I have a bad case of procrastinators diligence; instead of devoting my time to career making activities, I am compulsively planning and pricing additions to my cookbook library for the next 5 years in exhaustive detail. Memories of a Cuban Kitchen by Mary Urrutia Randelman, Bengali Cooking by Chitrita Banerji and Quick and Easy Tsukemono by Ikuko Hisamatsu and many others have become items of great importance.
Recently launched Australian price comparison site Booko has been a great aid to my compulsive searching and list compilation. You search the site by title, author or ISBN and it retrieves prices and the cost of shipping from an impressive list of book sellers. You can compile a cart of books that gives you a running total of your bill and also accounts for things like free shipping after x dollars offered by some retailers.
For cookbooks, the UK based Book Depository (offers free international shipping), the charitable American retailer Better World Books (cheap carbon neutral shipping) and Australia's Fishpond usually come out cheapest; I even managed to score a copy of the lauded Australian reference The Cook's Companion for less that $60 from Fishpond (it's back to around $110 now). In my experience books will take longer to get to you from Fishpond than the other two.
Booko, bookmark it and don't buy books online without it.
Showing posts with label website. Show all posts
Showing posts with label website. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Links clean-up
I was going though the food bookmarks I have accumulated over the last two years, I thought it might be interesting to see how many I have tried and clear out the folder at the same time. I store internet recipes as bookmarks if I might make them and email myself a copy or the recipe if I am actually planning to make the recipe that night or during the week, that way if I really like it I have a handy permanent electronic copy.
*Brinjal Masala, a Kerela-style eggplant dish. I have made this multiple times and it's fantastic. Grill the eggplant instead of frying to reduce the oil content a bit
*Bill Granger's Coconut Bread from the New York Times, I've made this a few times. It's good.
*Jamaica Banana Jam, bookmarked during the Australian banana shortage of 2006. I must have been really craving bananas, but now I have real bananas again I'm not really interested in making this.
*Jim Lahey's No-Knead Bread reprinted by The Wednesday Chef. I did make no-knead bread lots shortly after the recipe came out, but it isn't fantastic as written. I like it made with 1/3 rye, but I've moved on to other breads.
*Perfect Coq Au Vin from Nigel Slater. I haven't made this yet. But I will when the temperature drops below 30 degrees Celsius.
*Korean Vegetable Rice Bowl from Gourmet magazine. I have never followed this recipe, but I did use it as a starting point for my own bibimbap, since nobody on epicurious follows the recipe as written, I think this probably counts as made.
*Frijoles Negros from the Three Guys From Miami. I have made these beans at least twice, but I've failed to return to the site for other recipes.
*Curried Sweet Potato Soup appealed to me because I normally have all the ingredients to hand, but I haven't made it yet.
*Braised Lamb Shanks with Leeks and Haricot Beans from Nigel Slater. I normally braise shanks in a style similar to osso buco; this is another one I will try when the weather cools down.
*Five-hour Shoulder of Mutton from Gourmet Traveller by way of Stonesoup. I was going to try this about 18 months ago, but the butcher didn't have any lamb shoulders and mumbled something about people wanting this cut after watching Jamie Oliver. I still haven't made it.
*Bill Granger's Scrambled Eggs, Aussie food bloggers mostly seem mad for Bill's eggs. I bookmarked it, but I prefer my eggs in most other formats.
*Pickled Jalapeño Rings, I will make this as soon as I can find a lot of jalapeños in good condition and at a reasonable price. I love pickled jalapeños.
*The Amazing Five-Hour Roast Duck, made for Christmas 2007, it was amazing.
*Piaz ka Chatni, a fresh onion relish. I should make it next time we have Indian food.
*Pita Bread, I have been meaning to try this when the bread runs out, but still haven't got to it.
*Traditional Napa Cabbage Kimchi, I totally want to make Kimchi this year. I'm not sure this is the recipe that I'll use.
*No-Knead Pizza Dough, another one from Jim Lahey. I think the no-knead recipe would work better for pizza bases than as a loaf. This only came out this month and it's too hot to make pizza.
*Curried Black-Eyed Pea Soup, it's also too hot for soup.
Six out of eighteen, not too bad for recipes I wasn't necessarily going to try. Lots of these are cold weather meals, so I'll try to review some later in the year.
*Brinjal Masala, a Kerela-style eggplant dish. I have made this multiple times and it's fantastic. Grill the eggplant instead of frying to reduce the oil content a bit
*Bill Granger's Coconut Bread from the New York Times, I've made this a few times. It's good.
*Jamaica Banana Jam, bookmarked during the Australian banana shortage of 2006. I must have been really craving bananas, but now I have real bananas again I'm not really interested in making this.
*Jim Lahey's No-Knead Bread reprinted by The Wednesday Chef. I did make no-knead bread lots shortly after the recipe came out, but it isn't fantastic as written. I like it made with 1/3 rye, but I've moved on to other breads.
*Perfect Coq Au Vin from Nigel Slater. I haven't made this yet. But I will when the temperature drops below 30 degrees Celsius.
*Korean Vegetable Rice Bowl from Gourmet magazine. I have never followed this recipe, but I did use it as a starting point for my own bibimbap, since nobody on epicurious follows the recipe as written, I think this probably counts as made.
*Frijoles Negros from the Three Guys From Miami. I have made these beans at least twice, but I've failed to return to the site for other recipes.
*Curried Sweet Potato Soup appealed to me because I normally have all the ingredients to hand, but I haven't made it yet.
*Braised Lamb Shanks with Leeks and Haricot Beans from Nigel Slater. I normally braise shanks in a style similar to osso buco; this is another one I will try when the weather cools down.
*Five-hour Shoulder of Mutton from Gourmet Traveller by way of Stonesoup. I was going to try this about 18 months ago, but the butcher didn't have any lamb shoulders and mumbled something about people wanting this cut after watching Jamie Oliver. I still haven't made it.
*Bill Granger's Scrambled Eggs, Aussie food bloggers mostly seem mad for Bill's eggs. I bookmarked it, but I prefer my eggs in most other formats.
*Pickled Jalapeño Rings, I will make this as soon as I can find a lot of jalapeños in good condition and at a reasonable price. I love pickled jalapeños.
*The Amazing Five-Hour Roast Duck, made for Christmas 2007, it was amazing.
*Piaz ka Chatni, a fresh onion relish. I should make it next time we have Indian food.
*Pita Bread, I have been meaning to try this when the bread runs out, but still haven't got to it.
*Traditional Napa Cabbage Kimchi, I totally want to make Kimchi this year. I'm not sure this is the recipe that I'll use.
*No-Knead Pizza Dough, another one from Jim Lahey. I think the no-knead recipe would work better for pizza bases than as a loaf. This only came out this month and it's too hot to make pizza.
*Curried Black-Eyed Pea Soup, it's also too hot for soup.
Six out of eighteen, not too bad for recipes I wasn't necessarily going to try. Lots of these are cold weather meals, so I'll try to review some later in the year.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)