The first thing I noticed as I skimmed through Mieke Peters’ Noon, was the beautiful photography. The bright beet soup on the cover with the artful arrangement of cucumber and radish slices, jammy hard boiled egg and dill leaves is visually pleasing and intriguing. I don’t necessarily want to eat beet soup (I like beets, but not really soup), and that was a clue that the recipes inside were not so much for me. I have at times cooked professionally, including a few years at two […]