Product Description

A fresh new cook on the block, with over 150 irresistible and easy dishes to dress up, dress down or simply kick off your heels and indulge yourself with. Greed has never been so fashionable! This luscious, sophisticated, you-want-to-eat-the-food-off-the-page cookbook launches an exciting new face in the world of cooking. Ravinder Bhogal is a 'self-confessed greedy girl about town' and your new best friend in the kitchen. Winning the 'Fanny Craddock for the new generation' award from Gordon Ramsay on his 'F-Word' programme, Ravinder has a huge appetite for good food (and unhealthy addiction to high heels). She understands that modern women need a new kind of cookbook that caters to their moods as well as their busy lifestyles, and be accessible and fun. Cook in Boots is divided into 12 chapters offering a simple, tasty and effortless recipe for every capricious, delicious one of you: / Working It 9 to 5: Work to Eat and Live to Eat / Food Rehab: No Need to Go Cold Turkey / Fork Me, Spoon Me: The Food of Love and Rude Food / Hard-up Food: For when you've spent all your lolly on your Louboutins / Meet the Parents and Other Situations When You Should Just Let the Food Do the Talking Whether you're a fashionista, career girl, wife, slob, home bunny, disaster zone or Queen - Ravinder will tantalise your tastebuds and your inner fashionista with recipes like Breakfast Burritos with Chorizo and Scrambled Eggs, Butterflied Leg of Lamb with a Spicy Yoghurt and Herb Crust, Love Apple Tartlets with Feta and Bitter Chocolate and Raspberry Popsicles.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11640 in Books
• Published on: 2009-05-28
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 304 pages

Angela Hartnett
'Home cooking at its delicious best.'

Marie Claire
'Dishes to dress up, dress down or just kick off your heels and indulge in ... We love.'

Grazia
Shoes and chocolate ... a girl's best friend, non? And no one understands this better than food writer and honorary Grazia girl Ravinder Bhogal

Customer Reviews

Great fun and tasty food
Cook in Boots is just as fun and silly as the cover suggests - it's a good read and would sit happily on any coffee table for occasional browsing. But it certainly stands up to use in the kitchen too, delivering excellent recipes and big flavours.

Good things? Well, the writing style is fun and easy to follow. Unlike many cookbooks, this one doesn't take itself too seriously - making it a pleasure to read or use. The recipes have a 'home made' style that's appealing and easy to relate to. Also, I love the mixture of styles of food - a totally global, urban collection of delicious flavours from Indian to British, Vietnamese, Turkish, Lebanese, French, Italian... all easy to make and really reflects the varied types of food that people in the UK love to eat.

Bad things? I'm not sure about the 'ladies only' ethos of the book, it's a bit off-putting. I don't really warm to gender-specific cookbook publishing as I fail to see the point. My husband would love the recipes in this book but I doubt he would have bought it after flipping through and seeing chapter titles like 'PMT: For the times when only chocolate will do' or 'Hard-up food: For when you've spent all your lolly on Louboutins'. Honestly, I probably wouldn't have bought this book myself if I'd seen that - or the rather condescending blurb on the inside of the front cover ('Whether you're a fashionista, career girl, wife, slob, home bunny, disaster zone, or Queen...')

So, it's four stars from me, because I really did like the big flavours and fun style of Cook in Boots - despite the off-putting 'ladies only' marketing exercise that comes with it. I thought it was a great book, jam-packed with excellent, easy recipes. It sometimes put easiness over inspired cooking, but altogether a wonderful cookbook that I'm sure I'll use a lot.

Gordon Ramsay & Angela Hartnett can't be wrong!
I saw the F-word when Gordon Ramsay selected Ms Bhogal as a future star of the cookery world. This book is proof that she is indeed an exciting new talent. Angela Hartnett is spot on when she says this is home-cooking at its delicious best.

Ravinder packs a punch........
...and the punch is flavour. I've only had this book a few days, and have cooked the Thai aubergine salad, the sweet potato salad with lime, coriander and sweet chilli, and the peanut butter, noodle and chicken salad (needs a bit more 'juice' next time). I love her sassy style and delicious food!