This is a thread for all those wanting to share their experiences of cooking from any of the recipes written by Simon Hopkinson or from Jamie Oliver's latest tome, Jamie's Comfort Food.
For those not familiar with the MN cookbook club, the idea is to choose a couple of books (or blogs) each month and then cook a few of the recipes from one or both. The thread means successes can be celebrated, problems or mistakes highlighted, and tips or changes passed on that others may want to incorporate when they cook the same recipe.
In the past we have done books by well known cooks such as Nigella Lawson and Nigel Slater, searched through blogs by the likes of Smitten Kitchen, been wowed by the flavours of Yotam Ottolenghi and Thomasina Miers and, of course, thoroughly tested MN's own cookbook Top Bananas. Some of us find it gives focus to our menu planning, others feel it is the encouragement needed to try something different, whereas for some people it is the push needed to dust down an ignored book from the kitchen shelf and leaf through its pages for inspiration.
Everyone is welcome!