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the kitchen cottage -- a book review

Marte Forsberg's The Kitchen Cottage:  Cozy Kitchen in the English Countryside is a beautiful addition for any kitchen's library.  Forsberg is a professional food and lifestyle photographer raised in Norway, and in this fine collection she has embraced the local markets near her adopted home in the Wiltshire countryside and settled there to cook.  Her travels throughout Europe are reflected in her recipes, but the heaviest influences are her Norwegian childhood and her new life in England.  Many of her family recipes are included, such as a warm salmon, mint, and potato salad and Norwegian pork belly with mustard coleslaw.

Her mother has strong a presence throughout the book -- giving The Kitchen Cottage a homey, quaint feel.  Forsberg updates some traditional English nursery food, including a truffled vegetable toad-in-the-hole; foie gras and kidney bruschetta with parsley; and a Campari citrus marmalade.

Forsberg has given us a beautiful book of recipes that will be a welcome addition in any kitchen.
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I received a free copy of this game from Blogging for Books in exchange for my honest review here.