The Lost Recipes with Ross Dobson

Ross Dobson’s book The Lost Recipes, takes us through over 90 rediscovered and revived Australian classics – thrifty, no-waste recipes from a time that honoured seasonal, locally grown ingredients and truly understood the value of food as comfort. Nostalgic, yes, but completely relevant to today’s kitchens.

Chef and bestselling cookbook author Ross Dobson has a hobby: scouring old journals, newspapers and books for Australia’s ‘forgotten’ recipes. While his research has revealed some shockers not worth repeating, he has come across many more worthy dishes that are missing from the repertoire of modern-day cooks. In The Lost Recipes he sets about righting this culinary injustice by presenting a selection of bygone gems, savoury and sweet, dating from the Victorian era through to the 1950s.

‘There isn’t one recipe in this book that wasn’t, in essence, once a lovely idea. It has been a privilege and joy to bring them back to life – and in a workable condition.’ Ross Dobson

About Ross Dobson

Ross Dobson runs the popular Penrith cafe, Cafe Royce.

Ross has been having a great deal of fun and success working in the international publishing industry for 20 years. Ross’ first cookbook, Chinatown (Murdoch Books) was published in 2004. His most recent tome, Australia: The Cookbook (Phaidon) was published in 2021.

In between, Ross has published some 20 cookbook titles. Ross has also been busy working as a magazine food editor for BBC Good Food and operating several highly regarded eating establishments in Sydney’s western suburbs.

Tea, coffee and light refreshments will be provided.

QBD the Booksellers will be there. Purchase one of Ross's books to have it personally signed.

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