When cooking from Yellow Rose Recipes, the thing that strikes me most is its ‘homey’ American nature. Most of the recipes here are simple, classic comfort foods- and not in a gimmicky way. This book feels genuine, like it was written by someone not wanting to write a cookbook, but just wanting to record their [...]

Back when I was only vegetarian, and Chadwiko and I had just moved in together, he gave me a homestyle vegetarian cookbook that he’d picked up solely so that I could make him the lasagne in it. With ricotta, a lot of basil, a thick bechamel sauce and pine nuts, it became a quick favourite [...]

A good cookbook can be worth its weight in gold. Or in the case of this week’s cookbook challenge book, Yellow Rose Recipes, worth a couple of hundred dollars on Amazon. I was lucky enough to pick up a more reasonably priced copy from Joanna, the lovely author, before they sold out. It was a [...]

There was a terrifying moment here over the weekend. Growing increasingly bored of unpacking things and cleaning, I chose to distract myself by familiarising myself with my new kitchen. The most important task, of course, was investigating my new oven. I placed a shiny new oven thermometer inside and was momentarily self-congratulatory- I was part [...]