Taste of Persia – a cook’s travel adventures through Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran and Kurdistan by Naomi Duguid, Artisan, 2016 As you probably know Persian food is one of my favourite cuisines. I know quite a bit about the food of Iran, a little about Georgia and absolutely nothing about Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan. I … Continue reading Taste of Persia
Who doesn’t love rhubarb? I wasn’t a fan for many years, most of my life in fact. I had only ever been presented rhubarb as a stewed pudding ingredient. Around 2017, I discovered some new ways to think about rhubarb and I wrote a blog post about my rhubarb discoveries. Since then I have seen … Continue reading Rhubarb
Eat – the little book of fast food by Nigel Slater, Fourth Estate, 2013 I was given this book as a gift about ten years ago. I love the concept. It is a small readable book containing “over 600 ideas for dinner. Straightforward, delicious cooking. For the times we just want to eat.” It’s a … Continue reading Eat
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
Fast Diet recipe book, Short Books, 2013 The Fast Diet was all the rage in 2013 and I had quite a few friends who followed it. I noticed this book in a book shop and some of the recipes were very appealing. This was before I was a reformed compulsive cookbook buyer, and I bought … Continue reading Fast diet
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
Slow food cookbook, Australian Gourmet Traveller Collector’s Edition, 2011 I am sometimes given Australian Gourmet Traveller magazine by a friend, and I always enjoy it. This special issue promised 387 gorgeous ideas to warm your kitchen. I expect that is why I bought it. So why did I never cook a recipe from it? I … Continue reading Slow food cookbook
Riverford Companions – Autumn and winter veg by Guy Watson, Riverford Organic Farms Ltd, 2015. Riverford Organic Farms is a very popular Vege Box/ Meal Kit supplier in the UK. I know a few people who get boxes from Riverford, and one of them gave us this cookbook circa 2016. I have rarely used it … Continue reading Autumn and Winter Veg
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
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