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

By John T. Ash
Clarkson Potter - 2004

A nice, hearty sauce, somewhere between goulash and curry.

It was quite sharp, even though I had reduced the amount of chili already. Adding a bit of yogurt remedied that, but of course it changed the flavor as well.
I also thought the sauce was very thin (next time stew uncovered? Use less coffee?) and the coffee flavor was a bit too subtle for me (Use stronger coffee?).

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This was nice and fresh, however I found the flavor a bit "thin". It did go very well with lamb.

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