Your Recipe: Your Story!

We look forward to sharing your recipes with our library community!

Mill Park library is hosting several workshops to tickle your tastebuds and expand your culinary repertoire! Please note that bookings are required.

Cultural Diversity Week: A Taste of India: Monday 18 March, 1.00pm—2.30pm at Mill Park Library 

Cultural Diversity Week: Where Do We Come From?: Wednesday 20 March, 1.00pm—2.00pm at Mill Park Library 

Cultural Diversity Week: A Taste of China and Thailand: Thursday 21 March, 7.00pm—8.30pm at Mill Park Library 

Also look out for:

Dumpling Demonstration and Tasting: Tuesday 19 March, 11.30am—12.00pm at Diamond Valley Library

Chinese Cooking Demonstration: Wednesday 20 March, 6.30pm—8.00pm at Watsonia Library

Explore the amazing Tasting Spoons Cookbook Group based at Diamond Valley Library.

Don’t forget that all our libraries have an extensive collection of cookbooks celebrating culinary diversity.

Come and check them out! 

Simple Italian : the essentials of Italian home cooking by Silvia Colloca

Create silky smooth pasta, find out which shapes go with which sauce and learn the secrets to achieving perfectly creamy risotto and soft gnocchi every time. Alongside chapters on pasta, gnocchi and rice, you'll also learn how to create stunning antipasto spreads and cook hearty mains and elegant sides to go with them. Whip up light and airy focaccia, then turn your leftover bread into delicious meals, such as meatballs or deep-fried mozzarella toasties. And don't forget the sweets, nothing fancy here, just the simple cakes, biscuits and tarts that Italians actually eat at home.

Tandoori home cooking : over 70 classic Indian tandoori recipes to cook at home

by Maunika Gowardhan

Cooking in a tandoor (clay oven) is a technique that dates back to the Bronze Age, and traditionally has always been about bringing the flavour from the clay oven to the vegetables, meats and fresh breads cooked in it. Communal kitchens have centred around the tandoor for generations across the northern frontier of India, making their way through the Indian subcontinent, and always providing warmth, good food and flavour. In Tandoori Home Cooking, Maunika Gowardhan, bestselling author of Thali, takes you on a tour to share an explosion of tandoori flavours, spices, recipes and culinary heritage found across the streets and restaurants of India, with dishes that can be made in conventional ovens and grills in your home all year round.

Salt of the earth : secrets and stories from a Greek kitchen by Carolina Doriti

Discover simple, fresh, and flavoursome recipes for everything from the traditional 'Kakavia' Fisherman's soup, precious parcels of Beef Dolmades and 'Melopita' Baked Honey Cheesecake to modern favourites such as Baked Feta in Phyllo, Roasted Beetroot with Pistachio 'Skordalia' Dip or Stuffed Calamari with Artichokes. Salt of the Earth is divided into chapters that typify this delicious cuisine: Olive, Grain, Hive, Seed and Vine. Through these pages, explore Mediterranean dishes and flavour combinations in depth, and immerse yourself in Greek food. 

Recipes from Andalusia by José Pizarro

Recipes from Andalusia is a culinary exploration of Andalusia, a place where the past and modernity blend together to form a rather magical destination. Not just a feast for the eyes, Andalusia is also a food-lover's paradise. In Recipes from Andalusia, award-winning chef José Pizarro takes readers on a journey through it's most delicious dishes. Many of the dishes go back to Moorish times – or earlier – and each of the eight provinces has their own special dish. Try your hand at Pork loin with pear and hazelnuts, Prawns baked in salt with mango, chilli, cilantro salsa, and a rather boozy Barbary fig margarita.

The Way Mum Made It: Treasured Family Recipes from Australian Kitchens Alexandra O'Brien

With dishes to suit people living on their own as well as larger families, there are chapters on breakfasts and brunches, sweet treats for morning or afternoon tea, simple recipes that can be made with the kids, easy lunches, delicious dinners, special recipes for celebrations, as well as sauces, preserves and jams. From old classics, like Mum's Sweet Brisket and The Perfect Scones, to recipes with a modern twist, like Lemon and Chicken Parmesan Rissoles and Raspberry Banana Bread with Passionfruit Icing, there's something to please every member of the family. The perfect cookbook for anyone who appreciates gathering around the table with loved ones to share great food, with minimal effort.