Mmm...No1...Cookbook

by Michael Anthony Madden

My kitchen is full of cookery books. There are region specific ones, celebrity television chef ones, food specific ones, curry is a particular favourite, and even one that explains how to catch, kill, hang and cook a possum! Added to this are a number of recipe cards that have fallen out of magazines, extracts from newspapers and periodicals, and hand written recipes passed down through the generations. Many of the books have pages stuck together, particularly the messy Nigella ones, whilst many of the magazine pages are torn and faded. Now, whilst the feel of a 300 page cookery book might initially fill me with excitement at the prospect of new ideas and new ingredients, it is not too long before I realise that, for everyday cooking, I am only ever going to use one or two, and even the one or two are generally adapted to the tastes of my own family as well as the convenience of the ingredients. So, I decided that I would put all of my favourite recipes in one place, on the Kindle, an item that is likely to be treated with a lot more care than a newspaper cutting. I know that there are no pictures to go with the dishes, but I already know what the finished meal should look like! Mmm...No1...Cookbook gives a simple step by step guide to making my 50 favourite dishes, and the Kindle edition provides a handy list of ingredients to take to the shops!

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction

92 pages, Paperback

First published May 9, 2012

About the author

Michael Madden is a child of the 1960s and 1970s. Too young to remember the early days of Elvis Presley, but old enough to be an impressionable 15 year old when The King passed away. His influences gathered themselves in the glam rock era of Marc Bolan and Suzi Quatro, and blossomed into the halcyon punk days of The Stranglers, The Rezillos and countless bands that came and went with barely a murmur.

And yet rock and roll was always there. His parents passed on their records by Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley, and it was an obscure Kings Of Rockabilly cassette tape featuring Sleepy LaBeef that led to one of Michael’s previously published books Mike Sanchez Big Town Playboy.

He has published a total of 5 titles, and he adapted Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven for a youth theatre production at the Buxton Festival Fringe. His home is in the village of Whaley Bridge in the Peak District where he lives with his wife and 2 youngest children, playing cricket, writing books and songs, and striving to pass on his musical legacy to all 3 of his children and his granddaughter with varying degrees of success.

Reviews

[Julie Barrett · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mmm...No1...Cookbook by Michael Madden
Author other works are shown at the start of this book. Starts with a forward about the cookbook.
Contents are listed by food/meal category.
Each recipe starts with a title and summary of the dish.
List of ingredients are included and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low fat, low sugar and fresh vs. canned items.
Directions are given and variations are noted at the end of the recipe.
There is NO nutritional information and NO photos.
I do like that American and UK measurements are included for ingredients listed.
Just in the very few first pages I've found a few things I want to try myself.
About the author is included at the end and other works are listed.

[Michael Madden · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wrote this book so am unashamedly giving it 5 stars! It is exactly what I intended it to be, a list of my 50 most used recipes all in one place. Originally intended just for Kindle, the paperback is also available. The book is divided into soups and starters, main meals, curries and cakes and desserts, with a couple of oddities thrown in as well. Recipes include vegetable soup (infamously not suitable for vegetarians), paella, chilli chicken, beef rogan josh, Grandad Hall's boiled fruit cake, pumpkin pie and many more.