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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
A book without equal This cookbook manages to balance our expectations of a Michelin starred chef and the actual capability of most readers. I know that there are a lot of books out there by Michelin star chefs (normally debut books) which attempt to give an insight into the delicate nature of Michelin starred cooking. This book has the following pros/helpful aspects: - Good mixture of complex and simple recipes;
- Catalogue of how to make 'basics'/store cupboard essentials, like stocks etc.
- Beautiful,... more info
Wonderful book I bought this book having eaten at both his restaurants several times. The recipes are graded in three categories, easy, mediam and challenging. The latter category requires a lot of fussing about with the food and some forethought, but the medium and easy recipes are well set out and easy for the domestic cook. There are notes on what can wrong on some of the recipes and how to avoid mistakes which is a useful addition. It provides a good range of different recipes, from bread and cakes to petite fours.... more info
A poor book from an excellent chef. A disappointment. This has the feeling of a heavily ghost-written book (although admittedly there is no collaborator mentioned in the acknowledgement), scattered with banal interpolations. See the page at the start of the seafood section going through fish. Has he got anything more insightful to say than that john dory tastes "sweet"? Clearly not as he repeats the same insight for turbot just down the page. See also the comment on prawns, crabs, lobster - his prawns come from madagascar - so what?more info
A brilliant 'must have' book This is one of the best cook books I've bought and I have loads! Many of the recipes look quite basic at first glance but there's something going on where the whole is definitely greater than the sum of it's parts. The ingredients are mostly easy to get hold of, the techniques and preparations are approachable, the notes & guidance are superb in their simplicity, and I've found that with every recipe so far, I've actually been able to focus on the cooking in a way that makes sense of the processes &... more info
