Today I made chocolate chip cookies, using the recipe from The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook. I'm a fan of the bakery and its cookbook, especially the recipes for Green Tea cupcakes, Lavender cupcakes, and pumpkin pie. I haven't tried all the recipes yet, but so far I have found its chocolate brownies and chocolate chip cookies too greasy. From now on I shall stick to Martha Stewart's for the cookies.
I bought this cookbook (Martha Stewart's Cooking School) at Kinokuniya bookshop at Hankyu Umeda station, while I was studying in Japan last year. There was a sale on English books and I bought this for 2,000yen. It's a hardback and has five hundred pages of traditional recipes ranging from sauces and soups to pasta and pies.
See how bored I am right now? I am writing about a cookbook. Okay yes I do love this cookbook...but writing about it is not as fun as cooking from it. Tomorrow I shall make chicken piccata.
I don't intend to make this blog into Julie and Julia (as much as I loved that film), but right now cooking is probably my only passion. I haven't really gone out to take photos, not since going to the Lake District on Halloween. Even though I bought a long-desired Polaroid SLR 680 last month I have yet to find the money to buy the film. I have just ordered another cookbook off amazon.co.uk. Having learned to make several French dishes, I thought I'd try some Italian, that's why I chose to buy Marcella Hazan's masterpiece. Shall let you (whoever you are) know how that goes :)
You would make a pretty awesome version of Julie and Julia, just saying. :) And you should learn to cook Texan style dishes!! haha And I know what you mean about not taking photos lately, I've been having trouble finding inspiration :(
ReplyDeletehmmm maybe I'll explore Texan food. any recommendations for a good cookbook? I've heard of the American classic "The Joy of Cooking", but it's not specifically Southern food though
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