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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By Diana Henry
Mitchell Beazley - 2010

4th September 2010

Turkish lamb Kofta with cherries and yogurt : page 183

I actually made a few changes to this recipe but was very happy with the results (and so were the kids and husband!) I used beef instead of lamb, I omitted the fresh cherries but did use dried tart montmorency cherries (from Trader Joes), I halved the sugar and used a little less cinnamon. The sauce was delicious, the meatballs were spicy and drizzling a little yogurt and buttermilk on top cooled them off perfectly.

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These potatoes were delicious. I thought 2 tsps of caraway and 1-1/2 tsps hot paprika was too much for the amount of potatoes. I cut the amounts in half and was glad I did the potatoes were still plenty spicy. The cooling sour cream and pickles were a great touch. I will definitely make these again.

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