The Cookbook Guru – Marbled Tea Eggs
This month’s Cookbook Guru‘s task is to take a recipe book from our own library and promote it’s virtues as a contender for 2015’s booklist. Today I made Marbled Tea … Continue reading
Italian style zucchini and parmesan cheese soup
It’s rare for me to feel constrained by ingredient supply or immature palates when I cook, but choosing a Neil Perry recipe to prepare for this month’s Cookbook Guru has … Continue reading
Elizabeth David’s Blue Cheese Tarts
The Cookbook Guru this month is exploring Elizabeth David’s classic “English Bread and Yeast Cookery.” Thirty plus years ago, when I first became interested in cooking more than just the … Continue reading
Sourdough Spelt Pizza Bases
Elizabeth David writes scathing observations about English pizza in the introductory pages of the section dedicated to Pizza and Pissaladiere in her erudite tome “English Bread and Yeast Cookery,” this … Continue reading
Mrs Beeton’s Caramel Pudding
The Cookbook Guru, hosted by Leah is exploring Mrs Beeton’s classic tome on cooking and household management during May. I inherited a 1907 copy of “Mrs Beeton’s Family Cookery” from … Continue reading
The Cookbook Guru – Mrs Beeton’s Veal Olives
It’s generally a pleasurable task, perusing a cookbook with the intention of making a family meal, but when the book was first published in the British Victorian era, finding an … Continue reading
“The New Book of Middle Eastern Food” – Rose Scented Rice Pudding
I couldn’t resist making another recipe from Claudia Roden’s “The New Book of Middle Eastern Food” to contribute to the Cookbook Guru. AA Milne’s Mary Jane threw a tantrum … Continue reading
April Cookbook Guru “The New Book of Middle Eastern Food”
Cooking with Claudia My stained and battered copy of Claudia Roden’s “The New Book of Middle Eastern Food” has been in constant use in my kitchen for at least 20 … Continue reading
Karen Martini’s Syrian Chicken
I’ve been making this fabulous chicken dish created by Karen Martini since it was published in our daily newspaper’s Sunday magazine several years ago. Sweet and spicy, the chicken looks … Continue reading
Charmaine Solomon’s Vegetable Curries
I’ve been hankering after curry for a week now, not just any old curry, but recipes cooked from the Indian section of Charmaine Solomon’s Complete Asian Cookbook, recipes that are … Continue reading
Tess Kiros’ Dolmades
I have rolled thousands of dolmades in my cooking career, but never before have I filled them with meat. Pickled vine leaves rolled into a cigar shape with a herb … Continue reading
Fruit Fondue: December Cookbook Guru
Nominating one single cook book as the major source of recipes used to prepare the food for our festive dinner table is a difficult task. I believe Leah was hoping … Continue reading
Potted Cheese: November Cookbook Guru
Cooking from any Jane Grigson book reaffirms in my mind that tricked up 21st century restaurant food will rapidly fade into insignificance while there will always be a place for … Continue reading
STELLAR COOKBOOKS part 2
Yesterday I posted the first part of my favourite cookbook list, the general cookbooks that have been the most use to me as a cook, and the baking books I … Continue reading
