Cookbook: What’s Cookin’ Shellharbour

WHAT’S COOKIN’ SHELLHARBOUR? Generations of family secrets have been revealed in a new Shellharbour City Council cookbook featuring over one hundred of the area’s favourite recipes. The new book, What’s Cookin’ Shellharbour?,  features a diverse range of tried and true family favourite recipes allowing interested community members to learn a whole new series of easy…

A to Z of Vegetables – A – Artichoke

[ A globe artichoke. Photograph by Vanessa Pike-Russell]It’s a very fiddly vegetable but the thin layer of tender flesh on each leaf is a delicacy. I prefer the artichoke hearts marinated in oil when you’re in a rush. They are great as part of a Mediterranean salad, on pizza or added to a mezze platter. [Photograph…

Country Womens Association Cookbook

The Country Women’s Association Cookbook: Seventy Years in the Kitchen It is no exaggeration to say that The Country Women’s Association Cookbook is an Australian icon. Absolutely packed with hard-working, practical recipes, this has been an essential cookbook in Australian kitchen for generations. First published over seventy years ago, Murdoch Books are now very proud…

Seasonal produce – Kohlrabi

I was reading through the Sydney Food Markets guide to seasonal produce for July 2009 and spied the vegetable kohlrabi in the list. I have to admit I haven’t had much exposure to this vegetable so I decided to do some research. I opened up the wonderful Encyclopedia of Asian Food by Charmaine Solomon and…