Little Flower: Recipes from the Cafe

My husband and I are fortunate in that we live near Pasadena and able to frequent Christine's Little Flower Café whenever we can. What's special we feel about Little Flower, is that her sandwiches are not just a sandwich, they are the best sandwich you have ever eaten. A cookie is just not a cookie, it's a cookie you're going to crave the rest of the week. So of course, we were delighted to see that a Little Flower Cook Book was available and snapped it up (with a bag of Sea Salt Caramels) so we could enjoy our favorites at home too and then run to Zumba to work it all off.Our favorite recipes include the Fresh Peas & Pancetta Salad, Brown Rice Bowl and the Green Soup. mmmmmmmm. And, due to my sweet tooth, I am especially partial to the Perfect White Cake, Brown Butter Shortbread and Coconut Macaroons.Unlike some gourmet cookbooks where it is difficult to understand the instructions and they are often unreliable - I find this cookbook refreshingly easy to follow and consistently successful. The kind of successful where you can pretend that if you are not already a world famous chef with your own cooking show and licensed utensils, you can at least pretend you are or, at the very least that you pen a well respected local foodie blog and have a slight French accent - - that is until you inhale your creation after it's complete and then have nothing let, not even a crumb or bit of sauce to show for your efforts.The only negative here is that your book is unlikely to stay pristine. Mine is already dusted with flour and has pages that stick together as are, I am sure, the copies that I give to all my foodie and non-foodie friends as Hostess Gifts.

This review is about the Kindle version of this book, NOT the print version. The kindle book is a photographic facsimile of the print book, and is NOT interactive. (If that is the word I mean -- you cannot click on a chapter name to jump to that chapter, nor can you find a recipe in the index and click on it to jump to that recipe.) It has not been formatted for use as an e-book. This means that you need first to read the book like a novel, which is a pleasure, and use the "bookmark" function to tag things you're going to want to get back to. Start with bookmarking each chapter, and the index. Bookmark recipes that particularly interest you, and add notes as you wish. This is a lot of fuss, and you may find it annoying. I am going to get a copy for my son and daughter-in-law, and that copy will be the print version.Visually, the book is beautiful, with beautiful photographs. Other reviewers have had issues with the accuracy of the recipes, so read the recipe carefully to be sure you clearly understand everything before you start to prepare it. The recipes I have read so far sound delicious, and I am looking forward to preparing them.

Saw this at the bookstore and bought it used here. It is in perfect condition. LOVE this book. I like to cook for company and this little book has really great tarts and desserts. It's pretty food :-) and as a creative person, this appeals to me. Most of the recipes are super simple and inspire you to build upon them, or use other ingredients with the base recipe, and I like that. A+ in my book.A few of my other fav's are Ad Hoc at Home (everything is excellent in this book) The Memphis Sterling edition (another can't go wrong recipe within) The Francois Pope Cookbook (raised on this by my mom) and Not Your Mothers Slow Cooker Cookbook (Moraccan Chicken to die for.) I have quite a few others but that gives you my taste reference.

Wow. Just got the book two days ago. I made a couple of dishes out of it already-the quiche is excellent. Although I cook daily a variety of meals, my family always gives that look of hopelessness when I say I am going to bake. This time- SUCCESS! I have never made a quiche before and it actually turned out very well. I can't recommend this book enough. I was a bit hesitant to order it as it seemed like many other cookbooks in my arsenal. However, after reading the intro (we share some commonalities), I decided to try it out and purchase. Totally worth more than I paid and I will be recommending to friends and family.Well done, Ms. Christine and family!

I wish the author had included her caramel recipe since those caramels are an ingredient in other recipes in the book.

*****Enjoyed the recipes using everyday ingredients.*****Photography is marvelous with closeups.***Reading format orientation is full horizontal without a separate page featuring the recipe

All measurements are by volume not weight.When will Americans realise that this is guesswork, not baking?If you train in Paris and you use that to sell your book - which the author most certainly milks - then you include the measurements used by real bakers!Recipes turned out well but had to mess with the measurements a bit to get them to turn out properly.Ms Moore may say she's a baker but, in truth, she's a hack.Bah, so frustrating.

I read a review on this book before purchasing and I thought that the Salted Caramel recipe and some others would be included. It is unfortunate that many of the recipes call for their Salted Caramels but only provide information in purchasing them. This is not acceptable to me in a good cookbook. Also, there are several mistakes including the wrong page numbers and the Pumpkin Bread Pudding left out what you do with the eggs. My book also came to me damaged and soiled. The box was perfect so obviously it was sent that way. Not happy with the whole situation.

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