Dear Reader,
It's been a few months since my last post, a lot happened lately...
My brother's amazing (!) Wedding end of august for which I had to prepare an outfit or two.
Of course I ended up making my own dress as I had some pastel colored silk lying around, which was perfect considering the theme of the wedding was Pastels. And I collected some silk flowers at a vintage shop in Amsterdam to fix a matching headpiece.
Then, as the sister of the groom, you should come up with a reasonably acceptable present, best made or bought from the heart.
After a bit of brainstorming I came to the idea of making them a personal cooking book.
The book includes all my favorite recipes that I have been perfecting throughout the years. As you can imagine it includes lots of desserts and cakes, but also a tutorial on 'how to make bread' and many other simple but delicious savory recipes.
I realized that making a cookbook takes quite some time and effort, it took me just over six months to complete the project. It starts with the writing of recipes, then the cooking, then I realized food photography is a whole new challenge to be taken on. Then putting everything together so it looks nice is another one...And choosing what goes in and what stays out. Phew!
But I must say I'm pretty pleased with the result and I more than profoundly enjoyed the whole process.
I'm working on a new and improved version now that will hopefully, one day, end up in some people's kitchen (other than my own and my mothers...).
To give you a sneak preview I added some example pages below. In case you are interested in one of the recipes, just let me know and I'll translate it in my next post!
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| copyright Lisa Weinberg |
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| Peas soup copyright Lisa Weinberg |
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| copyright Lisa Weinberg |
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| Fig salad copyright Lisa Weinberg |
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Crostata copyright Lisa Weinberg
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| Headpiece |
