Nigella is now not only the best and most glamorous young home cook in Britain and a ... more
great cookery writer she's also become a household name. Her first short series on Channel 4 had over 2 million viewers and propelled her from success into stardom. How to Eat sold spectacularly on the back of the first unheralded 5-part series. Nigella Bites is a must-have for every viewer and all her fans. Some recipes are based on her popular Vogue columns others are new and different and all are characteristic of Nigella and the ethos of the TV series - uncomplicated original fresh and perfect for the way we live today. They're easy to produce after a busy day at the office fun to linger over at weekends or to make with the kids delectable to read about dreamy to look at and delicious to eat. They include Late Breakfasts Party Food TV Dinners Trailer Trash Big Lunches Indoor Picnics and other delights. Nigella wants her readers and her viewers to enjoy eating and cooking. With her how could anyone resist!
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A collection of uncomplicated, fresh recipes that are easy to make after a busy day at the ... more
office, fun to linger over at weekends or to make with the kids, dreamy to look at and delicious to eat. Recipes include late breakfasts, party food, TV dinners, trailer trash and indoor picnics.
Her devotees will be relieved to learn that, in Nigella Bites, the goddess returns among ... more
us, her attributes unmodified: the cashmere twinsets, the hair, the postmodern penchant for trailer trash, the eerily intense gaze, the Kim Novak eyebrows, all are present in this lavishly illustrated accompaniment to the TV series. To these may now be added the Playboy-bunny T-shirt and the lilac pashmina worn recklessly and negligently at the barbecue. So much for the essentials, now what about the food?The Nigella formula of fashion-flouting comfort food with knobs on is now pretty firmly established, so it will come as no surprise to find here American Pancakes with Wafer-Bacon and Maple Syrup, Chicken Soup with Kniedlach, Italian Sausages with Lentils, Whitebait or Chocolate Fudge Cake; yet there is room too for more sophisticated fare such as Thai Yellow Pumpkin and Seafood Curry, Bitter Orange Ice-Cream and Bagna Cauda. The chapter titles give as good an indication of the approach as one might want: they include All-Day Breakfast, Comfort Food, TV Dinners, Rainy Day and Trashy. Trashy (and one feels this chapter will in many ways give the most pleasure) offers a modified version of the now-notorious Ham in Coca-Cola from How to Eat, deep-fried Bounty bars in batter and the calorifically devastating Elvis Presley's Fried Peanut-Butter and Banana Sandwich. This exemplifies the Lawson approach, teasing but serious, liberating too. It would be fair to say that there is probably nothing in this luscious and clever book that you wouldn't find a pleasure to cook and eat at home. --Robin Davidson
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Her devotees will be relieved to learn that, in Nigella Bites, the goddess returns among ... more
us, her attributes unmodified: the cashmere twinsets, the hair, the postmodern penchant for trailer trash, the eerily intense gaze, the Kim Novak eyebrows, all are present in this lavishly illustrated accompaniment to the TV series. To these may now be added the Playboy-bunny T-shirt and the lilac pashmina worn recklessly and negligently at the barbecue. So much for the essentials, now what about the food?The Nigella formula of fashion-flouting comfort food with knobs on is now pretty firmly established, so it will come as no surprise to find here American Pancakes with Wafer-Bacon and Maple Syrup, Chicken Soup with Kniedlach, Italian Sausages with Lentils, Whitebait or Chocolate Fudge Cake; yet there is room too for more sophisticated fare such as Thai Yellow Pumpkin and Seafood Curry, Bitter Orange Ice-Cream and Bagna Cauda. The chapter titles give as good an indication of the approach as one might want: they include All-Day Breakfast, Comfort Food, TV Dinners, Rainy Day and Trashy. Trashy (and one feels this chapter will in many ways give the most pleasure) offers a modified version of the now-notorious Ham in Coca-Cola from How to Eat, deep-fried Bounty bars in batter and the calorifically devastating Elvis Presley's Fried Peanut-Butter and Banana Sandwich. This exemplifies the Lawson approach, teasing but serious, liberating too. It would be fair to say that there is probably nothing in this luscious and clever book that you wouldn't find a pleasure to cook and eat at home. --Robin Davidson
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Her devotees will be relieved to learn that, inNigella Bites, the goddess returns among ... more
us, her attributes unmodified: the cashmere twinsets, the hair, the postmodern penchant for trailer trash, the eerily intense gaze, the Kim Novak eyebrows, all are present in this lavishly illustrated accompaniment to the TV series. To these may now be added the Playboy-bunny T-shirt and the lilac pashmina worn recklessly and negligently at the barbecue. So much for the essentials, now what about the food?The Nigella formula of fashion-flouting comfort food with knobs on is now pretty firmly established, so it will come as no surprise to find here American Pancakes with Wafer-Bacon and Maple Syrup, Chicken Soup with Kniedlach, Italian Sausages with Lentils, Whitebait or Chocolate Fudge Cake; yet there is room too for more sophisticated fare such as Thai Yellow Pumpkin and Seafood Curry, Bitter Orange Ice-Cream and Bagna Cauda. The chapter titles give as good an indication of the approach as one might want: they include All-Day Breakfast, Comfort Food, TV Dinners, Rainy Day and Trashy. Trashy (and one feels this chapter will in many ways give the most pleasure) offers a modified version of the now-notorious Ham in Coca-Cola fromHow to Eat, deep-fried Bounty bars in batter and the calorifically devastating Elvis Presley's Fried Peanut-Butter and Banana Sandwich.This exemplifies the Lawson approach, teasing but serious, liberating too. It would be fair to say that there is probably nothing in this luscious and clever book that you wouldn't find a pleasure to cook and eat at home. --Robin Davidson
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Her devotees will be relieved to learn that, inNigella Bites, the goddess returns among ... more
us, her attributes unmodified: the cashmere twinsets, the hair, the postmodern penchant for trailer trash, the eerily intense gaze, the Kim Novak eyebrows, all are present in this lavishly illustrated accompaniment to the TV series. To these may now be added the Playboy-bunny T-shirt and the lilac pashmina worn recklessly and negligently at the barbecue. So much for the essentials, now what about the food?The Nigella formula of fashion-flouting comfort food with knobs on is now pretty firmly established, so it will come as no surprise to find here American Pancakes with Wafer-Bacon and Maple Syrup, Chicken Soup with Kniedlach, Italian Sausages with Lentils, Whitebait or Chocolate Fudge Cake; yet there is room too for more sophisticated fare such as Thai Yellow Pumpkin and Seafood Curry, Bitter Orange Ice-Cream and Bagna Cauda. The chapter titles give as good an indication of the approach as one might want: they include All-Day Breakfast, Comfort Food, TV Dinners, Rainy Day and Trashy. Trashy (and one feels this chapter will in many ways give the most pleasure) offers a modified version of the now-notorious Ham in Coca-Cola fromHow to Eat, deep-fried Bounty bars in batter and the calorifically devastating Elvis Presley's Fried Peanut-Butter and Banana Sandwich.This exemplifies the Lawson approach, teasing but serious, liberating too. It would be fair to say that there is probably nothing in this luscious and clever book that you wouldn't find a pleasure to cook and eat at home. --Robin Davidson
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Nigella Bitesis an indisputably sensual addition to the canon of cookery programmes. After ... more
fearsome Fanny Craddock, dowdy Delia Smith, jolly Jamie Oliver, here is naughty Nigella Lawson. For her, the whole point of cooking is the "pleasure" of food. She espouses uncomplicated recipes for a modern generation constantly on the go and gives short shrift to dietary considerations. Her recipes duly come under such categories as "Comfort Food", "Trashy", "Party Girl" and "TV Dinners". While some might query whether recipes such as pumpkin seafood curry or one whose ingredients involve two types of potato and a Greek cheese really constitute quick, easy and convenient cooking, such qualms soon melt into insignificance.As the parodists were quick to point out, there is something of a sexual sub-text toNigella Bites, as much in the lingering attention on the presenter herself as the unashamed sensuality of its recipes. Watch in rapture as the camera scans up and down Nigella's curvaceous but not too well-nourished figure, zooms in on her luscious lips, follows her into her store cupboard to "see my chocolate stash", or wobbles in sympathetic ecstasy as she applies lashings of cream or expertly spatchcocks a chicken. In short, whether you're an envious female wondering how Nigella manages to juggle a hectic life and still produce such delicious culinary fare, or a couch potato male who can barely boil an egg, chances are you'll find much to delight in here. A companion book is also available.On the DVD:Nigella Biteson disc features numerous extras, including the Christmas special episode, two extra recipes (one for pasta and bean soup, the other an aubergine dish) and, helpfully, full lists of ingredients for each recipe. --David Stubbs
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Advantages: Great comfort reading Disadvantages: Writing is quite large meaning you miss out on more recipes
I purchased this book in 2003 and since then I have used it on a weekly basis, I don't cook from it every day but usually one dish a week is from this book (or an adapted version). The book is Hardback and contains 260 pages, one of my favourite extras in the book are the "notes" pages for you to write down adaptations, timings etc. The book is Currently available for £12.00 on Amazon
Nearly every recipe in this book is a "comfort food" recipe therefore the calorie content is probably going to be high, that said one dish a week can't be that bad for you can it? Don't buy this book expecting masterchef style dishes as thats not what this book is about.
I can often be found reading this book in bed, salivating over the pictures planning the next dish I am going to cook. I do love Nigella's style of writing, every dish is personal ...
Advantages: All the recipes from the television series. Disadvantages: Too many photos, blank pages and other space fillers.
“You will find today’s recipe on page --- of Ceefax”. Not everyone had Ceefax and in time television programmes came to be based on cookery books. Delia Smith’s Cookery Course was originally issued in three volumes and perhaps one or two dishes would be cooked from each section each week.
From then on it was a slippery slope. Cookery programmes were inextricably linked with cookery books and the only way of cooking anything you’d seen on television was to buy the book. Most books supplied a lot more in the way of recipes than you’d seen in the programmes although it was generally the most striking recipes which had been given air time. Wait, though, we have another slope to slide down – the book of the recipes that you saw being cooked on television and that, essentially is “NigellaBites ...
Advantages: Many (if you love good food) Disadvantages: CALORIES, time-consuming, etc. (but worth it!)
And boy! – doesn’t she feed well?!
The sheer fact that I have decided to review a cookbook at this moment in time says something about (the state of) my life, my mental health and my appetite. Within this, it says that I am:
a, often hungry,
b, often (too) tired (to be able to ‘read’ another ‘type’ or ‘genre’ of book),
c, generally too food dependant at the moment.
The additional sheer fact pertaining as to why I decided to review a Nigella Lawson cookbook would also hint that I:
a, have less sense than time to cook this collection of recipes,
b, adore good food,
c, have a rampant sweet as well as savoury tooth.
SO THERE!
Although this is a very lavish and extremely coffee table-esque book to even attempt to review, I have to say one thing in advance; that this book is ...
Nigella presents her own way of creating a perfect meal for any occasion. The programme features options for suppertime, TV Dinners, an all-day breakfast, temple food, party girl, trashy, rainy days and slow cook weekend.
Domestic goddess Nigella Lawson presents recipes and handy tips to cater for any occasion, from quick dinners in front of the TV to parties. As she says herself, "What I'm after is minimum effort for maximum pleasure in both the cooking and the eating."
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