The Book of Lost Recipes: The Best Signature Dishes From Historic Restaurants Rediscovered by Jaya Saxena was a Christmas present from very dear friends of mine, and it’s really interesting. The book is a collection of recipes from US restaurants that have closed down but that were once very popular. There is a bit of …
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Aug 04
Cookbook 153: One Knife, One Pot, One Dish
My Saturday didn’t go to plan. I was going to make a couple of masks and then cook from One Knife, One Pot, One Dish by Stephane Reynaud, a cookbook I bought with reward and recognition money from my workplace. The idea of being able to easily cook a couple of dishes, not make too …
Jul 28
Cookbook 152: Simply Italian: Cooking at home with the Chiappa Sisters
I bought Simply Italian: Cooking at home with the Chiappa Sisters by Michela, Emanuela and Romina Chiappa at the start of the pandemic, and because I had seen their show, well Michela Chiappa’s show Simply Italian. And that show really really annoys me, because Michela keeps talking about how she and at least one of …
Jul 16
Cookbook 150: Nigellissima
Nigellissima: Instant Itality Inspiration by Nigella Lawson was a Christmas gift from a very dear friend, and what an amazing book. My copy is second hand and so will differ from the relaunched version I’ve linked to above in font and photos and possibly layout, but that doesn’t really matter. This book is great and …
Jul 01
Cookbook 146: The Monet Cookbook: Recipes from Giverny
I bought The Monet Cookbook: Recipes from Giverny for Scott when I was at the Musée d’Orsay last year (2019). It’s a collection of 80 of Monet’s recipes (as taken from his own recipe journals), from his home in Giverny, France. Alongside the recipes are prints of Monet’s art, photographs of Monet and his family, …
Jun 29
Cookbook 145: Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook
My wonderful Scott bought me Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook: Strategies, Recipes, and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking for my birthday. It’s a fantastic book. Bourdain starts up by insulting you (the reader) in the introduction: This book aims to be a field manual to strategy and tactics, which means that in the following pages, …
Jun 21
Cookbook 144: Slow Cooker: The complete collection
I bought Slow Cooker: The complete collection by the Australian Women’s Weekly from Aldi where it was on sale. Like all modern AWW cookbooks it says that it is triple tested, and that it contains “200 of our best slow cooker recipes together”. I love slow cooked food, it’s tender, tasty and means that you …
Jun 08
Cookbook 142: Week Light
So… I hope isolation is treating you well, that you’ve survived CoVid successfully so far. It’s been a ride, and it isn’t even close to over yet. Please get vaccinated when a vaccine is found, it’s better to be inoculated than not (no, I will not be accepting arguments at this time). Also, sorry for …
Nov 01
Cookbook 126: The Crazy Dumplings Cookbook
I ended up with The Crazy Dumplings Cookbook by Amanda Roberts when I backed her second volume of dumpling recipes on Kickstarter. I like dumplings a lot, and I was intrigued by the idea that you really can fill dumplings with almost everything and they still taste amazing. Naturally I went with the non-standard dumpling …
Jul 10
A birthday feast in two courses
So I promised my sister that I’d make her a birthday feast at a time that worked for both of us, as a gift to her. This weekend was the weekend in which we did it. Jacinta’s (my sister) task was to select recipes that she wanted from my cookbooks. As you can guess, this …
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