The colder days in Sydney have had me cooking porridge for breakfast. Not the one minute instant oats in the microwave kind, a chic french kind. Using Grandma Louise's oatmeal with grated apple recipe that only takes a couple of minutes longer and includes only a few more ingredients, but tastes a thousand times more delicious. Although, since my last name is LeBard, it may appear that this is a family recipe passed down to me, it simply came from a book, French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano.
A number of books I have read contain recipes, even though they are not recipe books. I recently posted a review on Family Life by food writer Elisabeth Luard, whose autobiography of her children's upbringing included a couple of recommendable recipes I have tried (one I included in the review).
More recently, I finished The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs (also reviewed), which contained a recipe for muffins at the end that I am still to try.
Have you ever used a recipe from a book that isn't a recipe book?
A number of books I have read contain recipes, even though they are not recipe books. I recently posted a review on Family Life by food writer Elisabeth Luard, whose autobiography of her children's upbringing included a couple of recommendable recipes I have tried (one I included in the review).
More recently, I finished The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs (also reviewed), which contained a recipe for muffins at the end that I am still to try.
Have you ever used a recipe from a book that isn't a recipe book?
3 comments:
I have distant memories of making Chocolate Fudge from a recipe in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", with disasterous results. :s
Don't remember any recipes in any books I have read in recent years. But it's an interesting thought, I'll be on the lookout now. :)
Now I need to find a copy of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". I had it when I was young, but don't remember a recipe in my edition.
"Like water for chocolate" by Laura Esquivel. It has a mexican recipe for each month, and it's a great book :)
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