The Cook's Companion: The complete book of ingredients and recipes for the Australian kitchen

by Stephanie Alexander

Other authorsEarl Carter

Paper Book, 2004

Status

Available

Call number

641.3

Genres

Collection

Cookbooks

Publication

Camberwell, Vic. : Penguin Books Australia, 2004.

Description

The Cook's Companion has established itself as the kitchen 'bible' in over 500,000 homes since it was first published in 1996. This 2014 revision includes two major new chapters, two expanded chapters, 70 new recipes and a complete revision of the text to reflect changes in the marketplace and new regulations. Stephanie believes that good food is essential to living well: her book is for everyone, every day. She has invaluable information about ingredients, cooking techniques and kitchen equipment, along with inspiration, advice and encouragement and close to 1000 failsafe recipes.

User reviews

LibraryThing member dajashby

If you were only allowed one cookbook this encyclopaedic work would have to be it. The depth of her research is amazing, and the recipes are well-written and very doable. This is not a book just for Australians. OK so kangaroo isn't available overseas, but it isn't easy to get hold of in Melbourne

either.

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LibraryThing member Eurydice2

I had to buy the new edition of this fabulous resource even though I already have the original 1996 ed. The 2004 (striped cover) edition is far more useful even than the original. Not only does it have about 300 new recipes, but it is much better indexed, so you can find all the hundreds of "margin

recipes" which were unindexed before.

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LibraryThing member MarthaJeanne

This is very ingredient oriented, and there is a lot of useful information about the ingredients that otherwise is only found in books on specific ingredients or groups of ingredients. As part of this, most ingredients have several recipes, and quite varied ones. Such a relief for some of my

favourites, where most cookbooks stop at one or two - and often the same one or two.

Since I don't live in Australia, there are several ingredients that I can't get, and the information about sources won't do me much good. But it is still fun to read.

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LibraryThing member bookcrazed

A beautifully presented treasure of food information and recipes. Where else was I to find the real skinny on cooking kangaroo to perfection.

LibraryThing member crgalvin

A brilliant book which approaches recipes from the point of view of ingredients rather than finished products that then list ingredients. Background information on selection, preparation and best methods of cooking for any one product, organised alphabetically. Fail safe recipes.

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