Jane Grigson’s Greek Bean Stew

From a Bean salad we head into a bean stew. Lady Red Specs has put a modern twist onto this dish to maximise the colour and flavour. Make sure you check it out.… Continue reading →

Sherrys Pickings: Jane Grigson’s Vegetable Book and a Bean Salad

A new comer to our group, Sherry has launched into this month’s The Cookbook Guru with a contribution of a Bean Salad.  Having only just discovered Grigson I think we have another fan… Continue reading →

A Simple Carrot Salad

Originally posted on Sharing The Food We Love:
? Jane Grigson spends most of her Vegetable Book cooking the various bounty on offer.  Occasionally though you encounter a beautiful salad snuck in the…

Jane Grigson strikes back

Originally posted on Passion Fruit Garden:
? I buy cookbooks to read, just as much as to cook from them.  I know this sounds weird but I am not alone.  Publishers have known people do…

Boumiano – The Cookbook Guru

Lady Red Specs at Please Pass The Recipe has contributed a delicious eggplant dish to our cookbook book club for this month. Our recipes are taken from, or inspired and adapted from, Jane… Continue reading →

The day I made Jane Grigson’s Broccoli and Chicken Gratin

Originally posted on Passion Fruit Garden:
This month, the Cookbook Guru’s feature cookbook is Vegetable Book, by Jane Grigson.  As I didn’t have it, I ordered it from Book Depository.  That was after…

Toulouse-Lautrec’s Gratin of Pumpkin

Originally posted on Sharing The Food We Love:
When browsing through a cookbook some recipes literally leap from the pages and beg for more attention.  Generally it is the ingredient combination that appeals…

Too Many Leeks

Originally posted on An Evolving Life:
Can you have too many leeks? I ask myself that question from time to time – usually when surveying the contents of my vegetable store. The answer…

The Beautiful Expression of Jane Grigson

I’ve been browsing through my Jane Grigson Vegetable Book and whilst there is some consistencies to the recipes with the vegetables that are covered, my joy in reading this book is particularly found… Continue reading →

Jane Grigson’s Gazpacho

Originally posted on Sharing The Food We Love:
This month begins a new year of The Cookbook Guru, an online cookbook club, where food bloggers from around the world share their cooking experiences…