lisakelsey's Profile

From: Pawling, NY U.S.A

Joined: December 31st, 2009

About me: I'm the art director of Family Circle and a food department groupie. I have been collecting cookbooks for years and now have a substantial collection of old and new titles which I am looking forward to entering and reviewing here.

Favorite cookbook: How to Cook Everything


Latest review:

April 20th, 2015

Aromatic Minced Pork, Shan Style from Hot Sour Salty Sweet: A Culinary Journey Through Southeast Asia

It's amazing how good this tasted considering I was missing a few of the ingredients. I used ginger instead of galangal and onion instead of shallots and squeezed on some lime juice instead of lemongrass.... read more >


recipe reviews (98)
book reviews (4)
useful review votes (31)

lisakelsey's Bookshelf

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

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Get-Togethers with Gooseberry Patch Cookbook: Food to Bring Family & Friends to the Table

By Gooseberry Patch
Gooseberry Patch - 2005


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 0

Mom's Secret Recipe File: More Than 125 Treasured Recipes from the Mothers of Our Greatest Chefs

By Chris Styler
Hyperion - 2004


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 0

Grace the Table: Stories and Recipes from My Southern Revival

By Alexander Smalls, Hettie Jones
HarperCollins Publishers - 1997


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

Home Cooking with Charlie Trotter (Gourmet Cook Book Club Selection)

By Charlie Trotter, Kipling Swehla
Ten Speed Press - 2008


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 0

The Sustainable Kitchen: Passionate Cooking Inspired by Farms, Forests and Oceans

By Stu Stein, Judith H. Dern, Mary Hinds
New Society Publishers - 2004


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Fresh Choices : More than 100 Easy Recipes for Pure Food When You Can't Buy 100% Organic

By David Joachim, Rochelle Davis
Rodale Books - 2004


(0 recipe reviews)
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You're Cookin' It Country: My Favorite Recipes and Memories

By Loretta Lynn
Thomas Nelson - 2004


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 0

Tortillas

By W. Park Kerr
William Morrow & Co - 1996


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Biscuits, Spoonbread & Sweet Potato Pie (Knopf Cooks American Series)

By Bill Neal
Knopf - 1990


(1 recipe review)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 1

Prairie Cooks: Glorified Rice, Three-Day Buns, and Other Recipes and Reminiscences

By Carrie Young
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1997


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Entertaining with the Sopranos

By Carmela Soprano, Allen Rucker, Michele Scicolone, David Chase
Grand Central Publishing - 2006


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 0

The Southern Italian Table: Authentic Tastes from Traditional Kitchens

By Arthur Schwartz
Clarkson Potter - 2009


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 6 my recipe reviews 0

The Splendid Table: Recipes from Emilia-Romagna, the Heartland of Northern Italian Food

By Lynne Rossetto Kasper
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1992


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 30 my recipe reviews 0

I Cook As I Please

By Nika Standen Hazelton
Grosset & Dunlap - 1974


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 0

The Vegetarian Table: Italy

By Julia Della Croce, Deborah Jones
Chronicle Books - 1994


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 0

Sweet Myrtle and Bitter Honey: The Mediterranean Flavors of Sardinia

By Efisio Farris, Jim Eber
Rizzoli - 2007


(0 recipe reviews)
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Trattoria Grappolo: Simple Recipes for Traditional Italian Cuisine

By Leonardo Curti, James Fraioli, Luca Trovato
Gibbs Smith - 2007


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 0

Italian Slow and Savory

By Joyce Goldstein, Paolo Nobile (photographer)
Chronicle Books - 2004


(1 recipe review)
owned by 12 my recipe reviews 1

Food alla Florentine

By Naomi Barry
- 1972


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Heart of Sicily: Recipes and Reminiscences of Regaleali - A Country Estate

By Anna Tasca Lanza
Cassell Illustrated - 1995


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Venice and Food

By Sally Spector
Arsenale Editrice - 2006


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

The Tuscan Cookbook

By Wilma Pezzini
Macmillan Pub Co - 1982


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

THE TALISMAN ITALIAN COOKBOOK

By Ada Boni
Crown Publishers - 1972


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 0

The Pleasures of Italian Cooking

By Romeo Salta
Macmillan - 1962


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

The Italian Baker

By Carol Field
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1985


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 20 my recipe reviews 0

The Authentic Pasta Book

By Fred Plotkin, Glenn Wolff
Simon & Schuster - 1989


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

Italian Country Cooking

By Susanna Gelmetti, Robert Budwig
Ten Speed Press - 1996


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Country Italian (Favorite Brand Name/Best-Loved Recipes)

By
Publications International - 2005


(0 recipe reviews)
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The Festive Food of Italy

By Maddalena Bonino, Sally Maltby
Bulfinch Pr - 1991


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Marcella Says...: Italian Cooking Wisdom from the Legendary Teacher's Master Classes, with 120 of Her Irresistible New Recipes

By Marcella Hazan, Victor Hazan
William Morrow Cookbooks - 2004


(2 recipe reviews)
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Pleasures Of The Good Earth (Knopf Cooks American Series)

By Edward Giobbi
Knopf - 1991


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Cooking with My Sisters: One Hundred Years of Family Recipes, from Bari to Big Stone Gap

By Adriana Trigiani, Mary Trigiani, Lucia Anna Trigiani, Antonia Trigiani, Francesca Trigiani
Random House Trade Paperbacks - 2005


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

Mario Batali Simple Italian Food: Recipes from My Two Villages

By Mario Batali
Clarkson Potter - 1998


(15 recipe reviews)
owned by 23 my recipe reviews 0

Diary of a Tuscan Chef

By Cesare Casella, Eileen Daspin
Broadway - 1998


(1 recipe review)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 1

Lidia's Italy: 140 Simple and Delicious Recipes from the Ten Places in Italy Lidia Loves Most

By Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Tanya Bastianich Manuali
Knopf - 2007


(0 recipe reviews)
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The Ski House Cookbook: Warm Winter Dishes for Cold Weather Fun

By Tina Anderson, Sarah Pinneo
Clarkson Potter - 2007


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

Hot Sour Salty Sweet: A Culinary Journey Through Southeast Asia

By Jeffrey Alford, Naomi Duguid
Artisan - 2000


(1 recipe review)
owned by 46 my recipe reviews 1

A Mediterranean Feast: The Story of the Birth of the Celebrated Cuisines of the Mediterranean from the Merchants of Venice to the Barbary Corsairs, with More than 500 Recipes

By Clifford A. Wright
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1999


(0 recipe reviews)
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The Cake Mix Doctor

By Anne Byrn
Workman Publishing Company - 1999


(5 recipe reviews)
owned by 24 my recipe reviews 0

Cooking From the Hip: Fast, Easy, Phenomenal Meals

By Cat Cora, Ann Krueger Spivack
Houghton Mifflin - 2007


(1 recipe review)
owned by 11 my recipe reviews 0

Back to the Table: The Reunion of Food and Family

By Art Smith
Hyperion - 2001


(0 recipe reviews)
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Kitchen Seasons: Easy Recipes for Seasonal Organic Food

By Ross Dobson
Ryland Peters & Small - 2007


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 0

The Farm Chicks in the Kitchen: Live Well, Laugh Often, Cook Much

By Serena Thompson, Teri Edwards
Hearst - 2009


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 0

The Greenmarket Cookbook : Recipes, Tips, and Lore from the World Famous Urban Farmers' Market

By Joel Patraker, Joan Schwartz
Viking Adult - 2000


(1 recipe review)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 0

Think Like a Chef

By Tom Colicchio
Clarkson Potter - 2007


(1 recipe review)
owned by 22 my recipe reviews 0

Victorian Ices and Ice Cream

By Barbara Wheaton
Macmillan Pub Co - 1985


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Organic Marin: Recipes from land to table

By Tim Porter
Andrews McMeel Publishing - 2008


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

Viennese Cuisine

By Peter Grunauer
Doubleday - 1987


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Mediterranean Fresh: A Compendium of One-Plate Salad Meals and Mix-and-Match Dressings

By Joyce Goldstein, Dan Barber
W. W. Norton - 2008


(0 recipe reviews)
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Potluck at Midnight Farm: Celebrating Food, Family, and Friends on Martha's Vineyard

By Tamara Weiss
Clarkson Potter - 2002


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 6 my recipe reviews 0