Encyclopaedia of Asian Food, Charmain Solomon Exactly what it says it is with pictures naming all those strange ingredients you have no idea about down at the market. Solomon is the doyen of Asian food writers over here. A few authentic recipes. Worth reading just to learn about the food and ingredients. Stainfactor 6Longrain: Modern Thai Food, Martin Boetz This bloke has a tres chic restaurant and bar in Sydney and has some poor sod grating coconuts by hand all […]

Yes it’s shelf two with the tasse de vin from Burgundy.Nose to Tail Eating, Fergus Henderson. I haven’t had this book long enough to stain. But I have firted with pig’s tails, which raw freak me out. Anthony Bourdain thinks Henderson a god. We think he’s good. Very good. If only I had a pot large enough for a whole pig’s head. And it wasn’t a 30,000km round trip to the restaurant Stainfactor 5 (Because I’m frightened).

Books I love and use are spattered with food. I can’t keep them locked behind glass. They are living tools, part of my weekly and seasonal rountines. From left to right here are their stories: 1. The Organic Salad Garden reflects the fact that I have my own organic plot at the Vegout Community Garden in St Kilda (yes, I should have been at the working bee today). Stainfactor 2 2. The Alice B Toklas Cook Book, a present from […]