Comments on: The Family Cookbook

By: TPP

TPP — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:50:51 +0000

Debra – we’re not particularly skilled: me & my mum are just basic subsistence cooks. Her forte is a cheese scone and a piece of beef cremated to 1/4 of its original size and bovver-boot grey all the way through. Her scones are nice though. Food processor potatoes do sound terrible.

D – I like your thinking! And no, we’re probably not related, certainly we’re not first or second cousins.

By: Jooles - Postal Gold

Jooles - Postal Gold — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:37:53 +0000

I´ve actually just started doing a similar thing for my mother who is an avid cook, and devours cooking books like there´s no tomorrow. I wanted to make her a personal one, one full of memories and quotes and small drawings to do with our family. Good luck with yours!

By: D.

D. — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:37:33 +0000

Maybe you could include recipes for photographing food? That’s how the ice bowl recipe reads.

I’ve occasionally wondered if you’re related to the composer:-

http://www.ump.co.uk/composer%20pages/burrell.htm

By: Debra

Debra — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:08:15 +0000

What a marvellous idea.

Sadly, I don’t think it would work for my family, with our tendencies towards lumpy custard, soggy parsnips and my mother’s classic food processor potato purée which, if you get it spot on, attains the consistency of wallpaper paste.