wester's Profile

From: Soesterberg, Utr Netherlands

Joined: September 24th, 2009

About me: I love cooking, I love eating, I love discovering new recipes. I have so many cookbooks I sometimes lose track of which recipe is where - though this site helps a bit. I have gone low-carb in 2010, so that's different recipes to explore again. This also means I may not agree with my own reviews anymore if they were written in 2009 or before. ------------------ I have a lovely husband and ten-year old twins who also love eating. ----------------- You can also find me on LibraryThing, BookMooch and EatYourBooks, using the same handle.

Favorite cookbook: The Complete Meze Table by Rosamond Man

Favorite recipe: Melissa Clark's Roasted Broccoli with Shrimp


Latest review:

April 4th, 2017

Daond Pasha (Meatballs with Pine Nuts and Tomatoes) from The Complete Meze Table

The meatballs were very tasty, but I did not really like putting all the pine nuts together - it made for fussy cooking and I think I would prefer finding a pine nut here and there instead of finding them... read more >


recipe reviews (741)
book reviews (74)
useful review votes (327)

wester's Bookshelf

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

TitleTagsRatings & Reviews

Frugal Food (Coronet Books)

By Delia Smith
Coronet Books - 1987

budget, book not reviewed, no recipes reviewed


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

Frugal Gourmet

By Jeff Smith
Ballantine - 1988

budget, book not reviewed, no recipes reviewed


(5 recipe reviews)
owned by 12 my recipe reviews 5

The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Three Ancient Cuisines: China * Greece * Rome

By Jeff Smith
Avon - 1991


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

The Frugal Gourmet on Our Immigrant Ancestors: Recipes You Should Have Gotten from Your Grandmother

By Jeff Smith
William Morrow & Co - 1990

by region, budget, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


(8 recipe reviews)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 8

The Frugal Gourmet's Culinary Handbook: An Updated Version of an American Classic on Food and Cooking

By Jeff Smith, Craig Wollam, Charles Fellows
William Morrow & Co - 1991


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 0

Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise

By Ruth Reichl
Penguin Press HC, The - 2005

no cookbook, have cooked from


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 0

The Garlic Book: A Garland of Simple, Savory, Robust Recipes

By Susan Belsinger, Carolyn Dille
Interweave Pr - 1993

garlic, by ingredient, book not reviewed, no recipes reviewed


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

Gary Rhodes' Fabulous Food

By Gary Rhodes
BBC Books - 1997

recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


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

Get Cooking: 150 Simple Recipes to Get You Started in the Kitchen

By Mollie Katzen
William Morrow Cookbooks - 2009


(1 recipe review)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 0

Great Food Without Fuss: Simple Recipes from the Best Cooks

By Frances McCullough, Barbara Witt
Henry Holt & Co - 1992

quick & simple, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(8 recipe reviews)
owned by 6 my recipe reviews 8 book review

Great Good Food: Luscious Lower-Fat Cooking

By Julee Rosso
Three Rivers Press - 1993

by diet, low-fat, book reviewed, recipes reviewed, gone


(30 recipe reviews)
owned by 28 my recipe reviews 6 book review

Great Greens: Fresh, Flavorful, and Innovative Recipes

By Georgeanne Brennan, Frankie Frankeny, Todd Koons
Chronicle Books - 2003

greens, vegetables, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed, gone


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

The Great Indian Cookbook

By Vincent Joseph
Lustre Press - 1995


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

The Greengrocer Cookbook

By Joe Carcione
Celestial Arts - 1975

vegetables, by ingredient, book not reviewed, no recipes reviewed


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

Greens: A Country Garden Cookbook (Country Garden Cookbooks)

By Sibella Kraus, Deborah Jones
Unknown - 1993

greens, vegetables, by ingredient, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


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

The Greens Book

By Susan Belsinger, Carolyn Dille
Interweave Pr - 1995

greens, vegetables, by ingredient, book not reviewed, no recipes reviewed


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Groot Indonesisch kookboek

By Bep Vuyk
Luitingh BV - 1973

by region, indonesian, book not reviewed, no recipes reviewed, in Dutch


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

Happy Days with the Naked Chef

By Jamie Oliver
Michael Joseph - 2001

book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(11 recipe reviews)
owned by 46 my recipe reviews 9 book review

Harrods' Cookery Book

By Aslani Marilyn
Guild Publishing - 1985


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

The Heart of the Plate: Vegetarian Recipes for a New Generation

By Mollie Katzen
Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - 2013


(1 recipe review)
owned by 9 my recipe reviews 0

Hemelse spijzen / druk 1: een jaarkrans van recepten en hun diepere betekenis

By T. Brugge, G. Vos, I. Rottiers
Ankh-Hermes B.V., Uitgeverij - 2000


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Het grote vegetarische kookboek

By Susan Tomnay
Könemann - 1996

vegetarian, by diet, book reviewed, recipes reviewed, in Dutch


(4 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 3 book review

Het olijfolie kookboek / druk 1: koken met de olijf en zijn olie

By M. Spieler, C. Hubbard, J. Hurd-Cosgrave, J. van Gestel, J. Hosegood, W. Goemans-Wichmann
Lantaarn B.V., De - 2011

by ingredient, oil, olive oil, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed, in Dutch, olives


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

Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen

By Laurie Colwin
Harper Perennial - 2000

recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


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

Honest Pretzels: And 64 Other Amazing Recipes for Kids

By Mollie Katzen, Amy Neunsinger, Ernest H. Shepard, Claire Schumacher, Lillian Hoban, Mercer Mayer, Ian Falconer, Ian Falconer, Ian Falconer, Charles M. Schulz, Amanda Bartlett, Tibor Gergely, Mollie Katzen
Tricycle Press - 2004


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

The Hot & Spicy Cookbook

By Sophie Hale
Quintet - 1995

spices, by ingredient, book not reviewed, no recipes reviewed


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Hot and Spicy (Master Chefs)

By Paul Rankin, Jeanne Rankin, Simon Wheeler
Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated - 1996

spices, by ingredient, mini, book not reviewed, no recipes reviewed


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Hungarian Cookery Book

By Karoly Gundel
Corvina - 2000

hungarian, by region, book not reviewed, no recipes reviewed


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

The hungry cook

By Maggi Giles
- 2000

book not reviewed, no recipes reviewed, birthday present


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

I Love Meatballs!

By Rick Rodgers
Andrews McMeel Publishing - 2011

recipes reviewed, book not reviewed, meatballs


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

I'm Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking

By Alton Brown
Stewart, Tabori and Chang - 2002

technical, book not reviewed, no recipes reviewed


(11 recipe reviews)
owned by 53 my recipe reviews 0

In Praise of the Potato: Recipes from Around the World

By Lindsey Bareham
Michael Joseph Ltd - 1989

potatoes, by ingredient, book not reviewed, no recipes reviewed, gone, given to Hannah


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 0

In the Kitchen with A Good Appetite: 150 Recipes and Stories About the Food You Love

By Melissa Clark
Hyperion - 2010

do not own, have cooked from


(17 recipe reviews)
owned by 29 my recipe reviews 1

Indian cooking;: With useful hints on good housekeeping

By Kala Primlani
Pearl Publications; sole distributors: India Book House - 1968

indian, by region, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


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

Indian (What's Cooking)

By Shehzad Husain
Thunder Bay Press (CA) - 1998

indian, by region, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


(5 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 5 book review

Ingrediëntenwijzer : smaken, texturen, recepten

By Sophie Grigson
De Lantaarn - 1992

by ingredient, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed, in Dutch, different edition


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

Instant Gourmet: Delicious Meals in 20 Minutes or Less

By Melissa Clark
Penguin (Non-Classics) - 1995

quick & simple, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


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

Italian Food (Penguin Cookery Library)

By Elizabeth David, Renato Guttuso
Penguin Books Ltd - 1993

italian, by region, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


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

Jamie's Dinners

By Jamie Oliver
Michael Joseph - 2004

recipes reviewed, book reviewed


(14 recipe reviews)
owned by 42 my recipe reviews 6 book review

Jamie's Kitchen

By Jamie Oliver
Penguin Books Ltd - 2004

book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 32 my recipe reviews 2 book review

Jane Grigson's Fruit Book (Penguin Cookery Library)

By Jane Grigson
Penguin - 2000

fruit, by ingredient, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


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

Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book

By Jane Grigson
Penguin - 1998

vegetables, by ingredient, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(9 recipe reviews)
owned by 6 my recipe reviews 9 book review

John Ash: Cooking One on One: Private Lessons in Simple, Contemporary Food from a Master Teacher

By John T. Ash
Clarkson Potter - 2004

recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


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

Joys of Nepalese Cooking (Thoroughly Revised Edition 1989)

By Indra Majupuria
S. Devi - 1989


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

Keeping it Simple

By Gary Rhodes
Michael Joseph - 2005

quick & simple, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(9 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 7 book review

Ken Hom's Quick Wok

By Ken Hom
Headline - 2000


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Kohinoor of Rice and Spice

By Rocky Mohan
Roli Books - 2003

rice, spices, indian, by region, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


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

Koken met Sylvia Witteman : De beste recepten & een beginselverklaring

By Sylvia Witteman
Arbeiderspers - 2010

recipes reviewed, book not reviewed, in Dutch


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

la padella

By Cilgia Nogler-Pedrun
il Chardun - 2004

by region, swiss, engadin, book not reviewed, no recipes reviewed


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Lamb

By Time Life Books
Time Life - 1981

meat, lamb, by ingredient, mutton, have not cooked from yet


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