Product Description

Stand aside The Naked Chef! Sassy, savvy, and with her finger firmly on the food pulse, Rosie is the fresh new face of city cooking. Five years ago Rosie Lovell opened her deli in the heart of Brixton market. Nestled among the salted fish, yams and sounds of reggae it has become an intimate, eclectic place full of welcoming people, good music and food made with love. Everyone knows everyone at Rosie's. Spooning With Rosie teems with favourite recipes and stories from Rosie's life: meals cooked for her family and friends, in the deli and at home. Culinary inspiration comes from the people closest to her, from food encountered on travels, and importantly from her fellow shopkeepers and their wares that jostle for space outside her deli: the piles of peppers and plum tomatoes; the Borlotti beans stacked up outside the Portuguese store; the reams of ackee in the window of the Jamaican shop next door. With her own unique feisty elan, Rosie shows how to experiment with food and to have fun while doing it. Recipes are never absolute, but something to be perfected and adapted with time. Similarly, methods are never complicated - just thrifty, good food perfect for the occasion. Food that depends on who you are with, how you are feeling, and what's in the fridge. There are recipes for the dawn chorus: food for the first wave of a hangover, or just to start the day with a bang. Recipes for simple dinner parties, made full of care, but easy to throw together mid-week, from warm roasted chicken with lemons accompanied by penne tzatziki style, to daddy's Jamaican ackee and salt fish with fried plantain and coconut coleslaw. There are also individual dishes of soulful grub to comfort and soothe; dishes for clandestine last-minute dates to fall in love over; recipes for casual summer get-togethers and elaborate feasts to feed flocks of hungry friends. Feisty and fresh, Spooning With Rosie, is a book about friends, a vibrant local community and the joy of good food shared together.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9376 in Books
• Published on: 2009-06-11
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 388 pages

Review
`We've proudly introduced the delights of Rosie's food to musicians from across the globe. She's created her own little thing right in the centre of Brixton, which is all warm, tasty and homely.'
--Basement Jaxx

About the Author
Rosie Lovell is a passionate, energetic young cook who five years ago opened up a thriving deli in Brixton market.

Customer Reviews

The coolest cook book you'll ever own
I read about Rosie's cafe in a newspaper article and couldn't wait to get the book. It doesn't disappoint. The recipes look scrummy and nothing is pretentious in the slightest. It's quite a retro book, with loads of photographs of friends and the way Rosie has scribbled mind maps throughout the book adds to the laid back character. As soon as I got the book I attempted a recipe straight away. I was never a good cake maker but couldn't resist the Victoria sponge with strawberries and cream.......It was delicious and so easy to follow. I'll definately be making more cakes from this book. It seriously is the coolest book ever!!

Move over Nigella.....
This is just THE best book ever by a talented writer and cook and should have all the top chefs wondering "okay,I,m mega rich but boring".The morrocan chicken is divine and will be cooking my way through this book over the summer.The narrative reads as good as any well written novel and I wish there was a Rosies in Sheffield. My kids love this book too because it has a vibrancy and vivaciousness that is genuine,so the Summer holidays are going to be fun in our kitchen.Thankyou Rosie.

Love this!
Rosie is clearly passionate about food and it's infectious! I'm not a talented cook and I always have to follow a recipe, so it's great to find a book like this. The recipes aren't fussy and are full of fresh flavours, easily as good as Jamie Oliver's best stuff. But what I love the most is the anecdotes that accompany the recipes, all about Rosie's life. I recently made a 'Dan's bulgar wheat salad' but first found myself cycling around charity shops with Rosie, looking for old sets of china!