Leila Lindholm - my favorite Swedish blogger

The Swedish Leila Lindholm knew already as a child that she wants to devote her life to the art of gastronomy therefore went to restaurant schhol without saying. She collected experiences not only in Sweden but in New York's famous restaurants. 

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She also worked as a food stylist for ads and commercials in Swedish and foreign food magazines. She started  to cooperate with the Swedish TV-channel, the TV4 in 2004, where she created a completely new type in the history of food television. 

Instead of posh and fancy restaurants' recipes she invented something new. She started to deliver food for stressed out families with small kids. Since then she made several tv gastro shows which hit high records. 

Besides the above she is the author of 5 cook books as well. Her books: Leilas middagtips (Leila dinner tips), Leilas guldkant på vardagen,  Hello cupcake!, A piece of cake and One More Slice. All her books has been sold in record numbers in Sweden. In consideration of the big success the books have been published in many other European countries too. In Great Britain, Germany, Italy and Netherlands. 

When she published her 4th book, the One More Slice, her publishing company, the Walter and Books started also. This book keeps going where her previous cake bible, the Piece of Cake finished. This new book became a bestseller immediately in Sweden, it jumped to the top of the sales charts, what is  also proved by that 50.000 copies were sold throughout the country within a half year. The book was published in Great Britain, Germany, France, Denmark and Finland in 2011 spring. Otherwise she awarded the Swedish Publishing Award as well. 

The 5th book, the Hello Cupcake! was published in 2011 October, and since 2012 spring it's availablein abroad too .

The nowadays many times awarded gastro blogger, businesswoman (who became a mother meanwhile) has besides her blog, an own online webstore too where own brand kitchen equipments, which is used by Leila too. 

Who is interested in the books One More Slice or A Piece of Cake szakácskönyv (and doesn't live in any of the Scandinavian countries) can order them on Amazon. I will purchase of Leila book next week for sure! :) 

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Today's purchase and the books which moves to Stockholm with me

My new happiness: Pastry: Savory and Sweet by Michael Roux. I have made eyes at it for a long time since I have read a lot of good reviews about it at many forums but I have procured only today. There is big happiness now! Recipe books can never be enough. I buy many for myself and I also get many as present.

When I arrived home with the next piece of my collection under my arm I have looked through which books move with me to Stockholm. Some has already been there but let's see what is still here in Budapest.

But let's switch over to Michael Roux's book. This French-born man is one of the most celebrated chefs in UK nowadays. From his bio we can see how joung he started his profession. At the age of 14 he became a patissier, he opened his first restaurant (Le Gavroche) in London in 1967. It was the first restaurant in Great Britain which gained 1, 2 then 3 Michelin stars. His well-known restaurant, the Waterside Inn was opened 5 years later. He got many awards, nominations during the years as appreciation of his work.

In this book Michael Roux covers ten popular types of dough, including short crust, brioche, puff, choux, croissant, and filo, provides step-by-step instructions and kitchen tips that ensure perfect results, everything illustrated with color photographs. When I opened the book for the first time I was smitten with the classic and contemporary recipes for finished pastry dishes (for instance: Quiche Lorraine, Classic Pizza, Apple Tart, Pecan Pie etc.) On the face of it, high quality paper was used for the book, photos and illustrations are excellent, and reading into the recipes it seems the result will be perfect.

These are the first impressions about the book but I will also share my experiences during the making of the certain pastry. 

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