My book arrived today and I have to tell you that I dropped everything
to spend a couple of hours reading it.
It is quite simply the best cook book I have ever seen, and I have quite
a few from Larousse through Gordon Ramsay to Elizabeth David. The
photos are beautifully composed and presented, and the writing is
clearly from the heart, but the way it actually shows the reader how to
achieve things is excellent.
My favourite book before this was Conran's cookbook because it devoted
a third of the book to choosing the right produce and demonstrating
preparation techniques, but this book is well ahead of that one.
My book arrived today and I have to tell you that I dropped everything
to spend a couple of hours reading it.
It is quite simply the best cook book I have ever seen, and I have quite
a few from Larousse through Gordon Ramsay to Elizabeth David. The
photos are beautifully composed and presented, and the writing is
clearly from the heart, but the way it actually shows the reader how to
achieve things is excellent.
My favourite book before this was Conran's cookbook because it devoted
a third of the book to choosing the right produce and demonstrating
preparation techniques, but this book is well ahead of that one.
I use this book all the time and several recipes have become staple meals in our house, try the cauliflower cheese soup - so easy but utterly delicious; or the baked cod on spring onion mash - real gastropub stuff but again so easy. And it's stuffed with little tips which influence your own cooking - I always do my roast potatoes a la Nick now! This book has really made me fall in love with cooking.
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I use this book all the time and several recipes have become staple meals in our house, try the cauliflower cheese soup - so easy but utterly delicious; or the baked cod on spring onion mash - real gastropub stuff but again so easy. And it's stuffed with little tips which influence your own cooking - I always do my roast potatoes a la Nick now! This book has really made me fall in love with cooking.
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I would say that this book is aimed at people who are at about my level.
i.e. Know your way around the kitchen but don't often have time to prepare fancy food and tend to leave it for special occasions. You can cook a few things but are just looking for some new ideas.
If you are an experienced cook and have several cook books and are at a stage where you can put things together yourself, you're happy swapping ingredients, you don't need to follow things step by step - and you have cooked a lot of chicken dishes already, then you might find that this book doesn't offer too much new inspiration for you. After all, take one chicken dish, swap two ingredients and you have a different chicken ... Read More:
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I've enjoyed all of Nairn's books and had to buy this when it came out. The recipes are much simpler than his previous books, but by no means less tasty. I have a collection of favourites that my family love- the really authentic tasting thai fish cakes and the salmon with peas lettuce and bacon are high on the list. Most don't need a recipe for scarmbled eggs and salmon, but you don't lose out- Nick's little anecdotes make it a good read too. Highly recommend it....
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I've enjoyed all of Nairn's books and had to buy this when it came out. The recipes are much simpler than his previous books, but by no means less tasty. I have a collection of favourites that my family love- the really authentic tasting thai fish cakes and the salmon with peas lettuce and bacon are high on the list. Most don't need a recipe for scarmbled eggs and salmon, but you don't lose out- Nick's little anecdotes make it a good read too. Highly recommend it....
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Nick Nairn's recipes are a glorious mixture of the simple and complex. The more advanced dishes need a degree of preparation, forethought and experience, but the results are superlative, and his style is light, clear and unpretentious. One of TV's less well known chefs, but very much amongst the highest rank. Thoroughly and unreservedly recommended.
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Nick Nairn, a self taught chef, hands on a few secrets of the trade. Nick Nairn supplies some beautiful recipes, for different types of meats and has an incredible recipe for custard that can't be bested.
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Nick Nairn's recipes are a glorious mixture of the simple and complex. The more advanced dishes need a degree of preparation, forethought and experience, but the results are superlative, and his style is light, clear and unpretentious. One of TV's less well known chefs, but very much amongst the highest rank. Thoroughly and unreservedly recommended.
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