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Suzy Bowler

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Food writer and lifelong chef.

Learn to cook and you can eat food you love every day of your life without spending much time or money. I’m trying to help!

I am also an avid reader, of course!

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Suzy Bowler’s books

Average rating: 3.86 · 192 ratings · 24 reviews · 24 distinct works

	500+ Truly Useful Cooking Tips & Techniques: No Silly Hacks! 3.51 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Luscious Ice Creams without a Machine ...: ... or much time or effort or having to mash the stuff as it freezes! (Suzy Bowler's Genius Recipes Book 1) 3.94 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Leftovers Handbook 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Easy Ways to Pimp your Food 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Easy Festive Food for a Stress-Free Christmas 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Life of Scones 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Creative Ways to Use Up Leftovers: An Inspiring A – Z of Ingredients and Delicious Ideas 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Soup almost the Only Recipe you'll ever need really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sorbets and Granitas really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SOUP (almost) the Only Recipe You'll Ever Need (Genius Recipes Book 3) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Creative Ways to Use Up Leftovers

Five years ago my book, The Leftovers Handbook, was published and I was so excited.

seriously useful book on cooking leftovers

Today a new edition is out. It is now called …
Creative Ways to Use Up Leftovers
… and I haven’t met it yet! But I’m still excited.

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Basically, the book contains every recipe, idea, handy, hint and cook’s treat I could think of for 450 potential leftovers. For each food listed I give advice on storage a Read more of this blog post »

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Suzy is Currently Reading

Suzy Bowler is currently reading

London in the Eighteenth Century: A Great and Monstrous Thing

by Jerry White

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River of Life P

by Rutherford Platt

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“Here's a haiku/palindrome I wrote called, "Obsession."

Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob,
Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob,
Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob”
― Jarod Kintz, A Letter to Andre Breton, Originally Composed on a Leaf of Lettuce With an Ink-dipped Carrot

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