For my publication, The Waiting Room, I included an extract out of Alida Ryder's cookbook, Simple and Delicious: Recipes from the Heart, which had found its way into our media offices.
I have to say that there is so much about the book that I like. From the size, the soft cover, the matt pages and the beautiful images that are good enough to ... (well you can't eat them) so I'll just have to say that they are good enough to feast your eyes on.
Alida's recipes are true to the title. They are simple and delicious.
In the book you will find wonderful pasta recipes such as spaghetti and clams as well as other absolutely mouth watering savouries such as burgers with brie and peri-peri prawns which were so good that I had to share them and featured them in the recipe sections of the mag. There are also some decadent sweet treats for tea times and coffee times and after meal times.
I like that at the beginning of the recipes she adds a little bit of a personal note that makes one feel that you are kind of being welcomed into the home of a friend who is sharing not only a meal with you, but also her passion for good food, people and life.
Alida also writes a blog on which you can see her latest culinary endeavours which you can find at http://simply-delicious.co.za
This review originally appeared here.
Monique Broumels is a dashing and daring girl who loves writing, food, wine and globe trotting. She is an online editor and editor of The Waiting Room. Follow Monique on Twitter, like Gourmandays on Facebook or visit the blog, Gourmandays.
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