Cookery Book Club May - French Brasserie and Delia's Summer Collection

[Pantah630]

Do you know I think it's been a year since we began our Cook Book Club. Feel free to join in, the more the merrier.

This month we have the French Brasserie cookbook, currently only £4.12 on kindle and Delia's Summer Collection, I've had this for years yet rarely cooked from it.

I've bought it so don't include me HQ but what a fab idea!!! Looking forward to the cook along.

Oh and I made the chicken basque this weekend too - reminds me of my late teens when we ate it a lot. Lovely.

How exciting! Very generous of MNHQ

I cooked the salmon with saffron cous cous crust last night, very nice. There is a little too much cous cous though? Or maybe my salmon steaks were too small. The tomato and olive vinaigrette was delicious, I will certainly make that again.

I also tried the halloumi with capers and lime, very very good.

I've bought the French brasserie book and fallen in love with it. Will report back with my plans.

Oh, that's wonderful! And it'd sort one of our books for June

Can I have one

I'd like to join ....but what do you do .....get the book and then chat about things you've made ?

We pick two books a month( or blogs or magazines) and try to cook two new recipes from each. We post reviews of stuff we've already made from the books and whether the new things were good or bad. But that makes it sound more formal than it is

Sounds like the halloumi is a must then.
I'm going to try both the hollandaise- the Delia light version and the French version and see which is best. In the interest of cookbook club of course. Not because I could happily drink a vat of hollandaise, and have excess asparagus

Ooh, yes please MNHQ :)

We had asparagus in the veg box yesterday, i need to make one and haven't cooked from FB yet so will try the classic one.

Good to have another on board spider

Not sure if I've missed out but I'd like a book please.

Book for me please if it's not too cheeky given I've just joined.

Oh! I didnt make it clear in my above post but yes please, I'd love a book

Oh, I didn't say yes to a book either - yes please mn hq

Yes please, may I have a book if I'm not too late.

I have only just found this thread, so hope that I am eligible for one. Would love to be able to try and write a review of on of the recipes.

Right now we have books for:
LeonardoAcropolis
pregnantpause
spiderbabymum
ELR
HuevosRancheros
skinmysunshine
DandelionGilver
Hope I haven't missed anyone.
3 more copies left....

Glorious needs one

She may not have seen this yet....sorry pressed send too soon!

Please can I have one? Have missed past couple of months due to building works but am now back home and ready to cook!

What have you had done madame? If kitchen will be very but would love to hear all about it and live vicariously through yours. DH put a damper on my new kitchen dreams, mine is 20+years old and falling apart :(

We had a loft conversion done, so no exciting kitchen stories I'm afraid. Sorry to hear you won't get your new kitchen, your current one sounds like our bathroom, which I think is as old as the house - late Victorian!

OH THAT'S fantastic ...I got one . Promise to join and try some yummy family grub !!!!!!!

ooh books yes please MNHQ! Great idea! I was going to suggest it for June anyway actually not sucking up I promise!

Welcome to new joiners too, always good to have more people

pantah do you need one though?

pantah do you need one though?