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TOO MANY COOKBOOKS SPOIL THE BROTH

A Cull-inary Project

It was threatening for years. This Christmas due to some thoughtful and exciting gifts it has happened and I have breached 100 cookbooks. 

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This, I think, is not only "too many" for someone who usually googles recipes, but too many to look through when actually deciding what to make. The bookcase has become impenetrable and intimidating, and needs pruning.

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So this year, I will use all of the cookbooks. The ones with nothing to add will be subtracted- Survival of the fattest. 

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Liz Logan
May 5, 20202 min read

Ken Hom’s Chinese Cookery

Why do I have this book? This is a bit of a classic, and arrived well used from mums collection. It’s from 1984, and you can tell it’s...

 
 
 
Liz Logan
May 4, 20202 min read

Chocolate Heaven

Why do I have this book? I nearly didn’t... had become entangled in the magazine section of the bookshelf! Getting impressed that none of...

 
 
 
Liz Logan
Apr 25, 20202 min read

Plenty

Why do I have this book? A few years ago I posted ottolenghi’s recipe for a caramelised garlic tart on Facebook. Id been in hospital...

 
 
 
Liz Logan
Apr 25, 20202 min read

Ready Steady Cook 2

Why do I have this book? The last of this series and one where I don’t actually remember the cooks. I think I asked mum when I got the...

 
 
 
Liz Logan
Apr 25, 20201 min read

Ready Steady Cook 1

Why Do I have this Book? Came with the first of the series. This is probabaly the most “Ready steady Cook” of all. Actually it should...

 
 
 
Liz Logan
Apr 19, 20202 min read

Ready Steady Cook 3

Why do I have this book? This was a present from mum, quite early on as you might expect from the show it’s based on. I think ready...

 
 
 
Liz Logan
Apr 17, 20202 min read

Mamushka

Why do I have this book? Its a very pretty book. And then there is my somewhat unrealistic aspiration to be as awesome as the author here...

 
 
 
Liz Logan
Apr 13, 20202 min read

The Great Bristish bake-off how to bake

Why do I have this book? I love bake-off. It’s so... pleasant for a competition. I also loved seeing medics who will be the calmest and...

 
 
 
Liz Logan
Apr 13, 20201 min read

Just 4 ingredients

Why do I have this book? This was from mum, a present while I was at university so I could make nice things without buying too much. The...

 
 
 
Liz Logan
Apr 13, 20202 min read

Jamie’s America

Why do I have this book? I think I’d been on a bit of a roll with Jamie Oliver books and wanted to know what he made of American food. I...

 
 
 
Liz Logan
Apr 9, 20202 min read

400 soups

Why do I have this book? I think I bought this one, probably from somewher like the works, because I really like soup. Have I used it...

 
 
 
Liz Logan
Apr 5, 20202 min read

The Women’s Institute Chocolate success

Why do I have this book? There is no inscription so I think this is a mum one. Have I used it before? I don’t think so, but there are so...

 
 
 
Liz Logan
Apr 5, 20202 min read

Jamie’s 15 minute meals

Why do I have this book? I liked the 30 minute one so much I thought this one might be even better- less time, and Jamie Oliver did is...

 
 
 
Liz Logan
Mar 29, 20201 min read

Favourite Chocolate Recipes

Why do I have this book? There is a handy inscription that informs me it was a Christmas Present from my stepdad, 2007. Inscriptions are...

 
 
 
Liz Logan
Mar 29, 20201 min read

Cookshelf Chocolate

Why do I have this book? This is another addition to the “chocolate cookbook collection” mum decided I could have. Have I used it before?...

 
 
 
Liz Logan
Mar 28, 20202 min read

Spuntino

Why do I have this book? In this case, I think mea culpa, I just thought it was really pretty. It’s more of an ode to New York foods,...

 
 
 
Liz Logan
Mar 13, 20203 min read

Wahaca

Why do I have this book? I went to the wahaca on the south bank with a cool London friend while I lived there, loved it and dragged...

 
 
 
Liz Logan
Mar 13, 20202 min read

Tom Kerridges Proper Pub Food

Why do I have this book? I bought this for myself, after being inspired by the early stages of my addiction to “great british Menu” I...

 
 
 
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