LOL. No. I couldn't bring myself to do it.
I am trying to get a free fridge but no one is buying it.
The shed paint is the wrong type of pink
Jack Monroe #16 Queen of the freezer, bathtime teaser & blue tick pleaser
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I am trying to get a free fridge but no one is buying it.
The shed paint is the wrong type of pink
The best gadget I ever asked for for the kitchen is my popcorn popper. I could never get mine right in a pan; they either burned or stewed in oil. The only other gadget I'm planning on is a Kenwood Chef with blender and food processor additions.
Yes, How many times do I have to tell you, I broke 47 bones in my foot.
I have one too. Best thing ever.
yes! That is the exact feeling I’m getting from it. But it’s not cosy and inspiring. Just stressful and offputting
Does anyone have any good recommendations of cookbooks that are also a nice read? Feel like treating myself 
I'd like to thank you all for keeping me semi sane over this weird time in our lives. I have happily learned from these threads that all of you are wonderful and very special people. And very, very humourous. Some of us have MH problems, health problems, money problems, but not once has anyone dwelled on it. We have shared, which in itself, as strangers is quite remarkable. We have shared, planting, cooking, baking, cookbooks, shopping tips, podcasts and a plethora of many wonderful things. I appreciate and in my own weird way, love all of you. Thank you all for just being you. xxx
Saffron, pfft, Philistines.
And of course @Flumps deserves a special mention for being a seed pervert like me.
Saffron, pfft, Philistines.
And of course @Flumps deserves a special mention for being a seed pervert like me.
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I'm obsessed with this woman. Her videos are works of art. Sooooo relaxing. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt1ALOshjxDhoWL8b71_u-g
Rhea y is good as Is Tina’s life , they often have subtitles in English but even when nit it is so relaxing
Yes, my next fridge freezer will hinge on the left so it opens towards the kitchen end of my kitchen/dining room. Currently it opens the other way so I have to squeeze between the table and sideboard to get anything out but the engineer said that it's an expensive pain to swap over so only do it with new ones.
Most of my recommendations will have been around a while now, I haven't bought a huge number of cookery books recently. I think Nigel's Kitchen Diaries are a wonderful read, as are both Tender volumes I have. I love his writing. Fuschia Dunlop's Sichuan Cookery/Land of Plenty is amazing, lots on ingredients/methods and lovely little stories of her time in Sichuan (it's also on my mind as am cooking from it tonight). How To Eat by Nigella is still my favourite cookery book ever. Elizabeth David's an Omelette and a Glass of Wine is my favourite food read though, more opinions and stories than recipes, and just beautifully written.Does anyone have any good recommendations of cookbooks that are also a nice read? Feel like treating myself
More recent, From the Oven to the Table by Diana Henry reads well. I'm enjoying The Island Kitchen (Selina Periampillai), it is definitely a recipe book, but it's not a cuisine I know a huge amount about, so it's a lovely journey of discovery and it has little sections about the different regions and ingredients and often little vignettes before the recipes. I like it a lot.
Here's a smacker for youAnd of course @Flumps deserves a special mention for being a seed pervert like me.
you sweet thang x
Well, well well what have we here then! 
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and a quick peruse of their website shows you can nominate yourself...
I think you meant irrelevant, not irreverent.Well, well well what have we here then!
and a quick peruse of their website shows you can nominate yourself...
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Great post, I’m looking forward to reading the recommendations.Does anyone have any good recommendations of cookbooks that are also a nice read? Feel like treating myself
I have mentioned it before - How To Eat A Peach by Diana Henry is so lovely. Page attached to give a flavour of the writing.
Anna Jones’ books are wonderful reads too - probably A Modern Cook’s year is my favourite to read. (But there’s another of hers I prefer for actual cooking - the one arranged by length of time to make each dish).
And a bit left field - Lateral Cooking by Niki Segnet is so interesting. It’s all about how you master one recipe and then expand/flex it to get to something else, and then other directions it can go in. Cooking on a continuum.
And Nigel Slater is always brilliant, the recent Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter ones and Tender vol 1 are the ones I read the most. And everything by Nigella
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She's got a few things right in this one.Well, well well what have we here then!
Well, well well what have we here then!
Love the superfluous use of the words 'irreverent' and 'maverick'. Well done though, Jack - I know how important it is to feel that you belong somewhere.
Sounds awesome! I shall have to check it out.
This isn’t surprising given how depressing her Twitter is! I find it interesting that her Twitter header photo is a book endorsement from Matt Haig. He’s well liked, unproblematic (as far as I know) and I have a lot of empathy for his struggles having MH issues myself but he’s so depressing. I kind of like him but even when he tries to be positive it feels tinged with sadness, though compared to JM I’d describe him as happy go lucky. I wonder if her next identity is going to be mental health advocate, just like Matt? Or has she already claimed thatJust read some of the book intro, Christ it's like she just threw a Thesaurus of Wretched Depressing Words at it. Reads horribly and seems like she's just used it as another opportunity to drive home just how 'ill' she is and how hard she has it. There's nothing comforting, or reassuring in that at all.
I have severe depression, that culminates in cyclic episodes, approximately every 4-6 weeks (it's one of a couple of disorders but I won't go all Monroe on you). One of my go tos when things are bad is to chuck Ina Garten on the telly. She's warm and comforting and non triggering. Watching her cook chicken for Jeffery is a nice simple distraction for a bit
But yeah, I agree she’s not helpful to depressed people at all, so this book won’t be. Her constant woe is me one-upmanship with no light at the end of the tunnel IS depressing. It wouldn’t surprise me if she’s reasoned that some of the greatest (largely fictional) books in history are depressing, so that’s a route to success. Which is ignoring the fact that success comes from them also being thought-provoking and beautifully written. Jack’s book will be neither - she has as much depth as a paddling pool and her writing is awkward and bland
I'm just going back to the cover but its just so odd? Like it does not capture the mood of the book i thought she was trying to convey. Its just her grinning face. I don't get it... I quite liked the kick starter book with drawings as it felt together but most of the covers just are an ode to her. People really do just buy her books because she wrote them huh
Allegedly
Allegedly
That reminds me of the (possibly apocryphal) military evaluation "has reached rock bottom and has now started to dig" for some reason.
Any of rachel roddy! Might be slightly biased as I used to live in Rome ( where she lives) but her writings great and really good recipes tooDoes anyone have any good recommendations of cookbooks that are also a nice read? Feel like treating myself
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