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Delightful old-fashioned cover, plus properly practical contents (Rachel Cooke Observer Food Monthly )
Brilliant . . . Finely honed culinary instincts, an open mind and a capacious cookbook collection . . . Miss Cloake has them all (Evening Standard )
Instead of flitting from Nigel to Nigella to Jamie, simplify your culinary life and plump for this invaluable book instead (Bookseller )
Brilliant . . . Finely honed culinary instincts, an open mind and a capacious cookbook collection . . . Miss Cloake has them all (Evening Standard )
Instead of flitting from Nigel to Nigella to Jamie, simplify your culinary life and plump for this invaluable book instead (Bookseller )
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How can I make deliciously squidgy chocolate brownies?
Is there a fool-proof way to poach an egg?
Does washing mushrooms really spoil them?
What's the secret of perfect pastry?
Could a glass of milk turn a good bolognese into a great one?
Perfect will answer all these questions and many, many more. Having rigorously tried and tested recipes from all the greats - Elizabeth David and Delia Smith to Nigel Slater and Simon Hopkinson - Felicity Cloake has pulled together the best points from each to create the perfect version of 68 classic dishes. Never again will you have to rifle through countless different books to find your perfect roast chicken recipe, mayonnaise method or that incredible tomato sauce - it's all here in this book, based on Felicity's popular Guardian columns, along with dozens of invaluable prepping and cooking tips that no discerning cook should live without.
Whether you're a competent cook or have just caught the bug, Perfect has a place on every kitchen shelf.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
OK, I admit it, I love to cook and I love to get my hands on decent recipes to turn the mundane task of making a meal into an extravaganza for the taste buds. Yet the major problem with a lot of the books out there is that there's a large percentage of recipes that you really either won't try and really don't attract your attention enough to make you want to try them.
What this title by Felicity does is trawl through recipes from a multitude of established books and chefs and brings the tastiest to the reader in one easy to access title. Add to this a whole host of everyday recipes and it's a title that will get more than a little use. Recipes include all sorts of dishes that I want to make better and whilst some are simplistic, it's the key to getting them right that has eluded many a home cook. If you want to know how to obtain that top notch crackling on your Pork Joint, that's here, you want great Yorkshire Puds, yep that's there as well. Your Roasties are failing, not any more. There's also a section for desserts, a section on vegetables as well as many other recipes that you really can't afford to turn down.
Finally add to all this glory a wonderful introduction that gives you the basic items required for any kitchen, some that are useful but not essential as well as key ingredients that make sense to have in stock (and we're not talking Nigella's pantry that has about £5K worth of food items in) such as flour, eggs, bread as well as other basics that most people have and the whole thing is a title that you can learn along with as well as pass along to the next generation.
All in, this book is not only useful but for me, perhaps the best cuisine title that I now own as I can ensure that the basics I create are to the best of my ability which will not only make the meal something to celebrate but also turn the everyday into something that you can't wait to enjoy. I really am inspired to go and create something shortly and with this little gem in hand and whilst I have an early print its ring bound which will keep it all the easier to reference, the only thing I would change would be to get the pages laminated so that any food spills can be wiped clean. With luck hopefully the publishers will look into something like that for future editions.
What this title by Felicity does is trawl through recipes from a multitude of established books and chefs and brings the tastiest to the reader in one easy to access title. Add to this a whole host of everyday recipes and it's a title that will get more than a little use. Recipes include all sorts of dishes that I want to make better and whilst some are simplistic, it's the key to getting them right that has eluded many a home cook. If you want to know how to obtain that top notch crackling on your Pork Joint, that's here, you want great Yorkshire Puds, yep that's there as well. Your Roasties are failing, not any more. There's also a section for desserts, a section on vegetables as well as many other recipes that you really can't afford to turn down.
Finally add to all this glory a wonderful introduction that gives you the basic items required for any kitchen, some that are useful but not essential as well as key ingredients that make sense to have in stock (and we're not talking Nigella's pantry that has about £5K worth of food items in) such as flour, eggs, bread as well as other basics that most people have and the whole thing is a title that you can learn along with as well as pass along to the next generation.
All in, this book is not only useful but for me, perhaps the best cuisine title that I now own as I can ensure that the basics I create are to the best of my ability which will not only make the meal something to celebrate but also turn the everyday into something that you can't wait to enjoy. I really am inspired to go and create something shortly and with this little gem in hand and whilst I have an early print its ring bound which will keep it all the easier to reference, the only thing I would change would be to get the pages laminated so that any food spills can be wiped clean. With luck hopefully the publishers will look into something like that for future editions.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is brilliant and so well written. There is an excellent range of useful and interesting recipes - they are all dishes that you would actually want to make (or make already, but can now improve!). It is a very interesting book to read and the recipes are all clear and easy to follow.
We have made a few of the dishes already and they have been a complete success. The chocolate mousse was absolutely delicious, and the fish pie was really good too. The book has also hugely improved my roast potatoes and yorkshire pudding (which I had thought were pretty good until I used these recipes). It completely solves the dilemma of which recipe to follow when Delia, Jamie and Nigella,etc have a completely different receipe or method for the same dish.
I regularly read Felicity's column in the Guardian and so have been waiting eagerly for this book to come out, especially as I saw on the Guardian website that Felicity recently won The National Guild of Food Writers' award for "Food journalist of the year" - and I have not been disappointed! It really is an excellent cook book - perfect for everyone to use.
It even looks great as well, with lovely old-fashioned illustrations and design on the cover and so it is a great book to have sitting on the kitchen shelf!
All in all, the perfect cookery book!
We have made a few of the dishes already and they have been a complete success. The chocolate mousse was absolutely delicious, and the fish pie was really good too. The book has also hugely improved my roast potatoes and yorkshire pudding (which I had thought were pretty good until I used these recipes). It completely solves the dilemma of which recipe to follow when Delia, Jamie and Nigella,etc have a completely different receipe or method for the same dish.
I regularly read Felicity's column in the Guardian and so have been waiting eagerly for this book to come out, especially as I saw on the Guardian website that Felicity recently won The National Guild of Food Writers' award for "Food journalist of the year" - and I have not been disappointed! It really is an excellent cook book - perfect for everyone to use.
It even looks great as well, with lovely old-fashioned illustrations and design on the cover and so it is a great book to have sitting on the kitchen shelf!
All in all, the perfect cookery book!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Felicity's book has been eagerly awaited by her vast readership in the Guardian. Each week readers would ask her to put her efforts into a book and finally, it has arrived. In a crowded market, Felicity's book stands out for combining her warm and witty prose with extremely practical, time-saving and informative advice on how to perfect useful recipes. It reads like a novel, and informs like a textbook - far and away the best cookery book in my (rather large) collection.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Good but you can have the recipes for free on the Guardian online!
It's a good book and I was eager to have it as I follow the author's column on the Guardian online, but the recipes are exactly the same, for free! Read more
Published 2 months ago by laurencechan
Absolutely brilliant
Great book. The backgrounds to the recipes are really useful and interesting but, most importantly, they help you to produce great food!
Published 6 months ago by M C Wood
tried and tested
i tried her perfect baked potato recipe at the Guardian and it prompted me to follow this author's column because i love cooking but hate testing recipes that do not work or go... Read more
Published 9 months ago by F. Mello
a perfect gift!
I bought this book as a gift for my sister as I loved the vintage look of the cover. However when it arrived I just couldn't put it down. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Anna Clarke
So readable, it could be sold as a book about the food, rather than a...
I normally don't buy cookery books unless there a numerous glossy photos to entice me into the kitchen in the first place and to show me the end product that I am aiming for. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Agnes
Invaluable
Brilliant that a cookbook can actually be well written as well as useful. So far only made the guacamole, and thrilled with the results. Really easy to follow recipes. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Alexandra
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