tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post3818628653912422573..comments2024-03-25T22:59:30.053+00:00Comments on Desperate Reader: Capsule CookbooksDesperate Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-91921731089627266472011-02-23T12:34:00.938+00:002011-02-23T12:34:00.938+00:00Love it!!!Love it!!!verityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825551404394913715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-80610757994060808082011-02-22T22:04:25.907+00:002011-02-22T22:04:25.907+00:00Verity - perhaps more dessert island then... (sorr...Verity - perhaps more dessert island then... (sorry - just couldn't resist)<br /><br />Merenia - I was lucky with the cornish ware. Most of it was seconds or picked up when they last went under a few years back and it kept turning up in TK Maxx. The preserves were Rowan Jelly and I think plum and mulberry jam.<br /><br />Thomas - cosy/chaotic one or the other. It's actually an old picture from a couple of years ago, I should take a new one. <br /><br />Joan Hunter Dunn - you're right - they do hold a lot of memories. So much more than just books.<br /><br />Paperback Reader - the wine rack is by way of me bringing work home, an excuse no-one seems to believe but which is perfectly true!<br /><br />Josbookjourney - I collect recipes and promptly lose them. Some turn up years later in the oddest places, at least with books I can generally locate them...Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-51326517728443029192011-02-22T20:34:53.956+00:002011-02-22T20:34:53.956+00:00Ironically the security word was tartin! Even your...Ironically the security word was tartin! Even your blog is cooking!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-52677415249077956302011-02-22T20:33:49.291+00:002011-02-22T20:33:49.291+00:00I love the photo it captures the randomness about ...I love the photo it captures the randomness about the cooking but also the order if a recipe. Think that sounds a bit too profound!<br /><br />I have a couple of cooking book but a draw full or recipes torn out of my slimming magazines and others. The only cook book someone has bought me was a Jamie Oliver and I have used it twice so far - but have had to adapt to make them friendly for my diet! <br /><br />I do use the web for Nigella recipes as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-4246285286676722622011-02-22T20:14:32.164+00:002011-02-22T20:14:32.164+00:00I am coveting the full wine rack!
Between the boy...I am coveting the full wine rack!<br /><br />Between the boy and I we have a couple of shelves of cookbooks but only started our collection in last couple of years (the Persephone cookbooks are on the Persephone shelves). I do have Nigella running into the thousands and we have a couple of Jamies, which I have never used but the boy has.Paperback Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579608422235511054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-42734135233153337962011-02-22T19:07:44.914+00:002011-02-22T19:07:44.914+00:00A very well timed post for me. Last night we cooke...A very well timed post for me. Last night we cooked a Nigel Slater recipe, which I now know off by heart, and it has the title of being known by me as 'The Recipe That Started Me Cooking'. giving away cookbooks is so difficult as with them is the memory of when the recipes were cooked - and for whom. Even if it was just one recipe in the whole book!Joan Hunter Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14652041203134127783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-90600924955194792962011-02-22T15:20:14.778+00:002011-02-22T15:20:14.778+00:00This is my third time writing this comment. For so...This is my third time writing this comment. For some reason I keep closing the window before completing the task and the comment disappears.<br /><br />I love the picture. It is the definition of cosy kitchen. Are those preserves I spy?<br /><br />I have a few cookbooks that get a fair amount of use and then quite a few that never seemed to get used. My goal is to give them all a bit of attention to see which ones are worth saving.Thomas Hogglestockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284352537015457974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-36853185222501845992011-02-22T11:32:11.661+00:002011-02-22T11:32:11.661+00:00Hi Hayley, I know this wasn't the point of you...Hi Hayley, I know this wasn't the point of your post, but I have to confess to drooling over that picture with your Cornish Ware and jars of preserves. They are two of my particular passions. As for the large population of your cookbooks, the researcher in me likes having a goodly library of cook books, so I can compare and contrast recipes, in fact I often spend more time fannying about in this manner, than in the cooking, it is part of the pleasure...Mereniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00597354144052341218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-44733773673637719452011-02-22T09:43:30.774+00:002011-02-22T09:43:30.774+00:00This made me think about my "desert island co...This made me think about my "desert island cookbooks" (which is a stupid phrase as who'd do cookery in the conventional sense on a desert island). For me, the core books in my collection are the baking ones, mainly because baking is much more of a precise science.<br /><br />PS: I have two Jamie Olivers (unwanted birthday presents that my Mum recieved) but have never used them either!verityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825551404394913715noreply@blogger.com