Product Description

Throw away the takeaway menus, ready meals and convenience foods! These days everyone wants fast food but at the same time they want to eat well. And there is no one better than Gordon Ramsay to show you how to cook real food fast and make it taste delicious, too! With his unique style, high-voltage energy and passion for good food, Gordon shows how to get a great meal on the table in less time than it would take to have a takeaway delivered. Taking his theme from the series of C4s The F Word, this bestseller is packed with ideas for 5-minute snacks, 10-minute main courses and 30-minute menus for all occasions. Now in a fabulous new paperback edition, Gordon Ramsay's Fast Food is the cookbook for the way we live today.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1134 in Books
• Published on: 2009-04-17
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

About the Author
Gordon Ramsay has earned an extraordinary 12 Michelin stars for his restaurants in London and New York. Now a celebrated television presenter, Gordon's award-winning television series include Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, The F Word and Cookalong Live. His other bestselling cookbooks A Chef for All Seasons, Just Desserts, Gordon Ramsay's Secrets, Gordon Ramsay Makes It Easy, Sunday Lunch, 3*** Chef, and Healthy Appetite are also published by Quadrille.

Customer Reviews

It is very hard to fault this latest GR book!
'Taking its inspiration from Channel 4's popular F Word series, 'FAST FOOD' includes over 100 delicious recipes that are SUPER-FAST and EASY TO PREPARE'.
'When I launched my Sunday Lunch campaign last year, 'lack of time', was the excuse most people gave for not cooking. Sadly, ready meals and take-aways have become the staple for many of us......
My campaign this time around is to re-define the concept of fast food and prove that anyone can prepare speedy meals in less time than it takes to get a pizza delivered......

Many of the dishes can be prepared and cooked in 15 minutes (none take longer than half an hour) and `the menus' take 30-45 minutes from start to finish.....

Great fast food depends on using top quality ingredients. Finding a good butcher, fishmonger and farmers' market or greengrocer is the key.'

255 high quality matt pages split over 15 chapters:-

Light & healthy
A taste of Morocco
Country cooking
Viva Italia!
Fast fish and chips
Outdoor eating
Mexican flavours
Easy for a crowd
Tapas spread
Cheap & cheerful
Summer special
Indian spice
Thai feast
Speedy Sunday lunch
Fast drinks party

plus an introduction, 'Store-cupboard Essentials', a 'Basics' section and a concise index.
At the front of the book is the added bonus of a quick reference 'Recipe List'.

Each recipe is clearly laid out with a title and number of servings, a list of ingredients and the method.
The majority have a photograph(s) and often a helpful note, e.g.:-

'Roasted Nectarines with Amaretti Cream'

'This works equally well with peaches - just make sure you use ripe, firm, juicy fruit.
Immature nectarines or peaches would simply disappoint.'

A small taste of the recipes within:-

Leek, Potato and Smoked Haddock Soup
Grilled Aubergine with Tahini Dressing
Spiced Pan-Roasted Apples and Pears
Easy Tiramisu
Roasted Vegetable Panini
Baked Egg Florentine
Peppered Lamb Steaks
Fresh Lemonade
Beef Fajitas with Soured Cream and Guacamole
Penne, Runner Beans & Goat's Cheese
Mussels in an Aromatic & Coconut Broth
Easy Lobster Thermidor
Easy Vegetable Curry
Sticky Lemon Chicken
Caramelised Banana Split
Venison with Sweet & Sour Peppers
Prawn Pilau
Yam Pak Salad
Pain Perdu with Raspberries and Ricotta
Mango Fool
Chocolate Fondant
Blueberry & Pomegranate Fizz

Double-page spreads reveal 'tips', such as 'Fast Ways to Cook Meat, 'Quick Flavour Hits' or 'My Favourite Time-saving Tools' and throughout the book are handy notes or observations, e.g. :-

'Curry Salt - Mix 1 tsp curry powder to 2 tsp sea salt and use to add an extra kick to fish, shellfish, chicken and pork.
We often sprinkle a little curry salt onto fresh scallops in the restaurants.'

'I appreciate the need to take shortcuts, but some convenience foods are strictly off-limits - including awful-tasting stock cubes and almost all ready-made sauces in jars.
A few basics are really worth the time and effort you spend making them.
A good example is mayonnaise. No commercial variety can ever compare to homemade mayonnaise, both in terms of flavour and consistency......'

'There is nothing like sharing an al fresco meal with family & friends, either on a picnic blanket or just out in the back garden.'

The BEST from Gordon Ramsay, yet!
I can't believe that a BRAND NEW book, published only last week, is on such a GOOD price here and in the bookshops in town.
There is nothing I can add to Amazon Reviewer's superb review - just buy the book - NOW - you will not regret it.
My only criticisnm is that the introduction is a bit hard to read being white on a mid-shade of blue but maybe that is just my age, or my eyes!

TOP BOOK
This is a great book from Ramsay but I have to criticise some of these other reviews on here - there is NO swearing in the book!
Whether one likes this side of Ramsay, or not, the book is the book and the TV series is just that - I don't thik the contents of latter should be aired in a book review!
A lavishly produced book which is easy to read, persuse and cook from......FAST!