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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(2 votes) Quick zucchini sauté reviewed from: Smitten Kitchen

(2 votes) Spinach frittata with mascarpone reviewed from: Sophie Grigson's Sunshine Food

(2 votes) Air-dried Beef with Butter Lettuce and Coriander Vinaigrette reviewed from: The Zuni Cafe Cookbook: A Compendium of Recipes and Cooking Lessons from San Francisco's Beloved Restaurant

(2 votes) Eggplant, Red Pepper, and Spinach Curry reviewed from: Sundays at Moosewood Restaurant: Ethnic and Regional Recipes from the Cooks at the Legendary Restaurant (Cookery)

(2 votes) Four-hour Lamb reviewed from: Gary Rhodes' Fabulous Food

(2 votes) Magic Sauce reviewed from: 101 Cookbooks

(2 votes) Seared squid reviewed from: The River Cottage Fish Book

(2 votes) Smoked pollack with poached egg reviewed from: The River Cottage Fish Book

(2 votes) How to poach an egg, smitten kitchen-style reviewed from: Smitten Kitchen

(2 votes) Mrs. Raffald's bacon and egg pie reviewed from: English Food

(2 votes) Polenta with shrimp and saffron reviewed from: Instant Gourmet: Delicious Meals in 20 Minutes or Less

(2 votes) Citrus-poached chicken breasts reviewed from: Instant Gourmet: Delicious Meals in 20 Minutes or Less

(2 votes) Simple roast leg of lamb reviewed from: Roasting-A Simple Art

(2 votes) Beef Tagine with Cauliflower reviewed from: Couscous and Other Good Food from Morocco

(2 votes) Almond-crusted trout with tomato and pepper salad reviewed from: You Say Tomato

(2 votes) Baked fish in vinegar sauce reviewed from: Frugal Gourmet

(2 votes) Braised fennel, celery, onion and red pepper reviewed from: Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen

(2 votes) Indonesian egg curry (Sambal goreng telor) reviewed from: Sundays at Moosewood Restaurant: Ethnic and Regional Recipes from the Cooks at the Legendary Restaurant (Cookery)

(2 votes) Slow-roasted pork belly with fennel and rosemary reviewed from: Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient with Recipes

(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