The French Home Cookbook
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A perfect introduction to easy French cooking, this beautiful book has over 400 delicious recipes that are simple to cook at home.
Backers: 142
Average Pledge Per Backer: £50
Funded: £7,037 of £24,000
Dates: Nov 13th -> Dec 11th (28 days)
Project By: Poach my Lobster
Backers: 142
Average Pledge Per Backer: £50
Funded: £7,037 of £24,000
Dates: Nov 13th -> Dec 11th (28 days)
Project By: Poach my Lobster
£7,037
current pledge level
Last Updated: December 11 @ 10:30 -0500 GMT
29%
of goal
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The twelve days of Kickstarter: parmesan shortbreads 
December 11th - via: kickstarter.com
In a very short time this Kickstarter's time is up and, being £17k away from the target I am thinking that, barring a sudden intervention by Father Christmas, it isn't going to make it. So, instead of another dessert, I am sharing the recipe that... (Read More)
The twelve days of Kickstarter: florentines
December 9th - via: kickstarter.com
You may be able to tell, from the above, that I have been making florentines for a really long time. Who uses a Filofax anymore? That one dates from 18 years ago. I first wrote Denise’s version of this recipe down ten years earlier, in the back of... (Read More)
The twelve days of Kickstarter: chocolate and cinnamon moelleux
December 9th - via: kickstarter.com
An iPhone photo, I'm afraid, since my usual camera wouldn't work in the fading winter light. So, we’ve had aperitif snacks, starters, a couple of weekday dinners and lunches and a Sunday stew. Now, well now we need dessert. If I told you that this... (Read More)
The twelve days of Kickstarter: baked eggs
December 8th - via: kickstarter.com
If Sundays are all about leisurely slow-cooking dishes like baeckeoffe then Mondays are more about speed and using whatever is lying around. Default options are often gnocchi, with a homemade sauce or eggs, usually an omelette, throwing in the ends... (Read More)
The twelve days of Kickstarter: Alsacian baeckeoffe
December 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Ah, Sunday cooking: it’s the only day of the week (okay, maybe Saturday sneaks in at times) when I feel I can really indulge myself, really take time over something without wondering what other things I should be doing. And this dish, oh I have... (Read More)
The twelve days of Kickstarter: walnut cake
December 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Saturday tea-time, and Sunday's for that matter, is when I most want a little something sweet. And I don't want to be messing around for long. Which is why something like this walnut cake, or loaf, that takes 15 minutes from getting the packet of... (Read More)
The twelve days of Kickstarter: roasted garlic and parmesan risotto
December 4th - via: kickstarter.com
The process of producing a cookery book has been enlightening in so many ways, especially in the way it has brought me up against my own ingrained dislikes and prejudices. For, although on a blog, I can write about whatever I want, the translation... (Read More)
The twelve days of Kickstarter: caramelised chicory
December 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Chicory is one of those ingredients that undergoes the most magic of transformations when heat is applied. Although it makes a rather wonderful winter salad with blue cheese and walnuts (yes, there is a recipe for that in the book) and, to follow... (Read More)
One cannot think well...
December 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Don't worry, today's recipe is on its way but, for those of you not on social media, I wanted to share this with you. It's the digital mock-up of the hand-printed letterpress poster: we couldn't print an actual copy on the actual paper, because you... (Read More)
The twelve days of Kickstarter: Alpine soup
December 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
The joy of a country like France is that, being so large (I think it's about four times the size of the UK) it has many different climates, and many different cuisines to match. So, whereas a dish from Nice might include ingredients found in a... (Read More)
The twelve days of Kickstarter: mini Flamiches
December 1st - via: kickstarter.com
At Christmas, actually at any time that you are having a party or entertaining and need speedy ingredients and ideas, ready-rolled pastry is your friend. And, though I might be tempted to make shortcrust, since it is so little work, I am really very... (Read More)
The twelve days of Kickstarter: mini Gruyère cakes
December 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Here is your next recipe from the book, another apéritif delight. I hope you enjoy it and, if you do, please share it and encourage others to do the same. Thank you!A 'cake' in French is, confusingly, not what Anglo-Saxons might call a gâteau. It... (Read More)
The Twelve Days of Kickstarter: salmon rillettes
November 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, Yesterday, I started the 'Twelve Days of Kickstarter' over on my blog. Since it is nearly December, and therefore nearly Christmas, I thought it seemed appropriate to give you a little gift on each of those twelve days, the gift of a recipe... (Read More)
How to publish a book: the cover
November 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, If there is one thing that surprises novices about publishing, it is the devotion given to the cover. As an erstwhile academic, who used to spend all day reverencing the inside of a book, the words, making the lightest of pencil marks against... (Read More)
How to publish a book: the format
November 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, It’s nearly the end of week 2, also known as week 1 of the doldrums when campaigns go into troughs. But, in Poach My Lobster’s world, we don’t have time to worry about that. We’re having too much fun working our way through the stages... (Read More)
New £35 reward
November 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all, As you may know you can only pledge once on a Kickstarter campaign and, since several people have asked me for a multiple option, I have added a two-copy reward, for which you'll get a discount of £5 for the second one; it works out... (Read More)
Where this all began, or the hows and whys of starting a publisher
November 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello and thank you to everyone, all 60 of you, who have backed this project so far. I can't tell you how grateful I am for your support and how excited I am that we have got off to such a flying start. And, since you have been so good to put your... (Read More)
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