Australian Gourmet Traveller October 2009, Spring table I bought this magazine in November 2009 and I cooked at least two things from it as evidenced in an earlier blog post. While the magazine is titled “spring table” and is definitely seasonal, the recipes are also distinctly Spanish. We started on soup Monday with pea and … Continue reading Spring Table
Rick Stein’s Food heroes, Rick Stein, BBC Books, 2002 Another Helping, BBC Books, 2004 We really enjoyed both seasons of this Rick Stein series and we bought, or perhaps were given the book from series two. We cooked from it a lot and later bought the book from series one. We rarely cooked from this … Continue reading Food heroes
Cook’s Illustrated Soups and Stews, Winter 2009 In the northern hemisphere autumn of 1999, I was invited to speak at an intranet conference in San José. There were a lot of firsts about this trip. This was the first time I had been to this part of the US, and I loved it. It is … Continue reading Soups and stews
Dinner at home by Lois Daish, Bridget Williams Books, 1993 I am a very long time Lois Daish fan. When I lived in London my mother used to send me Lois’ recipes from the Listener. When I came Wellington, in the mid-1980s, I regularly frequented the Mt Cook Café, where the Louisiana chicken salad was … Continue reading Dinner at home
The Palomar Cookbook, Mitchell Beazley, London, 2016 On Monday July 7th, 2014, I had dinner with Peter, Phoebe and Max at the Palomar in London, 24 Rupert Street, Soho. I wrote in my diary, “this may have been the best restaurant meal I have ever eaten”. I had read about this restaurant in the Time … Continue reading Palomar
Kitchen, recipes from the heart of the home, by Nigella Lawson, Chatto and Windus, 2010. I have five Nigella Lawson cooking books. I use everyone of them regularly, except this one. I wonder why? Perhaps because by the time I was given this book I already had too many cookbooks? Never mind why, March is … Continue reading Nigella’s Kitchen
The Kitchen Diaries by Nigel Slater, Fourth Estate, 2005. Nigel Slater likes to cook the way I do. Mostly planning around what I already have in the cupboard or garden and sometimes being inspired by what I see in the market, to spontaneously change the plan. I like to cook simple weeknight suppers, mostly vegetables … Continue reading Kitchen Diaries
This is the first of an occasional post about what is happening in the garden through the seasons. I’m not an expert gardener and our garden is seriously troubled with strong winds. Both of these factors impact the success of our garden. There are a few vegetables however that nearly always flourish. Is it chance … Continue reading Jerusalem artichokes
Jamie’s Italy by Jamie Oliver. Michael Joseph, 2005; Jamie’s Great Britain by Jamie Oliver. Michael Joseph, 2011. I bought Jamie’s Great Britain because I enjoyed the television series and I am interested in British food. It’s my heritage, and British classics cooked well are always good. I like the idea of adapting classic dinners with … Continue reading The Naked Chef at home and abroad
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