Notes about Recipes in this book

• BBQ shrimp with toasted garlic bread

  • Rinshin on April 04, 2018

    Rich and velvety sauce so buttery good that once every few months eating like this seems ok. Glad I made this because unless you make this yourself, you have no idea how much butter goes into this recipe. After this, I need to eat very healthy for a few weeks. But, this sauce is worth every spoonful. Added a half tsp sugar. Loved the use of toasted bread to soak up all the sauce. A repeat every 6 months for us. Easy recipe to make and whisking tablespoon of butter at a time is a key to making the sauce so smooth and slightly thickened. Photo added.

• Caesar salad with croutons

  • Frogcake on January 07, 2017

    This is quite a good Caesar recipe. Nothing really unique about it -I like the proportions of lemon, sherry vinegar, and oils and amount of anchovies. When I have no anchovies, I use Vietnamese fish sauce, which is mostly anchovies in a brine (in this instance -1 tbsp).

• Penne pasta quattro formaggi with butternut squash and sage

  • Miquette on October 18, 2014

    This was really good, next time I would add more squash, and pehaps some prosciutto.

• Curried chicken sandwich with cashews and currants

  • Frogcake on October 10, 2016

    I made this using left-over chopped turkey (about 3 cups). It was quite good, and a nice change from the usual mayo roasted turkey sandwich. Will keep this recipe in my back pocket for left-over turkey or chicken. I roasted the cashews very well to deep brown then chopped fine. The raw chopped apples provide a nice contrast in texture and taste. I did not have green fennel so I added a tsp of fennel seeds.

  • DKennedy on October 23, 2017

    Served this on mini croissants Tea '17 - poached 2 chickens in my goose pot, saved the 5 containers of stock for later use. The chicken comes out of the broth with a very slight hint of cardamom. I omitted that apples at my daughter's insistence and substituted curry mustard for the curry powder. I also added a bit of curry powder to the mayo. Excellent. Add the cashews just prior to serving.

• Parmesan-crusted lamb shank with garlic mashed potatoes

  • aholtw on February 27, 2022

    The lamb shanks were tough after sitting out and reheating. The sauce was flat and not very flavorful. Would not make this again. There are better recipes for lamb shanks.