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Happy Days with the Naked Chef by: Jamie Oliver List Price: £20.00 City Travel Guides Price: £13.00 You Save: £7.00 (35%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 641 EAN: 9780718144845 ISBN: 0718144848 Label: Michael Joseph Ltd Manufacturer: Michael Joseph Ltd Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: September 03, 2001 Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd Studio: Michael Joseph Ltd Sales Rank: 21078 Accessories:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Jamie Oliver's Happy Days With the Naked Chef is in the same mould as his other bestsellers: recipes for simple, comforting, homely food. This time, however, he has some interesting additions from his travels to Australia, New Zealand, America and Japan. There are three new ideas in Happy Days With the Naked Chef. Jamie has included a chapter on "Comfort Food"--the kind of cooking Nigel Slater and Nigella Lawson specialise in. He has recipes for Toad in the Hole, Fish Finger Buttie and Sticky Sausage Bap with Melted Cheese and Brown Sauce. In his "Quick Fixes" chapter, he has selected dishes where saving time and minimal washing up are the key ingredients. These include a Steak Sarnie and Chicken Breast Baked in a Bag with Mushrooms, Butter, White Wine and Thyme. He has also included a "Kids Club" chapter, which is offers inspiration for parents trying to get their children excited about food. The new additions don't dominate the book as the remaining two-thirds contain Jamie's standard Italian-style fare: simple salads, fish, meat, vegetables, breads and pudding. Don't miss the excellent recipe for Medallions of Beef with Morels and Marsala and Crème Fraîche Sauce. Jamie has also been travelling and you'll find recipes with pak choy, soy sauce and ginger popping up here and there--delicious! --Elizabeth Murgatroyd Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - A great book you`ll use for many yearsDon't believe the one star reviews - I've had this book for years now, I'm coming back to it again and again and I'm definitely not a beginner or a bad cook, even if I say so myself. The recipes I made all turned out well (apart from one time which was my own fault, I boiled the onions for stuffing too long, to find the exact point is a bit tricky) and they're definitely not all simple beginners' stuff. Try the pork fillet in Parma ham with the rhubarb, it's a great dish for entertaining. Of course, the book contains easy recipes (and those that look impressive are often easy enough to accomplish, if you follow the recipe) but perhaps that's just the good thing about it: beginners won't be frightened away. This is actually the book that got ... Read More: Rating: - Best of the Jamie Oliver recipe booksOut of all the Jamie Oliver recipe books, we use this one at home most often, if not all the time. There are so many yummy recipes which are all quite easy to make. Our biggest favourite is Jamie Oliver's Favourite Curry Sauce, which we always team with the coriander chutney. It's to die for. Other favourites are the scrummy warm rocket salad and the salami spaghetti. Enjoy! Rating: - Cooking for the laymanThis is the third Jamie Oliver book I have bought and just like the others its both simple and effective. For me Jamie's talent is in the way describes his recipes and how he explains how the dish should come together and each stage from the prep to the dishing up. This book isn't only about getting ingredients together and making a meal, here a very young Jamie gives helpful and practical advice on herbs, preparing a marinade and using stocks and sauces. This book will have something for everyone. It goes from the simple to the sublime and many cases the skills you learn in one recipe transfer to another. In short I would recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of good cooking. Some people ... Read More: Rating:  - `Remember - Don't eat to live, live to eat - that's what it's all about.'319 high quality, shiny pages, split over 13 chapters:- Comfort Grub Quick Fixes Kid's Club More Simple Salads Dressings Pasta Something Fishy Going On Nice Bit of Meat..... ...and Loads of Veg The Wonderful World of Bread Desserts Bevvies And, Finally......You Are What You Eat sandwiched twixt an Introduction with a note about `herbs', and a concise index. Finishes, as usual, with JO's `Nice One' - his `thanks' section. Photography from David Loftus - JO, his family & friends, places, ingredients and for most but not all the recipes. Rear cover quote from `Daily Express' - `The food is simply explained and superbly ... Read More: Rating: - FantasticI have all 6 of Jamie's books. I rate this as his 2nd best. I cook a jamie meal every single evening, he is an absolute star, i have never ever come across any other cook books where you can do a recipe from it every night of the week at reasonable cost, very little time and bloomin tasty! (jamies words) I fill in my diary up to 3 months in advance with one of the recipes from his books....good planning, i then go to the supermarket twice a week, buy the ingredients and away you go....no worrying what are we gonna have for tea tonight!! All recipes are simple, fast and quite often are based around the same ingredients, i have to say i very rarely have any waste. It makes my life easy.....and we are eating very healthily too, unless we do one of his puddings, ... Read More: |
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