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The Lazy Domestic Goddess!

Advantages: Easy to follow, delicious recipes
Disadvantages: Sometimes assumes you own certain gadgets

I have never been known in my family as a good cook. This is less due to my lack of ability in the kitchen, more my lack of effort. I have never had the patience to mess around with pastry and other such time consuming things - I'd much rather make someth ...

bubblegum_princess 11.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Nigella Express - Nigella Lawson

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From drab to fab in a few short recipes

Advantages: improves confidence, betters your cooking skill, simple and easy recipes to follow
Disadvantages: heavy, awkward size to store

My Opinion It's no secret among my family and friends that I'm the worlds most awful cook. I fail at pretty much everything I try - toast, beans (yes, I even manage to burn beans!) - you name it, I'll find away to destroy it. So, after I prepared a ...

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Nigella Express - Speedy suppers and a celebration of eating

Advantages: lots of good recipes, photographs, written in a friendly style
Disadvantages: none

...am a big fan of Nigella and have collected all her cookery books over the years. I have always admired her un-snobby passion for food. This book, like all the others, is written in a friendly tone, as if Nigella was in the kitchen with us, not bossing ...

moistbabe 22.09.2010 · Read full review
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Nigella Express

Advantages: Easy recipes, uses 'normal' foods
Disadvantages: You're going to have to read a book

This is an excellent book for practically anyone who is wanting to experiment in the kitchen without too much time, effort and expense. It's fab and all recipes can be done in around 6steps, what more could you ask for!! It is definitely the ideal book fo ...

catherinewood 22.10.2007 · Read full review
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We can be domestic godesses too!

Advantages: easy to follow simple recipes
Disadvantages: a couple of odd ingredients

I requested this book for Christmas after having watched the bbc tv series and I'm glad I got it. The book is full of easy to make interesting food. And it is proper food, this is not a book of recipes which you would never make and couldn't feed your k ...

rbirkett78 16.01.2008 · Read full review
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