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 Useful Review Votes


37 recipe reviews were voted useful.

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(2 votes) Lord Woolton Pie reviewed from: Food Facts for the Kitchen Front

(2 votes) Potato Pastry reviewed from: Food Facts for the Kitchen Front

(2 votes) Celery Soup reviewed from: Arabella Boxer's Book of English Food: A Rediscovery of British Food From Before the War

(2 votes) Creamed Sardine Pie reviewed from: Eating For Victory: Healthy Home Front Cooking on War Rations (Official Wwii Info Reproductns)

(2 votes) Courgette and Cheese Gratin with Eggs and Mint reviewed from: The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand and Vilna to the Present Day

(2 votes) Baked Chicken with Tarragon and Dijon Mustard reviewed from: A Bird in the Hand: Chicken Recipes for Every Day and Every Mood

(1 vote) Curried Parsnip Soup reviewed from: A Celebration of Soup: With Classic Recipes from Around the World (Cookery Library)

(1 vote) Stuffed Kidneys reviewed from: The Classical Cookbook

(1 vote) Easy Holiday Trifle reviewed from: Feast: Food that Celebrates Life

(1 vote) Old-Fashioned Chocolate Cake reviewed from: Feast: Food that Celebrates Life

(1 vote) Orange Gin reviewed from: Home Made Wines, Syrups and Cordials

(1 vote) Fresh Gingerbread with Lemon Icing reviewed from: How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking

(1 vote) Cabbage Mallun reviewed from: South East Asian Food (Penguin handbook)

(1 vote) Butterscotch Bars reviewed from: Northern cookbook

(1 vote) Fricassee of Chicken with Two Vinegars reviewed from: The Paris Cookbook

(1 vote) Braised Pork Chops with Tomatoes, Cream and Porcini Mushrooms reviewed from: Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

(1 vote) Mushroom Ragout with Soft Polenta reviewed from: River Cottage Veg Every Day! (River Cottage Every Day)

(1 vote) Six-Onion Soup reviewed from: The Silver Palate Cookbook

(1 vote) Baked Mushroom Kibbeh reviewed from: A Wolf in the Kitchen: Easy Food for Hungry People (Penguin cookery library)

(1 vote) Chicken with Apricots and Coconut Milk reviewed from: The Kitchen Diaries II

(1 vote) Leipziger Allerlei reviewed from: The Food and Cooking of Eastern Europe (At Table)

(1 vote) Butternut Squash and Chickpea Soup reviewed from: The Really Helpful Cookbook

(1 vote) Wholemeal Apple and Marmalade Cake reviewed from: Tender: Volume II, A cook's guide to the fruit garden

(1 vote) Spanish-Style Chicken Bake reviewed from: The Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food and Lose Weight

(1 vote) Red Bean Soup with Walnuts (Lobiani) reviewed from: Please to the Table: The Russian Cookbook

(1 vote) Chicken with Leeks and Lemon reviewed from: Tender: v. 1: A Cook and His Vegetable Patch

(1 vote) Carrot and Orange Soup reviewed from: Fine English Cookery

(1 vote) Madras Pepper Lamb reviewed from: Anjum's New Indian

(1 vote) Cucumber cooked with lentils reviewed from: Flavours of India

(1 vote) Cauliflower, Green Peas and Potatoes in Spicy Herb Sauce reviewed from: Classic Indian Cooking

(1 vote) Oxtail Pot reviewed from: Food In England: A complete guide to the food that makes us who we are

(1 vote) Poulet Flambe a l'Estragon reviewed from: Cooking with Pomiane

(1 vote) Cabbage with Beans, Coconut and Coriander reviewed from: Tender: v. 1: A Cook and His Vegetable Patch

(1 vote) Spicy Lamb Steak with Tabbouleh reviewed from: The Hairy Dieters Eat for Life: How to Love Food, Lose Weight and Keep it Off for Good! (Hairy Bikers)

(1 vote) Hodge Podge reviewed from: Mrs Beeton's Cookery Book

(1 vote) Baked Spiced Aromatic Plums reviewed from: How to Eat: Pleasures and Principles of Good Food (Cookery)