September sees us exploring a delicious mingling of cultures in “Chinese-ish”, and in October we’ll be having fun with some classic Australian cookbooks.
August in the cookbook club saw us going old-school with lots of delicious old-fashioned English puddings from Regula Ysewijn’s Pride and Pudding so, continuing the theme, I’ve selected some utterly classic Australian cookbooks for us to explore in October.
Lots of you enjoyed some really old-fashioned comfort food puddings in August, and the cold weather here in Australia was perfect for a little rib-sticking indulgence.
In a first for the Lambs’ Ears Cookbook Club, Regula herself took an active interest in our efforts from her book, frequently commenting on the images and offering support. I’d like to thank her very much for taking the time to do this. I know she’s a busy person who appears widely in European media, so we were all very grateful that she made time for our group. She has the most beautiful Instagram profile called @missfoodwise I’d urge those of you who use the platform (and I’d love to see more of you there) to check her out.
Toad-in-the-hole – a dish from “Pride and Pudding”
I’m really looking forward to the beginning of the new month, as September sees us dive into Chinese-ish, a super fun Australian cookbook from authors Rosheen Kaul and Joanna Hu, where they explore the mingling of their “cultures and identity. Through rice, noodles, wontons and more.”
It’s definitely worth buying this books as I’m sure lots of these dishes will become family favourites, but there are also plenty of their recipes to be found online too.
Now – for October. I suspect lots of you, like me, have countless cookbooks. When the piles of cookbooks everywhere in my house get too unruly I periodically cull them, but one thing I’ve never been able to bring myself to part with are my Australian Women’s Weekly cookbooks. These classic Australian cookbooks taught generations of us to cook, and encouraged us to spread our culinary wings and attempt new styles and flavours.
I’m willing to bet that any Australian who has a cookbook collection still has one or two (or more, in my case) of these fabulous classics lying around, neglected, in a dark corner.
Well, in October, I want you to drag them out from the bottom of the pile, have a wander through them and recreate some of your past dinner party successes – or discover some new old favourites.
October in the cookbook club really couldn’t be any more accessible for all of you. If you don’t actually have any of these classic Australian cookbooks, you’ll definitely find a good selection of Australian Women’s Weekly cookbooks in your nearest goodwill store, or on the newsagents shelves.
We can cook from ANY Australian Women’s Weekly cookbook for the entire month – so knock yourselves out!
In other cookbook club news, the Lambs’ Ears Cookbook Club list so far in 2022 is –
Our year-long cookbook is Neil Perry’s Everything I Love To Cook.
September – Chinese-ish by Rosheen Kaul & Joanna Hu
August – Pride and Pudding by Regula Ysewijn
July – The Cook’s Companion and/or Home by Stephanie Alexander
June – Mabu Mabu by Nornie Bero
May – The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking, by Marcella Hazan or
Jamie’s Italy, by Jamie Oliver
April – The Comfort Bake by Sally Wise
March – The New Book of Middle Eastern Food by Claudia Roden
February – Bella (or anything from any of her previous works) by Annabel Langbein
January – One Pan Perfect by Donna Hay
YOU CAN BUY ANY OF THESE COOKBOOKS AT ALL GOOD BOOKSHOPS, OR ONLINE AT BOOKTOPIA USING THE LINKS IN THIS POST. (IF PURCHASED VIA THESE LINKS, YOU WILL GET A GREAT PRICE AND I WILL RECEIVE A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE COST.)
If you would like to join us in the Lambs’ Ears Cookbook Club, check out my original post here, or just click on the “Cookbook Club” link at the top of the page.
