• AliciaWarren on December 26, 2012

  I have a later version of this book, ISBN 1740451406, published in Australia 2005 (or later). There doesn't seem to be much difference. The sub title is "the new comfort food for people on the move". On checking the soup chapter, the word 'squash' has been replaced with the word 'pumpkin', also 'shrimp' replaced by 'prawn', 'aragula' replaced by 'rocket' in recipe headings and ingredients lists. Haven't checked whether the total number of recipes is different.

Notes about Recipes in this book

• Curried chicken noodle soup

  • Roblyn on May 10, 2019

    Good pantry recipe

• Orange sweet potato and fried noodle salad

  • Foudie on April 10, 2012

    This is amazing. A little hard to eat but the flavours are excellent.

• Chickpea and flatbread salad

  • inghere on June 06, 2026

    Nice

• Bucatini with sausage and fennel seed

  • aargle on January 08, 2013

    I add chopped onion and sauté first then add garlic

• Chicken and mushroom pilaf

  • Cheri on October 06, 2012

    We thought this was a little bland. It's ok, but not sure I would repeat.

• Noodles with beef

  • mbremner on February 02, 2023

    Can substitute pre-cooked noodles and alternative vegetables

• Yellow fish curry

  • eilene_ii8svf on February 03, 2026

    Don’t like bamboo shoots so put in carrots.

• Chili con carne

  • Nichill on November 19, 2022

    Cooked by 13-year-old boy with minimal intervention, and very tasty result. Added dark chocolate, with scant use of sugar. It felt like the dried herbs were more dominant than typically, but not entirely sure if the quantities were precisely measured!

• Asian-flavored beef stew

  • Nichill on November 20, 2025

    Made a lovely thick sauce, admittedly with top quality rare breed beef. The star anise was over-powering: next time use less, or put it in later. Very tasty, nice straightforward recipe, apart from chopping herbs. I would want a green vegetable alongside it, green beans or something.