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Curry Chat => Lets Talk Curry => Topic started by: Griff1000 on November 22, 2015, 12:44 PM

Title: Kriss Dillon
Post by: Griff1000 on November 22, 2015, 12:44 PM: I followed Kris Dillon's instructions to make a lamb vindaloo (he suggests beef in his New Curry Recipie book) and it was amazingly good - got to be one of the best cook books on the market!
Title: Re: Kriss Dillon
Post by: loveitspicy on November 22, 2015, 01:14 PM: Kris is a she - or the last time i spoke with her / him

best, Rich
Title: Re: Kriss Dillon
Post by: haldi on November 22, 2015, 04:00 PM: Quote from: Griff1000 on November 22, 2015, 12:44 PM
I followed Kris Dillon's instructions to make a lamb vindaloo (he suggests beef in his New Curry Recipie book) and it was amazingly good - got to be one of the best cook books on the market!
To some people Kris is a starting point
To others it's an end
Controversial
Very glad you got a good result
I have three versions of her book
Which one is this?
What's the cover look like, or can you post a link for it?
Title: Re: Kriss Dillon
Post by: Onions on November 22, 2015, 05:36 PM: I thought they were just reprints Haldi- are the recipes different too?
Title: Re: Kriss Dillon
Post by: Peripatetic Phil on November 22, 2015, 06:23 PM: No, the series has changed over time. In the first edition (the one I prefer), measurements were in Imperial; in a later edition, they moved to metric; and in the most recent, Kris has espoused so-called "healthy eating", with (e.g.,) olive oil replacing vegetable oil. The base has also been modified over time.

** Phil.
Title: Re: Kriss Dillon
Post by: Onions on November 22, 2015, 06:45 PM: Olive oil?! -have you tried that? I would expect it to add an extra flavour (however good the end result might be!).
Title: Re: Kriss Dillon
Post by: Peripatetic Phil on November 22, 2015, 10:45 PM: Quote from: Onions on November 22, 2015, 06:45 PM
Olive oil?! -have you tried that?
No, I avoid so-called "healthy eating" on principle :)
** Phil.
Title: Re: Kriss Dillon
Post by: london on November 23, 2015, 05:01 PM: Phil,

What is on the cover of the first edition?

London.
Title: Re: Kris Dhillon
Post by: Peripatetic Phil on November 23, 2015, 10:50 PM: From memory (I will have to go downstairs to check), it is typeset in a pseudo-Indian-style script, dated 1989, and printed by a publishing house with a short name based in Surrey. More when I have checked.

Yes, script correct, illustration shews garlic, spices and chillies left, plate of curry right, publisher "Elliot Right Way", price
Title: Re: Kriss Dillon
Post by: london on November 23, 2015, 11:08 PM: Hi Phil,

This looks like an even earier edition

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Curry-Secret-Indian-Restaurant-Cookery-at-Home-Dhillon-Kris-Paperback-/391304853884?hash=item5b1b96397c:g:o24AAOSwu4BVjC4E

London.
Title: Re: Kriss Dillon
Post by: Peripatetic Phil on November 23, 2015, 11:57 PM: Well, well, well -- and I thought I had seen every edition of that book ! You may well be right; also 1989, but cheaper cover price. Fascinating !

** Phil.
My 1st edition : (http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/images/m/mUAqTnFWrFRqeVKr6e_-UNQ/s-l225.jpg)
my 2nd edition : (http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/images/m/mNfeWn8JoXDcTf5JOHOSiiw/s-l225.jpg)
my NCS edition : (http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/images/g/uDMAAOxy0x1TUpoW/s-l225.jpg)

** Phil.
Title: Re: Kriss Dillon
Post by: commis on November 24, 2015, 01:52 AM: Hi
The edition linked by London, was available in WH Smiths.
Regards
Title: Re: Kriss Dillon
Post by: london on November 24, 2015, 08:19 AM: I've snagged both versions of the first edition for 2.81 each with free postage.

London.
Title: Re: Kriss Dillon
Post by: Onions on November 24, 2015, 10:07 AM: 1989 as well.