Hello, my name is Undomestic Goddess and I am a bookshopaholic...

I bought it!!!! I went to a huge book sale and it was there. My heart raced, my breathing increased and my hands began to shake. It was here. It was cheap. It would be mine.

I have left the price tag on the book as I am tickled pink I got it for $29.95 and its the hard copy. I have seen the soft cover in Borders for around $80.

I have already been flipping though. Absolute high class food porn!



I also bought this which I have also wanted for a while and just haven't got around to buying. I got the hard cover for $19.95. The soft cover is usually $30 so I was happy with that.

It is a great reference and written very well.

I also bought Scott's journals; I really love reading accounts of arctic/antarctic explorers the hardships and their perserverence and drive is amazing. It really transports you so far from our comfortabl lives in the modern world.

Tonight I made Salade Nicoise with tuna, coddled eggs, black olives, potato, green beans and some butter lettuce at the bottom.

I had not made it before but the combination of flavours, colours and textures was lovely.

Here is a photo with dressing which I made from a couple of anchovy fillets, a clove of raw garlic, olive oil and red wine vinegar.

I also had to do a watered down version of the salad for Mr Undomestic Goddess who doesn't like eggs, tuna olives or anchovies. Um, so not really a salade nicoise. He got ham and cherry tomatoes with the lettuce, beans and potato. It didn't look as photogenic so its not featured here.

Got to go, Masterchef is on TV!