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Recent Posts Tagged With 'Cookbook Reviews'
Jul 20
Vietnamese food was always something I enjoyed eating out, but never dabbled with in my own kitchen until I got hold of Secrets of The Red Lantern a couple of years ago. Although I still shy away from making large vats of beef broth for Pho, a lot o (read full article)
bun cha, cookbook, Cookbook Reviews, Luke Nguyen, Meat, Murdoch Books, noodles, Pasta & Noodles, patties, Pork
Jul 05
It’s been a blissful week off blogging (I felt a break was deserved after the back-to-back Paris posts), but with a teetering tower of cookbooks awaiting reviews and a fast-growing backlog, I can slack no longer. First up from the lengthy list (read full article)
bar snack, canapé, cookbook, Cookbook Reviews, eggs, Hix Oyster & Chop House, mark hix, Party Food & Canapés, quail's egg
Jun 14
I had originally intended it to be Paris week on the blog, highlighting a different restaurant from our recent 5 restaurant/2 night trip, each day. However I’m still light years from finishing the reviews, so in its place is a fittingly French (read full article)
canapé, cheese, choux paste, comté, cookbook, Cookbook Reviews, french, gougère, Michel Roux, Party Food & Canapés
May 26
Up till a couple of years ago meals in our household were largely carnivorous affairs with vegetables taking the form of hastily-thrown together salads and unimaginative steamed or roasted sides. Ottolenghi single-handedly changed all that through t (read full article)
Breakfast & Brunch, cookbook, Cookbook Reviews, ebury publishing, fritters, leek, Ottolenghi, plenty, Starters, vegetables
May 17
For those who reside out of Australia, this may be the first time you’ve heard of Frank Camorra, chef/owner of the popular Spanish restaurant MoVida in Melbourne. The first cookbook he penned won a string of awards in his adopted homeland (he& (read full article)
artichokes, Australia, cookbook, Cookbook Reviews, Frank Camorra, Jamón, melbourne, MoVida, MoVida Rustica, Richard Cornish
May 07
One wouldn’t immediately associate the former chef of Michelin-starred Maze with frugal cooking, but that is exactly the focus of Jason Atherton’s latest cookbook ‘Gourmet Food For a Fiver’. With the current economic climate (read full article)
chilli, cookbook, Cookbook Reviews, Fish & Seafood, Gourmet Food for a Fiver, Jason Atherton, prawn cake, prawns, Quadrille Publishing, shellfish
May 06
One wouldn’t immediately associate the former chef of Michelin-starred Maze with frugal cooking, but that is exactly the focus of Jason Atherton’s latest cookbook ‘Gourmet Food For a Fiver’. With the current economic climate (read full article)
chilli, cookbook, Cookbook Reviews, Fish & Seafood, Gourmet Food for a Fiver, Jason Atherton, prawn cake, prawns, Quadrille Publishing, shellfish
Apr 29
Anyone who regularly hosts dinner parties will know it’s a real juggling act – doing enough in the kitchen to impress, while remaining calm, poised and visible to your guests. Years of experience has taught me that the key to a successfu (read full article)
chicken wings, chipotle, cookbook, Cookbook Reviews, dinner party, Jennifer Joyce, Meals in Heels, Meat, meatballs, Middle Eastern
Apr 15
This week I appear to be a step behind everyone. First, a couple of blogger reviews for an East London eatery popped up before I had a chance to pen my own, then my twitter feed brings to my attention two posts on Fiona Cairn’s ‘Bake and (read full article)
almonds, Bake & Decorate, baking, cake, Cakes, Cookies & Bread, Cookbook Reviews, Dark Chocolate, Fiona Cairns, flourless
Mar 05
After last week’s review of the veggie-centric New Urban Gardener, it’s time to even things up with an unapologetic ode to meat – John Torode’s “Beef: And Other Bovine Matters”. Most of the nation knows Torode as (read full article)
beef, cookbook, Cookbook Reviews, John Torode, Meat, pie, Quadrille Publishing, Smiths of Smithfield
Feb 26
I am always on the lookout for tasty meat-free options to balance out my largely carnivorous diet with more green, so when Quadrille Publishing offered review copies of Celia Brooks Brown’s “New Urban Farmer, From Plot to Plate: A Year o (read full article)
allotment, Celia Brooks Brown, cookbook, Cookbook Reviews, eggs, feta, gardening, New Urban Farmer, peas, Quadrille Publishing