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Nigella Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home [Hardcover]

Nigella Lawson
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12 Oct 2010
Comprehensive, informative, and engaging, Nigella Kitchen offers feel-good food for cooks and eaters that is comforting yet always seductive, nostalgic but with a modern twist--whether super-fast exotic recipes for the weekday rush, leisurely slow-cook dishes for weekends and special occasions, or irresistible cakes and cookies in true "domestic goddess" style. Nigella Kitchen answers everyday cooking quandaries--what to feed a group of hungry teenagers, how to rustle up a spur-of-the-moment meal for friends, or how to treat yourself when you're home alone--and since real cooking is so often about leftovers, here one recipe can morph into another . . . from ham hocks in cider to cidery pea soup, from "praised" chicken to Chinatown salad. This isn't just about being thrifty; it's about being creative and seeing how recipes evolve.

With 190 mouth watering and inspiring recipes, including more than 60 express-style recipes (30 minutes or under), Nigella Kitchen offers plenty of choice--from clams with chorizo to Guinness gingerbread, from Asian braised beef shank to chocolate key lime pie, from pasta alla genovese to Venetian carrot cake. In addition, Nigella presents her no-nonsense kitchen kit must-haves (and, crucially, what isn't needed) in the way of equipment and magical standby ingredients. But above all, she reminds the reader how much pleasure there is to be had in real food and in reclaiming the traditional rhythms of the kitchen, as she cooks to the beat of the heart of the home, creating simple, delicious recipes to make life less complicated.

Gorgeously illustrated, this expansive, lively narrative, with its rich feast of food, is destined to be a 21st-century classic.



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  • Hardcover: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Hyperion Books (12 Oct 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1401323952
  • ISBN-13: 978-1401323950
  • Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 4.1 x 25.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (252 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,283,714 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"Her touch is light and whimsical, yet eminently practical" (Sybil Kapoor Country Life )

"It's another blockbuster with a wide range of hearty and wholesome family recipes... Nice touches are notes on preparing ahead, freezing and in some cases advice on how to turn leftovers into salads and soups" (Daily Express ) --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Expansive, practical, delicious - the cookery book of the year offers feel-good food for cooks and eaters, with a wealth of photographs from the instructive to the glorious, and accompanied by a major BBC TV series. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars making meaning as well as hot dinners 18 Nov 2010
By EileenB
Format:Hardcover
CSI gloves, goosegogs and buying kitchen appliances you never use. This is no ordinary cookery book. Nigella writes in a way that is at once unique and so very ordinary, page after page. I was on a long train journey and entered the world of Kitchen and lost time till Crewe. You can't say better than that, even the smell of the Virgin train loos passed me by. What a recommendation. You can forget all the hyperbole about Nigella Lawson, she is the Dorothy Rowe of the culinary arts for me. She makes meaning, She lets us see into not just what she cooks and serves day to day but also the meaning and significance it has for her. She is an invaluable teacher of the art of being human and engaging with the material world. I thought this book full of insights as well as a source of useful recipes. It seemed so real, a friend on the page. Who wouldn't mix butter and Marmite and toss a bowl of pasta in it? I could imagine a nice bit of Judge Judy on the telly and a bowl of that on my lap and isn't she honest about drawers? There are two books in one here. One is about important and central messages about us being human and enjoying the very moment of eating, the other is how to do great food day to day. I will praise chicken this weekend and I even found a typo, 'still' rather than 'stir' - but who cares? Please keep on sharing your fascinating take on life and food in this most real way, i'll keep reading you.
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291 of 301 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Nicest Nigella yet 2 Sep 2010
By emma who reads a lot TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
It's a lovely treat to find a warmer, more relaxed and low-key, funnier Nigella on show in this new book than ever before. She invites us into her home kitchen for more typically everyday cooking than the six previous books (Christmas in particular saw her becoming almost a cartoon character version of her own finger-lickin' self), and the tone of this book is intimate and friendly, whilst retaining her knack for a turn of phrase.

'Kitchen' begins with an essay in praise of cooking that is enjoyable and thought-provoking: for example, why does restaurant cooking aim for sameness, when most of us could pick out our own mum's Bolognese in a blind tasting? There's also an intriguing exploration of kitchen equipment plus a totally hilarious discussion of the dozen most useless gadgets she's ever bought.

In the end, though, the book is about the recipes: we'll be cooking them over the next few months, finding our favourites, but in the meantime, here's a flavour of what you'll get:

PART ONE
Recipes to suit children, including a dozen crowd-pleasing frittata, pizza, chicken and mince dishes. A dozen quick suppers, fairly sophisticated mostly, like mussels, lamb chops, lemon sole, scallops, calamari. Midweek dinner party menus, including couscous, Indian lamb chops, a butternut squash salad that is top priority to try, chicken with chorizo, lemony salmon - lots of simple tempting things.
A section on using up ingredients: wilting apples to make muffins and black bananas for Banoffee Cheescake. There's also a coconut and cherry banana loaf and a chocolate chip bread pudding that make me feel fat just reading them.
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43 of 44 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Nigella at her Best! 17 Oct 2010
Format:Hardcover
This really is a wonderful book - an autobiography through cooking! Nigella starts with outlining her own kitchen ethos and also includes an excellent summary of all her necessary kitchen gadgets and the ones that didn't live up to her expectations. She certainly seems to have relaxed in her views of 'must have' tools and ingredients, often suggesting easier alternatives of items you are more likely to have to hand. I really enjoy the introductions she gives to each section and recipe, it's hard not to feel inspired to cook (and enjoy it) when her enthusiasm radiates from each recipe!
Each recipe (and there is an awful lot of them!) is well laid out and described and there are a wonderful range of complex and very simple recipes (marmite pasta) for easy cooking as well as some excellent ideas for easy midweek entertaining.
I think what really marks Nigella's books overall as different from other cooking books, is that she is a self proclaimed cook, not a chef and she positively encourages her readers to enjoy and experiment in the kitchen. This is a great book and excellent value for money!
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393 of 414 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars A bit of a rehash 6 Sep 2010
By whipmeupsomecream VINE™ VOICE
Format:Hardcover
OK, let's start with what I love about this book: It's beautifully written, it has amazing photos of the food, it's presented immaculately and the recipes cater for most tastes.
The biggest plus point for me is the fact that the recipes seems so well tried and tested. I am a big Nigella fan and have all her books and I can honestly say that I have never, ever been let down by one of her recipes. As with all Nigella's books, the recipes in Kitchen are easy to follow, with accurate quantities, extremely helpful hints and encouraging chit-chat along the way.
Since getting the book last week I decided to try some of the recipes from it: Tarragon chicken, smoked haddock my mother's way, speedy scaloppine with rapid roastini, chocolate chip bread pudding, maple pecan bundt cake and blondies. These all turned out well (even if they didn't look as good as the pictures) and I would cook them again.
The book is 500 pages long and has 190 recipes, accompanied by some really beautiful photos. Nigella's writing style (friendly-chit-chat-by-the-stove) is one of the best things about this book, and I read it through once, before I started cooking from it. This was a hopeful start before I went back through it to earmark the recipes I wanted to try. And this is where I started to feel disappointed (and also where I duck for cover).......
I had a touch of deja vu: the layout, the type of recipes included (comfort, quick, children's, baking, cocktails) and also the type of ingredients used (chilli sauce, pasta, spices, rice, mirin). In fact I would say this book has a predominantly south east Asian and Italian bent. There's nothing wrong with this, other than it all seems very over-familiar and done several times before in her previous books.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Always was a fan
For years I've watched her shows and copied down recipes. Now I have the book and it's the BEST thing I've ever invested money in. Read more
Published 9 days ago by Daamini Shrivastav
2.0 out of 5 stars Wouldn't recommend to avid cooks
Firstly; let me get one thing straight. I love Nigella. I adore the way she writes about food and have always had great success with her recipes which are always easy to follow and... Read more
Published 15 days ago by R_English
5.0 out of 5 stars Kitchen
I love this book. The recipes are clear and simple and written in Nigelas warm and friendly style. Brilliant comfort food.
Published 25 days ago by Miss S
5.0 out of 5 stars nigella cook book
great ideas recipes easy to follow well worth buying have made some great meals which have been eaten with appreciation since getting this , makes meals a bit special now
Published 28 days ago by Matt Lauchan
1.0 out of 5 stars Cookbook or ego trip?
Any cookbook that needs a 2 page personal waffle before each recipe does not work for me. I am not interested in her life, her family, etc etc, I just wanted the recipes. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Adrian Pilcher
5.0 out of 5 stars kitchen recipes from the heart of the home
loved this book ,cant wait to do some recipes .its very colourful and full of the sort of food i eat .
Published 1 month ago by keeley morgan
4.0 out of 5 stars Good
As expected Nigella gives very practical and useful suggestions in this book to ensure that any reciepe attempted ill be a success.
Published 1 month ago by lucibee
5.0 out of 5 stars cooking hot
would definitely recommend this product, even i cook now and dealer good service and quick too, thankyou 10 out of 10
Published 2 months ago by tony walker
5.0 out of 5 stars Great to read and to cook from
As always, I love her writing style, and her recipes are good too. The Kindle version is easy to search through as we;;.
Published 2 months ago by Elizabeth Cameron
4.0 out of 5 stars Typical Cook Book
Typical prictures and instructions cookbook not recommended if you are on a diet but does some scrummy menus worth a go
Published 3 months ago by L Shepherdson
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