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  <title><![CDATA[How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;B&gt;Now in paperback, the cookbook in which Nigella Lawson shows us how to release the domestic goddess inside each of us&lt;/B&gt;  &lt;P&gt;&quot;The trouble with much modern cooking is not that the food it produces isn't good, but that the mood it induces in the cook is one of skin-of-the-teeth efficiency, all briskness and little pleasure. Sometimes that's the best we can manage, but at other times we don't want to feel like a postmodern, postfeminist, overstretched woman but, rather, like a domestic goddess, trailing nutmeggy fumes of baking pie in our languorous wake . . .&quot;  &lt;P&gt;&lt;I&gt;How to Be a Domestic Goddess&lt;/I&gt;, filled with more than 220 lavishly illustrated recipes, makes cooking and baking as luxurious as it should be, with recipes for cakes, pies, pastries, and breads, and feeds our fantasies of making sumptuous treats at home.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1998</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Nigella Lawson]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyone who loves to cook]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh. My. Gosh.  This is the definitive book for me.  Nigella is not a &quot;chef&quot;--she is a home cook, just like me, like most of us out there.  But she is brilliant--funny, mildly goofy (though not over-the-top the way gals like Rachael Ray can be), and extremely intelligent.  Her writing is br...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3369066">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="12073651">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anybody who's interested in baking.]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Jan 12 06:23:39 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have cooked out of almost all of Nigella's books (not Nigella Express though) but this is always my favourite and the first one I give as a gift! I bought the book years ago in Scotland because I just loved the title. I made the banana bread and have never looked back since. The recipes are consis...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12073651">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2716140">
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  <date_added>Wed Jul 04 14:01:11 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Lawson is a real woman. She eats...bad things and good things. She makes cakes for her children that look like a real cake.  She invents things, avoids prepackaged foods and best of all she has hips.<br/><br/>Her recipes are British which is very obvious, but they are not too weird to try once.  H...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2716140">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23127861">
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's not that practical. The recipes call for too many hard to find, can't get in west Texas, expensive ingredients. I would have liked a photo of every recipe. The photos in the book are full page and glossy, which is nice if you plan to leave it on your coffee table, but how about a half page phot...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23127861">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44997229">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my favourite Nigella cookbook, though Feast (yep, not Feast, but Feast - which is not listed on goodreads for some reason) is fast competing with it and may overtake it soon. Feasts has an awesome Chilli and Chocolate Self Saucing Pudding that rocks and a Cherry Chocolate Trifle that is now ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44997229">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65196554">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Lovely to look at/A pleasure to hold...&quot;<br/><br/>I love to look at this book, but that's about all I've done with it. I might have tried a recipe or two after I first bought it. In fact, I'm sure I did. It's been so long, though, I don't really remember what I thought. All I know is I ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65196554">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="4544506">
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  <date_added>Tue Aug 14 12:41:59 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[essential--ESSENTIAL-- reading. <br/>not only can nigella craft a mean recipe, but she's also a witty, smart, and engaging writer. more than a cookbook, something to keep by the bedside for digestif + good book time.]]></body>
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    <review id="40374809">
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    <body><![CDATA[Maybe I am being bias.. but her recipe for snickerdoodles in here is terrible. I have to pass on the rest of the recipes since she couldn't come up with a good recipe for my favorite simple cookie.]]></body>
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    <review id="30054649">
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    <body><![CDATA[A Wonderful cookbook. Not too fussy, not too complicated. I have not found a bad recipe in the lot. <br/>I usually make something from this when I need tasty food that will impress]]></body>
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    <review id="48574567">
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  <read_at>Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[First of all, I have to say this - this woman is nuts! She may be a great cook and a very nice person, I don't know, but honestly, she is nuts. <br/><br/>This book, in case you couldn't tell right away, is about baking. She sets it up in several categories: cakes, cookies, bread, pies, Christmas, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48574567">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="57715576">
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  <date_added>Fri May 29 01:50:22 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 29 02:55:04 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nigella's HTBADG is my baking bible! Her recipes are simple yet delicious, and I love her little descriptions and anecdotes about each recipe.<br/><br/>Regular favourites of mine are: the Lemon-Syrup Loaf Cake, Banana Bread, Dense Chocolate Loaf Cake and American Breakfast Pancakes. Her Christmas ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57715576">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67232459">
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 13 08:39:20 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 13 08:42:10 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not really sure how to review a cookbook.  I have been in a baking frezy this week - it makes me feel productive or something.  Anyway, I made the Dense Chocolate Loaf Cake from this book last night.  It is AMAzing!  I dare you to make the recipe and not eat at least half the loaf!!!!!!!!!<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67232459">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="57358184">
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    <name><![CDATA[Sausha]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my first Nigella Lawson cookbook and I'm addicted.  So far, I've only made one recipe- Fairy Cupcakes.  They're fabulous and simple, too!  I didn't like cupcakes before- now I do.  Another reason I like this book is the title.  Obviously the hardcore feminists who hate the book because of th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57358184">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60467295">
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    <body><![CDATA[With a couple of tweeks to certain recipes I have come to adore this book. It is filled with tasteful beautiful desserts, easy treats for tots and the occassional breakfast and dinner staples. The dnner staples more English than Amrican...I am not one for English dinner dishes.<br/><br/>Nigella or...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60467295">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="57317303">
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  <date_added>Mon May 25 19:27:21 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mmmmm NIgella you are almost as scrumptious as your recipes! A delicious, sensual celebration of food without worrying about skimping on the fat or sugar or other such delicious naughtiness. Comfort cooking is one of my mamma specialities and nothing makes me feel more like a goddess than seeing the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57317303">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="57128676">
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    <body><![CDATA[Every recipe I have tried from Nigella Lawson's books turned out delicious, but reading the recipes was just as wonderful as eating the food.  She has a wonderful knack for drawing you into the kitchen with her and experiencing every sensation. She is a witting and eloquent writer and her passion fo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57128676">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My all-time favorite dessert cookbook.  It's huge and full of delicious things.  They don't call for weird ingredients that are hard to find around here (at least the ones I've used haven't), and while some of the recipes are a little complex, if I can handle them, anyone who likes baking can too.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Nigella's writing.  Yes, not her recipes - although they are great - but her writing.  Every recipe has a story, a funny anicdote or a bit of helpful info about how to prepare, cook or eat the following goodie.  I read her books in bed.  My husband thinks I'm mad.  This book is just incredibl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21026369">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Love, love, love this book.  Almost every recipe I've tried is scrumptious and impressive to guests.  I highly recommend the bagels, cranberry upside down cake, chocolate mousse cake, and autumn birthday cake.  Great for anyone who loves to bake and have fun in the kitchen.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I checked this book out from the library, and I may be checking it out again and again.  The recipes look fabulous (I must try more of them...), but I had a good time just looking at the mouthwatering pictures and reading Nigella's directions.  I like how this is not a snobbish, fussy baking book.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47837773">more...</a>]]></body>
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