The title of this book had this reviewer daydreaming for a while, remembering long, hot summer lunches in a traditional English pub, consuming a fair amount of English ale and eating crusty sandwiches, overflowing with cheese and onion! Lovely. So what better way to kill a few hours, dream a bit about good food and possibly …
A small book that managed to get this sometimes cynical, seen-it-all reviewer smiling and engaged by its sheer uniqueness and overall attractiveness. Yet it is still only things on sticks! Pie Pops, savoury (or sweet) pies in miniature, affixed to lollipop sticks, is what this little book focusses on. Great for parties, lunches and just being …
A simple proposition wrapped up into a small ebook with a small price to match. Ten party food recipes taken from a very successful cookbook that are quick, easy to make and vegan friendly. The book does what it sets out to do. Many recipes and nice accompanying photographs that will provide some nibbles for hungry …
Deviled Eggs are one thing that this reviewer has heard a lot about over time, but never really investigated them, mostly since a traumatic series of school lunches has left a bit of an aversion to boiled eggs. This book changed that, or at least, has made the aversion a little less traumatic. Apparently, Deviled Eggs …
The book’s title is clearly descriptive, if not slightly ineloquent for some: Bits on Sticks. Well, this reviewer sees no problem with the title. At least straight away you can guess what it is about – a book full of recipes for food on sticks, served with associated sauces, salads or other sides. There is something …
Soup is an incredibly versatile dish in its own right. Whether used as a traditional starter or as a more filling main course, there is surely a soup or more to meet every taste, budget and expectation. Here in this massive telephone directory-sized book there are over 300 recipes for soups of all shapes, sizes and …
Tiffin is one of those wonderful words that even many people with an excellent command of the English language don’t know what it means. Yet it hails from India, from the time of the British Raj, building upon a long-forgotten English slang word that describes taking one (usually more) small snacks, perhaps with tea. This book, …
I did it my way, this is the mantra of author Jim Lahey and he believes that you too can make spectacular pizza at home without any hassles whatsoever. Unafraid of fighting the accepted convention that pizza must always follow a certain format, Lahey manages to plough his own furrow and show how his range of …
This is a different kind of book covering a different type of food – food served from a truck! There is a lot more than buyers and ice cream on offer and many of these mobile restaurants serve quirky, different high-quality food from an incredibly small kitchen. To the uninitiated food served from the roadside or …
Waffles are a particular favourite in many American homes yet for many people, both natives and tourists alike, the selection of waffles, toppings and fillings can be quite boring. Maybe this book will help change that perception and broaden the reader’s horizons. In many ways, waffles are like breads insofar that they can vary immensely in …
