It was the toffee apple cake (with sticky maple caramel) on the cover of the May issue of Delicious that caught the librarycook’s eye. With such a cover, what delights would lurk within? And she was right – so many tempting recipes, it was hard to...
The librarycook really struggled to find something to make from April’s Delicious magazine. She tried the pasta with sausage and cauliflower. The chocolate & pretzel biscuits. Both were fine. Acceptable. Just not great. Half-heartedly leafing through once...
On top of being a bibiliophile, the librarycook also nurses a not-so-secret passion for all foods Yotam. Ottolenghi, that is. First nurtured by his regular column in The Guardian*, then fired up by his charming television series Mediterranean on a Plate, and his...
The July issue of Delicious was filled with tempting dishes to warm the cockles of the soul and banish the discontent of winter. Slow cooked this, hearty that, pulses and legumes, nourishing soups. And the librarycook did try. The Three Cheese Lasagne was OK, but...
June’s issue of Delicious offered the librarycook an embarrassment of choice. Recipe after recipe was photocopied, drooled over, and then, crucially, assessed for its CRR (Cooking to Reading Ratio). Those apparently time-saving, cook-in-one-pan recipes? ...
