Cooking the Books

[kiwi]

Wendy you darling! I will have a peruse of that now.

[wendy james]

She’s posted a couple of reels on her IG using recipes from it too.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2P-E4rt ... VsMzA4ZQ==

[kiwi]

Thank you! There's definitely enough there to pique my interest so I shall give it a go. I've only really used the air fryer to cook tofu or veg to add to other components, never for a whole meal.

[wendy james]

Excellent, I hope you like it!

[kiwi]

It has arrived! Definitely some things that I will have a go at in there.

[absley]

Had anyone else bought the new Anna Jones? I got lured in while ordering something else. It looks decent but I've not tried anything yet.

I also bought Comfort & Joy by Ravinder Bhogal, as I still love the Jikoni book so much. This one is veggie, and a lot of the dishes are vegan. I'm going to cook various things from it for friends at the weekend, and the stuff I've tried so far has been good.

I also bought Good Eggs by Ed Smith, at I want D to make more weekend breakfasts/ brunch for me.

[emma_p]

Yes! It was a gift from S the first weekend it came out. It looks good (like all Anna Jones books) but I haven’t cooked from it yet.

I’ve pre-ordered Letitia Clark’s Wild Figs and Fennel. I love her desserts book and have cooked from it loads. Her books are beautiful.

[emma_p]

Waterstones put the Wild Figs and Fennel book out a week early. It’s a really lovely book and I think you’d like it, Abs. There are so many recipes going on my list!

Strawberry tiramisu
Fig, gorgonzola and fennel flower pizzette
Fig caprese
Strawberry and fig leaf jam
Baked ricotta cheesecake with raspberry and rose
Sausage lasagne with ricotta, pecorino and fennel
Braised chicken with fennel and grapes
Mandarin curd pavlova with frosted bay and yoghurt cream

[Pippedydeadeye]

That all sounds amazing.

[absley]

Thanks emma, I'll have a look. I try to buy something from my local Waterstones each month, so maybe this will be it!

I've been cooking a bit from AJ. Hit and miss for my taste, as I increasingly find with her. The frizzled spring onion dip and smoked cornbread (but not the accompanying black beans, they need tweaks) have been my faves so far. And I need to remember, I'm never going to like a one pot spaghetti.

[Cosmopolitan]

That Fig + Fennel book sounds great.

I don't think I get on with Anna Jones recipes. I don't think I've found anything other than the mushroom lasagne nice. And they are high effort

[Pippedydeadeye]

She was on the Bookshelfie podcast this week and I do like her, but you’re right. Food is her life so she spends way longer than most people have to make things.

[emma_p]

Her first book is her best. Loads of my favourite recipes are from that one.

[lazzbo]

I just bought Dinner by the lady who runs the Recipe Tin Eats website and it looks faaaabulous. I shall be making Thai chicken satay skewers for dinner tomorrow.

[Pippedydeadeye]

I can’t wait for C to go travelling next. I’m going to make everything from Greekish that he’d hate, starting with spanakopita baked potatoes.