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Christine Manfield's Tasting India - Interview & Recipe included

Nicky — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:26:33 +0000

If you are only half the dessert lover that I am, you will most likely start to hyperventilate when I mention the name Christine Manfield. The acclaimed Australian chef has published numerous books and yet her Desserts cookbook was the one that introduced me to more elaborate sweet compositions way before the sweet craze started.

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Green Onion Pancakes - I finally gave in

Nicky — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:15:12 +0000

Have you ever felt stalked by a recipe? Ok, if that sounds exaggerated or too harsh, have you ever felt that a certain recipe out of the blue enters your life and then keeps showing up all over the place, while browsing food blogs, reading cookbooks, at restaurants?

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Food bloggers turning cookbook authors & vice versa - Three lists

Nicky — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:38:45 +0000

Only a few hours after I had received an email that so brightened my day (an FYI that my second cookbook would go into 2nd printing), I was interviewed by a Swiss magazine: …and of course we touched on the subject of food bloggers who turned cookbook authors.

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David Thompson's pork skewers - Busy times

Nicky — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:23:30 +0000

Oh well. Can anybody tell me where June, July and August went? And September, too? As much as I like working on cookbooks, it is a process that tends to suck you in completely, with flesh and bones. Someday I don’t even realize what day we have, on others I forget about having breakfast until it’s time to start thinking about dinner. Crazy times.

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Cooking with the guys: Part Two - Homemade Coffee Liqueur

Nicky — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:56:05 +0000

OK, cooking might not be the perfect term for today’s recipe. There’s no stove involved, no oven, no tears from slicing onions; prep time will be less than 5 minutes. On the other hand, the results will last much longer (not too much longer though, if you love bringing friends little food presents, like I do).

Not only has my friend Claudio released his first book this fall, Stevan Paul, author of the blogs Dem Herrn Paulsen sein Kiosk (sadly now closed) and Nutriculinary has compiled the most charming anecdotes of his culinary life in restaurant kitchens and elsewhere (each garnished with the one or other recipe) and turned this into the a neat little book titled Monsieur, der Hummer and ich. Knowing Stevan, his precise power of observation and his amazing ability to captivate people with stories, both told and written, his book brings all that to the reader and more. What I like best? The chuckle effect, triggered by his wittily expressions and tone, when turning page after page…

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Cooking with the guys: Part One - Past'e lenticchie

Nicky — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:03:13 +0000

Show me a neat – doable – pasta shape and I’m sold. It doesn’t take much to twist my arm and that’s what happened when I first laid hands on a dear friend’s book. Anonyme Köche is the name of Claudio Del Principe’s food blog as well as his brand new book and besides the fact, that I think he is a super talented writer and has the most wonderful name (Del Principe – I’m sure others would kill pay for his name, myself included), his book is a perfect way to introduce this cool blog to those who prefer a real book over its digital alter ego.

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