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Category Archive for 'Soup's On'

Chocolate Please!

 I first thought of writing about Nigella Lawson’s How To Eat when I joined the Soup’s On! Challenge as it’s one of her books that I have used a lot. It’s a long book - over 500 pages, nearly all covered in words, with just a few pages of photos. I love just dipping into it and reading for [...]

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Nigel Slater’s Toast is the story of his childhood and adolescence told through food; food he liked and food he hated. Reading it was a nostalgic remembrance of my childhood, even though mine was so very different from his, apart from the food. My mother, unlike his, was a good cook, but she did stick to [...]

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After Work Cookbook

After Work, by W H Smith, published by Octopus Publishing Group Ltd 1999.
I’ve had this book a few years and have made several of the recipes. As the title suggests all the recipes are for making quick meals from fresh ingredients plus some storecupboard items. Each recipe is illustrated with a photograph. Some dishes need [...]

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