Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3319 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback

Synopsis
You want to have a romantic dinner for two? You need to impress your mother-in-law or your boss? It's your turn to host the family Christmas dinner? You've asked friends around for a barbecue and it's going to rain? It's midweek; you've been working all day, but you've people coming to dinner? Relax and look no further, because Rachel Allen has now provided all the answers for the busy host who wants to provide something special, using the best food, easily prepared with accessible ingredients in the minimum of time. And as her many thousands of fans know from her television series and previous book, with Rachel, it's easy, it works and it's fun! Also by Rachel Allen is the book: "Rachel's Favourite Food".

Customer Reviews

Great book with lots of good recipes
This is the first book of Rachel Allen I bought and I liked it so much, I bought all the other books too. If you're looking for some great recipes to entertain, this is the book you need, you'll find something for practically every occasion: "Christmas Dinner", "Romantic Dinner for Two", "Party Food", "Summer Lunch", "Midweek Supper Party", "Formal Dinner Party", "Sunday Lunch", "Big Family Lunch", "Girl's Night In", "Chocolate", "Barbecue", "Curry Night" and "Afternoon Tea". The book doesn't contain a lot of glossy photographs, but I don't feel you really need them with this book, the recipes are clear enough. I tried the "Little Pots of Passion", which are basically just mango and passionfruit fools - but oh so delicious (I had to make them again). A book you'll use again and again!

Highly recommended
Rachel Allen's recipes are often unusual and inventive without putting one off trying to cook them. She is somewhere between the "nouvelle cuisine" exaggerrated presentation type of cook and the "chuck it all in the pan" laddish chef. She is precise, easy-to-follow, cultured and appealing in her approach. The recipes are cookable, servable and most, importantly, edible ! They are suitable and often temptingly presentable for entertaining and also exciting enough for a quiet dinner for two, which is always good to see.

This is my favourite cookery book out of the many I have. Nobody much talks about Rachel Allen among their chattering about Delia, Nigella, Gordon etc. I'm no sure why, I think her recipes are excellent.

best cookbook i have had in a decade
this is the only cookbook i have ever made more than about 3 recipes from - the chick pea soup is easy quick and gained applause from a friend who has limited taste post a car accident - the crown of lamb and the two relishes with them worked well as did the spinach and garlic potatoes - and dessert as well from the book