Cook Simple: Effortless Cooking Every Day - Hardcover

Henry, Diana

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845330757 ISBN 13: 9781845330750

Publisher: Mitchell Beazley, 2007

Synopsis

Diana dedicates a chapter to each of 12 everyday ingredient groups: chicken; chops; sausages; leg of lamb; fish; leaves; summer veg; winter veg; pasta; summer fruit; winter fruit; and flour and eggs. There are more than 120 recipes, from a wide variety of countries, and each takes only minutes to prepare. Spice rubs, marinades, and flavoured butters feature heavily in the book's many roasts and bakes, but there are lots of other ideas for quick cooking, too.

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Review

Diana Henry's Cook Simple is subtitled Effortless Cooking Every Day, and for some of us, the latter concept may be a little hopeful (if, that is, cooking is not one of our natural abilities). But it has to be said that Diana Henry has the ability to lead us by the hand through basic -- and more advanced -- cookery to produce results that might even be as satisfying as the recipes displayed here. The secret is transforming everyday ingredients into something more special -- with a minimum of effort. Often, when such claims are made, a little stretching of the truth is necessary -- but that's definitely not the case here. Diana Henry begins with just the basic things you’ll find in most cupboards -- from tuna steak, to vegetables and sausages -- and make of them something surprisingly ambitious. If this weren't enough, we are even promised free time to do other things during the cooking process -- who could ask for more? There are over 150 recipes here (gleaned by the author on her world travels), and if you’re tempted by Hot and Sweet Roast Mediterranean Vegetables with Tahini Dressing -- or Baked Lime and Passion Fruit Pudding -- the wherewithal to prepare them with a minimum of fuss can be found in these pages. The photography (by Jonathan Lovekin) matches the appeal of the food, and if you can look at the latter’s shot of Penne with Roasted Onions, Gorgonzola and Walnuts without instantly wanting to (a) cook it, and (b) consume it, then you're made of stern stuff. There are also useful side notes for preparing other items similar to those presented in the main menus. --Barry Forshaw

Review

"Superbly illustrated, the design of the book is clear and uncluttered" The Good Book Guide (Review for Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons)

Edition details

• Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1845330757
• ISBN 13: 9781845330750
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192