Australian Recipes and Cookbooks

• Vegemite - A salty paste based on yeast extract and served in sandwiches or on toast.
  
  
• Chiko roll - A deep-fried snack inspired by Chinese spring rolls. Chiko rolls contain a spiced mixture of mutton, barley, cabbage, carrots, and celery.
  
  
• Damper - A wheat-based soda bread traditionally made by outback travellers.
  
  
• Pie floater - A meat pie, covered with tomato sauce, and placed (usually upside-down) in thick green pea soup.
  
  
• ANZAC biscuit (New Zealand also claims to the be the origin of this recipe) - Biscuits made from rolled oats, coconut and syrup.
  
  
• Pavlova (New Zealand also claims to the be the origin of this recipe) - A dessert meringue. It has a crispy exterior, but is light and fluffy inside.
  
  
• Lamingtons - Sponge cake, cubed, and topped with chocolate icing and dessicated coconut. Sometimes they are cut into two halves, and a layer of cream or strawberry jam is placed between the halves.
  
  
  
• Violet Crumble - A chocolate bar containing a honeycomb-like center.
  
  
• Jaffas - An orange-flavored candy containing a soft chocolate center.
  
  
• Tim Tam - A malted chocolate biscuit with a cream-like filling.

• Recipes and Cookbooks

The Cook's Companion: The Complete Book of Ingredients and Recipes for the Australian Kitchen By Stephanie Alexander Penguin Global Hardcover (1136 pages) List Price: $100.00 Lowest New Price: $57.91 Lowest Used Price: $82.76 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 09:58 Pacific 24 Jul 2008 More Info) Click Here

Tetsuya: Recipes from Australia's Most Acclaimed Chef By Tetsuya Wakuda Ten Speed Press Hardcover (183 pages) List Price: $35.00 Lowest New Price: $68.00 Lowest Used Price: $44.99 (As of 09:58 Pacific 24 Jul 2008 More Info) Click Here Amazon.com: Tetsuya Wakuda is a true artist. Inspired by the ingredients native to his adopted country (Australia) and the techniques and flavors of his birthplace (Japan), Tetsuya combines them to complement and highlight each other in the simplest ways to bring out the most complicated flavors. For those of us unfamiliar with his reputation, Tetsuya comes with a glowing forward by Charlie Trotter that refers to Tetsuya in the same breath as Alain Ducasse, Daniel Boulud, and Thomas Keller, and rightly so. Tetsuya's presentation is perfection. Details like minute brunoise and matchstick julienne are beautiful to behold, but it's his ethereal marinades and his thoughtful use of ingredients like fresh ginger, garlic, soy, mirin, and wasabi that make his dishes so memorable, and that allow us mere mortals to follow his recipes successfully. At Tetsuya, meals are presented as numerous small dishes, but you can multiply any of his recipes to work as main courses. Linguine with a Ragout of Oriental Mushrooms is simple to prepare and bursts with the rich, earthy flavor of exotic mushrooms brightened by hints of garlic, sake, mirin, tomato, and chile. Tartare of Tuna with Goat Cheese requires sushi-quality tuna, so if you can get it, this dish is quick and easy and luscious with fresh, creamy goat cheese and lively with cayenne, garlic, ginger, white pepper, and anchovies. Not all of Tetsuya's creations are Asian influenced. There are many magnificent European-style dishes, like a Salad of Sea Scallops with Asparagus and Beans, Venison with Roasted Shallots and Morels, and Granny Smith Apple Sorbet with Sauternes Jelly. Stunning photographs of dreamy dishes and delightful bits of commentary separate recipes laid out like poetry to make this a culinary page-turner and a gift-worthy book. Without a doubt, Tetsuya would make an exciting addition to the kitchen collection of gourmets who love to cook with ingredients like market-fresh produce, sushi-quality fish and shellfish, fresh venison, squab, and guinea fowl. --Leora Y. Bloom

Kylie Kwong: Recipes and Stories By Kylie Kwong Studio Paperback (184 pages) List Price: $25.00 Lowest New Price: $14.90 Lowest Used Price: $15.25 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 09:58 Pacific 24 Jul 2008 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Presenting her recipes for fresh, approachable Chinese food that have seduced Sydney diners in recent years, Kylie Kwong reaches back into her family history to tell a fascinating story of the immigrant experience in Australia. In this celebration of cultural and culinary inspirations, recipes are intertwined with affectionate portraits of memorable meals-from cooking fried rice for her grandmother's boisterous mahjong sessions to the everyday ritual of shopping in Chinatown. The richness and diversity of Kylie's cooking, and the culture that breathes life into it, are reflected in photos from her family album and her travels, as well as of the dishes that mean so much to her. For Kylie, food is both a way of life in the present and a link with the past and her Chinese Australian family heritage. In this captivating book, Kylie shares the recipes she holds dear to her heart, and the memories they evoke. This is a very personal, intimate journey in the lively company of a fascinating family and the food that binds them together.

Aww Best Ever Recipes ("Australian Women's Weekly" Home Library) Whitecap Books Ltd Paperback (128 pages) Lowest New Price: $99.82 Lowest Used Price: $1.49 (As of 09:58 Pacific 24 Jul 2008 More Info) Click Here

Malaysian Favourites: Easy Recipes for Home Cooking (Australian Women's Weekly Home Library Series) ACP Publishing Pty Ltd Paperback (64 pages) Lowest Used Price: $6.10 (As of 09:58 Pacific 24 Jul 2008 More Info) Click Here

Aww Best Recipes From the Weekly ("Australian Women's Weekly" Home Library) Whitecap Books Ltd Paperback (128 pages) Lowest New Price: $15.70 Lowest Used Price: $4.94 (As of 09:58 Pacific 24 Jul 2008 More Info) Click Here

The Big Australian Recipe Book Australian Universities Press Paperback Lowest Used Price: $11.00 (As of 09:58 Pacific 24 Jul 2008 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Oversized softcover with over 1200 recipes

Food We Love: Favourite Recipes from Our Test Kitchen ( " Australian Women's Weekly " ) By Susan Tomnay (Editor) ACP Books Paperback (248 pages) Lowest Used Price: $25.43 (As of 09:58 Pacific 24 Jul 2008 More Info) Click Here