When it comes to Indian cookbooks, I've long been a devotee of Madhur Jaffrey. My dal-splattered pages of her original "Indian Cooking" cookbook are accompanied by memories of flavour revelations and culinary triumphs: simmered chicken and lamb curries, my first homemade chicken … [Read more...] about I Love India Cookbook Review: Tandoori Sea Bream, Zucchini and Curry Leaf Cornbread, Bengali Stir-Fried Prawns and Mustard
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La Cuisine Botanique: This New Plant-Based Cookbook Gets a Thumbs Up
Chef Stéphanie Audet's first cookbook is a keeper. It's all-vegetarian and mostly vegan and gluten free. (If recipes aren't overtly vegan or gluten free, there are often gluten free options.) I'm still working through it, but my favourite recipes so far are a Middle … [Read more...] about La Cuisine Botanique: This New Plant-Based Cookbook Gets a Thumbs Up
Chicken Curry in a Hurry from “My Indian Kitchen”
When I see a cutely named chicken curry recipe I get scared. It usually means commercial "curry powder" (NOT powder curry leaves...) made of a mix of ground spices ground who knows how long ago. It takes a little more effort to make your own, but you can't argue with results. So … [Read more...] about Chicken Curry in a Hurry from “My Indian Kitchen”
Great Success!
Whew! I made it! 4 fish dishes, 5 vegetarian dishes, one cheese tray, 5 kinds of cookies, and 10 wines, and one successful Christmas party later and I can officially say Becky Selengut's sustainable fish cookbook, "Good Fish" and Yotam Ottolenghi's vegetarian gourmet cookbook, … [Read more...] about Great Success!