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Complete Taste of Life by Julie Stafford
Better Living through better eating
Low Fat. Low Cholesterol. No Added Sugar or Salt. High Fibre
Sizes: 304 pages, h 29 cm, w 22 cm, t 3.2 cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: A superb book which includes recipes for various stock, soups, tomato sorbet, curried vegetables and yoghurt dip, fish in mango sauce, tuna and vegetable pie, spicy lamb and rice, fruity orange dressing, steamed fruit pudding, winter fruit salad, pumpkin and prune muffins, banana milk drink, carob thick shake, mushroom pizza, spicy lamb rolls and many more. Includes dozens of full page colour plates. Published 1994
Price: $25.00 + $9.00 Postage & Handling
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Starters as a Main Meal (Glossy Paperback)
The new small courses cuisine
Sizes: Pages 96, h 28 cm, w 21 cm, t 0.8 cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: Includes recipes for pastry, pate, potted tongue and veal, prawns, sauces, soups, vegetables, tartare sauce, breads, mushrooms, lobster, etc. Published 1980.
Australian Cooking for Today edited by Anne Marshall
Sizes: 304 pages, h 30.5 cm, w 22.5 cm, t 3 cm. Condition: Outer a little worn (clean) but inside book in excellent condition. Comments: Today's cook is a busy cook; speed and planning are the essence of her work. That is what this book is all about. Cooking for Today sets out to help you enjoy entertaining and every day cooking. Includes sections on basic recipes and techniques; for the hostess (wines, drink mixes chart, coffee and liqueurs, how to serve and eat it etc.). Entertaining (planning a menu, easy buffets, after dinner savouries, parties for teenagers etc.) Information. (party planner's check list, catering quantities, calories chart, herbs and spices, basic equipment, what went wrong, etc.) Published 1985?
Price $15.00 + $9.00 Postage & Handling.
Good Housekeeping, Good Cooking - 350 delicious dishes for healthy living.
Sizes: 256 pages, h 29 cm, w 22 cm, t 3 cm. Condition: Good. (repair on back page binding) Comments: With good health with all the family in mind Good Housekeeping has specially created a collection of 350 deliciously healthy recipes. The colour photographs of every dish show how easy it is to prepare healthy and tasty meals, without having to give up favourites such as cakes and desserts. Clearly presented in step by step form, there are recipes for starters, snacks, main meals and tea time favourites. Published 1988.
$18.00 + $9.00 Postage & Handling.
Celebrity Cookbook - Dinner with over 30 famous celebrities
Sizes: 95 pages. h 27.5cms, w 16.5cms, t 1.5cms. Condition: Very good. Comments: From 1988 comes this classic book of recipes submitted by a wide range of personalities of the time.....Nicole Kidman, Bob Hawke, Margaret Fulton, John Farnham, Wayne Gardner, Dawn Fraser, Ita Buttrose, Kerri-Anne Kennerly, Bernard King, Nick Greiner, Dame Joan Sutherland and many more. Published: 1988.
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Wonderful ways to prepare Cakes and Cookies
Sizes: Pages 95, h 28cms, w 22cms, t 1.2cms. Condition: Excellent. Comments: Over 170 recipes with colour plates throughout the book. Includes Cheese Cake, Coffee Nut Cakes, Flemish Cake, Custard Pie, Almond Squares, Iced Cup Cakes, Water Biscuits, etc. Published: 1984.
Price: $18.00 + $9.00 Postage and Handling
The Pampas Pastry Cookbook Devised by Margaret Hill
Sizes: 96 pages, h 28cms, w 20cms, t 1.5cms. Condition: Good (Slight watermark odd pages). Comments: From the producers of Pampas Pastries with sections on Seafood, Chicken, Meat, Vegetables, desserts, Cakes & Biscuits, technical Information, etc. Published:1981.
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The Australian Woman's Weekly The Complete Book of Cake Decorating.
Sizes: 77, h 26cms, w 20cms, t 1.3cms. Condition: Very Good. Comments: Sections on Equipment, Royal Icing, Basic Pipe Work, Moulded Flowers, Sugar Bells, Fruit Cakes, Key Cake, Inserted Ribbon, Clipper Work, etc. Published: 1972.
Price: $12.00 + $9.00 Postage and Handling
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The Margaret Fulton Crock- Pot Cookbook
Sizes: 79 pages, h 30cms, w 21.2cms, t 1.4cms. Condition: Excellent (previous owner's clean signature inside page). Comments: "Rarely has an appliance been accepted as quickly and completely as the Crock-Pot, but it's easy to understand why. This modern version of the old day clay pot that used to sit on the side of the stove, slowly simmering the evening meal, is so wonderfully versatile." Sections on Adapting your favourite recipes for Crock-Pot Cookery, Guide to Weights and Measures, Soups, Meats, Chicken, fish, Vegetables, Breads and Cakes, etc. Published: 1977.
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Scones, Muffins and Teatime Treats (Family Circle. Glossy Paperback)
Sizes: 112 pages, h 27.5cms, w 21cms, t .8cms. Condition: Excellent. Comments: Lovely glossy publication with many delicious treats for the entire family. Sultana Scones, Cheese Herb Scrolls, Banana Muffins, Fig and Oat Bran muffins, Little Lemon Tarts, Savoury Cheese Ring, Spinach and Cheese Muffins and dozens more. Published: 1990?
Price: $15.00 + $9.00 Postage and Handling
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Consuming Passions with Ian Parmenter (Glossy Paperback)
Excellent condition. pages 80. 65 Fabulous recipes from his hit TV show once screened on the ABC.
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Margaret Fulton's Health and Energy Cookbook
Sizes: Pages 254, h 28.5cms, w 21cms, t 2.5cms. Condition: Good. Comments: "All over the world there are people who are living longer, happier and healthier lives then ever before. Everyone seems to agree that you should genuinely enjoy having a healthier lifestyle, and most of us are doing something about it" ........Margaret Fulton. Hundreds of healthy recipes to enjoy. Published 1989.
Price: $18.00 + $9.00 Postage and Handling
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Family Circle Favourite Cake Recipes (paperback)
Sizes: Pages 128, h 27cms, w 20cms, t 1cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: "Hundreds of cakes to share with your family and friends in celebration of any occasion"
Gabriel Gate's French Cuisine for Australians by Gabriel Gate' with Ideas on Wine by Michael Hill Smith
Sizes: 220 pages, h 28.5cm, e 2.5cms, t 2.6cms. Condition: Good. Comments: "This is the first cookery book written by a French Chef specially for Australians. It is the happy product of three years of culinary exploration by Gabriel Gate', who cooks in Australia after training in three star restaurants in France." Includes sections on The Kitchen, Utensils, Simple Dinner Setting, Appetisers and Soups, Salads and Entrees', Fish and Seafood, Sauces, Poultry and Meats, Cheese, desserts, Wine, etc. Well over 250 recipes to prepare. Published 1981.
Price: $18.00 + $9.00 Postage and Handling
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Bernard King's Winter Cookbook
Sizes: 30 pages, 26cms, w19.5cms, t 1cm. Condition: Good (Small flaw bottom corner). Over 65 of his speciality recipes from this great Aussie cook and personality.
The Australian Brand Name Recipe Book (large heavy paperback)
Sizes: 298 pages, h27cm, w20cms, t3cms. Condition: Good (one loose page. Previous owners details inside front cover ). Comments: Over 500 recipes from some of Australia's major food suppliers and manufacturers. Soups, Appetisers, Fish and Seafood, Meat, Hearty Main Meals and Casseroles, Low-Calorie Meals, Vegetarian Meals, Lunches, Suppers and Snacks, Paste And Rice, Salads and Vegetables, desserts, Cakes, Biscuits and Other Delights, Beverages, etc. Published: 1990.
Price: $26.00 + $9.00 Postage and Handling
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Microwave Cooking Made Easy
Sizes: 96 pages, h27.5cms, w21cms, t1cm. Condition: Good. Comments: Over 140 recipes plus all the basic know how to operate your microwave successfully. Published:1988?
The Honey, Garlic and Vinegar Book by Maxwell Stein
Sizes: 60 pages, h 29.5 cm, w 21 cm, t 0.5 cm. Condition: Very good. Comments: Includes sections that cover cooking with honey, garlic and vinegar, healing with nature, the amazing properties of honey, illnesses and their remedies, the amazing properties of garlic, cooking with garlic, garlic the healer, the amazing properties of vinegar and the dozens of uses of vinegar. Published 1996
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Food for Health by Rosemary Stanton (Paperback)
Sizes: 240 pages, h 22.5 cm, w 15 cm, t 1.5 cm. Condition: Good. Outer cover showing some signs of wear. Comments: Includes sections on the importance of nutrition, the nutrients, nutrition throughout life, food habits, poisons in foods, etc. Published 1981
Price: $18.00 + $9.00 Postage and Handling +
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: Good (Clear cover. Normal wear expected for a book of this age.) Comments: From the finalists and prize winners of over 100,000 recipes submitted to all the butter - White Wings - bake offs. There is nothing like a contest to bring out the best. That is why this is a great cook book. It has not had one author, it has had hundreds, selected from thousands. To qualify for inclusion you would have entered your finest recipe in the Butter - White Wings bake off. Some of these recipes are elaborate. Most are simple. All have been tested in Australia's most important and exciting cookery contest - truly a prize winning cookery book. Published 1969.
Price: $19.00 + $9.00 Postage and Handling +
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Margaret Fulton's Book of Whole Food Cooking
Sizes: 95 pages, h 21.5 cm, w 12 cm, t 1.2 cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: Whole food cooking is simple and rewarding. It is based on the use of natural ingredients - rich in the vital nutrients to keep you healthy. Whole food recipes are designed to bring out the full flavour of those ingredients, to create tasty, nutritious dishes. Includes soups and starters, egg and cheese dishes, main course dishes, vegetables and pulses, salads and dressings, etc.
Chinese Cooking for Pleasure by Charmaine Solomon (Semi-Hardback)
Sizes: 136 pages, h 28 cm, w 20 cm, t 1.2 cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: The cuisine of China is acknowledged as one of the world's greatest, yet Chinese food is extremely simple to cook. There are no complex sauces, no tricky techniques, no mysterious procedures that need a master chef to explain. Includes a guide to weights and measures, utensils for Chinese cooking, soups and seafood, poultry and eggs, pork and beef, snacks, sauces and sweets, etc.
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Family Circle New Treasury of Australian Christmas Recipes and Gifts (Paperback)
Sizes: 128 pages, h 27 cm, w 19.5 cm, t 1 cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: Includes Christmas menus hot and cold, drinks for all ages and occasions, Christmas cakes, puddings and treats, Christmas holiday fare, when visitors drop in, how to make gifts for special friends plus patterns, presents for favourite children, etc. Published 1980.
Price: $15.00 + $9.00 Postage and Handling+
The Kitchen Handbook - Readers Digest
Sizes: 382 pages, h 28 cm, w 21 cm, t 3.2 cm. Condition: Very Good (small biro mark on book edge.) Comments: A lovely presented book loaded with colour plates with hundreds of recipes and kitchen know-how. Recipes for fish, meat, game and poultry, grains and pasta, vegetables, fruits and nuts, herbs, spices and flavourings plus sections on the purchase and preparation of foods. Published 1980.
Price: $28.00 + $11.00 Postage & Handling
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Sunset Breakfasts and Brunches (Semi-hardback)
Sizes: 96 pages, h 27 cm, w 21 cm, t 1 cm. Condition: Good. Comments: From the editors of Sunset books and Sunset magazines. It doesn't take much effort to give routine breakfasts a new look and taste. Frequently all you need is a new idea for combining familiar ingredients, and this book is full of simple innovations. Includes garden breakfasts, around the world for breakfast, special menus for holidays, etc. Published 1966.
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Australian and New Zealand Complete Book of Cookery - Editor Anne Marshall
Sizes: 511 pages, h 28.5 cm, w 21 cm, t 5 cm. Condition: Good. (This classic old cookery book shows a few signs of wear but still very clean, unbroken and readable). Comments: "Australia and New Zealand have a wealth of delicious food from land and sea and over the years have developed these into an exciting and delicious quisine. This book is a source of delightful, refreshing recipes using these foods and flavours. The leading cookery personalities, food and wine specialists and top chefs of both countries have contributed their favourite recipes for this cookbook. This colourful cookbook is easy to follow and fascinating to read, in fact a wealth of national cuisine ...." Hundreds and hundreds of recipes for your cooking enjoyment.
Price: $28.00 + $10.00 Postage & Handling
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Meals Without Meat by Marion Raymond (Semi-hard cover)
Sizes: 96 pages, h 27.5 cm, w 21 cm, t 1 cm. Condition:Good. Comments: "At last people have begun to realise that good health is not based on eating large quantities of meat! And the present day price of meat is not the only reason. Although this book is not written for vegetarians, many of the recipes will prove useful for those of you who are." Published 1979.
Margaret Fulton - Microwave Cooking
Sizes 144 pages, h 28.5 cm, w 22.5 cm, t 2 cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: The microwave oven is a speedy, clean and tremendously convenient addition to the modern cook's kitchen. You can cook meals in next to no time, for instance vichyssoise soup in 15 minutes, garlic roast beef in under 45 minutes and ginger sponge pudding in 6 minutes, saving not only on time, but also on running costs. Includes recipes for soups, starters, eggs, cheese and cream, beef and lamb, pork bacon and ham, poultry and game, fish, vegetables, rice, pasta and pulses, puddings and cakes, drinks and preserves, etc. Includes dozens of full colour plates. Published 1984.
Price: $18.00 + $9.00 Postage & Handling
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Good Housekeeping - Microwave Cookery Made Easy
Sizes: 63 pages, h 25.5 cm, w 19 cm, t 0.8 cm. Condition: Excellent. Comments: Speed of cooking is the most obvious reason for having a microwave oven. With this in mind this book has been written to help today's cook successfully prepare meals in minutes. Includes soups and starters, light meals and snacks, main courses, etc. Published 1989
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