WonderdogToday’s cookbook reading is Simple Flavours: Australian Home Cooking by Geoff Slattery.
(1991, Text Publishing, Australia.)
Many of the pages of my copy are splashed with stains. (I have never been a tidy cook, and have always lived in houses with ridiculously small kitchens!)
Anyone who knows me well can immediately turn to my cookbooks and find my favourite recipes by looking for the splodged pages.
In this book? There are splashes in almost every chapter. (The exception being Fish and Shellfish, as I grew up inland and have never been keen on either, except on my very rare coastal holidays. I’m attempting to remedy that now.)
For those so inclined, he suggests wine pairings for each dish.
Where this book really shines for me is his voice. He’s chatty, his personality come through (making puff pastry while watching Aussie Rules football, for example), he breaks down recipes which might seem daunting into achievable steps (I learned to make souffles from his confident teaching style) and he doesn’t shy away from using the microwave when it makes things easier.
There is a website, which has not been updated in many years, but this link will take you to the best Boiled Fruit Cake I have ever made - and it’s what I usually make for our Christmas Cake.
http://www.simpleflavours.com.au/2010/06/michele-days-fruit-cake/
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Michele Day’s fruit cake | Simple Flavours
It was during the fete season, and I was, as usual, picking through the jams and chutneys and cakes, when I picked up a cake labelled ‘wholemeal boiled fruit cake’. It felt heavy, looked full of fruit, and, despite its weight, I felt sure it would be moist. But things aren’t always as they look. [...]
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