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Rachel's Favourite Food at Home [Paperback]

Rachel Allen (Author)
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Publication Date: 6 May 2008

If you’ve ever prayed for kitchen inspiration, Rachel’s Favourite Food at Home serves up the answers.

Brand new in paperback and including new recipes, this beautifully illustrated cookbook offers the delicious, inspiring and easy-to-follow recipes for which Rachel Allen has become famous.

Rachel’s Favourite Food at Home draws on international influences, classic regional fare and good old family favourites to provide creative options for every occasion, whether planning a simple family meal, hosting a festive dinner for the entire clan, squeezing in a sneaky romantic meal for two, heading out for a glorious picnic, chilling out on the sofa with your favourite comfort food, or spending time baking muffins with the kids.

Chapters include:

Easy Family Food
Sweet Celebrations
Picnics and Days Out
Food for Children
Extended Family Meals
Dining Al Fresco
Home Cinema
Big Celebrations
Edible Gifts
Just Like Mum Used to Make

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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Collins (6 May 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 000727579X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007275793
  • Product Dimensions: 19 x 24.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 12,194 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Review

‘A natural TV chef: relaxed, articulate and knowledgeable’ – Sunday Times

‘Food for real people’ – Irish Examiner

‘If you haven’t heard of Rachel Allen, you will soon. Ireland’s blond and beautiful equivalent of Nigella Lawson…is taking her place on the international culinary scene with her everyday food that focuses on simple suppers and divine puddings.’ – Daily Mail YOU Magazine

‘With her finely-etched patrician features and delicious recipes, Rachel manages to do what the buxom Nigella Lawson never could. She makes us believe we can do what she does…’ – Irish Post

‘…an obvious addition to the best-loved and most-used category of cookbook’ – Sunday Tribune

Church Review, October

probably the top TV cook in Ireland... a fine book... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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72 of 75 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Good simple food 11 Jan 2007
By Sulalee
Format:Hardcover
I love watching Rachel Allen's recipe shows. Her delivery is friendly and helpful, she makes recipes seem easy and clear, and the end results look tempting and delicious.

I do like this reciped book and I enjoyed particularly, the snippets of additional commentary that are often missing in many other recipe books. They set the scene, explain the origin of recipes and generally, give a recipe book more character.

However, I would add, while the book is easy to follow and beautifully designed, remember it's about "home" recipes for friends and all the family. So many of the recipes are very straightforward - such as, baked potato, or runny egg and asparagus soliders. This is great for parents looking for healthy, quick and easy meals for all the family. Ideally, I'd have liked a few more of her more detailed recipes.

One other point that you might like to consider when deciding whether or not to buy the book: if, like me, you use recipe books as a spur-of-the-moment source of visual ideas for today's lunch, tea or dinner by flicking through the photos and recipe titles, keep in mind that quite a few recipes in this book don't have photos - instead there are whole-page photos of Rachel, of her husband, her kids and even her dog!

Admittedly, this adds to the charm and character of the book but in one or two of the few slightly more complex recipes included in the book, I would have preferred a photo of the prepared dish.
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66 of 70 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars her best one yet! 7 Oct 2006
By happy camper
Format:Hardcover
I have all of Rachel's cookbooks which I love and use on a regular basis. Her food is delicious and easy to prepare - particularly for those of us with busy lives. This is her first hardback (I think), which makes it a perfect gift. Plus, the photography really helps give more of a sense about Rachel and how she presents her food. As always, the food is outstanding and the recipes/chapters offer many delicious suggestions for a variety of situations. Equally useful for cooking for the family (including kids) or for friends.
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93 of 99 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Family values highly in this super book 17 Nov 2006
By Customer VINE™ VOICE
Format:Hardcover
from Rachel Allen.

'In this cookbook to accompany her latest TV series, Rachel Allen once again offers the delicious, inspiring and easy-to-follow recipes for which she has become famous.
'Rachel's Favourite Food at Home' draws on international influences, classic regional fare and good old family favourites to provide creative options for every occasion, whether you're planning a simple family meal, hosting a festive dinner for the entire clan, squeezing in a sneaky, romantic meal for two, heading out for a glorious picnic, chilling out on the sofa with your favourite comfort food, or just spending time baking muffins with the kids.

224 pages, split over 10 chapters:-

Easy Family Food
Sweet Celebrations
Picnics and Days Out
Food for Children
Extended Family
Dining Alfresco
Home Cinema
Big Celebrations
Edible Gifts
Just Like Mum Used to Make

sandwiched between an introduction, a section entitled 'Useful Extras', 10 pages of 'staples' or 'accompaniments' recipes , e.g. stock, roux, mayonnaise, rice and pastry.

Completed with a concise index.

Each chapter opens with family photographs and some text, e.g.:-
Easy Family Food

'I love family meals since this is when everyone gets to sit together and talk about what went on during the day. This type of food should be easy to prepare and quick to rustle up, or else made in advance earlier in the day. This is simple food that the whole family will enjoy and the recipes can be easily amended to suit everyone's taste.'

Each recipe is well laid out with a title, how many servings plus guidance on whether a starter, main, vegetarian etc, short heading, clear ingredient's list and method.

Most, but not all the recipes, include a full colour photograph, sometimes of a 'stage of the recipe', or an 'on-location' shot, rather than of a completed item.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Some good recipes but heavens what an ego!
On the basis that most people only use 2 recipes out of every cookery book they have, then this one is a definite success as I have done and reproduced at least 6. Read more
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I am a very big fan of Rachel's and I purchased this book a while ago after watching re-runs of the accompanying TV series. Read more
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Great ideas and really simple. Rachel is great to watch on TV so good to have her book. Delivered very fast.
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Really easy recipes that impress my friends and family time and time over. Definitely worth a buy, especially for someone who likes to cook
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I have only tried a few of the recipes because I only recently purchased the book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
This is a fabulious book. Really easy to follow. The recipes are lovely. Would definately recommend to a friend
Published on 26 Sep 2009 by Nicola Williams
4.0 out of 5 stars Great homely everyday recipes
Excellent! The test of a good cook book is how often you make recipes from it. I think this is her best cookbook and certainly the one of hers I refer to the most. Read more
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