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Classic Cookbooks for Serious Cooks – My Desert Island Cookbooks

Classic cookbooks for serious cooks. Our favourite classic cookbooks that we recommend as Christmas gifts.

These classic cookbooks for serious cooks are the kinds of culinary tomes I’d like to see under my Christmas tree if I didn’t already own them. If your loved-one relishes cooking five-course meals, pounding curry pastes from scratch and making their own charcuterie, these are the cookbooks to buy them. Classic cookbooks for serious cooks … Read more

Last Minute Christmas Tips from Australia’s Finest Chefs

Last Minute Christmas Tips from Australia's Finest Chefs. Japanese knives, Tokyo, Japan. Copyright © 2023 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

I don’t know about you, but we haven’t done anything about preparing for Christmas lunch yet. We’re at Lara’s uncle’s house in Bendigo in Victoria, Australia, and if this Christmas is like others, there’ll be friends and neighbours dropping by. We’re in need of some last minute Christmas tips. If we’ve left it so late … Read more