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 Useful Review Votes


233 recipe reviews were voted useful.

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(1 vote) Skillet Scallions reviewed from: Great Food Without Fuss: Simple Recipes from the Best Cooks

(1 vote) Leeks vinaigrette reviewed from: Roast Chicken and Other Stories (Ebury Paperback Cookery)

(1 vote) Kimpira reviewed from: Tassajara Cooking : A vegetarian cooking book

(1 vote) Beetroot and Orange Salad reviewed from: Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book

(1 vote) Celeriac soup reviewed from: Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book

(1 vote) Baked Cabbage Scented with Garlic and Juniper reviewed from: Masterchef 1996

(1 vote) Melissa Clark's Roasted Broccoli with Shrimp reviewed from: The Wednesday Chef

(1 vote) Broccoli smothered in garlic oil (hare gobhi ki sabzi) reviewed from: Great Food Without Fuss: Simple Recipes from the Best Cooks

(1 vote) Romesco potatoes reviewed from: Smitten Kitchen

(1 vote) Kumar's Beetroot Curry reviewed from: Sophie Grigson's Feasts for a Fiver

(1 vote) Brightside Baked Potatoes reviewed from: Sophie Grigson's Feasts for a Fiver

(1 vote) Pasta with sweet tomato sauce and baked ricotta reviewed from: Jamie's Dinners

(1 vote) Sheperd's pie with spiced parsnip mash reviewed from: Real Cooking

(1 vote) Cauliflower Cheese and Mustard Soup reviewed from: Real Food

(1 vote) Shrewsbury biscuits reviewed from: Favourite Biscuit Recipes

(1 vote) Filling for vegetables V reviewed from: Book of Middle Eastern Food

(1 vote) Buttermere biscuits reviewed from: Favourite Biscuit Recipes

(1 vote) Spiced pecans reviewed from: The Perfect Scoop: Ice Creams, Sorbets, Granitas, and Sweet Accessories

(1 vote) Pralined amonds reviewed from: The Perfect Scoop: Ice Creams, Sorbets, Granitas, and Sweet Accessories

(1 vote) Caramelized onions with eggs (soganli yumurta) reviewed from: Classical Turkish Cooking: Traditional Turkish Food for the American Kitchen

(1 vote) Orange and grated carrot salad reviewed from: Couscous and Other Good Food from Morocco

(1 vote) Carrot salad with harissa, feta and mint reviewed from: Smitten Kitchen

(1 vote) Chicken livers with vinegar and onions reviewed from: The 30-minute Cook: The Best of the World's Quick Cooking (Penguin cookery books)

(1 vote) Eggah bi korrat / leek eggah reviewed from: Book of Middle Eastern Food

(1 vote) Sablés au citron (lemon butter cookies) reviewed from: Chocolate & Zucchini: Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen

(1 vote) Butter-fried Fennel and Onions with Vinegar and Thyme reviewed from: Eat Your Greens (Network Books)

(1 vote) Pasta with Savoy Cabbage and Shallots reviewed from: Eat Your Greens (Network Books)

(1 vote) Indian spiced squash reviewed from: Eat Your Greens (Network Books)

(1 vote) Spaghetti with Salami, Fennel and Tomatoes reviewed from: Happy Days with the Naked Chef

(1 vote) Spaghetti alla matriciana reviewed from: Italian Food (Penguin Cookery Library)

(1 vote) Creamy eggplant, cannellini bean & ricotta soup / Romige auberginesoep met cannelinibonen & ricotta reviewed from: The Naked Chef

(1 vote) Fennel slaw salad reviewed from: Rachael Ray 30-Minute Meals 2

(1 vote) Fennel meatballs reviewed from: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall recipes

(1 vote) Eggplant and potato tarts reviewed from: Entertaining

(1 vote) Rhubarb and Orange Jelly with Cardamom reviewed from: Sophie Grigson's Feasts for a Fiver

(1 vote) Grilled Mackerel Fillets with Feisty Rhubarb Relish reviewed from: Sophie Grigson's Feasts for a Fiver

(1 vote) Moroccan orange salad reviewed from: Sophie Grigson's Sunshine Food

(1 vote) cabbage & noodles reviewed from: Moosewood Restaurant New Classics

(1 vote) Tender braised leeks with wine and thyme reviewed from: Jamie's Kitchen

(1 vote) Strawberry gelato reviewed from: Sorbets and Ice Creams: And Other Frozen Confections

(1 vote) Strawberries with black pepper reviewed from: Real Fast Puddings: Over 200 Desserts, Savouries and Sweet Snacks in Under 30 Minutes

(1 vote) Ui & amandel bhadji's (Onion & almond bhaji's) reviewed from: Ingrediëntenwijzer : smaken, texturen, recepten

(1 vote) mackerel steamed with slivers of fennel reviewed from: Keeping it Simple

(1 vote) Spiced Pineapple Lentils reviewed from: Mesa Mexicana

(1 vote) Broccoli Salad with Bacon and Sweet-Sour Dressing reviewed from: Cookwise: The Secrets of Cooking Revealed

(1 vote) Stuffed pumpkin reviewed from: RIVER CAFE COOKBOOK EASY

(1 vote) Roasted Moroccan Carrots reviewed from: My Own Sweet Thyme

(1 vote) Roasted carrots with orange, garlic and thyme reviewed from: Jamie's Dinners

(1 vote) Nectarine Nectar reviewed from: Thirst

(1 vote) Mango Orange Smoothie reviewed from: Thirst