TorkilHeggstad's Profile

From: Brooklyn, NY USA

Joined: February 3rd, 2010

About me: I really enjoy growing herbs, tomatoes and other edibles on my fire escape and in my office, and I love cooking, especially when I can use produce and herbs from the fire escape garden. Unfortunately I spend more time reading about food than actually cooking it.

Favorite cookbook: Washoku


Latest review:

February 15th, 2010

Phadd Thai Bann Gog from Cracking the Coconut: Classic Thai Home Cooking

This recipe produces the best padd thai I have eaten, better than any I have had in restaurants in New York City. One addition we often make is that we cook some shrimp in the mixture of chopped garlic... read more >


recipe reviews (4)
book reviews (1)
useful review votes (6)

TorkilHeggstad's Bookshelf

65 book(s). Click the title of a book to start adding your recipe and book reviews.

TitleTagsRatings & Reviews

Den nye rutete kokeboken

By Ingrid Espelid Hovig
Gyldendal - 1995


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Gode, gamle Bergensretter

By Sjur Midttun
Eget Forlag ANS - 2005


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Washoku: Recipes from the Japanese Home Kitchen

By Elizabeth Andoh
Ten Speed Press - 2005


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 13 my recipe reviews 0

The Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book: A Guide to Whole-Grain Breadmaking

By Laurel Robertson, Carol Flinders, Bronwen Godfrey
Random House Trade Paperbacks - 2003


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 20 my recipe reviews 0

Classic Pasta Cookbook

By Giuliano Hazan, Marcella Hazan, Marcella Hazan
Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd - 1993


(11 recipe reviews)
owned by 6 my recipe reviews 0

Marcella Cucina

By Marcella Hazan
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1997


(23 recipe reviews)
owned by 30 my recipe reviews 0

Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

By Marcella Hazan
Knopf - 1992


(89 recipe reviews)
owned by 97 my recipe reviews 0

How To Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food

By Mark Bittman, Alan Witschonke
Wiley - 2006


(41 recipe reviews)
owned by 174 my recipe reviews 0

The Key to Chinese Cooking

By Irene Kuo
Random House Value Publishing - 1996


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 8 my recipe reviews 0

Cracking the Coconut: Classic Thai Home Cooking

By Su-mei Yu
William Morrow Cookbooks - 2000


(1 recipe review)
owned by 10 my recipe reviews 1

Classic Indian Cooking

By Julie Sahni
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1980


(6 recipe reviews)
owned by 26 my recipe reviews 0

The Herbfarm Cookbook

By Jerry Traunfeld
Scribner - 2000


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 18 my recipe reviews 0

Authentic Mexican

By Rick Bayless
Morrow - 1987


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 17 my recipe reviews 0

Rick Bayless's Mexican Kitchen: Capturing the Vibrant flavors of a World-Class Cuisine

By Rick Bayless
Scribner - 1996


(66 recipe reviews)
owned by 48 my recipe reviews 1 book review