If you're a serial offender in the cookery book purchase stakes (I declare right now that its more of an addiction than a hobby for me) you will, I'm sure, have many books that you have never cooked from ... or perhaps more tellingly only cooked from once. In my collection many of these are actually amongst the best looking books in my collection, I have dubbed them 'Lookery' books. They lure you in with fabulous design, often combined with a cover that not only looks good but feels so good you want to lay your face on it. In my collection many of them are from restaurants that I have enjoyed being to, loved the food and thought I must cook that at home. They are the culinary equivalent of ouzo and limoncello great when you're there not so great when you're back home ( actually limoncello isn't great anywhere) This weekend I tried the Slanted Door by Charles Phan. We went to the restaurant, which is in the old ferry building in San Francisco when we
Cooking and eating with my family and friends