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May 04
Cookbook 204: Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Shelf Love
After my previous dissatisfaction, though I did rate it highly, with an Ottolenghi’s cookbook, I thought I’d try again, and this time picked Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Shelf Love. This was a success. I made four dishes, including a decadent and amazing dessert, and the recipes weren’t incredibly complicated or difficult. This book I do recommend, …
May 04
Cookbook 203: Tonight’s Dinner 2
Who doesn’t love Adam Liaw, his happy face, wonderful recipes and kindness towards his guests on TV? I certainly love him and love trying out his recipes, because they are generally great and reliable. The less guesswork for me, the better. Adam Liaw’s Tonight’s Dinner 2 is the sequel to his Tonight’s Dinner, a cookbook …
May 04
Potato Pikelets/Pancakes/Hot Cakes
Whatever you choose to call them, this is a recipe I made up today to use up left-over mashed potatoes. I don’t know if you have ever had, or made potato bread, which rely on mashed potatoes, but it is soft, filling and delicious. These pikelets/pancakes/hot cakes were the same. So if you have left-over …
Oct 06
Cookbook 202: Dessert Person
This isn’t my cookbook, it belongs to James who loves Claire Saffitz (which is fair, because she’s lovely), and so he was excited when Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence was published and bought a copy of it. The recipes all look amazing, the photography is beautiful and sound like something you …
Aug 02
Cookbook 201: Nadiya’s Everyday Baking
Nadiya’s Everyday Baking by Nadiya Hussain, winner of the sixth season of the Great British Bakeoff, is an ode to the oven and all the delicious foods that can be baked. It covers both savoury and sweet recipes from snacks through to main dishes. When I bought this I thought it would be just the …
Jul 27
Cookbook 200: Destination Flavour – People and Places
Wow, 200 cookbooks. I still have more to go (because I did start buying them again) and this will probably never stop unless people stop publishing interesting cookbooks. Destination Flavour: People and Place by Adam Liaw is excellent. I loved all the recipes I cooked, the focaccia was amazing and I want to go back …
Nov 02
Cookbook 199: Baking Yesteryear
Of course you all know B Dylan Hollis right? You’ve seen his videos on TikTok or YouTube and you’ve laughed along with his double (or single) entendres while he cooks a recipe he’s found in some antique book store or that has been shared with him by friends. And it made perfect sense that after …
Aug 27
Cookbook 198: Recipetin Eats Dinner
I have an admission. Prior to opening this cookbook I had no idea who Nagi Maehashi was nor what Recipetin Eats was. I saw a lot of people raving about the cookbook, but despite my terminal online-ness and love of recipes and good instructions, I had completely missed this whole show, which is my loss. …
Aug 27
Cookbook 197: Tonight’s Dinner
Tonight’s Dinner: Home cooking for every day by Adam Liaw was a Christmas present… in 2022 if my memory serves me correctly. At the end of last year (2023) I received a crate of mangoes as part of a fundraiser for a local school (yes I know I’m behind on updating this blog), and suddenly …
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