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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
His best book yet! You know the drill, you see a cookbook in the shop, pick it up and browse through, see about 3 or 4 recipes that grab you and head for the checkout... Then, when you get home and cook a couple you find the rest of the book overly complicated and ultimately it gets tucked away with the rest of the Gordon's, Nigella's etc etc to gather dust. Not so with the latest offering from Mr Oliver... I've bought most of Jamie's books and I've tried a fair few of his recipes over the years, but this book contains the... more info
....simple, effective, will impress your guests I am a big fan of the young chap. He used to drive me nuts with his mock East End ramblings, but he is the real deal. Charity begins at home, he really does what he says he believes in. This book is excellent in many respects:
- the sections are clear, to the point and give you good basic information on where the food comes from, how it is cut (for the meats) and the trick and tips are good
- the recipes turn out exactly as given- that's not always the case with cook books. I have cooked 90% of... more info
Problems with this ISBN Hello all,
please be aware that the ISBN of 1856130002 appears to bring up both the Jamie book and an "Eyewitness to the 80's" book - I'd suggest checking with who you order from first which of the two books that they have in stock - to avoid disappointment with the wrong book turning up.
Just a bit patronising Just a bit patronising for me. Not as good as his books that just focus on recipes. Bit disappointed, but he;s a millionaire so i;ll bet he won't be too upset!
