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Nigella Lawson
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Pages: 480 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0701180331
Pub: Chatto & Windus
Pub date: 2006-09-07
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 964
Reader Reviews:
Lovely...lovely.. (0/0 people found this helpful)
I love reading this cookbook. I love how the book has different ideas for different feasts. I made the jewelled cupcakes for christmas. They were really marvellous and looked just like the picture. Everyone who came home during Christmas loved them... they looked fantastic and tasted even better..
Feast your eyes!! (0/0 people found this helpful)
This book is amazing!! Not only are the recipes extremely easy and straightforward (you would expect nothing less from Nigella), but the background to each 'Feast' is interesting and well written.
In agreement with another reviewer, the chocolate cake section is fantastic!!
Beautifully presented and well worth the money - Buy This Book Now!!!
Astoundingly tantalising and scrumptious!! (0/0 people found this helpful)
As a cookery book sceptic this book has transformed by attitude towards celebrity chefs. This book has a personal and `down to earth' nature which is really quite endearing. Engaging snapshots and quirky notes make this not only a collection of recipes but an equally enjoyable read. It has never stayed on the shelf long; I constantly find myself delving into its stunning pages which burst with inspiration and wisdom.
Selecting a favourite recipe would not do justice to the many other favourites I would have to leave out; you do really just have to buy it!
Some recipes admittedly take a lot of expensive ingredients but there is just no compromise for the quality flavours which these recipes produce. The use of ingredients however is not unnecessarily extravagant; I do not have a particularly well stocked kitchen and I find that I usually have most of the ingredients.
I would recommend this book; it is a beautiful collection of recipes which have been gathered with care and aptitude. It would make a lovely and appropriate present because of the way it focuses on various celebration foods. This book I'm sure will be a classic, and one which many family favourites will derive from....
'Feast' indeed a celebration of life. (0/0 people found this helpful)
Life is messy - and to enjoy good food improves things immeasurably. `Feast' is indeed a celebration of life. It seems strange that at times Lawson has been accused of excess for the generosity of her portion sizes, preferences for quality and interesting variation - and indeed her very person. In a world where the gap between starvation and gluttony - usually cheap, synthetic foodstuff - becomes the norm `Feast' opens up a world in which food is homemade, heartfelt and real - a world in which (once we discard our hang-ups and neurosis) a natural balance breaks out - which turns out to be healthier in a much truer sense. As a food writer Nigella Lawson is generous. What could be more pleasurable?
`Feast' represents generosity and sharing, things we witness in the quality of ingredients, her quantities and serving sizes but none so much as in the books narrative. We are amply provided for with a `little something to read' between sessions in the kitchen. Hearty, eloquent, cheering - almost self effacing at times - but above all voluptuous (some may consider verbose but the rest of us find ourselves able to devour every word with alarming ease.)
The recipes contained in this book are adaptable and successful. This reader labours under the temporary encumbrance of a dreadful kitchen but even here Lawson's recipes prove triumphant!
No veg! (0/0 people found this helpful)
Good for cakes and deserts but on the main course it seems to lack something. Where are all the veg?
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