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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Rogers Gray Italian Country Cook Book: The River Cafe

By Ruth Rogers, Rose Gray
Random House - 1996

I loved the capers here, which got crispy and complemented the scallops perfectly. I wasn't too sure about the sage leaves - they did get lovely and crispy, but I felt they didn't add much to the dish. The lemon was quite unnecessary and even distracting. Next time just with capers.

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A good basic recipe, but with lemon zest added. I'm not sure it's an improvement: it seems a bit incongruous with the other flavors.
Also, I would bake it either longer or hotter, as there was still more bite to the chicory than I like. After an hour in the oven, yes.

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This didn't look very promising while it was cooking, but the end result was delicious. A robust vegetable soup/stew, vegetarian, and it just tasted right.

The instructions were sometimes a bit ambiguous, but it's a recipe that can manage some differences in interpretation.

The amount of cavolo nero given seemed ridiculously high, and unless it behaves completely different from boerenkool (which I used) or kale (which you will probably use), I recommend using much less. I used almost 1 pound instead of 4 1/2.

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