Sovay's Profile

From: Northern England,

Joined: October 7th, 2012

About me: I've embarked on a mission to cook something new from every cookery book I own - currently 260 - and am planning to use my account here to keep track (thanks to rfb from Librarything for tipping me off to the existence of this site). I've made a couple of rules for myself: to cook the recipe as given, with no substitution or variation unless suggested by the author; and to try to pick a genuinely new dish from each book - in other words, as I've cooked many Leek and Potato Soups in my time, I don't get to count Leek and Potato Soup as a new dish just because I haven't used this specific recipe before (unless it has really significant differences from the usual versions).


Latest review:

June 10th, 2019

Hodge Podge from Mrs Beeton's Cookery Book

Beef and vegetable soup with beer - turned out disappointingly bland. The recipe had no seasoning other than salt and pepper - having tried it, I added a stock cube and some Worcester sauce, which helped... read more >


recipe reviews (241)
book reviews (5)
useful review votes (43)

Sovay's Bookshelf

153 book(s). Click the title of a book to start adding your recipe and book reviews.

TitleTagsRatings & Reviews

Flavours of India

By Madhur Jaffrey
BBC Books - 1995


(12 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 3

Anjum's New Indian

By Anjum Anand
Quadrille Publishing Ltd - 2009


(1 recipe review)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 1

The Flavour of France in Recipes and Pictures

By Narcissa G. and Narcisse Chamberlain
Hamilton - 1960


(1 recipe review)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 1

Ken Hom's Illustrated Chinese Cookery

By Ken Hom
BBC Books - 1996


(1 recipe review)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 1

Taste of Nepal (Hippocrene Cookbook Library)

By Jyoti Pathak
Hippocrene Books - 2007


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 2

Accidental Vegetarian

By Simon Rimmer
Cassell Illustrated - 2006


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 2

U.S.A. Cookbook

By Sheila Lukins, Carolyn Vibbert
Workman Publishing Company - 1997


(1 recipe review)
owned by 11 my recipe reviews 1

Vegetarian Dishes Around the World: The Finest of Foreign Flavours (Essential Rose Elliot)

By Rose Elliot
Thorsons - 1996


(1 recipe review)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 1

I [Symbol of a Heart] Curry: The Best Indian Curries You'll Ever Cook

By Anand, Anjum Anand
Quadrille Publishing - 2010


(6 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 2

Leon: Ingredients and Recipes

By Allegra McEvedy
Conran Octopus Ltd - 2008


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 8 my recipe reviews 1

Fine English Cookery

By Michael Smith, Geraldene Holt, Benedicte Barford
Serif - 1998


(1 recipe review)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 1

The Ultimate Book of Fish & Shellfish: A Comprehensive Cooking Encyclopedia and Guide, Including 300 Fantastic Step-By-Step Recipes and Over 1500 Fabu

By Kate Whiteman
JG Press - 2009


(1 recipe review)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 1

Rose Elliot's Vegetarian Meals in Minutes

By Rose Elliot
Harpercollins Reference Hbacks - 2005


(1 recipe review)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 1

The Cuisine of the Sun : Classical French Cooking from Nice & Provence

By Mireille Johnston
Biscuit Books, Incorporated - 1996


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 2

Casa Moro: The Second Cookbook

By Sam Clark and Sam Clark, Samuel Clark
Ebury Press - 2004


(5 recipe reviews)
owned by 9 my recipe reviews 1

The Complete Asian Cookbook

By Charmaine Solomon
Tuttle Publishing - 1992


(26 recipe reviews)
owned by 21 my recipe reviews 2

Lithuanian Traditional Foods

By Birute Imbrasiene, Henrikas Sakalauskas, Giedre Ambrozaitiene
Baltos Lankos Publishers - 1998


(1 recipe review)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 1

The River Cottage Meat Book

By Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Hodder & Stoughton - 2004


(5 recipe reviews)
owned by 13 my recipe reviews 1

The Really Helpful Cookbook

By Ruth Watson
Ebury Press - 2000


(1 recipe review)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 1

Farmhouse Fare

By Mary Day
Hulton Press - 1947


(1 recipe review)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 1

Spices, Salts and Aromatics in the English Kitchen ( Ancient and Modern English Cooking: Vol.1 )

By Elizabeth David
Penguin Books Ltd - 1970


(1 recipe review)
owned by 7 my recipe reviews 1

Please to the Table: The Russian Cookbook

By Anya von Bremzen, John Welchman
Workman Publishing Company - 1990


(7 recipe reviews)
owned by 9 my recipe reviews 1

Mexican Food Made Simple

By Thomasina Miers
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd - 2010


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 6 my recipe reviews 2

Cuisine Grand-mere: Traditional French Home Cooking

By Marie-Pierre Moine
Ebury Press - 2001


(1 recipe review)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 1

The Cuisine of Hungary (Penguin Cookery Library)

By George Lang, Josef Venesz, Joseph Wechsberg
Penguin Books Ltd - 1993


(1 recipe review)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 1

The River Cottage Year

By Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd - 2003


(1 recipe review)
owned by 9 my recipe reviews 1

Save with Jamie: Shop Smart, Cook Clever, Waste Less

By Jamie Oliver
Michael Joseph - 2013


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 7 my recipe reviews 1 book review

Customs and Cookery in the Perigord and Quercy

By Anne Penton
David & Charles - 1973


(1 recipe review)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 1

Ultimate Slow Cooker: Over 100 Simple, Delicious Recipes

By Sara Lewis
Hamlyn - 2008


(1 recipe review)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 1

The Food and Cooking of Eastern Europe (At Table)

By Lesley Chamberlain
Bison Books - 2006


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 2

Easy Spanish Style ("Australian Women's Weekly" Home Library)

By Mary Coleman
ACP Publishing Pty Ltd - 1997


(1 recipe review)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 1

North Atlantic Seafood (Penguin Cookery Library)

By Alan Davidson
Penguin Books Ltd - 1991


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 2

Classic Indian Cooking

By Julie Sahni
Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd - 1988


(1 recipe review)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 1

A New Book of Middle Eastern Food (Cookery Library)

By Claudia Roden
Penguin - 1986


(4 recipe reviews)
owned by 9 my recipe reviews 2

The Rich Tradition of European Peasant Cookery

By Elisabeth Luard
Bantam Press - 1986


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 2

Yorkshire Recipes

By Mrs Appleby
Dalesman Publishing Company - 1964


(1 recipe review)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 1

The Frugal Cook

By Fiona Beckett
Absolute Press - 2011


(1 recipe review)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 1

Simply British

By Sybil Kapoor, john Spencer
Penguin Books Ltd - 1999


(1 recipe review)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 1

Modern British Food (Penguin Cookery Library)

By Sybil Kapoor
Penguin Books Ltd - 1996


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 2

Soup

By Nick Sandler, Johnny Acton
Kyle Cathie - 2003


(1 recipe review)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 1

What's Cooking: Rice & Risotto

By Elizabeth Wolf-Cohen, Paul Forrester, Colin Bowling
Thunder Bay Press (CA) - 2000


(1 recipe review)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 1

Kitchen in the Corner

By Katharine Whitehorn
MacGibbon & Kee - 1961


(1 recipe review)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 1

The Kitchen Diaries II

By Nigel Slater
Fourth Estate - 2012


(20 recipe reviews)
owned by 12 my recipe reviews 1

Eating For Victory: Healthy Home Front Cooking on War Rations (Official Wwii Info Reproductns)

By Various Authors
Michael O'Mara - 2007


(1 recipe review)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 1

Tapas: The Little Dishes of Spain

By Penelope Casas
Knopf - 1985


(7 recipe reviews)
owned by 10 my recipe reviews 2

Spanish Regional Cookery (Penguin handbooks)

By Anna Macmiadhachain
Penguin Books Ltd - 1976


(1 recipe review)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 1

The Complete Meze Table

By Rosamond Man
Ebury Press - 1986


(13 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 1

A Wolf in the Kitchen: Easy Food for Hungry People (Penguin cookery library)

By Lindsey Bareham
Penguin Books Ltd - 2000


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 2

A Book of Mediterranean Food

By Elizabeth David, John Minton
Penguin (Non-Classics) - 1956


(1 recipe review)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 1

Onions without Tears: Cooking with Onions, Leeks, Garlic and Chives

By Lindsey Bareham
Michael Joseph Ltd - 1995


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 2