BooksPlease

 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, 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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This Challenge is hosted by Ex Libris (Sharon). It runs from April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009. Sharon writes: All you have to do is select six cookbooks to read (enough to give an overview of the book) and make at least one of the recipes. These can be any cookbooks of your choice [...]

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I enjoy making and eating (or is it drinking?) soup. This is one of my favourites. It’s very easy and quick to make and very tasty too.

My recipe is one I’ve adapted from The Soup Bible.The Soup Bible is a bautifully illustrated book, packed with over 200 recipes from all around the world. I’d [...]

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This meme came from Geranium Cat at Cat Musings and as I’ve been thinking it was about time that I wrote about food and cooking here are my answers.

What did you eat/drink today?
For breakfast I had what I usually have – apple juice and then porridge with the addition of dried apricots, dates, cranberries, walnuts [...]

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