Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2128 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-15
• 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

one star for the synopsis
the synopsis says it all and so does the other review....simplifies recipes....fry bacon put it in bread!!!!fry (or grill!), wow what a choice, sausages until they are brown, add tomato ketchup and put on bread-typical celebrity cook rubbish i'm afraid

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.