Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9141 in Books
• Published on: 2002-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

Synopsis
People nowadays simply don't have the time - or the inclination - to spend ages in the kitchen after a hard day at work. But they do want to eat a varied, imaginative and healthy diet. Cue BookTrack's number 6 best-selling cookery author, Carolyn Humphries! Carolyn brings her huge knowledge of the latest cookery styles and ingredients, her innovative approach and a great measure of realism and common-sense to this lively and comprehensive selection. For people who want to eat well, but eat now, this is the only collection to keep on the kitchen bookshelf.

From the Back Cover
Its Friday, your tired, everyone is hungry and tomorrow its shopping day. You need a quick and easy supper from the storecupboard.

Friends drop in for coffee and stay for lunch. What can you rustle up for a quick, enjoyable meal?

They've come for tea and there's certainly no cake or biscuits! What can you do in just a few minutes?

In this one brilliant book, you'll find 1000 solutions. Be it tasty soup, an imaginative salad or light lunch, some sauces to brighten up your favourite grilled meat, a sweet treat or a complete meal, it's all here. Quick and easy.

Imagination and an instant preparation is the order of the day and everything will be on the table in half an hour.

Recipes include: Baked Garlic and Egg Soup, Sticky Orange Steaks, Thai Chicken with Coconut, Tuscan Tuna and Bean Macaroni, Broccoli with Garlic and Mustard Seeds, Chocolate Chip Shortbread.

About the Author
Carolyn started her career at the top working as Head Chef for a restaurant but eventually switched to journalism where, in 1977, she was able to combine her love of food with her flair for words when she became Deputy Cookery Editor for Woman magazine. Over the years she has freelanced for numerous women's, parenting, education, food and lifestyle magazines as well as for PR companies specialising in food, nutrition and health. She has written over 40 books and has taught both cookery and journalism at further education level.

She has written many recipe books and sold over 92,000 books in 2006 alone.

Customer Reviews

Truly superb - a bargain
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This recipe book is a superb addition to anyone's culinary library - clearly not every recipe will suit every person but it is inconceivable that you would not find a significant number of useful recipes in here and even if you found just one nugget, then considering the price, it would be well worth it.

I actually used this book quite heavily at first and have done so on a regular basis ever since. And still do.

The variety of recipes in this and the rest of the 1000 series is simply staggering - to say you are stuck for choice is an understatement.

Ok, so there are no photographs but against that, the books don't cost a fortune either and they are compact.

You really cannot go wrong with any of these recipe books and when you consider they cost little more than 1 issue of pretty much any food magazine, well, they truly are an absolute bargain.

Buy this one, buy them all - you won't be disappointed.

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Exactly what the title promises
I tried a few of the receipes featured in this book at a recent family gathering. My guests enjoyed eating the end results as much as I enjoyed making them. So much so that they didn't leave me any of the mushroom stroganoff! I have a shelf full of cookery books costing a lot more than is one, but most are gathering dust! Although there are no illustrations in this book the clear instructions mean you can work without them. There's certainly something for everyone and every occasion found within the covers.

Fantastic nutritious meals for people on the run!
Having bought this book in conjunction with 1000 Beginners Recipes, I was pleasantly surprised to find that this one was just as clear and easy to follow. I thought I would have to start off with the Beginners book and then slowly creep up to this one. But, on the contrary, I was overjoyed when reading these recipes.

Being a person who is constantly busy and only has an hour to prepare, cook and wash up a meal, recipes that were quick and easy were essential to suit my lifestyle. This book is invaluable!

Take my advice and go for this book, even if you have all the time in the world to cook up a storm! Words cannot express how truely fantastic it is.