tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post8987982769776094068..comments2024-03-25T22:59:30.053+00:00Comments on Desperate Reader: A New Book of Middle Eastern Food - Claudia Roden Desperate Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-80277721638084958452018-04-19T08:52:16.345+01:002018-04-19T08:52:16.345+01:00Some of those classics might not be very glamorous...Some of those classics might not be very glamorous to look at, but they're classics for a reason and you learn so much from them. <br />Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-78579533674443888802018-04-16T15:17:14.756+01:002018-04-16T15:17:14.756+01:00I really enjoyed this review. I don't have thi...I really enjoyed this review. I don't have this book myself but somewhere I do have an old paperback of Julia Childs' et al French cooking one - unassuming, no photos, just explanations. Traditional French cooking isn't really my thing, but this one time I cooked a bechamel following that book to the letter it turned out GREAT, whereas all the other times I've cooked bechamels from books with pictures of said bechamel being poured seductively over dishes x, y, and z have resulted in less than GREAT sauces. banihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17014197149063468132noreply@blogger.com