Cooking for Friends - Hardcover

Ramsay, Gordon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 006143504X ISBN 13: 9780061435041

Publisher: William Morrow & Company, 2009

Synopsis

Title: Cooking for Friends <>Binding: Hardcover <>Author: GordonRamsay <>Publisher: WilliamMorrow&Company

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Review:

"New York Times Top Holiday Cookbooks of 2009"--New York Times

"Detroit News 5 Best Books for Cooks"--Detroit News

From the Author:

As a chef, I work at a thousand miles an hour, but when I'm at home, I want to slow down. I leave my chef's jacket at work, and I walk into a domestic setting, where everything is completely different. At home, our kitchen is family run, and it's a relaxed place. A lot of people see cooking as a chore, but we bring an element of fun into it.

I can't sit at home with my feet up, reading the newspaper. But having said that, I am beginning to learn about being calm. Everyone always imagines that it must be hectic in the Ramsays' kitchen, but it's not. We turn cooking into serious fun. To an extent, everything we do is spontaneous. I don't have rules and regulations at home, but what I do have is a very hands-on family. It's not me standing there, cooking away and everyone watching.

I'm always excited around food. There are so many opportunities to prepare and eat good food in the home if you have the patience and determination. Once you've got good at making amazing fresh pasta, you will want to make ravioli. Once you've mastered the perfect ravioli, you will want to get more intricate with the filling. A domestic kitchen is a far superior place to what it was ten years ago. And we're competitive as a nation. We want to outdo our neighbours. We know and understand the importance of eating well, so mix that with our natural peacock tendency to be the one who hosts the best dinner parties, and you are on the path to a whole new dimension in your life at home.

But don't get overconfident and miss the point when preparing a dinner party. Lighten up, have a glass of wine. Have your guests in the kitchen with you, and instead of showing off to them, involve them. Delegate the starter and the dessert while you tend to the main course. What can be difficult for me when going to dinner parties is when people hang on your every forkful. The food has been prepared in order to be enjoyed. It should be relaxing, not there to take you into a stress zone.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 006143504X
• ISBN 13: 9780061435041
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272