Advantages: 140 summer recipes. Disadvantages: Too many contain lime juice!
...round about Easter time, when Delia Smith’s “Summer Collection” comes down from the top shelf. It’s when the weather’s just starting to feel a little warmer and we’re tiring of roastie veg and warming casseroles. We want something that’s a little lighter and brings some sunshine into the dining room.
One of the first of the summer dishes that we have each year is inevitably the Piedmont roasted peppers – ... ...chefs and then reproduced by Delia Smith.
Delia, you see, is not a chef and isn’t trained as such, which might explain why she sometimes appears rather wooden when you see her on television in “her” kitchen. (It isn’t, actually – the kitchen you see is her conservatory which is converted to a kitchen for the television cameras, and then re-converted afterwards. Her own kitchen is a very much less-grand affair.) She ...
SueMagee 26.08.2001
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Advantages: glossy with nice pictures Disadvantages: doesnt grab the imagination
I am a long time collecter of cookery books and i have to say this is not one of my favourites, mainly i think because it doesn't really offer anything different from any other book on the market. It has the usual catagories/chapters that you find in books such as this; starters,salads,fish vegetables,BBQ, vegetarian, meat and desserts. The recipes sound very nice and are beautifully photographed. There are even some very nice photographs of the ... ...put my finger on this book failed to grab my attention.
Anyway, on to a more subjective review! As i mentioned before the photography of how the dishes are supposed to look are very nice and do tempt you to try making the dishes. The ingredients are clearly set out along with what equiptment, baking tins etc, you will need to actually cook the item. The instructions in the recipes are clear and easy to follow and for my family ( i am the only veggie ...
chicane 20.08.2001
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