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 …
Go to any major town or city and invariably there will be some caravan or cart dispensing food to a passing public. Of course, the quality can vary and some are rather transient in nature. Yet many can be effectively permanent structures in a city, with a history and a reputation to match. New Yorkers are particularly …
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 …
Certainly this is a different book! All about cooking with sugar to make things like candies and sweet treats, all being things you can do at home. The book starts with a good, friendly introduction and attempts to answer many common questions the reader might have as well as a fair few they have probably not …
Increasingly people are getting tired of mass-produced food and are looking for something different. More natural ingredients, better ingredients, more home-made food… things are reverting full circle in part, since previously many people rushed to the more modern, convenient alternatives and many old-fashioned things fell by the wayside. But what to do if you have never …
This is a book that many people might automatically assume is out of their reach, since eating game birds is not something that the average family seems to do nowadays. This is a great shame but this book is more than just game as poultry and fish are also brought under the author’s expert gaze. Part …
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 …
First off, this reviewer is a Gentile. So this review is not coloured by any special prior knowledge or specific understanding of Jewish cultural matters. That said, this book is made more exciting and interesting because of it. Here the author has compiled a large collection of gourmet Jewish recipes, taken from all around the world. …
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 …
