Start reading Feast: Food that Celebrates Life on your Kindle in under a minute. Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here.

Deliver to your Kindle or other device

 
 
 

Try it free

Sample the beginning of this book for free

Deliver to your Kindle or other device

Read books on your computer or other mobile devices with our FREE Kindle Reading Apps.
Feast: Food that Celebrates Life
 
 

Feast: Food that Celebrates Life [Kindle Edition]

Nigella Lawson
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (77 customer reviews)

Print List Price: £17.99
Kindle Price: £9.49 includes VAT* & free wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet
You Save: £8.50 (47%)
* Unlike print books, digital books are subject to VAT.

Formats

Amazon Price New from Used from
Kindle Edition £9.49  
Hardcover £19.20  
Paperback £11.51  
Unknown Binding --  


Product Description

Review

The real successor to Nigella Lawson's classic, How to Eat, a volume that every right-thinking person cherishes and consults regularly... Feast [is] just as entertaining and divulgent - and it works too, both as a practical manual and an engrossing read (Evening Standard )

Feast, like so much of Lawson's work, is a voluptuous and delicious piece of food writing (Tom Norrington-Davies Guardian )

Lovely photographs clear recipes great stress-busting tips (Lydia Slater Sunday Times 20041217)

As clever and inspiring as ever (Jeanette Winterson, Evening Standard 20041221)

She makes cooking seem like a real pleasure (Aileen Reed, Sunday Telegraph 20041221)

Tom Norrington-Davies, Guardian

Feast, like so much of Lawson's work, is a voluptuous and delicious piece of food writing

Product details

  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 8040 KB
  • Print Length: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage Digital; New Ed edition (20 Dec 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B006NZU9UC
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (77 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #139,695 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  •  Would you like to give feedback on images?


More About the Authors

Discover books, learn about writers, and more.

What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?


Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews
135 of 138 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A great success! 26 Oct 2006
Format:Paperback
I can't cook well, so when I try to use a book I appreciate a food writer who is clear and doesn't assume you have trained as a chef already. Nigella makes the grade spectacularly! Her commentary is also brill because she clearly adores sharing what she does.

It is designed with recipes covering loads of special occasions but I've tried a fair few without passing a single one on the calander, and they have all been delicious!

What is different to almost all of the 'tv chef' books I have seen is that the recipes contain simple easy to find ingrediants that you won't have to spend hours trudging round specialist shops to get. They all claim to do this, but really this is the best one I have seen for it. This is so valuable in a cookbook. Probably like most people who have a busy life, I only occasionally want to push the boat out and try something fancy, most of the time I just want something different. This has different, plus quick, plus easy and accessible... real recipes you can use in real life.

The home made custard creams recipe is brilliant - my friends thought I was bonkers making something readily available - and all went off wanting the recipe themselves!
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
99 of 102 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars worth your money.......probably 22 Nov 2004
Format:Hardcover
This is a fascinating subject covered by a highly talented author and as such I can't help but feel that this book should be better than it is.

As Brand Nigella has gathered pace her books have increased in glossy photography including a few too many of the author. Despite Nigella's stunning good looks, I can't help but feel most cooks would trade the gloss for a bit more of her magical prose.

If you are new to this kind of cooking I think this is a worthwhile book which is simple to follow. If you have been cooking and reading about food for a good few years you will probably find much of the source material already on your book shelves. In addition, there are a lot of cake recipes and if you nod off while reading it you could wake up think you are reading Domestic Goddess. I don't deny that cakes are pretty central to feasts but as you turn the pages it can feel like a bit of extra padding between the covers.

That being said, it is a diverting read whilst sprawled on the sofa with a drink and has enough inspiring stuff to send you off for a potter around the kitchen.

Nigella's seminal work is, in my view 'How to Eat' and if you don't own it, buy it (no pictures at all though- one extreme to the other). Feast is less ground breaking but is still very good indeed.

Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
38 of 39 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Nigella's 'Feast' is an absolute essential to any kitchen regardless of whether you're a novice or a pro. What makes this book so great is that Nigella's recipes are written in a way that is clear and straight forward enough that it would be difficult to go wrong with them, yet at the same time she emphasises that a reader should feel free to adapt ingredients and measurements at your own will, meaning the more adventurous cook can be a bit creative! Nigella's obvious love for the food she is writing about and cooking makes it all the more appealing.

While the focus of 'Feast' is on festive food, it is also filled with some brilliant everyday recipes. I have made the 'chicken noodle soup' about ten times now and it is amazing and takes less than ten minutes!

So whether you want something a bit different on a week night or want to create something delicious and spectacular for a special occasion (or just a saturday!) then there will be something in this book for you.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?   Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Fab Feast
Nigella is the queen of cooking. The book is laid out wonderfully with plenty of yummy recipes and scrummy looking pictures. I want to try it all!
Published 28 days ago by happygirl 92
4.0 out of 5 stars present
this was a gift for my daughter in law who is a big fan of nigella lawson way of cooking and she loved it
Published 2 months ago by susie q
4.0 out of 5 stars Well-received present.
My brother likes Nigella recipes and also likes to have smart books on his kitchen bookshelf. The hardback version does the trick for the latter, and by all accounts he likes the... Read more
Published 2 months ago by TimG
5.0 out of 5 stars THE COOKERY BOOK I WILL LOVE TO USE ALL THE TIME
Feast Food that Celebrates Life

I saw the book and was attracted by it because it is written by Nigella. Read more
Published 2 months ago by S. Garrad
5.0 out of 5 stars love food, love feast
lots of different ideas and recieps, such a wide rage of different dishes. good value for money.nothing else really like it
Published 3 months ago by Diana Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars Use this a lot
I had the hardback copy but it was destroyed in a fire.I wanted to replace some but not all my cookery books. This is a firm favourite
Published 4 months ago by Mrs. Michelle Young
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
Loads of great recipes , well written and easy to follow . Cooked loads of these especially the tagine - delicious .
Published 4 months ago by colinshirley
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice...
Nice presentation, good taste, neat and not too healthy.....the book....and the contents.....A very good Christmas present to semi adventurous cooks.
Published 5 months ago by Edmund Dantes
5.0 out of 5 stars FEAST?.... you bet!
Ar eal "FEAST of wonderful recipes and soooo easy to follow. I am now a devoted fan. Hurrah for Nigella Lawson
Published 5 months ago by The Gael
5.0 out of 5 stars If you love cooking you'll gonna love it!
This book has a few of my secrets in the kitchen... she taught me how to make the best ever CHristmas Turkey and many other things such as snickers muffins, cut out cookies or... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Teresa Chagas
Search Customer Reviews
Only search this product's reviews

Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
Search all Amazon discussions
   
Related forums


Look for similar items by category


Amazon Media EU S.à r.l. Privacy Statement Amazon Media EU S.à r.l. Delivery Information Amazon Media EU S.à r.l. Returns & Exchanges