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

Falling Cloudberries: A World of Family Recipes

By Tessa Kiros
Murdoch Books - 2004


(14 recipe reviews)
owned by 26 my recipe reviews 0

The Olive and the Caper: Adventures in Greek Cooking

By Susanna Hoffman
Workman Publishing Company - 2004

don't own


(182 recipe reviews)
owned by 31 my recipe reviews 1

Real Food

By Nigel Slater
Fourth Estate Ltd - 2000

book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(11 recipe reviews)
owned by 13 my recipe reviews 6 book review

The River Cottage Meat Book

By Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Hodder & Stoughton - 2004

meat, by ingredient, book not reviewed, no recipes reviewed


(5 recipe reviews)
owned by 13 my recipe reviews 2

In the Kitchen with A Good Appetite: 150 Recipes and Stories About the Food You Love

By Melissa Clark
Hyperion - 2010

do not own, have cooked from


(17 recipe reviews)
owned by 29 my recipe reviews 1

The Perfect Scoop: Ice Creams, Sorbets, Granitas, and Sweet Accessories

By David Lebovitz
Ten Speed Press,U.S. - 2007

desserts, ice cream, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


(74 recipe reviews)
owned by 90 my recipe reviews 2 book review

Le Cordon Bleu Complete Cookery Techniques: With over 200 Basic Recipes from the World's Most Famous Culinary School

By Jeni Wright, Eric Treuille, Julia Alcock, David Murray
Cassell Illustrated - 2002

book not reviewed, no recipes reviewed


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

Roast Chicken And Other Stories

By Simon Hopkinson
Hyperion - 2007


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 12 my recipe reviews 2

Ottolenghi: The Cookbook

By Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi
Ebury Press - 2010

recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


(94 recipe reviews)
owned by 42 my recipe reviews 5

Cookwise: The Secrets of Cooking Revealed

By Shirley O. Corriher
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1997

technical, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


(10 recipe reviews)
owned by 65 my recipe reviews 1

Emeril's TV Dinners: Kickin' It Up a Notch with Recipes from Emeril Live and Essence of Emeril

By Emeril Lagasse, Pam Hoenig, Brian Smale
HarperCollins Canada / Non-Fiction - 1998

american, recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 14 my recipe reviews 1

Entertaining

By Donna Hay
William Morrow Cookbooks - 2003

recipes reviewed, book not reviewed


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 7 my recipe reviews 2

Frugal Food (Coronet Books)

By Delia Smith
Coronet Books - 1987

budget, book not reviewed, no recipes reviewed


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

In Praise of the Potato: Recipes from Around the World

By Lindsey Bareham
Michael Joseph Ltd - 1989

potatoes, by ingredient, book not reviewed, no recipes reviewed, gone, given to Hannah


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

Tassajara Cooking : A vegetarian cooking book

By Edward Espe Brown
Shambhala - 1973

vegetarian, book reviewed, recipes reviewed


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

Vegetables (Good Cook)

By Richard Olney
Time Life UK - 1979

vegetables, by ingredient, book not reviewed, no recipes reviewed


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

The Complete Asian Cookbook

By Charmaine Solomon
Tuttle Publishing - 1992


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

Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cooking

By Madhur Jaffrey
Barron's Educational Series - 1983


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

Crepes: Sweet & Savory Recipes for the Home Cook (Illustrated)

By Lou Seibert Pappas, Jean-Blaise Hall
Chronicle Books - 1998

pancakes, crepes, book not reviewed, no recipes reviewed, by result


(6 recipe reviews)
owned by 7 my recipe reviews 0

Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient with Recipes

By Jennifer McLagan
Jacqui Small LLP - 2009

fat, by ingredient, book not reviewed, no recipes reviewed, animal fat


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

The Heart of the Plate: Vegetarian Recipes for a New Generation

By Mollie Katzen
Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - 2013


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