wester's Profile

From: Soesterberg, Utr Netherlands

Joined: September 24th, 2009

About me: I love cooking, I love eating, I love discovering new recipes. I have so many cookbooks I sometimes lose track of which recipe is where - though this site helps a bit. I have gone low-carb in 2010, so that's different recipes to explore again. This also means I may not agree with my own reviews anymore if they were written in 2009 or before. ------------------ I have a lovely husband and ten-year old twins who also love eating. ----------------- You can also find me on LibraryThing, BookMooch and EatYourBooks, using the same handle.

Favorite cookbook: The Complete Meze Table by Rosamond Man

Favorite recipe: Melissa Clark's Roasted Broccoli with Shrimp


Latest review:

April 4th, 2017

Daond Pasha (Meatballs with Pine Nuts and Tomatoes) from The Complete Meze Table

The meatballs were very tasty, but I did not really like putting all the pine nuts together - it made for fussy cooking and I think I would prefer finding a pine nut here and there instead of finding them... read more >


recipe reviews (741)
book reviews (74)
useful review votes (327)

wester's Bookshelf

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

TitleTagsRatings & Reviews

The Vegetarian Bistro: 250 Authentic French Regional Recipes

By Marlena Spieler
Chronicle Books - 1997

vegetables, by ingredient, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


(5 recipe reviews)
owned by 6 my recipe reviews 5

The Naked Chef

By Jamie Oliver
Kosmos-Z&K Uitgevers Utrecht - 2000

book reviewed, recipes reviewed, in Dutch


(17 recipe reviews)
owned by 18 my recipe reviews 17 book review

Food & Wine Magazine's 2001 Cookbook: An Entire Year's Recipes

By Food & Wine Magazine
American Express Publishing - 2001

food & wine magazine, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(7 recipe reviews)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 7 book review

Italian Food (Penguin Cookery Library)

By Elizabeth David, Renato Guttuso
Penguin Books Ltd - 1993

italian, by region, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


(7 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 6

Roast Chicken and Other Stories (Ebury Paperback Cookery)

By Simon Hopkinson, Lindsey Bareham
Ebury Press - 1999

by ingredient, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(7 recipe reviews)
owned by 10 my recipe reviews 6 book review

Eat Your Greens (Network Books)

By Sophie Grigson, Jess Koppel
BBC Books - 1993

vegetables, by ingredient, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(18 recipe reviews)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 18 book review

I'm Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking

By Alton Brown
Stewart, Tabori and Chang - 2002

technical, book not reviewed, no recipes reviewed


(11 recipe reviews)
owned by 53 my recipe reviews 0

The Best of Food & Wine: Vegetables, Salads & Grains (ILLUSTRATED)

By Loretta M. Sala, Joanna Roy
American Express Publishing Corp - 1995

food & wine magazine, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


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

Easy Indian Cooking

By Suneeta Vaswani
Robert Rose - 2004

indian, by region, quick & simple, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


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

Eggs and Cheese: The Good Cook, Techniques and Recipes

By Time-Life Books
Time Life Education - 1980

eggs, cheese, by ingredient, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 2

English Food

By Jane Grigson
Penguin - 1998

by region, english, book not reviewed, no recipes reviewed


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 9 my recipe reviews 2

The Fannie Farmer Cookbook

By Cunningham Marion
Bantam Books - 1983

american, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(4 recipe reviews)
owned by 14 my recipe reviews 2 book review

Favourite Biscuit Recipes

By
J Salmon Ltd - 2000

biscuits & cookies, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


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

Jamie's Dinners

By Jamie Oliver
Michael Joseph - 2004

recipes reviewed, book reviewed


(14 recipe reviews)
owned by 42 my recipe reviews 6 book review

Spices of Life: Piquant Recipes from Africa, Asia and Latin America for Western Kitchens

By Troth Wells
New Internationalist Publications Ltd - 1996

spices, by ingredient, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 2 book review

Today's Kitchen Cookbook

By Stephanie Karpinske, Laurie Dolphin
Meredith Books - 2005

recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 6 my recipe reviews 2

Trattoria

By Patricia Wells
Kyle Cathie - 1999

italian, by region, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 2

Real Fast Food

By Nigel Slater
Penguin UK - 1993

quick & simple, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


(60 recipe reviews)
owned by 18 my recipe reviews 19

The Complete Meze Table

By Rosamond Man
Ebury Press - 1986

greek, by region, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(13 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 9 book review

Keeping it Simple

By Gary Rhodes
Michael Joseph - 2005

quick & simple, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(9 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 7 book review

Ingrediëntenwijzer : smaken, texturen, recepten

By Sophie Grigson
De Lantaarn - 1992

by ingredient, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed, in Dutch, different edition


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

MOLLIE KATZEN'S VEGETABLE HEAVEN: OVER 200 RECIPES FOR UNCOMMON SOUPS, TASTY BITES, SIDE-BY-SIDE DISHES, AND TOO MANY DESSERTS

By Mollie Katzen
Hyperion - 2000


(23 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 7 book review

Great Food Without Fuss: Simple Recipes from the Best Cooks

By Frances McCullough, Barbara Witt
Henry Holt & Co - 1992

quick & simple, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(8 recipe reviews)
owned by 6 my recipe reviews 8 book review

Real Cooking

By Nigel Slater
Penguin Books Ltd - 2006

recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


(8 recipe reviews)
owned by 11 my recipe reviews 8

The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

By Marcella Hazan
Macmillan - 1995

italian, by region, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(11 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 11 book review

Great Greens: Fresh, Flavorful, and Innovative Recipes

By Georgeanne Brennan, Frankie Frankeny, Todd Koons
Chronicle Books - 2003

greens, vegetables, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed, gone


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

Madhur Jaffrey's Quick and Easy Indian Cookery (Quick & easy cookery)

By Madhur Jaffrey
BBC Books - 1993

by region, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed, India


(6 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 6

A Passion for My Provence: Home Cooking from the South of France

By Lydie Marshall
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1999

french, by region, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 3

Sophie Grigson's Sunshine Food

By Sophie Grigson
BBC Books - 2000

mediterranean, by region, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(12 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 12 book review

Valentina's 4 Seasons Cookbook

By Valentina Harris
Cassell Illustrated - 2000

italy, by region, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


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

Cook This Now: 120 Easy and Delectable Dishes You Can't Wait to Make

By Melissa Clark
Hyperion - 2011

have cooked from


(20 recipe reviews)
owned by 22 my recipe reviews 8 book review

Het grote vegetarische kookboek

By Susan Tomnay
Könemann - 1996

vegetarian, by diet, book reviewed, recipes reviewed, in Dutch


(4 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 3 book review

New Food Fast

By Donna Hay
Murdoch Books - 1999

quick & simple, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(4 recipe reviews)
owned by 10 my recipe reviews 3 book review

Pretend Soup: And Other Real Recipes

By Mollie Katzen, Ann Henderson
Ten Speed Press - 1994

vegetarian, childrens, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(8 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 7 book review

Book of Middle Eastern Food

By Claudia Roden
Vintage - 1974

middle eastern, by region, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(17 recipe reviews)
owned by 14 my recipe reviews 7 book review

Culinaria Germany

By Konemann
Ullmann Publishing - 2006

by region, book not reviewed, no recipes reviewed, Germany


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

Everybody Eats Well in Belgium Cookbook

By Ruth Van Waerebeek, Maria Robbins
Workman Publishing Company - 1996

by region, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed, in Dutch, belgium


(9 recipe reviews)
owned by 6 my recipe reviews 5

Indian (What's Cooking)

By Shehzad Husain
Thunder Bay Press (CA) - 1998

indian, by region, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


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

The Moosewood Cookbook

By Mollie Katzen
Ten Speed Press - 1977

vegetarian, by diet, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


(51 recipe reviews)
owned by 32 my recipe reviews 3

Happy Days with the Naked Chef

By Jamie Oliver
Michael Joseph - 2001

book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(11 recipe reviews)
owned by 46 my recipe reviews 9 book review

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

quick & simple, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(12 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 9 book review

Tapas: The Little Dishes of Spain

By Penelope Casas
Knopf - 1985

spanish, by region, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


(7 recipe reviews)
owned by 10 my recipe reviews 5

Sophie Grigson's Feasts for a Fiver

By Sophie Grigson
BBC Books - 1999

budget, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(8 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 8 book review

Eat This Book: Cooking with Global Fresh Flavors

By Tyler Florence
Clarkson Potter - 2005

recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


(10 recipe reviews)
owned by 20 my recipe reviews 9

I Love Meatballs!

By Rick Rodgers
Andrews McMeel Publishing - 2011

recipes reviewed, book not reviewed, meatballs


(10 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 8

Roasting-A Simple Art

By Barbara Kafka, Maria Robledo
William Morrow & Co. - 1995

roasting, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(12 recipe reviews)
owned by 27 my recipe reviews 9 book review

The River Cottage Fish Book

By Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Nick Fisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - 2007

fish, by ingredient, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(14 recipe reviews)
owned by 6 my recipe reviews 12 book review

Sundays at Moosewood Restaurant: Ethnic and Regional Recipes from the Cooks at the Legendary Restaurant (Cookery)

By Moosewood Collective
Fireside - 1990

vegetarian, by region, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


(41 recipe reviews)
owned by 61 my recipe reviews 7

50 Great Curries of India

By Camellia Panjabi
Silverdale Books - 2005

indian, by region, curries, book not reviewed, no recipes reviewed


(1 recipe review)
owned by 10 my recipe reviews 0

Basil

By Janet Hazen
Chronicle Books - 1993

herbs, by ingredient, have cooked from, basil


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