The Family Meal is the first home cookbook by the world's greatest chef, Ferran Adria. It features nearly 100 delicious recipes by Ferran Adria that anyone can prepare, inspired by the dishes eaten every day by the staff at his legendary restaurant El Bulli, awarded World's Best Restaurant five times. The recipes in The Family Meal are easy-to-prepare and meant for family dining at home. From Roast Chicken with Potato Straws, Sea Bass Baked in Salt and Mexican-style Slow-Cooked Pork to White Chocolate Cake and Baked Apples with Whipped Cream, there is a wide selection of everyday classics for every night of the week. The cookbook is also the first by such a renowned chef to ensure that the dishes are affordable and the ingredients are widely available at the local supermarket. The Family Meal is organized into three-course menus, with appetizers, mains and desserts, so you can prepare a well-balanced meal at home ? without fuss. Each recipe is shown with numerous step-by-step full-color photographs, and conversions on how you can prepare a meal for a small or large group - for 2, 6, 20 or 75 people. This is the cookbook by Ferran Adria everyone has been waiting for, it is sure to be one of the most talked about and popular cookbooks of the season.
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'Deliciously hearty, the recipes in The Family Meal have nothing to do with the avant-garde for which elBulli is known, and the amply illustrated book explains them in an accessible, storyboard form.' Financial Times Weekend Magazine; 'Generously illustrated with hundreds of new, specially commissioned photographs, The Family Meal is the book by Ferran Adria everyone has been waiting for!' Hot Brands, Cool Places; 'This book will show even the most harried and clueless of cooks how to prepare a simple dinner at home - and, as an unexpected bonus, it will also be a meal that will forever impress guests.' Vogue.com; 'Wonderful... good straightforward cooking.' The New York Times Magazine; 'I've never been so excited about such a simple dish (Noodle Soup with Mussels): cooking and eating it crystalized what is unique and wonderful about Mr. Adria's book... I learned an enormous amount about cooking from a master of the trade.' Katy McLaughlin, The Wall Street Journal; 'A gem of a cookbook packed with fantastic recipes and tips from a master - the closest most readers will come to eating with him.' Kirkus Reviews; 'Phaidon continues to push the boundaries of cookbook design, and this book employs hundreds of photos and reads like a graphic novel or a collection of the world's most delicious infographics.' Publishers Weekly; 'Simple, delicious recipes meant for the daily table.'People; 'Add this one to your kitchen library ASAP.' Splendora.com; 'Accessible and interesting...elevating the step-by-step cookbook to a thing of beauty' Salon.com; 'Working families - if you add up the costs of frozen dinners and last minute take-out, you'll probably end up healthier and wealthier by submitting to [The Family Meal].' bigthink.com
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Ferran Adria is recognized as the most influential chef in the world. His legendary talent, creativity and gastronomic innovations have inspired chefs and food-lovers around the world for many years, at the helm of the iconic restaurant El Bulli in Spain. He is also the author of A Day at El Bulli.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
By Elena
Format:Hardcover
I received this book a couple of days ago and was curious to open my parcel and go through the recipes.
The this that has surprised me most of all, and what I was not expecting at all, is a step-by-step recipes, in photos! That is definitely not the way I was expecting a "chef's" cookbook to be. I was prepared for huge glossy pictures and minimum of explanations. The kind of book you keep on your bookshelf for inspiration,not for cooking. This on will definitely spend some hours in the kitchen with me.
All the recipes are already grouped in meals, with a time planning on what to cook first to be on time for the dinner, a Sunday dinner, as I don't have 2-3 hours for cooking every day.
And the "cherry on the pie", there are ingredients given for 2 and 6-8 people. No need to re-calculate your ingredients for a dinner for two, or a family meal.
It is a book to keep in the kitchen, definitely!
The this that has surprised me most of all, and what I was not expecting at all, is a step-by-step recipes, in photos! That is definitely not the way I was expecting a "chef's" cookbook to be. I was prepared for huge glossy pictures and minimum of explanations. The kind of book you keep on your bookshelf for inspiration,not for cooking. This on will definitely spend some hours in the kitchen with me.
All the recipes are already grouped in meals, with a time planning on what to cook first to be on time for the dinner, a Sunday dinner, as I don't have 2-3 hours for cooking every day.
And the "cherry on the pie", there are ingredients given for 2 and 6-8 people. No need to re-calculate your ingredients for a dinner for two, or a family meal.
It is a book to keep in the kitchen, definitely!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Scribbler
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Fantastically simple, Ferran's recipes are broken down into easy stages leading to the creation of wholesome, sublime meals.
The book is a great tool for anyone wanting to experiment: use them as a confident baseline for your own culinary adventures.
The book is a great tool for anyone wanting to experiment: use them as a confident baseline for your own culinary adventures.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Gummybear
Format:Hardcover
Good book with easy to follow step by step recipes.
Have tried several and all have been really good and have come out as described in the book
Have tried several and all have been really good and have come out as described in the book
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Super book.
This book shows you what you can cook at home. Simple every day dishes. It shows technique what amateurs usually don't have.
Published 27 days ago by Zoran Nikolic
2.0 out of 5 stars
A big let down
I was very eager to see Ferran Adrià's take on home cooking, but sadly The Family Meal was way below expectations. Read more
Published 3 months ago by mikebagel
5.0 out of 5 stars
Incredible
the most informative & useful recipe book I've ever seen or used. A recipe book written by the worlds greatest chef for ordinary people to use.
Published 4 months ago by Wessel Maree
5.0 out of 5 stars
a must
if you are interested in food and cooking, not pot watching and pan stroking, then you will really appreciate this book, not to mention the food
Published 4 months ago by amb-hamlyn
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant
It is one of the best kitchen books I have seen for home cooking.
There are not weird Bulli dishes here. As the title says, it is a Family cooking book. Read more
There are not weird Bulli dishes here. As the title says, it is a Family cooking book. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. F. Punzano Navrro
1.0 out of 5 stars
a crude paint by numbers recipe book with boring cliched recipes
My bad: I'd hoped for something resembling the excellence of El Bulli. this is just cheap trash. so bad I actually returned it. Not at all for the serious cook
Published 4 months ago by morwenna
5.0 out of 5 stars
How a cookbook should be written
This book has it all
It is well structured
There are step by step pictures of the recipes as you make them so that you can check you are progressing well with the... Read more
It is well structured
There are step by step pictures of the recipes as you make them so that you can check you are progressing well with the... Read more
Published 7 months ago by C. L. Thomas
5.0 out of 5 stars
What's not to love?
A very comprehensive cookery book. It starts with the basic "what you need" in the kitchen, store cupboard and fridge. Read more
Published 8 months ago by PJ Online
5.0 out of 5 stars
Most useful cookbook
Ferran Adria's Family Meal is a truly great and very useful cookbook. It presents simple recipes prepared for the staff at the once world's best restaurant, El Bulli. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Veikko Valli
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very useful for begginers
I bought this book in Amazon even when I knew that the content would be pretty basic for us. We have dozens of cook books, and definitely it is not a book for chefs, not even for... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Nefastofeles
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