Ideas Post 82: Vote for a Recipe

There are a few cookbooks sitting on our bookshelves that I'm pretty sure are duds, but I haven't been willing to invest the time/resources in confirming that fact (or disproving it! I can be open-minded). I'm frustrated enough with a few of those gorgeous cookbooks; it's high time I cook a full three recipes from each so I can make a final determination on the donate/keep decision.

Let me know which book you'd like to see me cook from first & which recipes you'd like to see on the blog (if the end result is good).

East West:

A) Grilled halloumi with pomegranate and sumac dressing
B) Foot of the mountain couscous with garden vegetables
C) Harira soup with pan-fried chicken dumplings and fava bean salad
D) Slow-roasted lamb shoulder with nomad's jewelled yogurt and nigella seed bread

Divine Food:

F) Arugula salad with labaneh, tomatoes and sumac
G) Raw beetroot carpaccio
H) Melon, goat cheese, and mint salad
I) Steamed shrimp dumplings
J) Slow-roasted beef brisket
K) Orange semolina cake (Basbousa)

Far Afield:

L) Red snapper curry (Samaki wa kupaka)
M) Wakame butter scallops
N) Char siu pork with Chinese noodles
O) Chilcano

The New Classics: A Definitive Collection of Classics

P) Spring pea and mint risotto
Q) Chilli-salt salmon noodles
R) Sticky lime and ginger chicken
S) Herb and mascarpone chicken
T) Mozzarella, lemon and mint salad

Where Cooking Begins:

U) Stir-fried celery with peanuts and bacon
V) Charred broccoli salad
W) Slow-cooked dozen-egg frittata
X) Fried grains with bacon, mushrooms, and kimchi
Y) Seared lamb patty with marinated halloumi and herbs