Category Archives: Book review

Review: WeightWatchers: the complete kitchen

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Katie Bryson

I’ve owned a fair amount of diet recipe books over the years, but to be honest they’ve never appealed enough to use them very much. The food styling is usually non existent, and the recipes just don’t have any ooze … Continue reading →

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Book review and chance to win Aldo Zilli’s Fresh and Green

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Katie Bryson

I’ve already written about one of the frankly divine recipes from Aldo’s latest book, and since then i’ve had a chance to make another of his creations and have a good read of the rest of the tome. So the … Continue reading →

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Book review and chance to win: Aggie’s Family Cookbook

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Katie Bryson

I think most people recognise Aggie MacKenzie as the sensible Scottish one from TV Show How Clean Is Your House. I’ve never seen the racy blonde one Kim in the same way again after she got totally slozzled on Celebrity … Continue reading →

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Book review and chance to win: Pieminister by Tristan Hogg and Jon Simon

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Katie Bryson

As the weather cruelly switches from Indian summer to wind, rain and grey skies, a recipe book full of pies for every possible occasion has definitely got my attention. Pieminister creators Tristan Hogg and Jon Simon fancy themselves as the leaders … Continue reading →

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Book review and chance to win: Hungry? A book by Innocent

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Katie Bryson

I’ll lay it out on the table now, I really like the vibe of the Innocent brand. It was born in West London and in the company’s early days we used to get visitations from the team in my office … Continue reading →

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Book review and chance to win: Grow it, cook it with kids by Amanda Grant

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Katie Bryson

I was warned about the glut of courgettes we’d get at our allotment – but seeing really is believing. The plants are firing out green torpedos at a rate of knots it’s very hard to keep up with. And if … Continue reading →

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Book review and chance to win: Everyday and Sunday recipes from Riverford Farm

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Katie Bryson

Our allotment is churning out veg at the moment and it’s gathering pace by the week. The beetroots have been the highlight so far – big fat ruby beauties that we’ve really savoured. We’ve used them for healthy juices mixed … Continue reading →

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Book review and chance to win: Notes From My Kitchen Table by Gwyneth Paltrow

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Katie Bryson

Gwyneth Paltrow has had a lot of stick for being ‘too perfect’. It seems attractive women shouldn’t be too accomplished, and when they are they seem to get shot down in flames. It seems bringing out a cookery book was … Continue reading →

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Book review: Prepped! By Vanessa Kimbell

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Katie Bryson

A while ago I got involved with a spot of recipe testing for Vanessa Kimbell who was working on her first cook book Prepped! and had recruited fellow food bloggers to put her recipes through their paces. I tried out … Continue reading →

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Book Review and chance to win: My Daddy Cooks by Nick Coffer

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Katie Bryson

I’ve been genuinely excited about the release of Nick ‘My Daddy Cooks’ Coffer’s blog-titled recipe book. I stumbled upon Nick’s blog when I first started out as a blogger myself last year, and was instantly won over by the hilarious … Continue reading →

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