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 >


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Sovay's Bookshelf

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

TitleTagsRatings & Reviews

A Celebration of Soup: With Classic Recipes from Around the World (Cookery Library)

By Lindsey Bareham
Penguin Books Ltd - 2001


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

The Gentle Art of Cookery

By Mrs. C. F. Leyel, Olga Hartley
Chatto & Windus - 1983


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

Food Facts for the Kitchen Front

By Food Ministry, Minister of Food Lord Woolton
Collins - 1940


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