This book presents over 400 fabulous dishes requiring only three or four ingredients illustrated by over 1500 stunning colour step-by-step photographs. It simplifies shopping, cuts preparation time, and is perfect for the modern cook who loves good food but has less time to spend making it. It provides a practical introduction to minimalist cooking, with advice on choosing ingredients and tips on how to achieve maximum taste. It includes recipes for every type of occasion - breakfasts and brunches, light lunches and midweek family meals, relaxed al fresco dining, elegant entertaining and sumptuous desserts. Perfect for today's busy modern cook, this book shows how to achieve maximum flavour with minimum effort. Every recipe tastes sensational but requires just three or four ingredients, saving money and saving time on planning, shopping and preparation. There is something suitable for all occasions, and each recipe has easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions to ensure perfect results every time. A nutritional breakdown of every recipe is also included, so you can plan meals for any kind of diet. Quick dishes include stuffed baby squash, or chicken scallops with lemon and Serrano ham. For those with a sweet tooth, there are four chapters filled with indulgent delights such as passion fruit creams. Beautifully photographed with over 1500 step-by-step pictures, this is the only cookbook for anyone who demands superb results, but wants to spend less money in the supermarket and less time in the kitchen.
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Jenny White trained at the Tante Marie School and has worked as Deputy Cookery Editor for both BBC Vegetarian Good Food and Prima and is now a regular contributor to many other British magazines, including Woman & Home, Best, House Beautiful, You, Men's Fitness and Ready Steady Cook. Jenny is also a busy and successful food stylist and has worked on many cookbooks. Joanna Farrow Having worked as a food writer on women's magazines for several years until her first child was born, Joanna now works as a writer, contributing articles to various magazines. She is the author of a selection of cookbooks on subjects ranging from fish and shellfish to ice creams, cakes and chocolate. Other published works by Joanna include: Ice Creams and Iced Desserts and Great Cookies for Kids.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
By S. F. Aras
Format:Hardcover
When I first bought this book it went straight on the shelf with all the other books which remained pristine due to their lack of use. Then one day when searching for something to cook for a dinner party I came across it again and literally have not stopped using it since. (You can tell by the pages being stuck together - the previous edition was paperback but with a plastic wipe-clean cover - with good reason) What is so special about this book is that it really is what it says on the cover; however it is NOT simple, tasteless meals but true imagination so often lacking from our celebrity chefs who seem to overcomplicate everything and have dozens of ingredients. I defy anyone not to come up with a tasty wholesome meal from the contents of even the most sparsely stocked kitchen - go on I challenge you - My favourite - Chicken with Serrano ham and lemon - butter and seasoning and that's it stick it in the oven - dinner guests were amazed at out gourmet cooking!!!
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Seriously, this book changed my life. Before reading this I was a nine stone weakling who couldn't cook, get a date or wire a plug. Now, I'm a 13 stone weakling who can cook a mean curried cauliflower soup, a spicy fish and tomato stew, a red onion & goat's cheese tart and a whole slew of other fancy dishes but still can't seem to get a date or wire a plug. What did you expect - it's only a cook book! If you want your life changing, read Alain De Botton or something.
Truth is the recipes in this book are so ridiculously easy and straightforward that they should've called the book "Basic Cooking for Simpletons" and that would've summed up my starting level of culinary knowledge neatly. The book even encourages you to use packets and jars - so don't be afraid if you can't rustle up an acceptable pasta sauce from a random vegetable - this book really wants you to cut corners but not, I must admit, at the expense of flavour. And don't be fooled into thinking that because it's only three or four ingredients it's going to be 400 variations based around cheese on toast - there's plenty of decent world cuisine in here too: Middle Eastern, North African, Greek, Chinese and more besides.
I've also done the Jamie Oliver thing too and passed some recipes onto my wretched single friends. Hopefully their days of squalid everything-in-one-pan cooking are soon to be over.
Highly recommended.
Truth is the recipes in this book are so ridiculously easy and straightforward that they should've called the book "Basic Cooking for Simpletons" and that would've summed up my starting level of culinary knowledge neatly. The book even encourages you to use packets and jars - so don't be afraid if you can't rustle up an acceptable pasta sauce from a random vegetable - this book really wants you to cut corners but not, I must admit, at the expense of flavour. And don't be fooled into thinking that because it's only three or four ingredients it's going to be 400 variations based around cheese on toast - there's plenty of decent world cuisine in here too: Middle Eastern, North African, Greek, Chinese and more besides.
I've also done the Jamie Oliver thing too and passed some recipes onto my wretched single friends. Hopefully their days of squalid everything-in-one-pan cooking are soon to be over.
Highly recommended.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By Miss T
Format:Hardcover
I saw this book on my best friends kitchen shelf. Every time I'm in her kitchen I look for a recipe to add to my long list of recipes. I've finally decided to buy my own copy. I like the fact that I don't need a massive list of ingredients to create really tasty food. I defy anyone not to find this book a revolution in gourmet cooking.
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Good buy
Bought for a niece who was a bit overwhelmed by fancy cookbooks with loads of ingredients. She was very pleased with this and has cooked several of the dishes. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Freyasday
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Great book
Great book. Especially useful as we don't all keep a large larder of ingredients to choose from. Recipes are simple and easy to follow.
Published on 8 July 2010 by Mrs. M. F. Josling
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When you're feeling tired and want something simple to make
If you're feeling tired and don't want one of those recipes with a thousand ingrediants this certainly is the book for you! It's a pleasure to use. Read more
Published on 10 April 2010 by Ruth K
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Does what it says on the tin - very well
A great cookbook - I bought it for myself, as i do much of our cooking and simple is good in my books, but my wife has now discovered it and really loves it (and i love the... Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2009 by Mr. T. Baker
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great cook book
This book is easy to follow, not too expensive to purchase ingredience.
Bought it for my husband and he loves it!
He's never stuck for ideas now. Read more
Bought it for my husband and he loves it!
He's never stuck for ideas now. Read more
Published on 18 May 2009 by E. L. Bryant
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How to get men to cook!
I bought this for my husband to encourage him to cook without being put off by a long list of ingredients. Excellent results! It worked. However the print is extremely small. Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2009 by H Malcolm
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