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This was one of the books I received in my birthday gift from  B & C, Em and M, and Jul (I think I need to update my in-FAQ cast and crew!), and I've been flipping through it to see what I was going to try as my first recipe.  It's an important step, as it quite often sets the bar as to whether you think any other recipe afterwards from a book will give you a similar experience as what you had from the first recipe you tried.  I decided over breakfast on Wednesday morning that the Lime and Sour Cream cookies looked interesting for a simple list of starting ingredients, and when had a moment (while X was playing with Duplo and watching Iggle Piggle and Upsy Daisy), the cookie dough came together and then had some time to chill in the fridge. 

 

 

One of the books I received for my recent birthday was from DKtE - Moorish, by Greg and Lucy Malouf.  It has a heap of recipes that sound like they'd be delicious even before they're made, and the narrative amongst the recipes serves to give context to the methods and ingredients utilised.  I've been flicking through and mentally bookmarking which recipes I'd like to have a go at making too ... that honey and cinnamon cheesecake near the end of the book is telling me I need to make it at some point!

I've been reading Clotilde's words over at C&Z for a fair while - the site started in September 2003, and I remember reading my way through the archives before I started work after Decay and I got married.  I was rather taken by the voice of C&Z, and I know there's at least one thing that comes to mind (Gateau au Yaourt, p178-9 if you're following along) that is definitely in regular rotation.  So when I unfolded the wrapping from the birthday present that B, Em, and Jul gave me, it was like happening upon an old friend and getting to stop for a moment for a cuppa (:

So far, I've had a bit of a flick through, the photos of the food are drool-worthy, and I can see I'm going to have to take to bookmarking all the things I want to try my hand at making, although knowing me, I tend to gravitate towards the sweet end (: One thing I'm going to have to remember is to make sure I read through and remember to convert from F to C, and from oz/lb to g, as it looks like this edition has been converted to US units.   Despite spending a significant amount of my waking hours not looking after X, infront of a computer screen, I still like to have a book, or at least something on paper to refer to when I'm on a kitchen spree.