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Monthly Archives: July 2015
Salade niçoise
Salad, 352pp. by The Australian Women’s Weekly ACP Publishing, Sydney, 2009 Cooking on page 32 When I was growing up my home-economist/nutritionist mother made a salad as part of dinner for every night of the week. Salad was the … Continue reading
Posted in Eggs, Fish and seafood, Light meal, Salad, Side dish, Snack, Vegetable
Tagged black olives, Cairo, caperberries, eggs, Egypt, flat-leaf parsley, green beans, hard-boiled eggs, Italian parsley, lemon juice, new potatoes, olive oil, parlsey, potatoes, tomatoes, tuna, white wine vinegar, Women's Weekly
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Jalapeño chicken
La bonne cuisine: cooking New Orleans style, 337pp. compiled by women of All Saint’s Episcopal Church Episcopal Churchwomen of All Saints’, New Orleans, 1980 Cooking on page 132 I’ve had this book for about 25 years, having bought it for … Continue reading
Posted in Cheese, Dairy, Main dish, Poultry
Tagged butter, celery, cheese, chicken, chicken stock, garlic, jalapenos, lemon juice, New Orleans, onions, pimientos, rice, white wine
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Lemon slice and Happy Birthday Libby
She’s leaving home, 156pp. by Monica Trápaga Penguin Group Australia, Camberwell Victoria, 2009 Cooking on page 32 Our two daughters have moved away from home. Libby cooks a lot. Petra cooks when she has to, and happily receives contributions that … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Dessert, Eggs, Fruit, Snack, Vegetarian
Tagged baking powder, butter, caster sugar, confectioner's sugar, eggs, flour, icing sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, lemons, Libby, lime juice, lime zest, limes
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Tomato, saffron and verjuice soup with prawns and chervil
Maggie’s verjuice cookbook, 202pp. by Maggie Beer Penguin Australia, Camberwell, Victoria, 2012 Cooking on page 32 Verjuice (literally meaning green juice) is the juice of unripe grapes. In cooking terms, it is what is known as an acidulant. It adds … Continue reading
Posted in Fish and seafood, Light meal, Main dish, Seafood, Stew/soup, Vegetable
Tagged butter, caster sugar, castor sugar, chervil, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, Maggie Beer, olive oil, onions, parsley, prawns, saffron, shrimps, sugar, tomatoes, verjuice
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Chai tea, white hot chocolate and spicy dark chocolate
Bill’s basics, 256pp. by Bill Granger HarperCollins Publishers Australia, Pymble NSW, 2010 Cooking on page 32–33 Bill has been a big name on the Australian food scene since the early 1990s. In fact, in 1993, he dropped out of art school … Continue reading
Posted in Beverage, Breakfast, Chocolate, Dairy, Snack
Tagged allspice, allspice berries, Bill Granger, brandy, cardamom, cardamom pods, chocolate, cinnamon, cinnamon sticks, cloves, cups, dark chocolate, India, loose-lesaf tea, milk, nutmeg, red chilli, star anise, sugar, tea, vanilla pod, white chocolate
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Mum’s lamb stew
Eat in: the best food is made at home, 208pp. by Anna Gare Murdoch Books Australia, Crows Nest NSW, 2013 Cooking on page 132–33 I first encountered Anna Gare when she served as a judge on Australia’s Junior MasterChef competition, … Continue reading
Posted in Main dish, Meat
Tagged beef stock, braising lamb, brown onions, carrots, celery, concentrated tomato purée, flat-leaf parsley, flour, garlic, Italian parsley, lamb, lemon zest, onions, parsley, potatoes, red wine, rosemary, sweet potatoes, tomato paste, tomatoes
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