Funky Lunch by Mark Northeast – review
Feeding children. That starts being traumatic at about the time they learn to speak. “No, don’t won’ it”, “yucky”, “I fink it’s too green” are...
Cupcake Heaven by Jennie Milsom – review
Apple Press have a reputation for presenting cookbooks which are attractive and informative. I have recently reviewed Smoothie Heaven, and Cupcake Heaven indicates that there...
The Art of Preserving by Rick Field – review
This is a bumper volume of well over 200 pages of recipes, and the stunning photographs by France Ruffenach make this a coffee-table-quality book. Its...
Smoothie Heaven by Wendy Sweetser – cookbook review
I love cookbooks and consider them things of beauty and joys to behold. It is equally true, however, that up until a few weeks ago...
Meeting the Medicine Men by Charles Langley – book review
This site is called Mostly Food and Cocktails and the space that isn’t food will be filled with what I hope will interest and amuse...
Into the Vietnamese Kitchen by Andrea Nguyen – review
A very apt title, Into the Vietnamese Kitchen. The author, Andrea Nguyen, invites the reader into a kitchen that is both personal and representative of...
500 Salads by Susannah Blake – review
Well, who would think there were so many? Thus speaketh a child of the 1950s. The era when salad, if you ever saw one, was...
The CSIRO Wellbeing Plan for Kids – cookbook review
There can be few of us who are not aware of the changing shape of the younger generation. They are often taller but more of...
200 Cupcakes – cookbook review
It’s a trend that is enduring. These little cakes are practical to eat, they are versatile, being enjoyed equally by adults and children, and they...
Recipes from an Italian Summer – cookbook review
When we from Northern Europe think of Italy it’s always summer. A shimmer of heat haze on quiet country roads. Black-clad grandmothers sitting at shady...
200 Meals for Two by Louise Blaire – review
There are shelves and shelves of amazing cookbooks. All of them have qualities, be they a particular ethnic cuisine, a particular style of cooking, vegetarian,...
Bake and Decorate by Fiona Cairns – review
The author, Fiona Cairns, began producing cakes on her kitchen table 25 years ago. Her husband, Kishore, now managing director of the company, knew that...
Cookery Year by Readers Digest – review
Readers Digest never put a foot wrong. They might, however, not be the first books you reach for when browsing the cookery section of your...
500 Mexican Dishes by Judith Fertig – review
Mexican food has become more popular over the last five or so years. More of us have travelled to Mexico and even more of us...
Yes Chef! by James Winter and James Bulmer – review
How often have I recommended a cookbook because it is not too cheffy, has no complicated techniques, no special equipment, etc? I have encouraged my...
New Urban Farmer by Celia Brooks Brown – review
The title might conjure images of cows grazing in Hyde Park or pigs on Richmond Green. But this particular urban farmer is cultivating an allotment...
Midnight Feasts by Charmain Ponnuthurai – review
This is a treat of a little cookbook. It touches on childhood comfort and adult naughtiness – the midnight feast. We dreamt about such things...
The Secret Ingredient by Sally Bee – review
Yes, The Secret Ingredient is a cookbook but its impact is found not just in its recipes but in the poignant story it tells of...
500 Beers by Zak Avery – review
Yes, dear reader, another in the 500 series from Apple Press. I make no apology for its inclusion in this cookbook review journal because they...
Weber’s Complete Barbecue Book by Jamie Purviance – review
For the edification of those barbecue virgins, I should explain that the Weber in question is the manufacturer of the celebrated dome-lidded barbecue which is...