Product Description

James Martin is famous for his easy-to-follow recipes. Now, finally, you can find your favourite James Martin recipes from his previous titles - "Eating In with James Martin", "James Martin's Great British Dinners", "James Martin's Easy British Food", "James Martin's Great British Winter Cookbook" and "Delicious! The Deli Cookbook" - all in one place! Dishes range from traditional British classics such as Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding, Steak and Kidney Pie and Spotted Dick and Custard to more recent favourites that have been imported from abroad, such as Pizza Margherita, Chicken Kiev and Black Forest Gateau. James simplifies traditionally complex recipes and focuses on easy dishes to make this book perfect for even the most inexperienced home cook.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3593 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-15
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 400 pages

Woman & Home
'In his typical laid-back, no-nonsense style, James extols the virtues of cheese on toast, delicious soups, classic roasts, risotto, fish cakes and, of course, truly delectable desserts. With beautifully photographed food, and rather good shots of the boy himself, this book is a must.'

Heat
'Swoon-inducing cover aside, the contents of this book really do deliver. It's perfect for anyone who has just discovered they love to cook and wants an arsenal of classic, knock 'em dead, super-tasty dishes that don't require a science degree to make.'

Waterstones Books Quarterly
'As with all Martin's books, it's straight-up, traditional British cooking - although there are a few dishes pilfered from abroad. In short, it's 300 dishes you will actually want to eat.'

Customer Reviews

A cooking good book
Another excellent book from James martin, with nice little notes above each recipe about why he has included them. You'll find roast beef and yorkshire puds, lamb curry and a multitude of tasty deserts from jam roly poly to treacle sponge. The recipes are easy to follow and the pictures are nice. My one gripe (and it cost you a star James!) is that some recipes only take up half a page, and then you have a blank half page - could have put an images of the dish in there because not every dish has a picture. Also, to take up half a page with 'bacon sarnie' ingredients bacon, fresh bread and tomato ketchup seems a bit cheeky - I would have expected a bit of a variation on it for it to be included in a cook book. If you like Nigella Express you'll like this.

I feel insulted and slightly robbed!
I concede that there are a few good recipes in this book but certainly nothing that is particuarly new or exciting but on the other hand I never got passed page 22. There are quite literally thousands of cook books out there covering every aspect of cooking from the basics to the A La Carte, so I urge you for the sake of the Queens sovereign 'DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK'.
I really was insulted to find on page 22 a recipe for a 'Sausage sarnie with tomato ketchup', even to call it a recipe was a cheek! He doesn't tell you how to make your sausage or which type of the 100's of varieties and flavours you should buy or even whether to use pork or not, he doesn't tell you how to make the bread for the 'Sarnie' or again what type. He doesn't even tell you how to make a simple ketchup! The recipe simply says (and I'm not joking this is almost word for word) 'Grill OR fry your sausages until cooked (no advice on times, temperature, oil, skin piercing, etc) place on a slice of bread (No butter James?) add ketchup, then top with another slice of bread' Really James, isn't that the definition of a sandwich!!! That is it, that's the great recipe from one of this countrys leading chefs! If I was stupid enough not to know how to make a sausage sandwich then the chances are I would not have the intelligence to read the book in the first place and would certainly not be safe around an oven! Oh! and thats not it no, no, no, this recipe of no more than 6 lines takes up 3/4 of a page, not even a picture of this culinery creation, just a white page of air!
I would rather swallow the £20 worth of coppers I spent on this book than continue to read it! Suffice to say that it went into the bin but not before a good soaking so my poor dustmnan didn't claim it for his own and fall for the same editorial joke!
My partner was less exciteable than me though more annoyed that I had just thrown away the birthday present I had given to her not an hour prior. 1 very generous star for you Mr Martin, now take your mountains of cash and hang your head in shame!

The collection by James Martin
A simple but informed cookery book, with good traditional British recipes and favorites of the British public (quick chicken tikka masala!). Easy to follow, and helpful for a first time cook, the essential roast dinner made easy!! I followed the recipe for Yorkshire puddings to the letter and had success first time! A very varied range of catagories, a great book for students, a modern alternative to Delia! A good buy, and well worth having on your bookshelf.