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

Cooking with Daniel Boulud

By Daniel Boulud
Random House - 1993


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 5 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

Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking

By Julie Sahni
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1985


(1 recipe review)
owned by 11 my recipe reviews 0

Classic Indian Cooking

By Julie Sahni
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1980


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

The Chinese Kitchen: Recipes, Techniques, Ingredients, History, and Memories from America's Leading Authority on Chinese Cooking

By Eileen Yin-fei Lo
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1999


(1 recipe review)
owned by 7 my recipe reviews 0

China Moon Cookbook

By Barbara Tropp, Sandra Bruce
Workman Publishing Company - 1992


(1 recipe review)
owned by 34 my recipe reviews 0

Bread: A Baker's Book of Techniques and Recipes

By Jeffrey Hamelman
Wiley - 2004


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

The Bread Bible

By Rose Levy Beranbaum
W.W. Norton & Co. - 2003


(18 recipe reviews)
owned by 66 my recipe reviews 0

The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread

By Peter Reinhart, Ron Manville
Ten Speed Press - 2001


(34 recipe reviews)
owned by 101 my recipe reviews 0

Beard On Bread

By James Beard
Knopf - 1995


(4 recipe reviews)
owned by 36 my recipe reviews 0

The Baker's Dozen Cookbook: Become a Better Baker with 135 Foolproof Recipes and Tried-and-True Techniques

By The Baker's Dozen
William Morrow Cookbooks - 2001


(6 recipe reviews)
owned by 15 my recipe reviews 0

Authentic Mexican

By Rick Bayless
Morrow - 1987


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

Amy's Bread

By Amy Scherber, Toy Kim Dupree
Cookbooks - 1996


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

American Pie: My Search for the Perfect Pizza

By Peter Reinhart
Ten Speed Press - 2003


(5 recipe reviews)
owned by 33 my recipe reviews 0