Cookbook

So some of these cookbooks, I wouldn't say they were technically just cookbooks, but they were practical guides that included other things about the household.

Not only was the audience of cookbooks different in the past, so too were the cookbook authors.

Cookbooks today are written by chefs, restauranteurs.

In the past in Malaya and Singapore, they were written by people who were just... had this strong desire to share knowledge, to disseminate information and knowledge with regards to the culinary.

It was a time where there was not enough books for women, for instance, and there were authors like Siti Radia Mohamad Saleh, an author based in Singapore but was from Malaya.

They are no longer seafaring in Singapore, but there are still other seafaring communities around Southeast Asia.

And I would like to see a cookbook about the cuisine of seafaring communities throughout Southeast Asia, including the Bajau Lawat in Malaysia, the Moken, and of course the Orang Lawat in Singapore.

Cookbooks, of course, aren't the only ways to document or transmit culture.

I gave our young mums an opportunity to build up their self-esteem and own confidence and then I placed them into jobs and now they've got a job of their choice, they've gone on their own journey and they've got a better quality of life in their families.

This yarn is going to be one that you're going to really enjoy because we're talking to one of our knowledge holders, one of our elders here on Gadigal Country who was actually on stage yesterday doing a cooking demonstration But also, Aunt, you've just launched a cookbook.

So I have to tell everybody, make sure you go online, have a look at the show notes and support Aunty Bera with her new cookbook.

So for everyone that's listening...

If you don't know Aunty Beryl, here's an opportunity to be able to hear from an amazing elder in our community that's been cooking and teaching and sharing her knowledge for decades.

We go back.

A long time.

So here you are now, Unley Beryl at the age of 84, and you've launched a cookbook.

It's an all-day event, and there are seven partnering independent bookstores.

Sweet Pickle Books, Pillow Cat Books, Bonnie Slotnick, Cookbooks.

There's a bunch.

It'll be great.

Mm.

So we're gonna explore all of that in the next episode entitled Cookbooks and the Shape of a New Nation.

Interesting.

Yeah.

Having a set time to train is a great thing.

Having meals that you know you'll eat is a great thing.

I'll be the first to say structure is what gets results.

The problem though that I want to dig into a little bit and that I did dig into with her a little bit is the rule underneath it.

The first one is probably something that you've heard some version of before, but I can't not bring it up because it is the simplest thing and almost nobody does it on a hard week.

Here's where most people go wrong.

They think being consistent means eating the same meals at the same time.

And when that's possible, great.

There's gonna be food galore at Julie's house, so I'm trying to get in on that.

Uh, her book is Devilishly Delicious, uh, Cookbook.

It's Disney villains.

Have you been to Disney Villain Night? When they do the, you know, the Villain Night.

And a lot of them tie into, uh, you know, other intellectual property like movies or television or things like that, right?

Yes.

I wrote Seinfeld: The Official Cookbook.

I wrote Supernatural: The Official Cookbook.

You've really, um, pointed our thoughts very specifically in some really helpful directions.

And I want people to know that all of this is, um, you know, documented for the ages in his new book called God's Cookbook, uh, and it's available everywhere, so we want you to go get a copy.

Um, but we're gonna end the week talking about something that I think is pretty useless [laughs] in this world.

Talk to us about what Luke 14 brings out.

I think that's so well said, and a great place to, uh, wrap up.

And I'm so grateful, friends, that, uh, Coast Life Church senior pastor Jason Moorman has spent this week with us.

Again, if you would like to get a book, a copy of the book, it's called God's Cookbook: Recovering the Flavor of Faith in a Saltless Age.

It's available everywhere books are sold.