Floyd on Britain & Ireland

by Keith Floyd

Book by Floyd, Keith

Genres: Food, Cookbooks, Cooking

272 pages, Paperback

First published June 8, 1988

About the author

Keith Floyd was a restaurateur and TV chef who produced many cooking shows, including Floyd on Fish and Floyd on France, for the BBC and Channel 5 and published many books combining cookery and his travels.
Famous for his distinctive bow tie, he talked, drank and cooked whilst imparting his knowledge of classical French cooking to the nation in an unpatronising way.

Reviews

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Floyd cooks real food and does not involve himself in "plate decoration". That may be considered as old fashioned by some. If you're one of those don't bother to source this out-of-print set of recipes. But if you like genuine real food that is within the capabilities of anyone who has basic culinary skills, then look no further - you will just love this book. Very rarely does he use an ingredient you cannot easily buy locally and I've never had a failure following him. The only problem is that you will so admire his cooking that you'll just have to have all of his books and that might represent a difficult task - but keep searching, you'll not regret it. Especially if you are prepared to go beyond the recipes and get to know about the man behind the cooking, when you'll soon be lifting a glass to a real cook - and a real culinary hero.

[Dave Clarke · Rating 3 out of 5]

Whilst I shan’t be rushing to try his selection of savoury toast suggestions, there’s a few recipes tucked away that I’m looking forward to try, like his non steamed spotted dick pudding, which looks fun. As ever the bits of Floyd are fun, and I can hear him getting excited about discovering something tasty in the intros and links between the recipes, or talking about his new wave chef chum, Gary Rhodes, who was on the cusp of becoming a celebrity chef himself of course

[Andy Murphy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have too many cook books. I have some that I've never even made one recipe out of. This is not one of those books.

My Dad gave me this when I moved out, and I've read it as many times as I have my favourite novels. The recipes are properly brilliant, and I've made loads of them. I've learned a lot from this book.