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 >

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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

Pudding: A Global History (Edible)

By Jeri Quinzio
Reaktion Books - 2012


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

Offal: A Global History (Edible)

By Nina Edwards
Reaktion Books - 2013


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

Bitter: A Taste of the World's Most Dangerous Flavour

By Jennifer McLagan
Jacqui Small LLP - 2015


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

Pie

By Angela Boggiano, Vanessa Courtier, Craig Robertson
Mitchell Beazley - 2013


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

A Passion for Potatoes

By Paul Gayler
Kyle Cathie - 2009


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

Only Four Ingredients (The Australian Women's Weekly Essentials)

By The Australian Women's Weekly
AWW - 2011


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

River Cottage Fruit Every Day!

By Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - 2013


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 0 book review

The Fast Egg

By Australian Women's Weekly
ACP Publishing Pty Ltd - 2007


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

Particular Delights: Cooking for All the Senses

By Nathalie Hambro
Grub Street - 2013


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

Sausages: Mouthwatering Recipes from Merguez to Mortadella

By Paul Gayler
Jacqui Small LLP - 2011


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

Pressure Cooking (Australian Womens Weekly)

By The Australian Women's Weekly
Australian Womens Weekly - 2011


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

Maggie Beer's Winter Harvest Recipes

By Maggie Beer
Lantern - 2015


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

Figs: A Global History (Edible)

By David Sutton
Reaktion Books - 2014


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

Rice: A Global History (Edible)

By Renee Marton
Reaktion Books - 2014


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

Sauces: A Global History (Edible)

By Maryann Tebben
Reaktion Books - 2014


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

New Feast: Modern Middle Eastern Vegetarian

By Greg Malouf, Lucy Malouf
Hardie Grant Books - 2014


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

The Pressure Cooker Cookbook

By Catherine Phipps
Ebury Digital - 2012

ebook


(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

Grains

By Molly Brown
Hardie Grant Books - 2014


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

Eggs: A Global History (Edible)

By Diane Toops
Reaktion Books - 2014


(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

Nuts: A Global History (Edible)

By Ken Albala
Reaktion Books - 2014


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

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

Salmon: A Global History (Edible)

By Nicolaas Mink
Reaktion Books - 2013


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

Pineapple: A Global History (Edible)

By Kaori O'Connor
Reaktion Books - 2013


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

Mushroom: A Global History (Reaktion Books - Edible)

By Cynthia D. Bertelsen
Reaktion Books - 2013


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

Eat - The Little Book of Fast Food

By Nigel Slater
Fourth Estate - 2013


(6 recipe reviews)
owned by 7 my recipe reviews 4 book review

Lemon: A Global History (Edible)

By Toby Sonneman
Reaktion Books - 2012


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

Pork: A Global History (Edible)

By Katharine M. Rogers
Reaktion Books - 2012


(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

The Cook's Companion

By Stephanie Alexander
Viking Australia - 1998


(9 recipe reviews)
owned by 17 my recipe reviews 2

Lobscouse and Spotted Dog: Which It's a Gastronomic Companion to the Aubrey/Maturin Novels

By Anne Chotzinoff Grossman, Lisa Grossman Thomas, Patrick O'Brian
W. W. Norton & Company - 1997

historical


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 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

Easy Weekends

By Neil Perry
Murdoch Books - 2012

australian


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

Jerusalem

By Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi
Ebury Press - 2012


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

River Cottage Veg Every Day! (River Cottage Every Day)

By Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - 2011

vegetarian


(13 recipe reviews)
owned by 21 my recipe reviews 5

Good Things

By Jane Grigson
Folio Society - 2009


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

Potato: A Global History (Edible)

By Andrew F. Smith
Reaktion Books - 2011


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

Herbs: A Global History (Edible)

By Gary Allen
Reaktion Books - 2012


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

Rum: A Global History (Edible)

By Richard Foss
Reaktion Books - 2012


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

Ice Cream: A Global History (Edible)

By Laura B. Weiss
Reaktion Books - 2011


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 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

Bread: A Global History (Edible)

By William Rubel
Reaktion Books - 2012


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

The Kitchen Diaries II

By Nigel Slater
Fourth Estate - 2012


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

Hugh's Three Good Things

By Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Bloomsbury Publishing - 2012


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

The Cookbook Library: Four Centuries of the Cooks, Writers, and Recipes That Made the Modern Cookbook (California Studies in Food & Culture)

By Anne Willan
University of California Press - 2012

historical


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

Arabella Boxer's Book of English Food: A Rediscovery of British Food From Before the War

By Arabella Boxer
Penguin - 2012

historical, ebook


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

Love and Hunger: Thoughts on The Gift of Food

By Charlotte Wood
Allen & Unwin - 2012

memoir, australian, ebook


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

The Food of Spain

By Claudia Roden
Michael Joseph - 2012

spanish


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

Maggie's Verjuice Cookbook

By Maggie Beer
Penguin/Lantern - 2012

australian, verjuice


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

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