The Modern Cook's Year

Love this idea - invite a group of friends over for a potluck - each person brings a dish cooked from their favourite cooks book, a copy of the book and copies of the recipe. You go home with a full belly, a new@book and lots of recipes to try. 🥳

Aimeesue That sounds like fun! 5y

BookishMarginalia Nice idea! 5y

Mdargusch Great idea! 5y

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Mitch @Aimeesue @BookishMarginalia @Mdargusch I thought so too ♥️ 5y

LeahBergen I would love to do this! 5y

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Great idea! 5y

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Lindy

The Modern Cook's Year | Anna Jones

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Seasonally divided into 2-month blocks, this hefty (474 p) #vegetarian #cookbook has exciting recipes & stylish photos + lots of extra pages on topics like cooking as a meditation practice, foraging, & vegetable-centred barbecues. Jones likes to talk about texture & the way flavours complement each other. Signature ingredients: coriander seeds (for both savoury & sweet); cardamom; & all things roasted, including avocados, blackberries & lemons.

saresmoore Roasted blackberries? I tend to roast most anything, but that sounds a bit odd! 5y

Lindy @saresmoore Yes, I find it odd too. The recipe involves roasted parsnips and roasted blackberries served together. As for the lemons, they can be grilled and burnt in addition to being roasted. 🤔 (edited) 5y

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Lindy

The Modern Cook's Year | Anna Jones

I was child minding yesterday. Thirteen-year-old was very pleased with the Super Chocolate Tiffin Bites from the tagged cookbook. He got to choose what went into his half and he decided on crushed Girl Guide cookies. (Mine had roasted almonds, dried cherries, perilla seeds and flaky sea salt.)

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The Modern Cook's Year | Anna Jones

I showed this photo (of Apple, rye and walnut bundt) to my sweetie. She screamed and turned her head away. “Don‘t make me look!” It was an even more dramatic reaction than I had hoped for. (She chastises me whenever I leave things too close to the edge of a table or counter.)

saresmoore Hahaha! This photo gave me goosebumps! *shudder* 5y

Cathythoughts 😱😂I love it ! And I can relate ... 5y

Aimeesue 😂😂😂 5y

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Blaire 😂😂😂 5y

Lindy @saresmoore 😆 5y

Lindy @Cathythoughts @Aimeesue @Blaire 😊 5y

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The Modern Cook's Year | Anna Jones

Jones writes about avoiding squash for a few years because it had become boring. Her love has obviously returned because there are over a dozen squash recipes in this cookbook. What she likes about the pictured recipe (for whole roast squash) is “its very British flavours—not a pomegranate in sight.” I find it amusing that this recipe includes a stuffing made of freekeh… not so British after all.

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Lindy

The Modern Cook's Year | Anna Jones

As the son of a food writer, I imagined Dylan would be sipping spirulina smoothies by now, but that‘s not the case. In fact his palate is quite delicate, he‘s a pasta lover.

Lindy A “delicate palate.” I like that way of expressing a child‘s preference for plain foods. (edited) 5y

Hoopiefoot @Lindy I‘m going to start using that to describe my own palate! (edited) 5y

Lindy @Hoopiefoot 😆👍 5y

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TrishB My 18 year old daughter still has one! As does my hubby! 5y

Lindy @TrishB Now that I think of it, my sweetie has a delicate palate too; medication has changed the way she experiences food, so many things are now too bitter or too spicy 5y

TrishB When I want something different I go out with friends 😁 5y

Magslhalliday My child‘s “delicate” palette switched one day, and now they like extra chilli on their enchilada and look forward to curry night. I did call a v mild lentil curry a “stew” for ages so they didn‘t realise it was a curry. ;) 5y

Lindy @Magslhalliday Ha! Labels make such a difference. 5y

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The Modern Cook's Year | Anna Jones

“Tiffin” has only had one meaning for me until this month: a light Indian lunch. In The Flatshare, I knew they were talking about a different kind of tiffin because there was chocolate involved. In the tagged cookbook, I found a recipe for that chocolatey kind of tiffin. 😊

Cathythoughts Oh yes there is Cadbury‘s tiffen : chocolate with bits of biscuits ( cookies) & raisins ... delish 5y

Mitch One of my favourite cook books ! 🏆✔️🏆 5y

Mitch @Cathythoughts I agree! 🤣 5y

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TrishB It‘s always been chocolate to me, I was confused the first time I was offered it in an Indian street food restaurant! 5y

Lindy @Mitch Which are your favourite recipes from this book? 5y

Mitch @Lindy i love her soup flavour map p30 and we've cooked the Sri Lankan Dhal p332 and Figs, Ricotta, radicchio and almonds P 364 a lot! 5y

Lindy @Mitch I‘m going to have another look at that Fig & Ricotta recipe, thanks. I have made her Sri Lankan curry powder mix and I love it. I spent 4 months in Sri Lanka so all of her Sri Lankan recipes caught my interest. 👍 5y

Mitch @Lindy it‘s such a beautiful country and the food is amazing! My husbands family are Sri Lankan and we‘ve been many times - although not for a while now. 5y

Lindy @Mitch 😊👍 5y

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The Modern Cook's Year | Anna Jones

“I like to wash my linen tablecloth and hang it on the washing line so it has a crumpled texture and isn‘t too neat. Brown paper is a good substitute if linen feels too much.”
Hmm. I will no longer fret about not having the time to iron table linens. Jones also advocates simply cutting placemats from cloth and embracing the beauty of a frayed, unfinished edge. I tried to capture the aesthetic in my photo. What do you think?

Soubhiville I love it. 5y

wanderinglynn I like it! 👍🏻 Then again, I‘m a huge fan on linen (I love my linen pants) and I don‘t mind the wrinkles! 5y

Lindy @Soubhiville Thanks! 5y

Lindy @wanderinglynn I love linen too and I don‘t like ironing. Must learn to embrace the wrinkles. 😊 5y

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The Modern Cook's Year | Anna Jones

Saturday morning baking. Savory scones! (Review on my blog next week) thanks to Abrams Books

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The Modern Cook's Year | Anna Jones

Starting out spring with an awesome batch of cookbooks. I‘ll be talking about all of these on my blog over the next few weeks. #WeekendCooking and thanks to the #AbramsDinnerParty & Abrams Books

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Mitch

The Modern Cook's Year | Anna Jones

Well done to our Anna ( she‘s lives and works in our neighbourhood) - Observer Cookbook of the Year 2018! She‘s a fab cook, gives you a great balance between structured recipes and flexible combinations to make this one of my go to weekday books. She makes all things veg - super tasty and beautiful.

http://annajones.co.uk/recipe/observer-food-monthly-cookbook-of-the-year-award-2...