In our weekly interview about objects, the Australian culinary icon shares how she can get by with shabby utensils – and gives her best travel advice
Alexander has published 18 books in her 50-year career, but the Cook’s Companion is the one she keeps coming back to. Here she tells us she still cracks it open every day, and shares the stories of other personal belongings.About 10 years ago, maybe more, I visited China with a small group led by my friend and colleague Tony Tan. We travelled by bus between towns and dining destinations. The bus was programmed to stop now and then, to hopefully persuade us to buy something or other.
I take it with me to any holiday destination. I cannot find anything like it locally, which is tragic as it’s beginning to tear. If my house caught fire, I would wrap myself in my quilt and get out fast.My adult life has been spent choosing lovely food, cooking lovely food and sharing it with family and friends. I guess a kitchen object might be considered my most useful. But I can cope with a knife other than my favourite one.
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