Monthly Archives: April 2011

Easter Part Four

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

This is the final instalment for the Easter break.  I looked through quite a few books for ‘Easter dishes’ and the final one I found was Torta Pasqualina or Easter Tart from Carluccio’s Complete Italian Food, which is part cookbook, part … Continue reading →

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Easter Part Three

Posted on April 27, 2011 by

Paschal Lamb from Nigella’s Feast was dinner on Easter Sunday (and no I am not double counting – just recording another good recipe).  The cut of lamb is the shoulder and we cooked it for about 6 hours.  Never cooked … Continue reading →

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Easter Part Two

Posted on April 27, 2011 by

Next thing to cook was hot cross buns.  For this recipe I turned to Nigella Lawson’s Feast, my only cookbook by her but one with a lot of special occasion ideas and recipes.  We also cooked the Paschal Lamb from this … Continue reading →

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Easter Part One

Posted on April 26, 2011 by

We have just returned to internet access after a very enjoyable Easter weekend.  I trust you also had a good break.  Easter for us has featured a bit of baking and yeast work and the first thing I cooked was … Continue reading →

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Sweet Soy Noodles with Coriander

Posted on April 20, 2011 by

John Torode is an ex Aussie chef who now lives in London and is one of the judges on the UK Masterchef.  Mezzo Cookbook was published 14 years ago when he was the chef at the Mezzo restaurant group.  Some of … Continue reading →

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Duck Breast and Soba Noodles

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

Yo! Sushi is a Japanese cookbook I bought about the time Nobu opened in Melbourne mainly because it had a recipe for miso black cod, which of course I have never cooked.  Having said that the book has a lot of … Continue reading →

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Flat Bread and Pumpkin Curry

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

But not together. I bought the first cookbook by Sam and Sam Clark,  Moro when it first came out about 10 years ago and it got quite a bit of use early on.  In fact for the brief period in my … Continue reading →

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Tomato and Lentil Soup

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

Boy I’m tired.  Busy week, late night last night and 50km on the bike this morning.  I needed a throw in the pot meal and I found one in Loreto Cooks, the second and last of my school fund raising cookbooks.  … Continue reading →

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Gyoza

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

I see quite a few school fundraisers at work, usually the standard chocolates.  So when one of the guys was selling a school cookbook as a fundraiser, it was easy for me to get on board.  Huntingdale Primary School has … Continue reading →

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Stephanie, Gordon and Maggie

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

A couple posts ago I claimed a cucumber salad from Stephanie Alexander’s Kitchen Garden Companion.  Well perhaps that wasn’t quite good enough so on Sunday morning for brunch I made from the same book Annie Smither’s Superb Corn Fritters – … Continue reading →

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