This is a different kind of cookbook. Every recipe has a story, and the voice of it is really engaging and true. (On a whim, I made Nigella's blueberry-cornmeal muffins from pg. 243-4 this weekend, and I got text messages from the fam telling me how spectacular they were. Now that's a good recipe!)
I also like how she never wastes a thing and how she's quite into the experience of cooking at home for the people she loves. Having picked this up at the library this week -- trying to read a book a week is a new goal, so I need a lot of options -- I am so glad I gave it a chance. It seems like a collection of essays, not just recipes. What a wonderful read!
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I have watched her on the cooking channel and love her cooking. This cookbook definitely would be worth buying!
Interesting! Ill have to check it out!
her descriptions are so amusing: lots of 'ness' words:
although she slightly gets on my nerves with her innuendo on screen, the recipes are good:
cakes to die for and baked many times in my house:
I don't much like her on tv but I love her books. Feast is a great one for explanations and stories. When I could still call myself a food blogger (now just a beleaguered student and desperate to get back in the kitchen!) I cooked the entirety of Nigella Express (pre-Julie and Julia, I should like to add!)- a slightly cheaty book with many shortcuts but still with some cracking recipes.
Have been avoiding Nigella Kitchen because I don't have time for it in my life right now. I look forward to the day I do, for myriad reasons :o)
I love Nigella Lawson! Her recipes are easy and comforting. I love how she is not afraid to stand in front of the refrigerator door at midnight eating leftovers :) and that she is not so thin that we wonder if she eats at all.
I have little respect for "size 0" chefs.
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