**April 2009 COTM** Breakfast, Lunch, Tea: The Many Little Meals of Rose Bakery

[foxy fairy]

Hi there! Welcome to the links thread for the **April 2009 Cookbook of the Month** -- Breakfast, Lunch, Tea: The Many Little Meals of Rose Bakery by Rose Carrarini. You may wish to bookmark this thread for future reference, as it contains links to all the other threads for this book.

We will use this thread for general discussion, recipe planning, links, and any other goodies related to this COTM.

Happy cooking and baking and merry sampling! Yum yum! Enjoy! ♥

Here are the links for the threads for the full length recipe reviews:

Fruit, Juices & Smoothies, Cereals (BREAKFAST, recipe list page 36).
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/608706

Eggs, Pancakes, and Scones (BREAKFAST, recipe list page 36).
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/608711

Soups and Salads (LUNCH, recipe list page 69).
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/608709

Pastry, Risottos, and Main Courses (LUNCH, recipe list page 69).
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/608712

Tarts and Cakes (TEA, recipe list page 110).
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/608715

Biscuits and Cookies (TEA, recipe list page 110).
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/608718

Tray Bakes and Puddings (TEA, recipe list page 110).
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/608719

Also, you can find a list of the recipes in the book here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/toc/0714844659

Plus, there's a lively discussion on the style and layout of the book toward the bottom of this thread:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/6039...

[The Dairy Queen]

For Rose Carrarini fans, she has a new book coming out in February! "How to boil and egg".

~TDQ

[ChowHQ]

We put together a landing page for Cookbook of the Month (COTM) that explains to new participants how it works, and links to all the previous selections. We'll update it each month as new cookbooks are selected. We hope it will provide a useful archive for people cooking from some of the previous books, as well as a convenient page to link to in the suggestions/selection threads so people can recall what has already been covered.

http://www.chow.com/cookbook_of_the_m...

Enjoy, and thanks for participating!

[Caitlin McGrath]

That is really awesome. Thank you! I have bookmarked that page for easy access to the COTM master threads, and I suggest others do the same.

[The Dairy Queen]

This is great, thank you!

~TDQ

[The Dairy Queen]

I have to apologize that I haven't been able to do much cooking from this book. I have been dealing with a minor emergency/situation that will likely persist for another month or so. I continue to read everyone's wonderful posts and hope to be able to add to this thread as I am able to. I really want to try that broccoli cake and that carrot cake! I'm obsessed with vegetable cakes!

~TDQ

[greedygirl]

Sorry to hear about your problem. I'm really enjoying cooking from the book - and my colleagues are liking the results!

[The Dairy Queen]

Thanks GG. Everything is sounding so delicious, especially all of the sweets. I can't wait to try them all when I'm out of my little crisis.

~TDQ

[cpw]

I don't have the book and I am cooking from on-line recipes many of you all helped to put together.
Today I am making the orange and almond cake, from the following link: http://www.culinaryconcoctionsbypeabo...
I simmered the lemon and orange and now I have a question. How do you interpret the recipe, should I add the whole citrus fruits without the seeds, or should I peel it?
Thanks for the help!

[Caitlin McGrath]

This is a version of Claudia Roden's classic recipe (popularized by Nigella Lawson). You don't peel the fruit, you process the whole shebang, skin and all.

[cpw]

Thanks CMG!

[Caitlin McGrath]

Definitely report on your results in the tarts and cakes thread linked above, will you?

[cpw]

Yes I will. The cake in the oven right now, and it smell great!

[oakjoan]

HEY! cpw....you DON'T use the seeds.

I've made this cake several times and it's really good. It has quite a different texture than most cakes. I think Joan Nathan has a version in her Jewish Cooking book, since it's a good cake for Passover.

[greedygirl]

Just received my copy in the post and there are loads of things I want to try. I think my first recipe will have to be some kind of cake.

[The Dairy Queen]

WOOHOO! Don't you think it looks a little like Ottolenghi in style (not the style of the photos, necessary, Ottolenghi's are much more warm and inviting), but I guess in layout? GG--is that a typical British style of cookbook?

~TDQ

[yamalam]

Foxy, the Soups and Salads link seems to have been removed. Clicked on it twice trying to add to my favorites and I'm getting "This Topic Has Been Removed."

[Caitlin McGrath]

Yamalam, try once more. It seems to have been restored.

[yamalam]

It is restored, thanks!!

[pitu]

Going through this book, it strikes me that there are an awful lot of great looking options for vegans and gluten-free eaters...

[yamalam]

Was there a list of online recipes compiled somewhere? Not sure if that was this month or a previous COTM.

[The Dairy Queen]

Between pitu, clepro and me (with some links to where oakjoan has paraphrased some recipes), there are links to about 15-20 recipes listed here http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/603962?tag=highlight-4514431;post-content-4514431#4514431

and the post beneath it http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/603962?tag=highlight-4514962;post-content-4514962#4514962

and here http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/603962?tag=highlight-4525733;post-content-4525733#4525733

If there are any recipes mentioned in the book's table of contents here that someone would like to have paraphrased, please speak up and I'll try to paraphrase them for you http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/to...

~TDQ

[yamalam]

Awesome, you rock TDQ!!!