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

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 >

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Rick Stein's Fruits of the Sea (Pbs Series)

By Rick Stein
Bay Books - 1998

As with the round fish, I did manage, but I could have used more detail, for instance on how to do the other half if you can't use both hands equally.

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Well, I did manage to fillet a mackerel using this. Still, I would have liked a bit more detail - where should I expect bones, what do I do with the fins, etc.

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If this is "quick and simple", I am not sure I dare to try any other chapters of this book, as I found it quite elaborate. The end result was good, classic French(ish), but not spectacular.
Next time I might use just parsley instead of mixed herbs.

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