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published
October 5th 2006
(first published 1990)
by Michael Joseph
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Hardcover, 448 pages
isbn
0718147715
(isbn13: 9780718147716)
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Read in May, 2009
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All home cooks looking to be inspired!
I had forgotten I had bought this new book until my best friend from college visited recently and mentioned it to me. And she's right - it's fantastic. If you've ever seen Jamie Oliver cook on a TV show you know his style - authentic, simple, rustic, and full of amazing flavor. And that's how this books is laid out. Perhaps most telling is that his section on required kitchen gear is only 1 page listing only 11 things. But his chapters on food list tons of useful information about products, ingr...more
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Read in February, 2009
Adorable, like all his books, and even though I took this one out from my local library, proceeds from book sales support his 15 foundation. I'd never heard of it before, but it gives folks having a hard time (drop out, cleaning up from drugs, lost job etc) a chance to learn to be chefs and get back on their feet
As with all his books, the recipes are clear, simple and enticing. They're not overly fussy and don't require a lot of arcane or exotic ingredients.
As with all his books, the recipes are clear, simple and enticing. They're not overly fussy and don't require a lot of arcane or exotic ingredients.
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I adore Jamie. His recipes are rarely for the beginner, but for those comfortable in the kitchen, he offers some interesting twists on common food. A lot of his flavor profiles might be unfamiliar, but I think he does some really interesting things. This book is often my go-to book when I feel homesick for England, but want to do something different than bangers and mash or bubble and squeak. It's not, however, a book I use very often for day-to-day inspiration.
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I haven't made a lot of recipes from this cookbook, but it is very nicely organized, with lots of how-to sections which are perfect if you're a bit inexperienced in certain areas. The Fifteen chocolate brownies are definitely my favourite brownie recipe I've ever found.
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Read in April, 2008
Yes it’s big, but it is packed with gorgeous pictures and amazing advice all fresh and real, like Jamie. Sure there were a few parts of chapters I all-out skipped (go kashrut) and one I skipped because of celiac. I ate quite a bit while pouring over this book (a good sign in my opinion) and I have come away with some ideas of how to implement the plan and some new ideas for serving gnocchi. I’m not going to return this library book quite yet as I make plans for post-pesach as well. I know a ...more
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This is a great introduction to various cooking techniques and concepts. Jamie Oliver's love of food and good company is always a pleasure to behold.
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Read in February, 2008
I bought this book for Tae for Christmas, and I am also hoping that having it on-hand in the house will help me to overcome my phobia of cooking for other people. The idea of this book is that it teaches you how to take the regular things you are compelled to cook for yourself/your family every day to new and excellent heights. It is well-designed (looks like a clean and lovely magazine), with great photographs and everything in it is simple and very appealing. It assumes you are British, but th...more
03/01/09
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Read in December, 2008
God I love Jamie Oliver. This is a helpful book for understanding more about the food we put in our bodies and how to prepare it.
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Read in December, 2008
This is a beautiful book with a great voice and a lot of interesting info but the flavors were a little more subtle than I like.
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Read in January, 2008
I liked some of the recipies and the information and cooking tips. I din't like that he wrote "good quality" before almost everything in the ingredient list. Like he was certain we would go for the bargain maccaroni if he didn't include the words "good quality" before maccaroni. A little intro in the beginning stating his preference for all good quality ingrediants and organic or free range eggs would have been less annoying than reading it over and over.
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There's a lot of great info in here and some beautiful pictures. He breaks his recipes down by main ingredient, and most of them did not appeal to me at all. But I am excited about making some of the desserts - the tea cakes are beautiful, the brownies look delicious, I'll have to try the chocolate tart, and he's inspired me to make my own ice cream this summer (without an ice cream maker!). Now I've just got to find some vanilla bean pods . . .
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Read in March, 2008
This is a pretty big book and being that I got it on loan from the library, I tried to scan and copy a few of the recipes I liked. Well, that didn't seem to work out too well because the ingredients would not copy. Not sure if there is a copyright that doesn't allow you to scan/copy/print but it just wouldn't. Not to say it took away from this book. Several ingredients caught my eye especially the mac n cheese.
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Read in March, 2009
There's a reason he's called the Naked Chef. Easy to explain. Naked ingredients. Oliver rules.
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Read in April, 2008
Previewed this from the library before buying. Actually looking for something basic for my boyfriend, who would like to learn to cook more than two things. This isn't the right book, however. It's fine. But I have two or three of Oliver's earlier books and this isn't any more basic than they are. Those are good books too, but I don't need another, especially not for this specific purpose.
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Read in February, 2008
Jamie Oliver is such a personality, I love watching his shows. I'd like to give a shout out to my sister's for giving this to me for my birthday. This book is conversational in tone and helps the reader understand cooking basics (my personal favorite was the photo of "doneness" when it comes to meat...something that will prevent me from cooking meat until it's the texture of shoe leather!)
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Read in March, 2008
Hope the librarian insisted I take this book home when I waffled at the checkout counter. So I took it home and flipped through it but didn't read more than a page or two. Will I check it out again? Probably not. Not really the style of cooking I'm interested in doing myself. But it's a very beautiful book and he's an interesting character who seems to have a compassionate heart.
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Just started to use it but I like Jamie because he teaches technique - intuitive technique! - as he goes and encourages playing around with the food and changing the recipes. I like his philosophy and even the style of the book. Some of the meat is traditional English fare that I am not interested in. Reading it goes well with wine.
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Read in January, 2008
As cookbooks go pretty basic stuff. I don't like that the calculations are all in ounces/cups... I prefer when the recipe gives the alternative grams/kg info given that I've been weighing my measurements for years now - it is so much more convenient.
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Read in August, 2008
Loved this book by Jamie Oliver!!!
lots of good recipes - very open about his philosophy of eating and cooking - lots of very basic items that is good for the beginner cook...I would buy and keep this cookbook in my collection!@!!
lots of good recipes - very open about his philosophy of eating and cooking - lots of very basic items that is good for the beginner cook...I would buy and keep this cookbook in my collection!@!!
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