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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe


  • 7 Days of Dinner – Adam Liaw

    Easy Recipes From Meat-free Monday to Sunday Roasts Hardie Grant Books October 2023 ISBN: 9781743799765 RRP: $49.99 He had me at best-ever garlic bread! You know that meme about the hardest thing about adulting is trying to think what to have for dinner for the rest of your life? [by the way, watch this –…

  • My Family Kitchen- Tommy Pham

    Penguin Australia July 2023 Ok, I freely admit it. I’m one of those tragics who loves looking at beautiful cookbooks without necessarily making any of the dishes – but there are exceptions to that. This is truly a very beautiful cookbook with loads of colour pages, with, also, full page colour photographs to accompany each…

  • Puffin Little Cook: Snacks

    Penguin Australia July 2020 ISBN: 9781760897000 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $12.99 Exciting times as the one and only Puffin imprint celebrates its 80th year – so many beautiful books coming out including some which will of course be featured on this blog – but also lots of fun celebrations. Starting this week Waterstones in the UK are launching a…

  • Willy Wonka’s Everlasting Book of Fun – Roald Dahl

    Penguin Australia February 2020 ISBN: 9780241428139 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $14.99 What a legacy Roald Dahl left to us!  His books still remain some of the most heavily borrowed in the library, they are a staple of read-alouds in the classroom and the fun just keeps on coming to one generation after another. While the long holidays might be…