The librarycook almost gives up
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...
The librarycook hangs on to winter. Just.
August seemed determined to masquerade as Spring, with warm sunny days arriving one after the other. But finally a properly wintery Sunday, and a chance to cook (and eat) something really slow-cooked. To the librarycook, of course, slow-cooked also means lots of...
The librarycook sells out
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...
A Sticky Problem
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? ...
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