Is it a cookery blog? Is it a book club? Yes! It’s both. Every month we will cook recipes from a different cookbook — sometimes one that has just been published, sometimes an old classic or an obscure personal favourite. We’ll be trying to work out which recipes work best, what the best menus are, and which dishes should become part of our regular repertoires. We’ll need your help. Which recipes are your favourites in this month’s book? Which ones didn’t work out? Which book should we all try next month? Do tell!
And now, a word about your hosts. Kirstin is a part-time doctor and full-time mother of two who loves food, photography, and food photography, among other things. Anna works in advertising but really loves food and wine, and organising holidays involving both. She and Kirstin are best friends from way back — they went to school together, and now they live near each other in London. Over the years they have enjoyed many memorable meals together with friends and family — Kirstin met her husband over dinner at Anna’s, for instance — and they plan to enjoy many more. Now, where’s that cookbook?
I love this idea. I’ve been in my book club for four years or so, which means I’ve read 50+ books that I wouldn’t normally have chosen. Some were terrible, but one has become one of my favourite novels. I’m going to try and do the recipes that you do so I can try and stretch my culinary boundaries. In bocca al lupo!
Thank you Georgia! We hope to inspire you along our culinary travels….
Let us know what you end up cooking, and what you thought of it…..
Great blog girls, I will be keeping a close eye on the quality of your ingredients, and will try a few recipes myself. x
Great blog girls! Looking forward to trying the recipes. Just have to decide which delicious one to try first…
Love the photo of you both ! Very sweet.
I tried the Yotam Ottolenghi ‘breakfast’ recipe for Braised eggs with tomato, spinach and yoghurt for supper tonight, and it was delicious! It took about half an hour to prepare so obviously not a ‘quick’ breakfast dish, but very good to eat. We didn’t get it from the Guardian booklet which fell out of Anna’s newspaper, but husband John got it from the Guardian website while he was working last week at the FT. He loves to trawl the internet for recipes while he is ‘working’ at the FT letters desk!
Stumbled upon your blog – and love it! Have you tried any recipes by Tessa Kiros? I have found them very good – other favourites include Ina Garten, Nigel Slater and David Lebovitz.
Happy you stumbled on us Mel! We have a couple of Tessa Kiros’s books so we may well do her soon. We’re a bit Nigel-ed out I’m afraid….!
I just stumbled upon your blog last month through random Google search and love it!
I hope you don’t mind if I steal the idea, I have been wanting to expand my repertoire and had signed up for a French cookery class, midway through realising I would better off just cooking my way through my three French cookbooks. You’ve also inspired me to check out my copy of “Bill’s Open Kitchen” again. I bought it in a moment of nostalgia for Sydney food but haven’t actually cooked anything from it.
Which three French cookbooks are you tacking? Definitely dig out Bill. “Open Kitchen” is the only book of his I don’t have, but I’m sure it’s as good as all the others! Good luck!!
I have “The French Kitchen” and “The French Market” by Joanne Harris and Rick Stein’s “French Odyssey,” but am open to suggestions if you have a favourite or two.
I’ve nominated you for the One Lovely Blog award, congratulations
Emily x
http://emilycooksvegan.com/2012/05/25/one-lovely-blog-award/