Bill's Sydney Food (Slipcase): Authentic Australian Recipes Cookbook | Classic & Original Recipe Collection | Perfect for Home Chefs & Australian Cuisine Lovers

I have recently been going back to my roots and collecting all the Australian and New Zealand recipe books I can find. I ate at Bills last year in Waikiki on my way to Australia from the US, and was impressed with the airy, summery, tropical space and the "basic with an interesting twist" dishes that I had.I am not a sugar for breakfast kind of person, but I looked longingly at the next tables Ricotta Hotcakes with Honeycomb butter, while eating my rather excellent eggs, greens and avocado.I am pleased to report that the enviable Ricotta Hotcakes recipe is in this book, along with many other delicious sounding breakfast dishes such as Potato and Feta pancakes (these are Rosti style, golden and crunchy) Crumpets with Blackberry Butter (I have never made crumpets but miss good crumpets from home so will have to try my hand at making these) Toasted Coconut Waffles with Fresh Mango and Palm Syrup (I don't own a waffle maker but this recipe has me considering it.On to the lunch dishes, and some that stand out to me are the Spaghettini with Crab, Lime and Chilli, Ricotta and Tomato Tart, Individual Chicken and Leek Pies, Coconut and Passionfruit Slice, Nectarine and Plum Tart, Spicy Prawn Cakes with Coriander Dipping Sauce.Dinner offers: Roast Chicken with Yoghurt Garlic Sauce, Lamb Cutlets with Skordalia and Parsley Salad, Barbequed Whole Fish with Fresh Herb Relish, Spring Onion Bread, Pavolova with Passionfruit, Coconut Rice Pudding with Papaya and Lime, White Peach and Mango Frappe (with rum)The recipes all scream tropical island to me. Which even though I currently live in the desert, this type of food is perfect for our long, hot summers by the pool.I am looking forward to cooking from this book, as everything sounds simple, fresh, delicious and unfussy.Vibrant dishes made with gorgeous ingredients and minimum fuss.I have now purchased some of Bills other books and will also review them as they arrive.Please note, as mentioned in the headline, this book Bills Breakfast, Lunch plus Dinner and also Sydney Food are the exact same book. One published in Australia and the other in Canada, both in 2000. The measurements are exactly the same. Metric and Imperial measurements are provided in both.In the back of the book is a conversion chart which correctly lists Australian tablespoon measures as 20ml and UK tablespoons as 15ml (UK and New Zealand tablespoon measures are the same as US tablespoons - 15ml) No mention of whether the tablespoon measures in this book are the listed 20ml or 15ml. However, even though the rest of the world uses a 15ml tablespoon, Bill is Australian and the book is focused on Aussie flavors, so despite the fact that both measurements are given, I would assume that all tablespoon measures in this book will be 20ml. Or for US readers, 1 US tablespoon(15gm) , plus 1 US teaspoon (5grms)Please also note, the chart lists a cup measure as being 250ml or 8 fl oz (this is the cup size for Australia, Canada and South Africa) A US Cup is 240ml (or 8.45 imperial fluid ounces.) So for US cooks, whereever a cup measure is mentioned, use a cup plus two teaspoons.If this review has been helpful to you, would you please click the helpful button? It gives me a huge kick to see that my reviews helped someone out. You may be interested in some of my other reviews too. I review a lot of cookbooks and kitchen tools (and some great dog products for those of you who have canine friends)Simply click through to my profile, browse my reviews, and check out some of my ideas lists.Happy cooking!