lisakelsey's Profile

From: Pawling, NY U.S.A

Joined: December 31st, 2009

About me: I'm the art director of Family Circle and a food department groupie. I have been collecting cookbooks for years and now have a substantial collection of old and new titles which I am looking forward to entering and reviewing here.

Favorite cookbook: How to Cook Everything


Latest review:

April 20th, 2015

Aromatic Minced Pork, Shan Style from Hot Sour Salty Sweet: A Culinary Journey Through Southeast Asia

It's amazing how good this tasted considering I was missing a few of the ingredients. I used ginger instead of galangal and onion instead of shallots and squeezed on some lime juice instead of lemongrass.... read more >


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lisakelsey's Reviews


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Rachel's Irish Family Food: 120 classic recipes from my home to yours

By Rachel Allen
Collins - 2013

18th March 2013

Artichokes with melted butter : page 15

Artichokes with lemony butter--simple but delicious.

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18th March 2013

Fluffy lemon pudding : page 178

Possibly the best dessert I have ever made. Lemony and sweet, fluffy and creamy: divine.

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18th March 2013

Roast Garlic Colcannon : page 170

I made this with savoy cabbage and it was just perfect. The method of boiling the potatoes worked very well--they came out dry and fluffy. By the time i had peeled the potatoes they were a bit cold so I put them in a casserole dish in the oven while I got everything else ready.

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