Were you ever told not to play with your food? Well, now is the time to rebel. Stefan Gates is on a mission to inject fun and frivolity into cooking and eating. 'The Extraordinary Cookbook' provides over 120 exhilarating recipes that will surprise, amaze and delight. Host a Hammer and Crab Party, cover a Roast Chicken in Real Gold (why not?), urge your guests to make Home-churned Butter at the table and get the party fizzing with a Space Dust Fruit Salad. Stefan even reveals his recipe for Megabrand-slaying Cola. Filled with stunning colour photography and Stefan's irresistible enthusiasm, this cookbook will inspire you to think about food in a new way.
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'The Extraordinary Cookbook' (Gates's first 'practical' recipe book after a handful of 'food literature' publications) is to 'take things you might normally do at home - steaks, bread and really staple things - and sprinkle a little magic over meals. For adults (or, at least, big kids), that might mean poaching salmon in the dishwasher or cooking kebabs on a car engine, or a 'ten-minute sashimi course'. For kids it means making the preparation of food into a tactile, here's-mud-in-your-eye (and flour in your hair) experience. His approach is, in a way, a groovier, more irreverent Heston Blumenthal's science-busting, sensation-mashing innovation. Instead of snail porridge there's pineapple with Space Dust. Forget bacon and egg ice cream, here's avocado and lime soup served in an ice bowl decorated with plastic animals. If his children can be persuaded to try a plate of charcuterie - kids love the salt he says - I can be a have-a-go kitchen hero, too. --The Times
From 'This Week's Foodie News: Read This': 'An antidote to serious chef tomes, Stefan Gates' book shows you how to have fun with food. It's particularly good on winter dinner parties'--The Daily Mail Weekend Magazine
'Something of a zany culinary magician, Gates takes you on a host of foodie adventures with dishes such as chocolate-roasted spare ribs and fish kebabs roasted on a car engine. Plus, there are ideas for quirky entertaining, such as crab and hammer parties that will blow away any post-Christmas cobwebs.' --Elle Decoration
From 'This Week's Foodie News: Read This': 'An antidote to serious chef tomes, Stefan Gates' book shows you how to have fun with food. It's particularly good on winter dinner parties' --Weekend, Daily Mail
From 'This Week's Foodie News: Read This': 'An antidote to serious chef tomes, Stefan Gates' book shows you how to have fun with food. It's particularly good on winter dinner parties'--The Daily Mail Weekend Magazine
'Something of a zany culinary magician, Gates takes you on a host of foodie adventures with dishes such as chocolate-roasted spare ribs and fish kebabs roasted on a car engine. Plus, there are ideas for quirky entertaining, such as crab and hammer parties that will blow away any post-Christmas cobwebs.' --Elle Decoration
From 'This Week's Foodie News: Read This': 'An antidote to serious chef tomes, Stefan Gates' book shows you how to have fun with food. It's particularly good on winter dinner parties' --Weekend, Daily Mail
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Stefan is the award-winning presenter and co-writer of Full On Food for BBC2, Cooking in the Danger Zone for BBC2 and BBC4, Gastronuts, a children's programme for BBC1 and CBBC, and most recently Feasts for BBC4 and Stefan Gates on E Numbers for BBC2. He has written four books 'Gastronaut', 'In the Danger Zone', '101 Dishes to Eat Before You Die' and 'Stefan Gates on E Numbers'. Stefan appears regularly on UKTV's Market Kitchen, Five's The Wright Stuff and BBC2's Something for the Weekend. www.thegastronaut.com
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By Wees
Format:Hardcover
This book has some great ideas; the crab and hammer party, glow in the dark jellies and getting guests to make their own butter but is also a bit of a cheat by taking up pages to discuss slicing a whole Parma ham joint (something very few of us will ever have!) and cooking ready made dimsum from a packet. A little self indulgent on the part of the author but some eyebrow raising ideas.
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By Marc
Format:Hardcover
What a fantastic book! This is no ordinary run of the mill cook book so if that is what you are after turn away now (no, please don't i promise you will LOVE this!). This contain lots of great ideas for making your dinner parties that little more special - getting guests to interact during the meal, creating dishes that are visually amazing to promote coversation, and basically getting host and guests to enjoy and have fun with food!
Some ideas in here are simple and require no cooking skills at all (squashing a sandwich by sitting on it for example) but there are also more complicated recipes for those who are a little more adventurous or want to branch out.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who entertains; it is also visually attractive and entertaining to read so will make a fantastic gift.
Some ideas in here are simple and require no cooking skills at all (squashing a sandwich by sitting on it for example) but there are also more complicated recipes for those who are a little more adventurous or want to branch out.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who entertains; it is also visually attractive and entertaining to read so will make a fantastic gift.
3 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Tommi
Format:Hardcover
This really is THE book for your friends and family this Christmas, mind you , why wait until Christmas. If you are the type of person who is nervous about having a dinner party, or someone who wants people to have fun when they come to your s for lunch, or if you are a budding chef but need some ispiration, THIS is The Book For You... it is brilliantly written, with whit and charm, the pictures are inspiring and the design keeps us all in place. Top tip - buy in bulk - once you've received it you want want to give it away....
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By KSim
Format:Hardcover
I don't usually write reviews but I just love this book - it's the gift that keeps on giving. It's funny, useful and interesting (not to mention beautiful). So many great ideas for meals - it's now my secret weapon for a great dinner party. It's completely unlike any of the usual run of the mill cookbooks with your obvious recipes. The ideas are mental but doable. It is truly brilliant!
1 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By NickG
Format:Hardcover
Move over showing off to your friends with your latest wizzery from standard cookbooks - with this wonderful book from mr gates you can transform the meal to involve your guests in the preparation, making every meal a more memorable and fun occasion. Smash (&) crabs, sushi, table top cooking and much more. on my christmas list (the one to give away to people i want to enjoy their presents)
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Marc Perkins
Format:Hardcover
Really, really fun book. I love that its got everything from the simple (pan roasted chestnuts) to the inspirational (Turducken) to the simply wacky (dinner cooked in the dishwasher..apparently delicious but I haven't tried yet). But I use it most when I just want to find something fun and memorable for dinner parties. wonderful book.
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By MrsP
Format:Hardcover
I was looking for a new and different book and bought this because my girls loved Gastronuts, some of the recipes and ideas are a dinner party with entertainment all in one, not quite signed up to the face mask and snorkel just yet;-)
This book is not even going onto the shelf, the ideas, recipes and pictures are so great it's become a " coffee table " book which visitors just can't help picking up!
This book is not even going onto the shelf, the ideas, recipes and pictures are so great it's become a " coffee table " book which visitors just can't help picking up!
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By AJ
Format:Hardcover
Tis book is a refreshing change in the regurgitated world of recipe books. Who really wants another recipe for shepherds pie? I want to smash crabs with hammers and make soup bowls from old action figures. Stefan's enthusiasm and fun around food comes bursting though on the page. This is a brilliant book and whilst at first glance you might think the recipes are far fetched, on closer inspection you'll see that there are a wealth of useable, everyday and time friendly recipes amongst the lunacy. Brilliant.
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