friederike

The New Future of Cookbooker
Isn't it time for someone from Mastercook to say hello and tell us what they're planning? I do share wester's worries - while Cookbooker may complement Mastercook by supplying it with reviews, I hope that it will stay independent and…

Comment by friederike March 2014 permalink
Pi day 2014
Actually, isn't it Month of Pi this year? 3-(20)14? And Perfect Pi Day next year, 3/14/15?

Comment by friederike March 2014 permalink
Pi day 2014
Great idea to start thinking about that! How cool that your son applied for MIT (I'm crossing my fingers), but poor him, I hope all goes well at the dentists. Maybe a vegetarian pie? Any soft fruit pie? Or chocolate - chocolate works for both c…

Comment by friederike March 2014 permalink
The New Future of Cookbooker
Chiming in a little late, but I am very happy with this solution - thank you Andrew for making this happen! And I'm very curious to hear what their plans are with Cookbooker, of course! Hehe, we had our whole apartment renovated when we moved…

Comment by friederike February 2014 permalink
Big Mac Dessert
Nearly forgot to post this: This lady made a full English breakfast for dessert a few years back: http://stasty.com/?p=2100 and http://stasty.com/?p=2158 - amazing!

Comment by friederike January 2014 permalink
Big Mac Dessert
I went to get some AH fond yesterday. The only brand the small AH around the corner had was 'Struik' - is that the one you mean, or is there an AH brand one as well? I liked it, indeed no chemicals (according to the label), but it was quit…

Comment by friederike January 2014 permalink
Big Mac Dessert
Re: the coloured pasta: easy, you add spinach (or beetroot juice, or turmeric, or whatever else) to the dough. Have you seen this: http://www.kuriositaetenladen.com/2009/01/pastakolleg-teil-2-gestreifte-nudeln.html But I'm afraid we won'…

Comment by friederike January 2014 permalink
Big Mac Dessert
Oh my, that's a list! And there I am worrying that the bag of stuff I'm taking from Germany is too much :) In case you were wondering: - ground almonds and hazelnuts, Natron (bicarbonate of soda), and lard - I know you can get these aroun…

Comment by friederike January 2014 permalink
Big Mac Dessert
No, I bought them in Germany, and you can only get them before Christmas. Actually, we were in Germany for a day in December, so I bought a whole bunch of them - and then forgot them and only found them again this week (thankfully it's still Ja…

Comment by friederike January 2014 permalink
Big Mac Dessert
Hmm. I'm not quite sure I would use tagliatelle in a dessert, but your mention of spijs reminded me of marzipan - that might work! I also thought about just using a few mint leaves - just for presentation, no need to eat the mint. Like you, I …

Comment by friederike January 2014 permalink
Best cookbooks of 2013
The joys of a new kitchen, right? Looks like we should start a photo thread of our kitchens... I vote for two ovens, too (just think of Thanksgiving!) We moved in 3 1/2 years ago, and the kitchen really needed to be replaced. I think the oven might …

Comment by friederike December 2013 permalink
Best cookbooks of 2013
Good idea! I followed you too. I saw that you have boards over sink lighting and kitchen tiling - are you planning to renovate your a kitchen?

Comment by friederike December 2013 permalink
The Future of Cookbooker
I'll add my thanks to everyone, especially Andrew, and Beth & her husband. I'll really miss cookbooker and the good community here! Andrew, is it possible to also download additional data such as tags, date of posting and private note…

Comment by friederike December 2013 permalink
Food/Cooking-related must-do things in the UK?
If you want to have some really good Dim Sum (yes, I know, not really what you'd go to London for), I would recommend Pearl Liang. It's a quite hidden, just behind Paddington Station, and really, really good. And definitely Ottolenghi, an…

Comment by friederike December 2013 permalink
The Future of Cookbooker
Hi Beth, no, I think it's great - I was thinking a lot if it would be doable at all, and this leaves me free to explore other options as well, so I think it's a clear win-win situation for all of us.

Comment by friederike October 2013 permalink
The Future of Cookbooker
Hi everyone, turns out the place we are now has wifi - hooray! Beth, it's so great to hear your husband is a programmer and would be willing to take over the programming responsibilities - that's vastly preferable to me learning to program…

Comment by friederike October 2013 permalink
The Future of Cookbooker
Andrew, how much time did you spend working on Cookbooker, on average? And how long did it take you to learn what you needed to know? I don't know any PHP or MySQL yet; however, I just quit my (very stressful) job a few weeks ago (finally!) and…

Comment by friederike October 2013 permalink
Spreading the (cookbooker) word ...
And also a badge announcing running (and/or future) challenges, so that people can join a challenge they're interested in?

Comment by friederike August 2013 permalink
New challenge for September
Good timing! I just prepared two zucchini dishes yesterday which I wanted to review today. About publicity for cookbooker and attracting new members: I think Facebook is a very good idea! I also just started a new board on Pinterest with tried and…

Comment by friederike August 2013 permalink
New challenge for September
SC, sorry for your loss! I actually think a general Asian challenge is too broad. The cuisines are very diverse and would (theoretically) include everything between Iraq and Japan, Russia and Indonesia. It's a bit like doing a general Western c…

Comment by friederike August 2013 permalink
Pi(e) Day Again
It was a little short notice - I would have completely forgotten if kateq hadn't posted about it. I enjoyed the first day of Pie; if anyone has an idea for a similar one-day challenge (or maybe a one-week challenge), I'd be well up for th…

Comment by friederike July 2013 permalink
Pi(e) Day Again
I posted my review with the tag Pi Approximation Day, and also Pi, just in case. I did a tarte tatin, as an approximation of pie - and it wasn't perfectly round either (though that was pure coincidence).

Comment by friederike July 2013 permalink
Pi(e) Day Again
I nearly forgot! Thank you for reminding! Luckily we haven't planned what to eat this week yet. Maybe pizza or calzone (as an approximation of pie), or a not quite circular pie (as an approximation of the number pi)? On another note (and I kno…

Comment by friederike July 2013 permalink
Finding my reviews on recipes in a cookbook
When you're on your bookshelf, you can also click the icon with the speech bubble next to each book title to see only your reviews of that specific book.

Comment by friederike July 2013 permalink
Where are the How-To's ? (Need to know how to add Tag)
Go to the red bar and mouse over 'Browse' (don't click!). A menu will appear below. Choose 'Title Tags' for cookbook tags and 'Recipe Tags' for recipe tags. Another tip: if you're not sure of the spelling, t…

Comment by friederike May 2013 permalink
Ottolenghi cookbooks
You would probably need an url pointing to your review only, not to those of others reviewing the same dish. You can get such an url by adding '?review_id=' and then the ID of the review. The latter you can find out by hovering on the com…

Comment by friederike March 2013 permalink
Ottolenghi cookbooks
I started a blog in 2008 (long since discontinued...) and tested both back then. I don't remember why I eventually chose Wordpress, but I think it seemed more intuitive and user friendly back then.

Comment by friederike March 2013 permalink
Ottolenghi cookbooks
I agree. Using Blogspot or Wordpress isn't difficult (my personal preference goes out to Wordpress), it's keeping up with writing that's hard... somehow writing on cookbooker is so much easier than writing blogposts, perhaps because y…

Comment by friederike March 2013 permalink
Easter/Passover
I know that it's not yet Easter, but we had a few people over this weekend and will only have a very simple family brunch next week Sunday, so we had fun with food today. Unfortunately, the deviled egg chicks didn't work out at all - they …

Comment by friederike March 2013 permalink
Easter/Passover
Deviled egg chicks! http://www.pinterest.com/pin/142637513170383488/

Comment by friederike March 2013 permalink

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