Bods’s Cookbook Collection Reviewed - Cranks Fast Food
Posted on 13 March 2010 in Food and Drink
All this week I've been reviewing cookbooks that sit on my shelf. Well it kept me off the streets for a bit. In this final post of part one of the series, it's time to get quick, quick, quick!
It didn't take long after moving in with Catherine for us to realise that our old collections of recipes weren't particularly interesting. Catherine's vegetarian collection mostly consisted of tomato, mushrooms, onions and pasta, whilst my meat eating background meant I had few vegetarian recipes to fall back on - just a handful from my student-orientated cookbooks.
Admittedly it took over a year for us to realise this, but when we did, and the first new book to arrive on the shelves was Nadine Abensur's Cranks Fast Food. Nadine was, for five years, Food Director for Cranks and wrote a number of books under the Cranks brand. We got the paperback version, published in October 2001, just months before the Cranks restaurant chain was closed for good.
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Daily Links for Thursday 11 March
Posted on 11 March 2010 in Daily Links
Harry Hill signs two-year deal with ITV - guardian.co.uk
Phew!
Breaking News: Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere - The Onion
They've done it again.
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Phil Jupitus on why tomatoes on toast matters!
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I was randomly wondering whether to do a "narrow screen/mobile" version of Planet Bods. I don't bother with mobile internet myself, however I thought it would be an interesting thing to play with. This interesting code gives a relatively simple way to provide a mobile/handheld stylesheet without using any JavaScript.
ADAM BUXTON'S BIG MIX TAPE - Adam and Joe's 6music blog
Adam and Joe are (alas) on sabbatical from 6music, however news comes of an interesting sounding pilot Adam's recording. Adam Buxton's Big Mix Tape is "is supposed to be kind of like a compilation tape that I've made for the listeners with a different theme or mood each week.The pilot Mix Tape is called Øddens and features some of my favourite weird but accessible music by both well known and less well known artists. The show is 2 hours so it's divided into two sides with a guest joining me for an hour to add their own tracks and just talk generally about any other rubbish that comes up." Pilot will hopefully be broadcast in a few weeks time.
If the answer is shutting 6 Music, what exactly was the question? - guardian.co.uk
"The BBC cannot prove in any meaningful way that 6 Music threatens commercial listening now, or will do so in the future. It can't argue that it's operating three popular music stations when one of them clearly isn't. It can't even denounce 6 Music as too expensive for such a small audience - not when Radio 3 escapes unscathed with 1.87 million listeners and a budget of £51m." Paul Smith, formerly of BBC Radio 7 doesn't understand the logic being dished out by BBC management for closing 6music. Frankly, nor do I when you could argue the logic given should mean 1xtra and Radio 7 should also get the chop.
Don't just shorten your URL, make it suspicious and frightening - ShadyURL.com
Fantastic!
Other recent entries
Bods’s Cookbook Collection Reviewed - Hansa’s Indian Vegetarian Cuisine
Posted on 12 March 2010 in Food and Drink
31% of people in India are vegetarian, and it’s the country of the world with the most vegetarians. Some regions are more vegetarian than others, and in the Gujarit region, the population and food are primarily vegetarian. So no surprise then that Gujurati cuisine has come up with some excellent dishes over the years.
Bods’s Cookbook Collection Reviewed - Grub on a Grant
Posted on 11 March 2010 in Food and Drink
Over the years, author Clas Clarke became almost the Delia of student cooking and Grub on a Grant became known by many as the student cookbook bible, thanks to its extremely easy to follow recipes which were simple, and wholesome and tasty.
Bods’s Cookbook Collection Reviewed - Delia’s Complete Cookery Course
Posted on 10 March 2010 in Food and Drink
The book covers everything, and starts with the basics. Rather than presenting you with just the recipes, the book explores the equipment you need, general techniques and information about key ingredients.
Bods’s Cookbook Collection Reviewed - Cranks Recipe Book
Posted on 9 March 2010 in Food and Drink
Cast your mind back to 1961. It’s the swinging sixties and you’re on Carnaby Street. Far out man. There’s fashion everywhere. And a restaurant.. And oh look it’s vegetarian. That’s good healthy food man!
Bods’s Cookbook Collection
Posted on 8 March 2010 in Food and Drink
Over the years we’ve now amounted a sizeable cookbook collection, so I’ve decided to review them. I’m going to share what I have and review them for you, sharing what’s good and what’s bad in the veggie cook book arena.
When technology goes bad - traumas during recent user testing.
Posted on 3 March 2010 in BBC, Work
One of the things I’m always keen to do on large work projects is a bit of user testing - where we get real people to come in, try using our services and see what happens. The idea is to see what works, and more importantly, what doesn’t.
Which pub to choose?
Posted on 2 March 2010 in Pubs
When I lived in Ealing and wanted to go to the pub, the discussion between meself and Catherine usually went ‘Pub?’ ‘Yeah. Go on then.’ Then we’d leave the house. Near six years in Merton and the conversation still goes “‘Pub?” “Yeah. Which one?’
A Year of Train Travel
Posted on 1 March 2010 in Transport
Every year I make a number of train journeys outside London. And last year I actually kept a record of it - where I went, what I did, how much it cost. These are the results of that recording. That and a huge pile of orange tickets…
Walking the South Downs Way: Day 2 - Exton to Petersfield
Posted on 24 February 2010 in Walking
Charles, the owner of the Copper House B&B (who, incidentally, only does B&B for walkers) had warned me the day before that I’d probably be woken up by the cockeral at about 4am. Well if it did crow, I slept right through it - an unusual occurrence given I normally get woken up at the drop of a hat. Or Catherine’s snoring.
