A recent post on Public Address had someone comment that they thought I should be putting up foodie posts to the new blog Russell is setting up. Well, for reasons, I’m unlikely to be invited, but I mentioned that I might be encouraged to start posting here again in the old “How to” series of cooking.
And because serendipity is what it is, this morning at David White on Able Smith St Second Chef uncovered this:
This is the cover of a cookbook we once owned in Mount Maungaui. I remember frequently opening it and wishing we had the means to afford half the things this book said we could make. The How-To series is in point of fact modelled on the pictures contained in this book, and much of my cooking history has been an effort to learn how to make recipes I remember drooling over. And yes, this does count as Food Prn.
And so now, because I am older, wiser, and more financially able, I will proceed to cook every single recipe in this book, and post them for you right here – a la Julie and Julia.
So you’d best be prepared for exotic dishes from the mid-1980s including:
“Chinese Fish”
“Sates’
“Rum-Caramel Pineapple”
and “Chips”.
Strap yourself in!
19 December, 2011 at 6:57 am
I’ve got that book, and very useful it has been too. It also has recipes for lamingtons and pies. And pavlova.
19 December, 2011 at 6:26 pm
crazy. i was sure i hadn’t seen it in the pile of books at your place. i guess these things have a time.
19 December, 2011 at 8:32 am
can’t wait! bring the ‘chips’
20 December, 2011 at 2:29 am
awesome story. and i’m mildly terrified of whatever is on the cover there.
20 December, 2011 at 7:14 pm
i think it’s dead animal wrapped in some kind of pastry… bound to cause a minor degree of heart trouble just cooking the thing, let alone eating it.
3 January, 2012 at 11:00 am
So, when is this thing starting then?
3 January, 2012 at 8:58 pm
chef of photography is currently in the south island, and i’ve been refurbishing the main bedroom. “cooking” has featured a lot of scrambed eggs in the past week.
sigh.
23 January, 2012 at 3:12 pm
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31 January, 2012 at 11:08 am
My mum has this book, Che. When you’re organised, it would be great if you started writing about your cooking again. I, for one, could do with some inspiration.