friederike

10,000 reviews and counting!
Congratulations, Andrew! You put a lot of hard work into this, and I'm really glad there's such a good resource like cookbooker. My cooking has changed enormously since I've become a member!

Comment by friederike January 2012 permalink
2012 Challenges
I vote Moroccan, too!

Comment by friederike January 2012 permalink
New Feature: Recipe Tags
Quezzle Sister: Whatever helps you to find recipes when you need them... eg. I recently began tagging recipes 'egg whites' or 'egg yolks', depending which of the two they use. That way, whenever I have a few egg whites left over …

Comment by friederike July 2011 permalink
New Challenge: Summer Grilling
I can also recommend a grill pan. Ikea has a good (and cheap) one. Just remember to clean it immedeately after use, while its still hot.

Comment by friederike July 2011 permalink
New Feature: Recipe Tags
Really cool, Andrew! I don't know how many tags I've already added, but I love seeing how my reviews connect via shared tags. Love it! Would love to see it on indexed recipes too, as soon as you have the time...

Comment by friederike July 2011 permalink
New Feature: Recent Activity Stream
Slightly late, but I love seeing all the changes to the site!

Comment by friederike June 2011 permalink
New Features for Recipes
I think I know what happened. When you've edited an ingredient, you need to press Enter, not just click anywhere. At least that's what happened to me once. @Leeka, does that solve your problem? Andrew, would it be possible to add another …

Comment by friederike May 2011 permalink
Search engines and recipes - NYT article
I've actually started to tag indexed books (both self-indexed and others) as 'indexed' - anyone else want to join?

Comment by friederike May 2011 permalink
New Features for Recipes
Wow, that was quick! And nicely done! Would it be easy to do the same thing whenever a link is entered? And I'm wondering (but we might have discussed this earlier) whether it might make sense to distinguish between a link to the online versio…

Comment by friederike May 2011 permalink
Search engines and recipes - NYT article
Maybe we could collect them in a discussion thread?

Comment by friederike May 2011 permalink
Search engines and recipes - NYT article
I've also started recently to index a few cookbooks, and I'll certainly also start to add the ingredients to recipes, probably starting with those with a 5 star review, or those I want to cook soon. Maybe we could make a list of cookbooks …

Comment by friederike May 2011 permalink
New Features for Recipes
Cool, thank you! Now if only I would remember the reviews I wanted to comment on... Could you add a tiny function to the ingredients tab - an (x) or something like that (maybe (y) for 'yes'?) to indicate that ingredients have been added, …

Comment by friederike May 2011 permalink
New Features for Recipes
Hooray! Well done, I like them. I'd also be willing to pay the fee for the ability to search for recipes by ingredient / anything that makes it easier to find a dish with specific requirements ...

Comment by friederike May 2011 permalink
Measurements
@ Oh, actually I think the green plus icon is quite nice! But that only applies to book search results, not recipe search results. What I actuall meant is that that same plus icon/book icon system is applied to the recipe search results as well. Lo…

Comment by friederike May 2011 permalink
Recommended websites
I own Culinary Artistry too - also because I wanted to use it as a basis for something similar to what they did on foodpairing.be, but gave up halfway through - it was soo much typing! @Sieburp, that does make sense. Soy sauce is also umami, just …

Comment by friederike May 2011 permalink
Measurements
@LL easy: (a href="url")text(/a) with triangular brackets like < instead of the round ones. Italics is (i)italics(/i) or (em)emphasis(/em), bold is (b)bold(/b) or (strong)text(/strong), (u)underline(/u) all with triangular brackets. You…

Comment by friederike May 2011 permalink
Measurements
@LL, you are absolutely right that precise measurements often don't matter. I made a rhubarb crumble recently, though, that turned out much too soggy; but maybe that was because no cornstarch or flour was added to take up the liquid? Re: poato…

Comment by friederike May 2011 permalink
White Asparagus
Well, prosciutto was a good idea :) I've never had grilled asparagus - how was that? Did he blanch the asparagus before grilling it? And did he peel it? Cooked white asparagus can hold up against prosciutto, grilled might be different.

Comment by friederike May 2011 permalink
White Asparagus
Definitely peel the white asparagus! Unpeeled white asparagus has the consistency of straw, not recommended. I usually peel with a normal vegetable peeler. And cut the lower ends, about 1 cm (0.4 inch). Cook for about 10 min in salted water (check a…

Comment by friederike April 2011 permalink
Future Challenges
Hmm. If we did a challenge on 101cookbooks or Smitten Kitchen, maybe you could contact the publisher's marketing department? If they mention CB a few times we make sure that there will be many recipe reviews around (independently reviewed - no …

Comment by friederike April 2011 permalink
Future Challenges
I was wondering today how cookbooker could attract more members - I'd love to see more reviews of recipes from my cookbooks :) I think food blogs often achieve that by entering in foodie challenges like Hay Hay it's Donna Day - would somet…

Comment by friederike April 2011 permalink
Substitutions
Thank you all for the advice! A chocolate brownie recipe (without soy milk) caught my eye in the meantime, but it's definitely good to know!

Comment by friederike March 2011 permalink
Great Cookbook & Cake Posters
Slightly different kind of poster, but I buy these calendars every year. Next to each of the miniature photos there's a text with some information (in German), usually giving the name of whatever is depicted in German, Latin, English, French, a…

Comment by friederike March 2011 permalink
Site improvements & suggestions
@andrew - I tried to used logos / blog headers wherever possible (even when the ratio wasn't ideal, I figured you can still see them better than screen shots), print screens for the rest. Some of them (mainly logos) look really neat! And I foun…

Comment by friederike March 2011 permalink
Site improvements & suggestions
For the print screens: What would be the ideal ratio between height en width? Many blogs have large white (or, err, grey :) ) borders that could be clipped to increase perceptibility. One example is Smitten Kitchen. By the way, would Smitten Kitchen…

Comment by friederike March 2011 permalink
Site improvements & suggestions
@andrew: Thank you! I'll try a few... And no, only those two misplaced recipes (I think). Thanks!

Comment by friederike March 2011 permalink
Site improvements & suggestions
Hi Andrew, just a question: I accidentally added recipes twice or in the wrong place - is it possible to delete them? And if you find time one day to make website cover uploads possible, that would be great - I've already prepared quite a lot …

Comment by friederike March 2011 permalink
New Feature: Cover Uploads
Yes please, I would love that! Even more time to waste on cookbooker :) ...

Comment by friederike February 2011 permalink
New Feature: Cover Uploads
I noticed the blog 101 cookbooks has a 'cover'-image - how can I do that? Is it part of the new Cover Uploads feature?

Comment by friederike February 2011 permalink
my personal cookbooker challenge
My boyfriend once tried to convince me that I was only allowed to buy new cookbooks if I had prepared at least three different dishes from each of the books I already owned... Well, I'm still trying to catch up, but that isn't stopping me …

Comment by friederike February 2011 permalink

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