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Lara MVery Simple Food by Jill Dupleix
May 4th 2007 06:03
Everything about this book is simple. The photographs were taken by Dupliex herself, and they are big, bold and friendly. Bright colours are used in big uniform patches. Even the language is simple. Dupleix utilises phrases such as “Discard any obvious sinews or icky bits,” that would normally not be considered cookery jargon. However, a major downfall is that it is most unfortunate that with a name like Jill Dupliex the book wasn’t called ‘Complex Food’.
The party tricks section was probably the best, because it was perhaps best suited to the theme. Orderves should be simple and delicate. And Its a bonus if they’re quick to make in large quantities. They were also probably the most creative and inventive recipes mentioned in this book.
But even here I found myself a little disappointed when I discovered the last ‘fresh idea’ was to buy a 2kg wedge of cheese and serve with bread and olives. Do I really need a cookbook to tell me this amazing recipe?
Personally I didn’t find this book particularly stimulating or inspiring. But then again, ‘Very Simple Food’ is the sequel to the popular ‘Simple Food’ and both are amongst eleven cookbooks published by Dupliex. So somebody’s buying it. Perhaps it would be better suited to someone is just learning to cook, like a child or twenty five year old man.
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The party tricks section was probably the best, because it was perhaps best suited to the theme. Orderves should be simple and delicate. And Its a bonus if they’re quick to make in large quantities. They were also probably the most creative and inventive recipes mentioned in this book.
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But even here I found myself a little disappointed when I discovered the last ‘fresh idea’ was to buy a 2kg wedge of cheese and serve with bread and olives. Do I really need a cookbook to tell me this amazing recipe?
Personally I didn’t find this book particularly stimulating or inspiring. But then again, ‘Very Simple Food’ is the sequel to the popular ‘Simple Food’ and both are amongst eleven cookbooks published by Dupliex. So somebody’s buying it. Perhaps it would be better suited to someone is just learning to cook, like a child or twenty five year old man.
It is believed that the use of low-resolution images and text extracts in this context
• to illustrate the publication in question,
• with the owners’ names either visible on the image itself or written in the image description below,
on the www.foodherald.com hosted on a server in Australia by www.orble.com , qualifies as fair use under Australian copyright law.
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