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
	Jane Grigson's Fruit Book By Jane Grigson Penguin Books Ltd - 1983		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	Pasta for Pleasure (A Fontana Original) By Moyra Bremner, Liz Filippini Fontana Press - 1984		(1 recipe review) 2 1
	River Cottage Everyday By Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - 2009		(15 recipe reviews) 15 6
	Onions without Tears: Cooking with Onions, Leeks, Garlic and Chives By Lindsey Bareham Michael Joseph Ltd - 1995		(2 recipe reviews) 1 2
	A Book of Mediterranean Food By Elizabeth David, John Minton Penguin (Non-Classics) - 1956		(1 recipe review) 3 1
	A Wolf in the Kitchen: Easy Food for Hungry People (Penguin cookery library) By Lindsey Bareham Penguin Books Ltd - 2000		(2 recipe reviews) 3 2
	The Complete Meze Table By Rosamond Man Ebury Press - 1986		(13 recipe reviews) 3 1
	Spanish Regional Cookery (Penguin handbooks) By Anna Macmiadhachain Penguin Books Ltd - 1976		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	Tapas: The Little Dishes of Spain By Penelope Casas Knopf - 1985		(7 recipe reviews) 10 2
	Eating For Victory: Healthy Home Front Cooking on War Rations (Official Wwii Info Reproductns) By Various Authors Michael O'Mara - 2007		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	The Kitchen Diaries II By Nigel Slater Fourth Estate - 2012		(20 recipe reviews) 12 1
	Kitchen in the Corner By Katharine Whitehorn MacGibbon & Kee - 1961		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	What's Cooking: Rice & Risotto By Elizabeth Wolf-Cohen, Paul Forrester, Colin Bowling Thunder Bay Press (CA) - 2000		(1 recipe review) 2 1
	Soup By Nick Sandler, Johnny Acton Kyle Cathie - 2003		(1 recipe review) 2 1
	Modern British Food (Penguin Cookery Library) By Sybil Kapoor Penguin Books Ltd - 1996		(2 recipe reviews) 1 2
	Simply British By Sybil Kapoor, john Spencer Penguin Books Ltd - 1999		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	The Frugal Cook By Fiona Beckett Absolute Press - 2011		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	Yorkshire Recipes By Mrs Appleby Dalesman Publishing Company - 1964		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	The Rich Tradition of European Peasant Cookery By Elisabeth Luard Bantam Press - 1986		(2 recipe reviews) 1 2
	A New Book of Middle Eastern Food (Cookery Library) By Claudia Roden Penguin - 1986		(4 recipe reviews) 9 2
	Classic Indian Cooking By Julie Sahni Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd - 1988		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	North Atlantic Seafood (Penguin Cookery Library) By Alan Davidson Penguin Books Ltd - 1991		(2 recipe reviews) 2 2
	Easy Spanish Style ("Australian Women's Weekly" Home Library) By Mary Coleman ACP Publishing Pty Ltd - 1997		(1 recipe review) 2 1
	The Food and Cooking of Eastern Europe (At Table) By Lesley Chamberlain Bison Books - 2006		(2 recipe reviews) 2 2
	Ultimate Slow Cooker: Over 100 Simple, Delicious Recipes By Sara Lewis Hamlyn - 2008		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	Customs and Cookery in the Perigord and Quercy By Anne Penton David & Charles - 1973		(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
	The River Cottage Year By Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Hodder & Stoughton Ltd - 2003		(1 recipe review) 9 1
	The Cuisine of Hungary (Penguin Cookery Library) By George Lang, Josef Venesz, Joseph Wechsberg Penguin Books Ltd - 1993		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	Cuisine Grand-mere: Traditional French Home Cooking By Marie-Pierre Moine Ebury Press - 2001		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	Mexican Food Made Simple By Thomasina Miers Hodder & Stoughton Ltd - 2010		(2 recipe reviews) 6 2
	Please to the Table: The Russian Cookbook By Anya von Bremzen, John Welchman Workman Publishing Company - 1990		(7 recipe reviews) 9 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
	Farmhouse Fare By Mary Day Hulton Press - 1947		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	The Really Helpful Cookbook By Ruth Watson Ebury Press - 2000		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	The River Cottage Meat Book By Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Hodder & Stoughton - 2004		(5 recipe reviews) 13 1
	Lithuanian Traditional Foods By Birute Imbrasiene, Henrikas Sakalauskas, Giedre Ambrozaitiene Baltos Lankos Publishers - 1998		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	The Complete Asian Cookbook By Charmaine Solomon Tuttle Publishing - 1992		(26 recipe reviews) 20 2
	Casa Moro: The Second Cookbook By Sam Clark and Sam Clark, Samuel Clark Ebury Press - 2004		(5 recipe reviews) 9 1
	The Cuisine of the Sun : Classical French Cooking from Nice & Provence By Mireille Johnston Biscuit Books, Incorporated - 1996		(2 recipe reviews) 3 2
	Rose Elliot's Vegetarian Meals in Minutes By Rose Elliot Harpercollins Reference Hbacks - 2005		(1 recipe review) 2 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
	Fine English Cookery By Michael Smith, Geraldene Holt, Benedicte Barford Serif - 1998		(1 recipe review) 1 1
	Leon: Ingredients and Recipes By Allegra McEvedy Conran Octopus Ltd - 2008		(2 recipe reviews) 8 1
	I [Symbol of a Heart] Curry: The Best Indian Curries You'll Ever Cook By Anand, Anjum Anand Quadrille Publishing - 2010		(6 recipe reviews) 3 2
	Vegetarian Dishes Around the World: The Finest of Foreign Flavours (Essential Rose Elliot) By Rose Elliot Thorsons - 1996		(1 recipe review) 2 1
	U.S.A. Cookbook By Sheila Lukins, Carolyn Vibbert Workman Publishing Company - 1997		(1 recipe review) 11 1
	Accidental Vegetarian By Simon Rimmer Cassell Illustrated - 2006		(2 recipe reviews) 1 2
	Taste of Nepal (Hippocrene Cookbook Library) By Jyoti Pathak Hippocrene Books - 2007		(2 recipe reviews) 3 2
	Ken Hom's Illustrated Chinese Cookery By Ken Hom BBC Books - 1996		(1 recipe review) 1 1

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