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The Australian Step By Step Microwave Cookbook by Glenys Henry
Sizes: 194 pages, h 21.5 cm, w 26.5 cm, t 2 cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: "This combined version of The Australian Step by Step Microwave Cookbook contains over 500 easy to prepare microwave recipes. These recipes have been developed from the Microwave Shop Test Kitchen. All microwave owners will find this an essential reference book." Includes superb colour plates. Published: 1996
Price: $ 12.00 + $9.00 Postage and Handling +
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Soups and Savouries by Sandra Crosswell
Sizes: 112 pages. h 24 cm, w 17 cm, t 1.5 cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: Includes metric weights and measures, introduction, soups, savouries and index. First published 1973.
Australia & New Zealand's Seafood Downunder. A fishing, Cooking & Pictorial Book to Everyone's Taste
Sizes: 333 pages, h 31cm, w 23cm, t 3cm. Condition: Excellent (minor stain bottom left). Comments: "As the photographs in this book show, nature's beauty attains supreme heights in those wild coastal places. The same photographs also show that downunders inland waters, like Lake Wakatipu in the South Island of New Zealand and the Darling River of New South Wales, Australia, provide some of the world's sublimely beautiful scenery. Gourmets can experience no greater delights than those provided by coastal seafood like Australia's Sydney rock oysters, Gulf Country King Prawns, etc. It is with much pride and pleasure that the publishers of this book invite you to enjoy the visual and gastronmic delights to be found within its covers." A superb book loaded with delicious seafood recipes.
Price: $30.00 + $9.00 Postage and Handling. +
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Successful Microwaving with Toshiba
Sizes: 112 pages, h 26 cm, w 20.5 cm, t 1.2 cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: Produced by the Toshiba Corporation's home appliance department. This book includes microwave recipes for appetisers, beverages, soups and stews, sauces and gravies, meats and poultry, fish and seafood, etc. Also includes simple instructions on the operations and cleaning of your microwave.
The Australian Gas Cookbook - The Bicentennial Edition
Sizes: 200 pages, h 28cm, w 20 cm, t 2cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: Over 300 recipes from Australia's most trusted cookery advisors. "The Australian Gas Cookbook presents recipes which will please the most exacting gourmet, whilst providing hints and clues which ensure perfection. Each recipe has been thoroughly tested in the gas company's test kitchens". Colour plates throughout. Published 1981.
Price: $16.00 + $9.00 Postage and Handling +
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Wonderful Ways to Prepare BBQ and Picnic Meals by Marion Mansfield
Sizes: 96 pages, h 27.5 cm, w 21.5, t 1cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: Over 200 recipes, full colour plates. Recipes include marinade, salads, vegetarian, appetisers, damper and of course assorted meat dishes. Published 1979.
Soup, the Magic Ingredient from Rosella
150 delicious recipes
Sizes: 96 pages, h 29 cm, w 21 cm, t 1.2 cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: Main meal ideas for beef, lamb, pork, mince, chicken, veal and seafood. Also includes side dishes, quick and easy meals, soup variations, sauces, recipes for the young cook. Published 1977.
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The Microwave Library (Glossy Paperback) by Elizabeth Cornish
Cooking with Fish
Sizes: 72 pages, h 27 cm, w 21 cm, t 0.5 cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: Succulent seafood recipes from the microwave for the imaginative and busy cook. Published 1987.
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Sharp Carousel Microwave Oven Cookbook
Sizes: Page 173, h 28.5 cm, w 22 cm, t 1.5 cm. Condition: Very Good. Includes sections on variable cooking control, defrosting, appetizers, soups, fish, poultry, casseroles, vegetables and much more.
Price: $18.00 + $9.00 Postage & Handling (sold as a three pack)
The Captain Cook Book by Babette Hayes
200 years of Australian cooking
Sizes: 155 pages thick antique-like pages. h 25 cm, w 25 cm, t 3 cm. Condition: Very Good. No, dust jacket. Comments: "The recipes in this book are part of Australian history and the parallel development of the colony and its cuisine is outlined in the text. This is a guide book to our culinary heritage: the intricacies of cooking in an Aboriginal earth oven are explained, as are the mysteries of Grabben Gullen Pie and the methods of the bush cooks who have to provide substantial meals for drovers and stockmen out back. Numerous recipes are given for the satisfying, often lavish food of the Victorian and Edwardian eras". The cookbook features dozens of full page colour plates and historical black and white pictures of our past. Features cooking with native ingredients, survival cooking, basic British, meals on the run, the upper crust, the gold rush gourmets, in the grip of the grape, menu for the pure merino, early chow mien, Mediterranean harvest and cosmopolitan spice. Published 1970.
Price: $19.00 + $9.00 Postage and Handling. +
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The Australian Women's Weekly
The Great Chicken Cookbook - Food Editor Ellen Sinclair
Sizes: 45 pages, h 26 cm, w 19.5 cm, t 0.8 cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: "There is a wonderful variety of recipes in this book from which to choose: a selection of the world's most famous classic ways with chicken, family meals, party dishes .....Over 110 recipes. Published 1982.
Vogue Australia Entertaining - Vogue Editor-in-Chief, June McCallum
Sizes: 192 pages, h 30.5 cm, w 22.5 cm, t 2.3 cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: Lunches, brunches, BBQs, elegant dinners and cocktail parties. Vogue Entertaining is a prestigious title that will prove an invaluable source of inspiration to any host or hostess who loves to entertain in style. Vogue Entertaining is packed with beautifully styled photographs illustrating stunning food and table settings. This book is not simply a feast for the eye. It is an exceptional guide to entertaining with a host of perfectly balanced menus designed to suit all tastes and occasions. Entertaining know-how, the long weekend, al fresco informality, more taste than time, come to dinner, to name a few topics. Over 400 recipes. Published: 1986.
Price: $32.00 + $9.00 Postage and Handling. +
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Easy Pies, Tarts and Quiches - Editor Joy Hayes
Sizes: 80 pages, h 27.5, w 20 cm, t 1 cm. Condition: Good. Comments: An exciting selection of pies, tarts, quiches, festive and quick finger foods to make plus a step by step pastry techniques section. Published 1980?
Peter Russell-Clarke's New Idea Cookbook
(Semi-hardback)
Sizes: 114 pages, h 27.5 cm, w 20 cm, t 1 cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: "Hundreds of great recipes from Australia's zaniest chef plus cartoons and rib tickling stories. Recipes range from variations of old favourites, like scrabbled eggs mixed with orange juice, to the inimitable style that is original Peter Russell-Clarke". Recipes include meat, cheeses, chicken, damper, desserts, eggs, lamb, pate, salads, sandwiches, sauces, sausages, seafood etc. Published 1980?
Price: $12.00 + $9.00 Postage and Handling. +
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The Australian Woman's Weekly Australian Cookbook by Ellen Sinclair
Sizes: 95 Pages, h 28.5cms, w 22 cms, t 1.5 cms. Condition: Very Good. Comments: "From all the thousands of recipes developed by thev Woman's Weekly kitchen over the years, we have chosen the most popular - your favourites." Over 170 recipes in full colour. Published 1983.
Australian Heritage Cooking for the Microwave - General editor Marie McDonald
Practical, up to date information for successful microwave cooking.
Sizes: 240 pages, h 34 cm, w 25 cm, t 2.5 cm,. Condition: Good (watermark on bottom). Comments: "Australian Heritage Cooking for the Microwave is a unique collection of delicious microwave recipes ranging from traditional Australian favourites to more contemporary Asian influenced dishes. General editor Marie McDonald has compiled a tantalising array of microwave recipes suitable for every occasion. Superbly illustrated throughout in full colour, this book is ideal both for experienced cooks who want to extend their repertoire and for microwave first timers". Over 300 easy to follow recipes for all types of meals with full page colour plates throughout this superb publication. Published 1991.
Price: $20.00 + $9.00 Postage and Handling. +
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Australian Everyday Cooking
Sizes: 96 pages, h 29 cm, w 21.5 cm, t 1.5 cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: Over 140 recipes including soups, poultry, casseroles and stews, Italian style, fondue, salads and desserts plus a metric conversion and weights and measures chart. Published 1973.
Good Housekeeping Microwave Encyclopedia by Susanna Tee
Sizes: 223 pages, h 27 cm, w 19.5cm, t 2.5 cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: "All the basic know how and inspiration you need for successful microwave cookery. Including 350 recipes for soups, starters, poultry, fish, pasta, breads and many more." Published 1987.
Price: $9.00 + $9.00 Postage and Handling. +
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Cooking Naturally with Australian Dairy Foods
Sizes: 128 pages. h 27.5cms, w 20cms, t 1.7cms. Condition: Excellent. Comments: "Cooking Naturally is a quality cookbook packed with product information and usage ideas for Australian Dairy Foods. 300 flavourful and delicious recipes illustrate the products individuality, versatility and ready convenience either by themselves or in a series of day to day situations" Includes dozens of full page colour plates.
Sarah Brown's Vegetarian Cookbook by Sarah Brown
Sizes: 240 pages, h 24 cm, w 20 cm, t 2.6 cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: "Sarah Brown's vegetarian cookbook offers a revelatory approach to vegetarian cooking which will appeal to non-vegetarian and vegetarians alike. Full of delicious and imaginative recipes, it destroys the myth that vegetarian food is bland, heavy and boring and proves that vegetarian meals can be just as appetising and varied as meat based ones. With this emphasis on fresh foods and high fibre, low fat dishes, Sarah Brown's vegetarian cookbook is very much in tune with current eating habits and the growing awareness of the link between diet and health". This superb book contains nearly 200 recipes all illustrated in full colour with techniques clearly shown in easy to follow step by step photographs. Published 1984.
Price: $19.00 + $9.00 Postage & Handling. +
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The Australian Woman's Weekly Healthy Heart Cookbook
Sizes: Pages: 128. h 27.5, w 20.5, t .8cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: Paper Back. "The wonderful food in this book can help your heart to be healthier and give you a bonus of energy and well being. Includes fat content chart, Snacks & Lunches, Beef & Veal, Vegetarian, Seafood, Desserts, Drinks and many more. Published: 1990.
The Australian Step By Step Microwave Cookbook by Glenys Henry
Sizes: 194 pages, h 21.5 cm, w 26.5 cm, t 2 cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: "This combined version of The Australian Step by Step Microwave Cookbook contains over 500 easy to prepare microwave recipes. These recipes have been developed from the Microwave Shop Test Kitchen. All microwave owners will find this an essential reference book." Includes superb colour plates. Published: 1996
Price: $ 15.00 + $9.00 Postage and Handling +
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100 Hostess Party Favourites with Forward by Margaret Fulton
Sizes: 66 pages, h 29 cm, w 21 cm, t 1.3 cm. Condition: Good. Comments: Party tips, morning and afternoon parties, lunch and brunch parties, special occasions, etc. Published 1971
Deliciously Natural by Prue Sobers
Sizes: 247 pages, h 28cm, w 21cm, t 2cm. (Paperback) Condition: Very Good. Comments: "No fat, no added sugar, low salt food preparation with a difference. Deliciously Natural is not just another Pritikin cookbook. It is a book for the true gourmet. The rewards of the Pritikin regimen are not only to be found in renewed health and vitality, for here is a haute cuisine to reward even the most discerning palate. Over 300 delicious, wholesome recipes cater the most versatile of tastes and the most varied occasions: elegant dinners, oriental banquets, picnics, parties and simple repasts." Published: ?
Price: $16.00 + $9.00 Postage and Handling
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Low Cholesterol Quinine by Margaret Gee (Semi-hardback)
Sizes: 96 pages, h 27.5 cm, w 21 cm, t 0.75cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: Very Good. A glossy publication which includes many colour plates and a vast array of recipes such as middle eastern quisine, a taste of Japan, gifts from Greece, the best of British, European classics, food for children, etc. Published 1980?
Australian Cooking for Today. Edited by Anne Marshall
Sizes: 304 pages, 30.5 cm, h 20.5 cm, t 3 cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: Basic recipes and techniques for the hostess, recipes for entertaining, cooking information, information. Dozens of colour plates. Published: Pre 1980.
Price: $18.00 + $11.00 Postage & Handling +
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The Paul Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook
Sizes: 96 pages, h 29 cm, w 21.5 cm, t 1 cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: All recipes illustrated in colour with recipes for fish and shellfish, pies and flans, breads, scones and cakes, etc. Published around 1980s.
My Very Special Cookbook by Margaret Fulton
Sizes: 352 pages, h 29.5 cm, w 22cm, t 3.3 cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: Everyone who cooks needs this very special book. For the beginner, for the experienced cook, for the creative cook, for the family cook, for the busy cook, for the entertainer and to all those who love to cook. Full page colour plates. Published 1980.
Price: $22.00 + $9.50 Postage & Handling. Net Price
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Wonderful Ways to Prepare Fish and Seafood by Marion Mansfield
Sizes: 96 pages, h 27.5 cm, w 21.5 cm, t 0.75 cm. Condition: Good. Comments: Full colour plates and over 170 recipes. An odd loose page. Published 1979.
The Australian Way to Perfect Cooking by Marguerite Patten
Sizes: 296 pages, h 30.5 cm, w 22.5 cm, t 2.75 cm. Condition: Good. Comments: Over 1350 recipes with over 450 colour illustrations. Recipes for home baking, international dishes, cooking with dairy produce, etc. Published 1984.
Price: $18.00 + $9.00 Postage and Handling +
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Salads for All Seasons by Rosemary Mayne-Wilson
Sizes: 96 pages, h 19 cm, w 18 cm, t 1.4 cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: Includes weights and measures, elegant first courses, salad dressing, sauces and dressings, green salads and coleslaw, vegetable salads, moulded salads, salads with fruit, poultry, meat and seafood salads, dieters' salads etc. Published 1971.
Miss Australia Cookbook - Cookery Editor Elizabeth Sewell
Sizes: 160 pages, h 28 cm, w 20 cm, t 2 cm. Condition: Although this book shows many years of wear, this is definitely a collector's item for any Australian cook. Comments: "The Miss Australia Cookbook is an exciting new idea. We have collated in one book the favourite recipes of these young well travelled hostesses (Miss Australia finalists) now living in many different parts of the world. Each chapter has been written by a former Miss Australia and besides their recipes there is an interesting background on each girl which is most entertaining". Miss Australia from 1954 to Miss Australia 1968 with black and white photos of each. Published 1971.
Price: $18.00 + $9.00 Postage and Handling +
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Nice and Easy Summer Recipes by Janet Lillie (An Edgell Co Production)
Sizes: 96 pages, h 27.5cm, w 21cm, t .75cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: Contents include Snacks and Family Meals, Barbecues, Picnics, Salads, Entertainers, etc. Published: 1990.
The Golden Circle Tropical Recipe Book
Sizes: 100 pages, h 24 cm, w 17 cm, t 1.2 cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: "Here are the golden passwords to many exciting adventures with tropic style cooking. Recipes that make it more fun to prepare meals and to eat them ... ideas for all times of day, for snacks, for picnics, for school lunches and parties". Dozens of simple to prepare recipes with coloured plates. Published 1965?
Soups and Savouries by Sandra Crosswell
Sizes: 112 pages, h 24 cm, w 17 cm, t 1.5 cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: "In the first section of this book you will find an assortment of mouth watering soups - all tried and proven to make your meal tastier and more exciting. The second section deals with savouries, dips, spreads, etc. and here you will find a seemingly endless quantity of new and exciting mixes, plus some older favourites". Colourfully illustrated on over 20 full pages. Published 1973.
Price: $15.00 Both Books. Plus of $9.00 Postage and Handling.+
Barbecue Cooking by Babette Hayes
Sizes: 55 pages, h 28.5 cm, w 21 cm, t 1 cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: "Amongst nostalgic memories of an Australian childhood must be that of a long walk in the bush followed by a meal of sausages cooked over an open fire. There is also the novelty of everyone being able to cook their own food if they feel inclined. Includes barbecue for breakfast, lunch and after dark plus barbecue hints and things you will need to know". Includes BBQ'd vegetables, meats and sides such as sauces, pickles and chutneys, salads and soups, etc. Published 1971.
Kraft Family Cookbook, from Kraft Kitchens
Sizes: 61 pages. h 29 cm, w 22 cm, t 1 cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: Includes full page colour plates plus recipes for sauces, soups, entrees and entertaining, main courses, etc. Published 1982.
Price: $14.00 For both books. Plus $9.00 Postage and Handling.+
The Margaret Fulton Crock-Pot Cookbook, by Margaret Fulton
Sizes: 80 pages, h 29.5 cm, w 21.5, t 1.5 cm. Condition: Good. Comments: Includes a guide to weights and measures. Fruit bottling and preserves. Recipes for casseroles and stews, minced meats, pot roasts, chicken, desserts, breads and cakes, etc. Published 1976.
Australian Family Circle Microwave Cooking for 1, 2, 3 or 4 Persons
Sizes: 80 pages, h 27 cm, w 20cm, t 1 0.8 cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: Delicious microwave recipes for 1 to 4 people which include basic know-how, breakfast or brunch, designer dinners, easy entertaining, etc. Around 1980s.
Price: $14.00 Plus $9.00 Postage and Handling.+
Microwave Cooking by Margaret Fulton
Sizes: 144 pages, h 29 cm, w 22.5 cm, t 2 cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: Filled with lovely colour plates with recipes for soups, beef, poultry and game, drinks and preserves, sauces, etc. Published 1984.
Polyunsaturated Cookery compiled by Helen Ringrose
Sizes: 207 pages, h 28 cm, w 21.5 cm, t 2 cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: As recommended by the National Heart Foundation. Offers a guide to polyunsaturated cookery with recipes for appetizers and savouries, soups, fish, poultry and game, sauces and dressings, etc. Contains many colour plates. Includes a forward by Margaret Whitlam. Published: 1974.
Price: $19.00 Plus $9.00 Postage and Handling +
The Margaret Fulton Cookbook
Sizes: 252 pages, h 29 cm, w 22 cm, t 3 cm. Condition: Good. Comments: An all-time Australian classic book. This book shows some signs of wear over the years but is clean and easily readable. Includes recipes for the first course, pasta and rice, entertaining, vegetables, soups, etc. Published: 1968.
The Cooking Connection
Sizes: 176 pages, h 30.5 cm, w 22.5 cm, t 1.5 cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: Great recipes and new food ideas from the Sunbeam Corporation. This edition also offers operating instructions for a range of Sunbeam electrical appliances. Edited by Linda Venturonie. Published: Around the late 1980s.
Price: $22.00 Plus $9.00 Postage and Handling +
Jill's Frypan Surprises by Jill Graham
Sizes: 112 pages, h 28 cm, w 20 cm, t 1.5 cm. Condition: Good. Comments: Includes things you should know about frypans. A guide to weights and measures, cookery terms. Includes recipes for soups, quiches and pizzas, Chinese, vegetarian, trimmings and sauces, etc. Published 1979.
The Weight Watchers New Colour Program Book
Sizes: 127 pages, h 28 cm, w 22 cm, t 1.2 cm. Condition: Good. Comments: Slight watermarks. Includes a forward by Jean Nidetch plus a weight watchers food program and menu suggestions for one week. Dozens of weight watchers recipes. Published 1972.
Price: $15.00 Plus $9.00 Postage and Handling +
The Australian Women's Weekly: The Busy Woman's Cookbook
Sizes: 48 pages, h 26 cm, w 19.5 cm, t 1 cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: Recipes for hot soups, cold soups, first course meals, chicken, meat, hot desserts and cold desserts, etc. Published 1972.
Australian Women's Weekly: (2 books) Great Ways with Steak and Chops and The Great Chicken Cookbook
Sizes: 45 pages each, h 26 cm, w 19.5 cm, t 0.75 cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: Recipes for white and red meats, sauces, savoury butters and marinades, roast chicken, soups, cold chicken, etc. Includes colour plates. Published 1986.
Price: $14.00 Plus $9.00 Postage and Handling +
The Family Diet Cookbook (semi hard paperback) -Peggy Stacy, Diana Osler and Allan Borushek with forward by Leah Bernstein
Sizes: 140 pages, h 29.5 cm, w 21 cm, t1 cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: Includes microwave adaptations, diet guide with all recipes computer analysed. Includes colour plates. Published 1987.
Best of the Bake-Off Recipes selected and compiled by Trevor Wilson
Sizes: 127 pages, h 28.5 cm, w 21 cm, t 2 cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: From the finalists and prize winners of over 100,000 recipes submitted to all the butter-White Wings bake-off. Over 190 recipes with full page colour plates. A true collector's cookbook. Published 1969.
Price: $22.00 Plus $9.00 Postage and Handling +
Great Vegetarian Dishes by Kurma dasa
Sizes: 192 pages, h 27.5cm, w 22cm, t 2cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: Includes how to measure and use the recipes, special ingredients, home made curd cheese, root vegetable stock, chinese vegetable stock, breads, salads, dips, sauces and dressings, suggested menus, directory of recipes, etc. First Published 1952.
The Australian Brand Name Recipe Cookbook - Project Editor, Pat Martinelli
Paperback. Sizes: 299 pages, h 23 cm, w 19cm, t 2.5cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: Includes recipes made from brand products such as Kraft, Edgell, Campbells, Western Star, Heinz, John West, Castle, Berri, Golden Circle, Presto, Leggos, etc. Over 500 of the best recipes have been selected from the hundreds submitted for consideration. Published 1992.
Price: $22.00 Plus $9.00 Postage and Handling +
Margaret Fulton Cookbook - Metricated Edition (Paperback)
Sizes: 224 pages, h 28cm, w 20.5 cm, t 1.75cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: "The most vivid memories of my youth are linked with my mother's kitchen - coming home to the warmth of a log fire and good food, lovingly prepared." Margaret Fulton. Dozens of recipes plus 60 full colour mouth watering pictures. The Margaret Fulton Cookbook is a delight for anyone who just likes reading cookbooks and a must for anyone who enjoys the art of good cooking. Published 1968.
Gabriel Gate's Good Food Fast (Paperback)
Sizes: 148 pages, h 26cm, w 18cm t 1.5cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: High energy, no fuss family food. Good Food Fast is a fun book and a simple one to read. An Anti-cancer Council cookbook. Published 1991.
Price: $18.00 Plus $9.00 Postage and Handling+
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