Sovay's Profile

From: Northern England,

Joined: October 7th, 2012

About me: I've embarked on a mission to cook something new from every cookery book I own - currently 260 - and am planning to use my account here to keep track (thanks to rfb from Librarything for tipping me off to the existence of this site). I've made a couple of rules for myself: to cook the recipe as given, with no substitution or variation unless suggested by the author; and to try to pick a genuinely new dish from each book - in other words, as I've cooked many Leek and Potato Soups in my time, I don't get to count Leek and Potato Soup as a new dish just because I haven't used this specific recipe before (unless it has really significant differences from the usual versions).

Latest review:

June 10th, 2019

Hodge Podge from Mrs Beeton's Cookery Book

Beef and vegetable soup with beer - turned out disappointingly bland. The recipe had no seasoning other than salt and pepper - having tried it, I added a stock cube and some Worcester sauce, which helped... read more >

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Sovay's Bookshelf

153 book(s). Click the title of a book to start adding your recipe and book reviews.

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Title		Tags	Ratings & Reviews
	The Hairy Dieters: Fast Food (Hairy Bikers) By Hairy Bikers, Si King, Dave Myers Weidenfeld & Nicolson - 2016		(7 recipe reviews) 1 7
	17th Century Recipts from Count Peter's Receipt Book Gastronomy and History From Visingsborg, Sweden's First County. By Ingrid Larsson Haglund [Strandgarden, Sweden: Atelje Lovisa, 2000] 1st ed. - 2000		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	200 Curries: Over 200 Delicious Recipes and Ideas (All Colour Cookbook) By Sunil Vijayakar Hamlyn - 2009		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	Anjum's Quick & Easy Indian By Anjum Anand Quadrille Publishing Ltd - 2014		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	A Book of Mediterranean Food By Elizabeth David, John Minton Penguin (Non-Classics) - 1956		(1 recipe review) 3 1
	Caribbean Cooking (Cookery Library) By Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz Penguin Books Ltd - 1993		(2 recipe reviews) 5 2
	Classic Indian Cooking By Julie Sahni Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd - 1988		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	Cuisine Grand-mere: Traditional French Home Cooking By Marie-Pierre Moine Ebury Press - 2001		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	The Cuisine of Hungary (Penguin Cookery Library) By George Lang, Josef Venesz, Joseph Wechsberg Penguin Books Ltd - 1993		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	Customs and Cookery in the Perigord and Quercy By Anne Penton David & Charles - 1973		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	Delia Smith's One is Fun! (Coronet Books) By Delia Smith Hodder & Stoughton - 1987		(1 recipe review) 3 1
	Easy Spanish Style ("Australian Women's Weekly" Home Library) By Mary Coleman ACP Publishing Pty Ltd - 1997		(1 recipe review) 2 1
	Feast: Food that Celebrates Life By Nigella Lawson Chatto & Windus - 2004		(2 recipe reviews) 4 2
	Feeding the Nation By Patten, Marguerite Hamlyn - 2005		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	Flavours of India By Madhur Jaffrey BBC Books - 1995		(12 recipe reviews) 4 3
	The Food and Cooking of Greece: A Classic Mediterranean Cuisine: History, Traditions, Ingredients and Over 160 Recipes By Rena Salaman, Jan Cutler Southwater - 2013		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	FOUR SEASONS COOKERY BOOK By Margaret Costa Grub Street Cookery - 2008		(2 recipe reviews) 5 1
	Fresh from France: Vegetable Creations By Faye Levy Grafton - 1990		(2 recipe reviews) 1 2
	A Good Housekeeping Cookery Compendium By Good Housekeeping Institute The Waverley Book Company - 1957		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	GOOSE FAT AND GARLIC, Country Recipes from South-west France. By Jeanne Strang., Tony Gregson, Tony Gregson. Kyle Cathie. - 1991		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	The Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food and Lose Weight By Hairy Bikers W&N - 2012		(11 recipe reviews) 2 6
	Home Made Wines, Syrups and Cordials By F. W. Beech National Federation of Women's Institutes - 1956		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	Introduction to Indian Cooking (Penguin Handbooks) By Madhur Jaffrey Penguin Books Ltd - 1978		(1 recipe review) 5 1
	Ken Hom's Illustrated Chinese Cookery By Ken Hom BBC Books - 1996		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	The Kitchen Diaries II By Nigel Slater Fourth Estate - 2012		(20 recipe reviews) 12 1
	The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen By Nigel Slater Fourth Estate Ltd - 2007		(22 recipe reviews) 36 1
	Leon: Ingredients and Recipes By Allegra McEvedy Conran Octopus Ltd - 2008		(2 recipe reviews) 8 1
	Mince Matters (Penguin Handbooks) By Elaine Hallgarten Penguin Books Ltd - 1978		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	Moorish Food: Mouthwatering Recipes from Morocco and the Mediterranean By Sarah Woodward, Gus Filgate, Alan Keohane Kyle Cathie - 1998		(2 recipe reviews) 2 2
	Nigella Bites By Nigella Lawson Chatto & Windus - 2001		(6 recipe reviews) 50 1
	North Atlantic Seafood (Penguin Cookery Library) By Alan Davidson Penguin Books Ltd - 1991		(2 recipe reviews) 2 2
	Offal: Gourmet Cookery from Head to Tail (Home & Garden Series) By Jana Allen, Margaret Gin Pitman - 1976		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	Onions without Tears: Cooking with Onions, Leeks, Garlic and Chives By Lindsey Bareham Michael Joseph Ltd - 1995		(2 recipe reviews) 1 2
	Pasta for Pleasure (A Fontana Original) By Moyra Bremner, Liz Filippini Fontana Press - 1984		(1 recipe review) 2 1
	The Rich Tradition of European Peasant Cookery By Elisabeth Luard Bantam Press - 1986		(2 recipe reviews) 1 2
	River Cottage Everyday By Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - 2009		(15 recipe reviews) 15 6
	Russian Delight: A Cookbook of the Soviet Peoples By V V Pokhlebkin Pan - 1978		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	Save with Jamie: Shop Smart, Cook Clever, Waste Less By Jamie Oliver Michael Joseph - 2013		(2 recipe reviews) 7 1
	Simply British By Sybil Kapoor, john Spencer Penguin Books Ltd - 1999		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	Slow Cooking from Around the World By Carolyn Humphries W Foulsham & Co Ltd - 2006		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	Soups By Hannah Wright Robert Hale - 1992		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	South East Asian Food (Penguin handbook) By Rosemary Brissenden Penguin Books Ltd - 1970		(2 recipe reviews) 2 1
	Spanish Regional Cookery (Penguin handbooks) By Anna Macmiadhachain Penguin Books Ltd - 1976		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	Spices, Salts and Aromatics in the English Kitchen ( Ancient and Modern English Cooking: Vol.1 ) By Elizabeth David Penguin Books Ltd - 1970		(1 recipe review) 7 1
	The Taste of Thailand By Vatcharin Bhumichitr, Clive Streeter, Michael Freeman Macmillan General Reference - 1993		(1 recipe review) 3 1
	A Taste of Wales By Theodora FitzGibbon Macmillan - 1973		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	The Ultimate Book of Fish & Shellfish: A Comprehensive Cooking Encyclopedia and Guide, Including 300 Fantastic Step-By-Step Recipes and Over 1500 Fabu By Kate Whiteman JG Press - 2009		(1 recipe review) 2 1
	Vegetarian Dishes Around the World: The Finest of Foreign Flavours (Essential Rose Elliot) By Rose Elliot Thorsons - 1996		(1 recipe review) 2 1
	What's Cooking: Rice & Risotto By Elizabeth Wolf-Cohen, Paul Forrester, Colin Bowling Thunder Bay Press (CA) - 2000		(1 recipe review) 2 1
	The River Cottage Fish Book By Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Nick Fisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - 2007		(14 recipe reviews) 6 2

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