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

Gastronomy of Italy: Revised Edition

By Anna Del Conte, Laura Edwards
Pavilion - 2013


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

Garden Cook Book

By Arabella Boxer
Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated - 1974

vegetarian


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

Game: A Global History (Edible)

By Paula Young Lee
Reaktion Books - 2013


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

Gabriel Gate's Good Food for Men

By Gabriel Gate
William Heinemann - 1996

australian


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

French Provincial Cooking

By Elizabeth David
Penguin Books Ltd - 1970

french


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 10 my recipe reviews 0

The French Kitchen

By Diane Hokuigue
Methuen (Australia) - 1983

french


(9 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 5 book review

The Food of Spain

By Claudia Roden
Michael Joseph - 2012

spanish


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

The Food Of Italy

By
Square Peg - 2000


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 0

The Flavour Thesaurus

By Niki Segnit
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - 2010

ebook


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

Fish & Shellfish (The Good Cook Techniques & Recipes)

By The Editors of Time-Life Books
Time-Life Book - 1984


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 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

Feed Me: 50 Home Cooked Meals for your Dog

By Liviana Prola
Phaidon Press - 2018


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

Fats: A Global History (Edible)

By Michelle Phillipov
Reaktion Books - 2016


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

Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, with Recipes

By Jennifer McLagan
McClelland & Stewart - 2008


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 8 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

Everlasting Syllabub and the Art of Carving (Great Food)

By Hannah Glasse
Penguin Classics/Press - 2011

historical


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

Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

By Marcella Hazan
Knopf - 1992

italian


(89 recipe reviews)
owned by 97 my recipe reviews 3 book review

ENJOYMENT OF FOOD: THE BEST OF JANE GRIGSON

By JANE GRIGSON
MICHAEL JOSEPH LTD - 1992

british


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

Emma: A recipe for life

By Emma Ciccotosto
Fremantle Arts Centre Press - 1995

italian, memoir, australian


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

Elizabeth David Classics: "Mediterranean Food", "French Country Cooking" and "Summer Cooking"

By Elizabeth David
Grub Street - 1999


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

Elegant Economist

By Eliza Acton
Non Basic Stock Line - 2011

historical


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

Eggs: A Global History (Edible)

By Diane Toops
Reaktion Books - 2014


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

Edible Flowers: A Global History

By Constance L. Kirker, Mary Ann Newman
Reaktion Books - 2016


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

Eating with Emperors: 150 Years of Dining with Emperors, Kings, Queens... and the Occasional Maharajah (The Miegunyah Volumes)

By Jake Smith
Melbourne University Press - 2009

historical


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

Eat My Words

By Marion Halligan
Angus & Robertson Childrens - 1990

australian


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

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

Easy Weekends

By Neil Perry
Murdoch Books - 2012

australian


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

Doughnut: A Global History (Edible)

By Heather DeLancey Hunwick
Reaktion Books - 2015


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

Decadent Desserts Spring, Summer, Autumn & Winter

By Beverley Sutherland Smith
The File Mile Press - 1996

desserts, australian


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

Dates: A Global History (Edible)

By Nawal Nasrallah
Reaktion Books - 2011


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

Curry: A Global History (Reaktion Books - Edible)

By Colleen Taylor Sen
Reaktion Books - 2009


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

Cuisine of the Sun

By Roger Verge
Macmillan London - 1979

french


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

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

Corn: A Global History (Edible)

By Michael Owen Jones
Reaktion Books - 2017


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

Cooking With Verjuice

By Maggie Beer
Viking - 2000

australian


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

Cooking with Pomiane (Modern Library Food)

By Edouard de Pomiane, Peggie Benton, Elizabeth David
Modern Library - 2001


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Cooking on the Bone: Recipes, History and Lore

By Jennifer McLagan
Grub Street - 2006


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

The Cooking of Vienna's Empire

By
Time Life Books - 2000


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 0

Cooking in Ten Minutes: or the Adaptation to the Rhythm of Our Time

By Edouard De Pomiane, Peggie Benton
Serif - 2008


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

Cooking For Occasions

By Elizabeth Jane Howard, Fay Maschler
Macmillan - 1994


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

Cooking & Travelling in South-West France

By Stephanie Alexander
Penguin Global - 2002


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 0

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

The Cook's Companion: The Complete Book of Ingredients and Recipes for the Australian Kitchen

By Stephanie Alexander
Penguin Global - 2004

australian


(13 recipe reviews)
owned by 9 my recipe reviews 13 book review

The Cook's Companion

By Stephanie Alexander
Viking Australia - 1998


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

Consuming Passions L-plates : Learn to Cook the Food You love to Eat

By Ian Parmenter
J B Fairfax - 1998


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

Confectionery (Good Cook)

By the editors of Time-Life Books, of Time-Life Books
Time Life UK - 1981


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

Complete Perfect Recipes

By David Herbert
Penguin Global - 2008

australian


(10 recipe reviews)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 9 book review

The Complete Beverley Sutherland Smith Cookbook

By Beverley Sutherland Smith
Lansdowne - 1987

australian


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

The Complete Australian Cookbook

By Rene Gordon
Hamlyn Australia - 1985

australian


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

The Clever Cook

By Diane Holuigue
Simon & Schuster (Australia) - 1998


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