Comments for The Gastronomer's Bookshelf

Comment on Cook With Jamie, Jamie Oliver | 2007 | US by Bridget

Bridget — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:56:42 +0000

It sounds like this book fixed a lot of the issues I had with Jamie at Home (or maybe it was Jamie’s Italy; I can’t remember now which I was flipping through). I don’t need pictures of people; I want pictures of food! I definitely want to find more simple but interesting recipes. It sounds like it might be worth searching out the UK version of the book though – I hate volume measurements too.

Comment on Rose’s Heavenly Cakes, Rose Levy Beranbaum | 2009 | US by Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:38:04 +0000

Gee thanks!
Can’t wait to try that Ginger Cheesecake with Gingerbread Crust. It sure is a cutie!

Comment on Book giveaway: Momofuku [CLOSED] by erisgrrrl

erisgrrrl — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:27:22 +0000

Yay! I’m so excited to get a copy of this book! I’ve been drooling over it for a few months now! Thanks so much

Comment on Book giveaway: Momofuku [CLOSED] by Duncan - admin

Duncan - admin — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:17:06 +0000

We have a winner! Her first name is Heather and we’ve just emailed her (check your email Heather!). Once we’ve heard back, we’ll tell you more.

Comment on Adventures with Chocolate, Paul A. Young | 2009 | UK by Gfron1

Gfron1 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:56:25 +0000

I also adore this book. Young’s enthusiasm show clearly through. I was disappointed in his chocolate chicken recipe, but I justified it by saying a Brit can’t make a good molé. Other than that every recipe I’ve tried has been wonderful. My favorite to date is his goat cheese ganache which I’ve transformed into a cake filling with lemon curd. Very good book.

Comment on Book giveaway: Momofuku [CLOSED] by Tangled Noodle

Tangled Noodle — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:50:17 +0000

This is a wonderful giveaway with the added bonus of seeing which food books have influenced others! I posted my entry last night:

http://tanglednoodle.blogspot.com/2010/02/of-cookbooks-and-canned-soup.html

Good luck to all and thanks for holding this event!

Comment on Book giveaway: Momofuku [CLOSED] by Darcy B

Darcy B — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:38:59 +0000

Thanks for the chance to win a copy of Momofuku (it’s on my want list)I posted about my most important food book on my new little blog that no one reads–it is located here: http://kakihararocks.blogspot.com/2010/01/ode-to-joy-of-cooking.html

thanks for the chance to win a book of culinary magic!

Comment on Rose’s Heavenly Cakes, Rose Levy Beranbaum | 2009 | US by admin

admin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:13:22 +0000

Hi Nicole, I’d say between 70-80% of the recipes have pictures, so that’s not going to be a problem.

Comment on Rose’s Heavenly Cakes, Rose Levy Beranbaum | 2009 | US by Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:08:19 +0000

what a nice review!
I’ve been thinking if I will buy this book however I was having second thoughts. Before I have the Cake Bible and I actually wasn’t able to use it though because I found the recipe there a bit too fussy for my taste. Or probably it was because it didn’t have lots of pictures so I had a hard time picturing what the outcome should look like.

Does this book have pictures in most recipes? I’m a very visual person so I tend to bake those that looks good to me.

Comment on Book giveaway: Momofuku [CLOSED] by Ben

Ben — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:24:49 +0000

Thanks much for the offer. I’ve heard great things about this book, but haven’t seen it yet at my local bookstores. Here’s my entry post then:

http://benthebaker.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/chocolate-creme-chiboust-fail-and-a-giveaway/

I’d wish everybody else good luck with this contest, but who am I kidding, I’d love to win.