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Jamie Oliver
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Pages: 360 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 0718154762
Pub: Michael Joseph
Pub date: 2009-09-01
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1576
Reader Reviews:
not great for veggies! (0/0 people found this helpful)
I really like Jamie Oliver, and regularly use some of his other cook books. As a veggie, his books are pretty standard for celebrity chefs and don't have a great deal of non meat food, but this one really hardly has any which was a bit disappointing. I've made two things, the cupcakes (which were pretty solid, and the frosting wouldn't set), and the tortilla soup (which took ages to make, ended up as tasty, but very normal soup with some tortilla chips on top, admittedly that's what it was aiming for but just very standard!). Short review not applicable to most people but didn't want other veggies to give it a go and end up regretting it too.
One of the best cookbooks ever (0/0 people found this helpful)
At first I didn't want to buy this, as flicking through the pages I saw just really unhealthy-seeming super-American stuff, like fried chicken, burgers and mac and cheese. However, these are just a minority. Of course, the classics are incorporated, but Jamie mixes it up with really creative ideas for salads, and more obscure cuisines, such as Navajo. The great thing about this book is that Jamie shows how much of a melting pot the US are: it is a mix of Native American, Italian, Creole (and through that, French, Spanish, and African), Mexican and South American, Asian cuisines... add some all-American BBQ recipes, and the result is amazing! Recommend the jambalaya, the peach cobbler, deep pan pizza, Navajo lamb, the cowboy meatballs, the Mexican breakfast, the southern pecan and apple salad, beer butt chicken.... it is all delicious
recommended especially for those who like the staple ingredients in this book: tomatoes, avocados, chilli, paprika, peppers...
minus point for being meat-heavy.however, some of the recipes could work without the meat. not so sure about all the BBQ recipes though.
Lovely book, gorgeous photos, very America! (0/0 people found this helpful)
If you love America, you'll love this book. It's a great cookery book, with so many mouth-watering recipes. But it's also lovely as a sort of coffee table book, with amazing photos and some lovely introductions to each chapter that really evoke the places and the people that have inspired the recipes. It's a pleasure to sit down with a cup of coffee and just read it and flick through it for an hour. I've made a few of the recipes so far, and they have all been delicious. This is not your mid-week quick fix sort of cooking, but food to take pleasure in thinking about and preparing when you've got that little bit more time. It's probably not the sort of cook book I'd cook from very often, but I'm very glad I bought it, it's lovely!
Fantastic (0/0 people found this helpful)
I have used this book since Christmas and it is fantastic. Full of great recipes grouped together by regions within the USA so you can often find three courses together. The recipes contrast one another throughout the book so you don't have to stick with the same theme when looking for ideas. Pictures are great and step-by-step instructions are easy to follow. I just love that nothing is pretencious in this book, you know what you are getting and everything tastes super.
Authentic Recipes (0/0 people found this helpful)
We moved to Georgia from the UK last year. We were sent this as a Christmas Gift, which I thought was a little strange at the time - an English cookbook about America bought in England and sent to the USA?
But I have just bought 2 copies as gifts for people in England! It truly is full of authentic Georgia recipes - Pulled pork, Shrimp and Grits, Pecans, Mash, Collard Greens, Fried Chicken, Hush Puppies, Corn, Slaw, Ribs... The Louisiana section is excellent too - Gumbo, Crab, etc etc.
There is lots of good background information too, about the way people live, cook and eat.
PS Don't believe the hype - I have never been to so many fantastic restaurants, and eaten so much good food. And the barbecue competitions - y'all don't know what ya missin!
(If you enjoy the Georgia section, then look out for Paula Deen cookbooks - she is Georgia's Jamie.)
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