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.

TitleTagsRatings & Reviews

The Chinese Cookbook

By Craig Claiborne and Virginia Lee
J. P. Lippincott Company - 1972


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

The Breath of a Wok: Unlocking the Spirit of Chinese Wok Cooking Through Recipes and Lore

By Grace Young, Alan Richardson, Alan Richardson
Simon & Schuster - 2004


(1 recipe review)
owned by 18 my recipe reviews 1

A Madhur Jaffrey's Taste of the Far East

By Madhur Jaffrey
Clarkson Potter - 1993


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

Korean Kitchen

By C. Marks, M. Kim
Chronicle Books - 1993


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

The Taste of Thailand

By Vatcharin Bhumichitr, Clive Streeter, Michael Freeman
Macmillan General Reference - 1993


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

Encyclopedia of Chinese Food and Cooking

By Wonona W. Chang
Crown Publishers - 1974


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

Quick and Easy Korean Cooking (Gourmet Cook Book Club Selection)

By Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee
Chronicle Books - 2009


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

The Cuisines of Southeast Asia: A Culinary Journey Through Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines

By Gwenda L. Hyman
John Wiley & Sons - 1993


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

Original Thai Cookbook

By Jennifer Brennan
Perigee Trade - 1984


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

Twelve Days of Christmas Cookbook

By S. Huntley
Scribner - 1978


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

One-Dish Meals of Asia

By Jennifer Brennan
William Morrow & Company - 1991


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

The Well-Seasoned Wok

By Martin Yan, Keith Ovregaard, Keith Ovregaard
Harlow & Ratner - 1993


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

Cook Japanese

By Masaru Doi
Kodansha/see Oxford U - 2000


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

Swedish Cakes and Cookies

By Melody Favish
Skyhorse Publishing - 2008


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

Chocolate from the Cake Mix Doctor

By Anne Byrn
Workman Publishing Company - 2001


(4 recipe reviews)
owned by 13 my recipe reviews 0

A Surti Touch: Adventures in Indian Cooking

By Malvi Doshi
Strawberry Hill Pr - 1980


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

A TASTE OF AFRICA: OVER 100 TRADITIONAL AFRICAN RECIPES ADAPTED FOR THE MODERN COOK.

By Dorinda. Hafner
Headline - 1994


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

Cooking the Greek Way

By Maro Duncan
Spring Books - 1964


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

Indian Light Cooking: Delicious and Healthy Foods from One of the World's Great Cuisines

By Ruth Law
Dutton Adult - 1994


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

Madhur Jaffrey's World of the East Vegetarian Cooking

By Madhur Jaffrey
Knopf - 1981


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

Pennsylvania Dutch Cookery

By George J. Frederick
The Business Bourse - 1935


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

James Beard's Menus for Entertaining

By James beard
Delacorte - 1965


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

Adventures in the Kitchen: 175 New Recipes from Spago, Chinois on Main, Postrio and Eureka

By Wolfgang Puck
Random House - 1991


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

Bread tomato garlic

By Jill Dupleix
Conran Octopus Limited - 1999


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

The Complete Encyclopedia of Vegetables & Vegetarian Cooking

By Roz Denny, Christine Ingram
Hermes House - 1997


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

Glorious American Food

By Christopher Idone, Tom Eckerle
Pub Overstock Unlimited Inc - 1994


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

Five Brothers: A Year of Tuscan Cooking

By Piero Selvaggio, Five Brothers Culinary Club
Friedman/Fairfax Publishing - 1997


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

Cooking With Wine

By Anne Willan
Harry N. Abrams - 2001


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

Blueberry Hill Cookbook

By Elsie Masterton
Down East Books - 1982


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

Beard on Food: The Best Recipes and Kitchen Wisdom from the Dean of American Cooking

By James Beard
Bloomsbury USA - 2007


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 9 my recipe reviews 0

The Colonial Williamsburg Tavern Cookbook

By Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Clarkson Potter - 2001


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

Thoughts for Buffets

By
Houghton Mifflin - 1958


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

Giuliano Bugialli's Foods of Italy

By Giuliano Bugialli
Harry N. Abrams - 1984


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

Sacred Food: Cooking for Spiritual Nourishment

By Elisabeth Luard
Chicago Review Press - 2004


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

Aquavit: And the New Scandinavian Cuisine

By Marcus Samuelsson
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - 2003


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 8 my recipe reviews 0

A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes

By David Tanis, Alice Waters
Artisan - 2008


(1 recipe review)
owned by 32 my recipe reviews 0

Bon Appetit, Y'all: Recipes and Stories from Three Generations of Southern Cooking

By Virginia Willis, Ellen Silverman
Ten Speed Press - 2008


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 14 my recipe reviews 0

Prospero's Kitchen: Mediterranean Cooking of the Ionian Islands from Corfu to Kythera

By Diane Farr Louis, June Marinos, Judith Ann Lawrence
M. Evans and Company, Inc. - 1995


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

Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving

By Judi Kingry, Lauren Devine
Robert Rose - 2006


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

The Fannie Farmer Cookbook

By Marion Cunningham, Jeri Laber, Fannie Merritt Farmer, James Beard
Knopf - 1979


(8 recipe reviews)
owned by 10 my recipe reviews 0

Fish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking

By Mark Bittman
Wiley - 1999


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 15 my recipe reviews 2

The Best Recipes in the World

By Mark Bittman
Broadway - 2005


(11 recipe reviews)
owned by 58 my recipe reviews 3

Slurp: Drinks and Light Fare, All Day, All Night

By Jim Hensley, Paul Lowe
Andrews McMeel Publishing - 2008


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

Super-Charged Smoothies

By Sara Corpening Whiteford, Mary Corpening Barber
Chronicle Books - 2010


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

Pops!: Icy Treats for Everyone

By Krystina Castella
Quirk Books - 2008


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

The Best of Mexico (The Best of ...)

By Evie Righter
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1992


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

On Drink

By Kinsgley Amis
Harcourt - 1973


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

Drinks: How to Make and How to Serve Them

By Bill Edwards
David McKay Company - 1936


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

The ABC of Cocktails

By Ruth McCrea
Peter Pauper Press - 1953


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

Old Mr. Boston deluxe official bartender's guide

By Leo Cotton
- 2000


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