizza: A Global History (Reaktion Books - Edible)

By Carol Helstosky
Reaktion Books - 2008


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

Soup: A Global History (Reaktion Books - Edible)

By Janet Clarkson
Reaktion Books - 2010


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

Molly Weir's Recipes

By Molly Weir
Hyperion Books - 1989

scottish


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

Beef & Veal (Good Cook)

By The Editors of Time-Life Books
Time-Life Books - 1978


(1 recipe review)
owned by 7 my recipe reviews 0

1000 Best-Ever Recipes from AWW

By
Australian Women's Weekly - 2000


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 20 my recipe reviews 0

Allegra's Colour Cookbook

By Allegra McEvedy
Kyle Books - 2006


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

Appetite: So What Do You Want to Eat Today?

By Nigel Slater
Fourth Estate - 2009


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

Apple: A Global History (Edible)

By Erika Janik
Reaktion Books - 2011


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

Arabesque: A Taste of Morocco, Turkey and Lebanon

By Claudia Roden
Michael Joseph - 2005


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

The Art of Eating

By M. F. K. Fisher, Joan Reardon
Wiley - 2004

memoir


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

Banana: A Global History (Edible)

By Lorna Piatti-Farnell
Reaktion Books - 2016


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

Barbeque: A Global History (Edible)

By Jonathan Deutsch, Megan Elias
Reaktion Books - 2014


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

Beef: A Global History (Edible)

By Lorna Piatti-Farnell
Reaktion Books - 2013


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

Belinda Jeffery's Collected Recipes

By Belinda Jeffery, Rodney Weidland
Lantern Books - 2013

australian


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

Bloody Delicious

By Joan Campbell, Schofield/Leo
Allen & Unwin - 1998

memoir, australian


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

The Bloomsbury Cookbook: Recipes for Life, Love and Art

By Jans Ondaatje Rolls, Anne Chisholm
Thames and Hudson Ltd - 2014


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

The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand and Vilna to the Present Day

By Claudia Roden
Viking - 1997


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

Bread: A Global History (Edible)

By William Rubel
Reaktion Books - 2012


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

Breads (The Good Cook Techniques & Recipes Series)

By Editors of Time-Life Books, John Elliott, Tom Belshaw, Alison Harris, Aldo Tutino, Tom Belshaw
Time Life Education - 1981


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

The Breakfast Bible

By Seb Emina, Malcolm Eggs
Bloomsbury Publishing - 2013


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

The Breakfast Book

By Andrew Dalby
Reaktion Books - 2013


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

Cake: A Global History (Reaktion Books - Edible)

By Nicola Humble
Reaktion Books - 2010


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

Cakes and Pastries (Good Cook)

By the editors of Time-Life Books
Time Life UK - 1980


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

Chalk and Cheese

By Will Studd
Purple Egg - 1999

cheese


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

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