Random Recipes: The Jewish Cookbook by Sue Nathan

My understanding of keeping Kosher is limited.  This cookbook confused me as it does mix meat with eggs which I believe is not correct.  This inclusion makes me question the authenticity of whether this may be considered a ‘Jewish’ cookbook or a version of Jewish cooking making it more palatable for people used to mixing milk, meat, eggs etc.  However, it does not include pork, bacon, ham or other pork products as ingredients.  As these were permitted in the book it explains why one of the dishes contains meat and the other contains both milk and eggs.

Saffron Restaurant, Kingston. June, 2016.

Saffron serves East Mediterranean cuisine including banquets and a la carte meals.  It was selected by the usual random method and suited all of us as we enjoy sharing meals.  For this occasion we decided to select the first banquet menu ($39.00 per person) as it featured most of the dishes we wanted to try.

As we shared the meal we’ve decided to provide our thoughts, course by course.  (Please note this review was written while we were making chicken stock so any inconsistencies may be attributed to this distraction).

Random Recipes: Eggplant and Zucchini Pots with Capsicum Relish from Sensational Vegetable Recipes and Cauliflower with Tomato Sauce from Quick Short Recipe Cookbook

As the removal of cookbooks from the shelf had been delayed for a number of months, it was decided that two cookbooks would be used in the hope one of them would be consigned to another home.  With that in mind one recipe was quickly chosen: Cauliflower with Tomato Sauce from Quick Short Recipes.  As we were also focusing on a vegetarian meal Sensational Vegetable Recipes from the Confident Cooking series was included for the recipe Eggplant and Zucchini Pots with Capsicum Relish.

Cauliflower, Capsicum, Eggplant and Zucchini seemed to be an interesting mix.

Hog’s Breath Cafe, May 2016.

Apologies for the long hiatus but we were only reunited in the last few weeks.  Travelling in Italy did not inspire Jamie to write any reviews, except of Japanese, Chinese and German restaurants which intermittent internet access etc. made difficult.  Apparently Fortnum and Mason’s in London is a firm recommendation for Sunday Lunch or Afternoon Tea.

We turned to our normal randomising device to choose our new places to review and for some strange reason, which none of us can remember, Hog’s Breath Café was included and was the first to be chosen.

All of us have not too pleasant memories of the experience of eating there and were curious to see how much the dining experience had changed and if it was worthy of inclusion.  Yes, there are lunch specials, which we did not try out, but perhaps we may in the future.