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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).

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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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Title		Tags	Ratings & Reviews
	Food Facts for the Kitchen Front By Food Ministry, Minister of Food Lord Woolton Collins - 1940		(2 recipe reviews) 1 2
	The Gentle Art of Cookery By Mrs. C. F. Leyel, Olga Hartley Chatto & Windus - 1983		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	A Celebration of Soup: With Classic Recipes from Around the World (Cookery Library) By Lindsey Bareham Penguin Books Ltd - 2001		(4 recipe reviews) 6 3
	The Classical Cookbook By Andrew Dalby, Sally Grainger British Museum Press - 1996		(3 recipe reviews) 2 3
	A Cook's Calendar: Seasonal Menus By Frances Bissell Chatto & Windus - 1985		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	Eating in By Fay Maschler Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - 1988		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	On Drink By Kinsgley Amis Harcourt - 1973		(1 recipe review) 2 1
	The Bean Book By Rose Elliot Fontana Press - 1980		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	How to Eat: Pleasures and Principles of Good Food (Cookery) By Nigella Lawson Chatto & Windus - 1999		(3 recipe reviews) 14 2
	Feast: Food that Celebrates Life By Nigella Lawson Chatto & Windus - 2004		(2 recipe reviews) 4 2
	The River Cottage Fish Book By Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Nick Fisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - 2007		(14 recipe reviews) 6 2
	River Cottage Veg Every Day! (River Cottage Every Day) By Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - 2011		(13 recipe reviews) 21 3
	Home Made Wines, Syrups and Cordials By F. W. Beech National Federation of Women's Institutes - 1956		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	The Olive and the Caper: Adventures in Greek Cooking By Susanna Hoffman Workman Publishing Company - 2004		(182 recipe reviews) 31 1
	Caribbean Cooking (Cookery Library) By Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz Penguin Books Ltd - 1993		(2 recipe reviews) 5 2
	Tender: Volume II, A cook's guide to the fruit garden By Nigel Slater Fourth Estate - 2010		(8 recipe reviews) 15 3
	The Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food and Lose Weight By Hairy Bikers W&N - 2012		(11 recipe reviews) 2 6
	South East Asian Food (Penguin handbook) By Rosemary Brissenden Penguin Books Ltd - 1970		(2 recipe reviews) 2 1
	How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking By Nigella Lawson Hyperion - 2001		(7 recipe reviews) 72 3
	Mince Matters (Penguin Handbooks) By Elaine Hallgarten Penguin Books Ltd - 1978		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	Jane Grigson's Fish Book By Jane Grigson, Sara Dickerman, Amy Sherman, Yvonne Skargon Penguin UK - 1998		(2 recipe reviews) 3 2
	Northern cookbook By Hurtig Publishers in cooperation with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and the Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Supply and Services Canada - 1979		(1 recipe review) 2 1
	Delia Smith's One is Fun! (Coronet Books) By Delia Smith Hodder & Stoughton - 1987		(1 recipe review) 3 1
	The Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook: From Lady Mary's Crab Canapés to Mrs. Patmore's Christmas Pudding - More Than 150 Recipes from Upstairs and Downstairs By Emily Ansara Baines Adams Media Corporation - 2012		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	Slow Cooking from Around the World By Carolyn Humphries W Foulsham & Co Ltd - 2006		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	The Paris Cookbook By Patricia Wells Kyle Cathie - 2003		(1 recipe review) 3 1
	The Vegetable Bible: The Definitive Guide By Sophie Grigson Collins - 2009		(3 recipe reviews) 1 3
	Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking By Marcella Hazan Knopf - 1992		(89 recipe reviews) 97 1
	Madhur Jaffrey's Ultimate Curry Bible By Madhur Jaffrey Ebury Press - 2003		(7 recipe reviews) 11 3
	Good Food from Denmark and Norway By James & Elizabeth White Frederick Muller Ltd - 1959		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	Italian Food (Penguin Cookery Library) By Elizabeth David, Renato Guttuso Penguin Books Ltd - 1993		(7 recipe reviews) 4 1
	The Omelette Book By Chamberlain, Narcissa Knopf - 1956		(2 recipe reviews) 2 2
	The Italian Diet By Gino D'Acampo, Juliette Kellow Kyle Cathie - 2010		(1 recipe review) 2 1
	The 30-minute Cook: The Best of the World's Quick Cooking (Penguin cookery books) By Nigel Slater, Juliet Dallas-Conte, Kevin Summers Penguin Books Ltd - 1996		(12 recipe reviews) 4 3
	Eastern Vegetarian Cooking By Madhur Jaffrey Arrow - 1990		(2 recipe reviews) 3 2
	Moosewood Restaurant Daily Special: More Than 275 Recipes for Soups, Stews, Salads and Extras By Moosewood Collective Clarkson Potter - 1999		(18 recipe reviews) 33 1
	The Experienced English Housekeeper (Southover Press Historic Cookery & Housekeeping) By Elizabeth Raffald Southover Press - 1996		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	Arabella Boxer's Book of English Food: A Rediscovery of British Food From Before the War By Arabella Boxer Penguin - 2012		(1 recipe review) 2 1
	The Moosewood Restaurant Cooking for Health: More Than 200 New Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes for Delicious and Nutrient-Rich Dishes By Moosewood Collective Simon & Schuster - 2009		(4 recipe reviews) 18 1
	The Curry Club Indian Restaurant Cookbook By Pat Chapman Salem House Pub - 1986		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	In Praise of the Potato: Recipes from Around the World By Lindsey Bareham Michael Joseph Ltd - 1989		(2 recipe reviews) 4 2
	Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book By Jane Grigson Michael Joseph Ltd - 1978		(3 recipe reviews) 4 1
	The Prudence Penny Binding of the United States Regional Cook Book By Ruth Berolzheimer Consolidated Book Publishers - 1947		(1 recipe review) 2 1
	Nick Nairn's Top 100 Salmon Recipes By Nick Nairn BBC Books - 2007		(2 recipe reviews) 1 2
	Tender: v. 1: A Cook and His Vegetable Patch By Nigel Slater Fourth Estate Ltd - 2009		(11 recipe reviews) 24 5
	Curry Club 250 Favourite Curries and Accompaniments By Pat Chapman Piatkus Books - 1993		(2 recipe reviews) 1 2
	The Mushroom Feast By Jane Grigson Penguin Books - 1983		(2 recipe reviews) 3 2
	Soups By Hannah Wright Robert Hale - 1992		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	The Silver Palate Cookbook By Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins, Michael McLaughlin Workman Publishing Company - 1982		(42 recipe reviews) 80 1
	Off the Beeton Track By Peter Pirbright Golden Gallery Press Ltd - 1946		(2 recipe reviews) 1 2