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Come Dine With Me: Dinner Party Perfection [Paperback]

David Sayer
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Channel 4 (9 April 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1905026625
  • ISBN-13: 978-1905026623
  • Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 24.5 x 1.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 41,225 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The essential companion to the hit Channel 4 series

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Have you always dreamt of hosting the perfect dinner party but never known where to start? Or watched contestants cock-up the cooking on Come Dine With Me and thought to yourself, 'I could do better'? Or maybe you're simply tired of fussy, over-complicated restaurant-style cooking and you're on the look out for recipes prepared by real people for their friends and family at home? Well, whether you're a dinner-party connoisseur or an absolute amateur, this is the book for you.

We all know that hosting a dinner party can be an intimidating nightmare of an evening. Who should you invite, what should you cook, how much can you prepare in advance, how do you get the atmosphere right and what can you do to keep the conversation, as well as the wine, flowing? This book contains answers to all of these questions and more, and then goes on to provide a fantastic selection of winning recipes from the show to help you put together your perfect menu.

Maybe you fancy a light Mediterranean evening of tortelloni, mozzarella and tomato in basil leaf followed by seabass baked in salt crust with Greek salad and a refreshing lemon vodka sorbet? Or maybe a traditionally British menu such as smoked trout pâté and herb-crusted lamb followed by apple crumble with home-made cinnamon ice cream?

Whichever menu you put together, this official companion to Come Dine With Me is packed with hints, tips and facts from the best banquets and worst celebrity disasters of the show to give you the confidence to plan your dinner party to perfection and to succeed where others have so hilariously failed.


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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
A Tremendous Buy 1 Aug 2009
Format:Paperback
What a fabulous book this is. It's really stylish and is packed full of all your favourite recipes from the show. There are also chapters on how to have the perfect dinner party. All the winner's dinners are in there and there are also some stories to remind you of some of the disasters we've seen over the years. It's a must have for every Come Dine With Me fan. I only wonder that they don't advertise it more during the programme!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
come dine with me 24 May 2009
Format:Paperback
Excell book-got all the funny bits that the commentater makes too! its only a pity all the recipes are not in it.Its definately a book worth purchasing though for those little reminders we may forget when dining our mates.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
as i say, i am CDWM's biggest fan, and i just love this book.

contained are some winning recipes, most of which are easy to make, and a few of which i have tried myself. unfortunately, if the book were to contain all the recipes in the show (there are many series, and that doesn't include the celebrity version of the show), then the book would be many hundreds of pages in length (and even then it would be doubling up many recipes since it seems that at least one contestant in each competition serves up asparagus wrapped in parma ham).

i love the little asides, which i imagine in the voice of david lamb, that cantankerous voice-over, whose constituent contribution adds value more than the sum of its parts (does that even make sense? i think it's called "gestaldt").

get this book!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Excellent Christmas present
My sister bought me this book for Christmas as she knows I love the show. I have just made a starter, main course and dessert, which all turned out as was expected and I look... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Moomin
Useful and amusing book!
Really liked this book, very amusing in the same way that the programme is and has some great recipes in it, a couple of which I've used already and were delicious! Read more
Published 15 months ago by mummytotwo
Good Ideas for dinner parties
If, like me, you enjoy watching come dine with me and also cooking for friends this is a useful and interesting buy. The anecdotes are amusing and recipes clear and easy to follow.
Published 20 months ago by Geobabe
Ok
This was bought for me as I am a fan of the Channel four programme. The book gives you tips on how to host a dinner party and most of the advice is common sense. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Rumplestaleskin
Come Dine With Me
The book as expected by good value compared with the price advertised on Channel 4.
Published 23 months ago by Barry Hicks
Come Dine With Me Book
I was disappointed with the content of this book, I expected it to contain all winning menus from the series when in fact it only contained the top ten and most of the remainder... Read more
Published on 10 May 2010 by L. Elvidge
Go on, buy it!
If you love CDWM you will like this book. Lots of tips on how to hold your own CDWM party and loads of recipes that you will remember if you watch the show. Well worth the money!
Published on 28 April 2010 by June Brown
Good accompaniment to the TV series
I bought this for a relative who loves the show so I haven't read through it properly. The advice is definitely aimed at the 'absolute amateur' rather than the 'dinner party... Read more
Published on 22 Dec 2009 by QS
come dine with me cookbook
this book is very insightful if you want to host the perfect dinner party this is the book you will need
Published on 6 Aug 2009 by Mrs. Sharon L. Carroll
come dine with me
i loved this book,for all you novice dinner party hosts this book is really helpfull and has some great recipes.
Published on 28 July 2009 by A. Tymon
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