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 enlarge | Author: Nigella Lawson
Brand: Books
Category: Book
List Price: £25.00
Buy New: £12.95
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New (22) Used (7) from £9.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  50 reviews
Sales Rank: 4859
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.8
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.6 x 1.6
ISBN: 0701175214
Dewey Decimal Number: 641
EAN: 9780701175214
ASIN: 0701175214
Publication Date: October 4, 2004
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Condition: Brand new. Despatched next business day upon receipt of your order by first class mail.
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 DVD is now available !!!!! March 25, 2008
I very recently found out, from Nigella's official page, that "Nigella - Feast. Food That Celebrates Life" became available on DVD in Australia in March 2008.
I got them shipped to me. The style of this programme is in line with "Nigella Bites" - she goes out for shopping, cooks a fabulous meal and serves it to her friends. However, this series was originally created for the American market, and you can tell by watching it. I did find it a little odd that Nigella shops in NY and goes back to her Eaton Square home in London to cook a supper... And the vibe, the music and the lighting are not as sophisticated as the previous two TV programmes for some known reason... This programme slightly lacks the intimacy and the relaxed mood that only Nigella provide.
Having said that I am still delighted with the DVD - the two DVDs contain the entire episodes - over 360 minutes of incomparable Nigella!!
If you have a multi-regional DVD player, you can enjoy the DVDs. As a matter of fact, I can play them on my computer. But it is safer to have a multi-regional DVD player, I guess.
Have a great watch!
A dozen chocolate cakes - need I say more? March 18, 2008
My favourite ever book for chocolate cake, even though that's not really the main focus of the book. Look out for the section where each delectable cake is accompanied by a photo, each more beautiful than the last... One of the less beautiful cakes is a chocolate gingerbread cake, which I have been known to make weekly in the depths of winter; it's the ultimate luxurious comfort food, and I've never seen another recipe like it (tip - add chopped ginger from a jar).
If you like cookbooks with a lot of commentary, you'll like this - Nigella has a lovely way of writing both about what the recipe should hopefully look and feel like at its different stages to reassure you, and about any topic that comes into her head, sparked off by the food in question.
The recipes are typical Nigella hedonism - everything made as luxurious, tasty and soul-feeding as possible, without compromise. As well as 'English' type food, there's an emphasis on some lesser-known cuisines, like Georgian and Islamic, as well as Jewish, though all with a personalised spin.
Everything works. And everything is good. March 13, 2008
The downsides - the book's not very well organised. It's arranged by "feast themes" rather than something else. So it's all a bit haphazard. And she looks a bit mad in some of the photos - trying a bit too hard to smile at the camera. And that's it.
The upsides - well firstly, everything works. Everything. This is the first cookbook where we'd cook for other people a recipe we'd never tried before, because they all work. There's none of the nonsense of her latest TV show ("I always keep a bag of [insert the most obscure ingredient you can think of] in the freezer, you never know when it might come in useful") and just a load, a load, of really good, straightforward recipes. Some sound weird (Ham with Cherry Coke?) but they all work.
Highly, highly recommended.
This is my kitchen bible! January 17, 2008
This is my kitchen bible! After borrowing this from the library over and over again my brother asked if there was a book I would like for christmas and I asked for this. The recipes are easy to follow and they always turn out as well as you hoped for. many recipes have now become firm family favourites in our house such as the Chilli con carne and the meatballs with rice. My eldest child who is only 6 loves looking through this book and choosing new recipes to try. This book is ideal for the new or experienced cook, fantastic!
 An interesting read as well as a cook book! January 5, 2008
Pros
You can really impress your friends and family with these recipes.
Everything is laid out into specific ocassions.
Instructions as straight forward and easy enough to follow.
You could spend an evening or two on the sofa browsing through the pages as there is a lot of little snipits of information.
Cons
No where near enough photos. I find these are normally what inspire me to chose a recipe or a least something to compare the finished result to.
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