Weekly photo dump 7th-13th September 2026

Super-galactic travelling friends,

It's been a busy week for me, so without further ado, let's get this week's photo dump going!

Charity shop meals-Czech Cuisine

Super-galactic travelling friends, 

A couple weeks back I spotted a Czech cookbook that was written back in 1985, and is packed full of traditional recipes. I of course immediately snatched it up! Both my partner and I love the types of recipes it has inside, so I was excited to review something from it.

Charity shop meals-cooking from Classics of the American Midwest

Dear super-galactic travellers,

it's time for another charity shop meal, and boy do I have an interesting recipe to review for you today!

When I was visiting my parents earlier this year I popped into town to look around some charity shops, when I came across the cookbook, Classics of the American Midwest, presented by Lancaster County Medical Auxiliary Lincoln Nebraska.

I've watched the TikToker That Midwestern Mom who makes those Minnesota salads that aren't really salads videos lots of times, so when I came across this honest to goodness classic style Midwestern cookbook, there was no way I was leaving it behind.

Because I've always been intrigued to try a Midwestern salad, I decided to go for one of the savoury salads. After a quick browse I came across the hot chicken 'salad' recipe, which had one of the most interesting collection on ingredients I'd ever seen!

Charity shop meals-cooking from A New Style Of Cooking by Anton Mosimann

Hello once again super-galactic travellers, and welcome to a new series I'm going to call, charity shop meals, where I review recipes I try from vintage cookbooks!

A few years back I started collecting recipe books I thought were interesting. I have a few from regular shops, but most are from charity shops.

We've cooked from some of the shop bought books but we've not really done a lot with the charity shops ones, so last week my partner proposed we start cooking with them more, starting this week!

My partner was the first to choose a recipe, and decided to pick one from A New Style Of Cooking by Anton Mosimann.

I bought this cookbook a couple months back as I found it interesting to see recipes that were seen as fancy and modern at the time, but when you look back at them now they come across as pretty old fashioned.

The recipe he ended up picking at random was poached sole fillets with smoked salmon sauce (filets de sole a l'ecossaise.)

We love white fish, smoked salmon, and creamy sauces, so what's not to love eh! My partner wanted to try and plate it as closely as possible as the image example. He wanted to try and plate it as close to the image in the book as possible, and this was the result!