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Have loads of cookbooks? Continue to cook out of the same few? I know I do. But hey, the best tool for cooks is now available at the touch of a button, or is it the click of mouse? Anyway. Get yourself to Eat Your Books What is it? Well, you enter your cookbooks into the EYB library, and hey presto, there’s the index for your book. So let’s just say you’ve got strawberries. EYB will tell you where you can find strawberry recipes amongst your cookbook collection. I tell you people, it doesn’t get much better than that. Not all books in the library are indexed yet — it’s a work in progress, but I’ve entered 173 books, and I now have 13,771 recipes at my disposal. Love it, love it.
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Check out the trailer for Jamie Oliver’s new series. Love it.
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I’ve just taken possession of Deborah Madison’s new book cute new book What we eat when we eat alone, and feel completely voyeuristic. Can’t wait to find out people’s dirty little culinary secrets. Now, never been one to hold back, here’s what I find myself doing.
Now bear in mind, my Significant Other won’t do Mushrooms, Corn (although he loves polenta ~ must be a textural thing) or raw fish. So whenever he’s gone for any length of time my two particular favourites are: Angel Hair Pasta With Tuna and NIgella Lawson’s Hot Mushroom Sandwich: ” Get a large, flat field mushroom. Put in a preheated 200 C/Gas 6 oven covered with butter, chopped garlic and parsley for about 20 minutes. When ready, and garlicky, buttery juices are oozing with black, cut open two soft rolls, and wipe the cut side all over the pan to soak up the pungent juices. Smear with Dijon mustard, top with the mushrooms, squeeze with lemon juice, and add some chopped parsley or lettuce as you like and eat.” De-bloody-licious.
What do you eat when you’re alone? Go on, tell me.
One of my favourite books is Hungry Planet: 30 Families, 24 Countries, 600 Meals. it’s a photographic study of families from around the world, revealing what people eat during the course of one week. Each family’s profile includes a detailed description of their weekly food purchases; photographs of the family at home, at market, and in their community; and a portrait of the entire family surrounded by a week’s worth of groceries. It’s a sensational book and I hope the authors continue to add to it, either in book or ‘net form.
In a similar sociological vein check out School Lunches and Airline food from around the world.
… where to start. But I’ve chosen this one to whet your appetite.
The pizza cone pictured gives you a rough idea of what you’ll find at this is why you’re fat
Spend a few minutes being horrified.
It’s post Xmas consumer frenzy, and the streets are full of people buying… well I don’t know what they’re buying, but if Sydney CBD was any indication today, they sure as hell are buying a lot of it. There’s only one annual sale I attend in Sydney and that’s the Dymock’s 20% off every book in store. I try to resist, but hey. So fully stocked up with some January reading, and the obligatory 4 new cookbooks, I decided to cut through Myer’s [it's airconditioned] on the way to the bus stop. Whereupon I found my self at the Aesop counter. They products weren’t on sale, but ever on the lookout for something that’s not full of chemicals and/or tested on critters in the name of ‘healthy’ skin, I decided to spend some time reading the labels. What can I say, I came away with a small trial kit of their product. So on to their website, and what do I find as part of their philosophy:
We advocate the use of our products as part of a balanced life that includes a healthy diet, sensible exercise, and a regular intake of good books.
I love it. marketing playing into the hands of someone just like me. And I always figure, if there’s one like me, there’s millions.
