Jamie's Ministry of Food: Anyone Can Learn to Cook in 24 Hours - Jamie Oliver

I really enjoyed this book, I never saw the TV series, but the idea of one of the best chef's in the country creating a book to help anyone cook using normal ingredients rather than some of the more expensive ones really appealed to me, so I bought the book, at the time I got it for £8 in Tesco's. It actually retails for £25 but you can generally buy it for £12.50 in most high street retailers. The idea of the book is that Jamie was disillusioned ...
...to empower the nation to be able to cook filling healthy meals for the whole family, to tackle obesity and the unhealthy lifestyles we face. He wants everybody to pass on a recipe to a friend or family member and therefore develop a network where everyone in the country can cook at least one or two meals really well. Published very recently the book is inspired by the original Ministry of Food which ran during the war, providing families with help ...

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...My fella bought me Jamie's Ministry of Food because I, quite famously, can't cook. I'll give anything a go if I have a recipe in front of me, but I think I'm lacking technique or something because all my efforts never quite look (or taste) like the book tells me it should. Except cakes. For some reason I'm a dab hand with cakes. Go figure.... Anyway, this food bible has been siting our bookshelf for about 6 months and I thought I'd better open it ...
...cook something other than Victoria Sponge in 24 hours. I must admit to being somewhat sceptical - how can someone so obviously competant as Jamie Oliver write intructions for someone so culinary-challenged as myself? Here's how.... There is a contents page. This is your quick guide to where everything is and it means you can skip straight to the cooking bit without reading the introduction or 'essentials' section. Although from experience, it pays ...

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...huge surprise to many of Jamie's loyal followers that BOTH gas and electricity were available in the poor North - I'm sure they were expecting coal fires, mines and tripe for tea.....NB I am from the North myself and live in the South so please don't get all 'regional' on me........I am not being regionalist! The book opens with a dedication to Marguerite Paton, one of the original Ministry of Food* girls and known to the older ones as amongst as ...
...up' your soup (you see, Jamie's down with kids, in the groove, talking the talk etc). Of course, it wouldn't be complete with the Homely Mince chapter - recipes burgers, meatballs, minced beef Wellington (hmm sort of a mince pie really), lasagna, mince pie (again) and also, of course, Chilli Con Carne. A real seventies sort of chapter. Another chapter is devoted to stews - well, in fact one page covers stews - a basic stew recipe and then a choice ...

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Jamie's Dinners was first published in 2004 and, as with most of Jamie's books, it was accompanied by a complimentary BBC series which focussed on a slection of recipes from the book, delivered in Jamie's characteristic fashion. It is squarely aimed at the average family and aims to provide unfussy meals which can be recreated at home without any hassle, special techniques or hard-to-find ingredients. The book is logically divided into 11 main chapters ...
...imagine - unpretentiously and with Jamie's usual charm. Directions are simple and straightforward and even a novice like me had fun preparing the recipes. A large format book, Jamie's Dinners, The Essential Family Cookbook is currently available through Amazon for £18.99 in hardback or £8.61 for the softback version which I own and which feels like it will last. For anyone who would like to improve their diet by cooking simple(ish) meals at home, ...

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...start of the book has Jamie's speel with hopes of getting you to teach a recipe to someone (pledge) and the usual pictures and info about kitchen equipment to use. Then it moves onto the various chapters which covers just about every range of needs from 'twenty minute meals', 'quick pasta', 'easy curries', 'family roasts', 'sweet things' etc. Each chapter has many recipes, each with details of ingredients, step by step instructions as well as Jamies ...
...double page spread, the information on the right, lots of pictures showing each stage on the left. ***MY GOOD POINTS The has the nice touch of mini blogs from people around the UK who have learnt to cook with Jamie; their history of cooking, careers and comments. The book is in hard back quality and despite a few splashes of grease going on the pages, the quality of paper has keep this book looking its best. The book is really easy to follow and ...

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Review of Jamie's Ministry of Food: Anyone Can Learn to Cook in 24 Hours - Jamie Oliver

...are taught some simple recipes. Jamie's vision is that if he teaches some people recipes and they teach two people and they teach two people and so on then everyone would learn to cook. It is a good idea although I am not sure will work. Anyway the book is a hard covered book, which is fairly large although not too heavy so can be easily carried around. The front cover shows Jamie sat with a plate in front of him. At the top is the title of the book ...
...The introduction talks about Jamie's plan, which is the pass it on plan. He also talks about how The Ministry of Food was so important during the war and should be reinstated. There is even a page where you can sign a pledge to say you will pass the recipes on. He also states where you can sign up online. The essentials section lists the different type of kitchen equipment that you are going to need. There is quite a lot on this list but most people ...

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...in some of the recipes, Jamie's instructions suggest that while your pan is heating - you should be chopping up this or that at this point. It makes a really good use of your cooking time. It also includes different pictures of the preparation stages which show that you are on the right lines. The recipes in this book cover a variety of different tastes and include pasta dishes, curries, salads, soups, mince, stews, roasts and fish. There is also ...
...and different types of vegetables. Jamie also suggests alternative ingredients to try in dishes to change it so it's slightly more towards your own tastes. There are also handy lists of what utensils a kitchen should have for cooking good meals and what essential ingredients and frozen stuff all budding chefs require. This book would be really a good buy for someone who has no confidence in their own cooking ability. Previously I would have been ...

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...trying different reciepes I found Jamie's Ministry of Food- Anyone can learn to cook in 24 hours. I have never watched any of Jamie Oliver's TV series and apparently the book is based on a trip "Up-North" where Jamie Oliver teaches people how to cook??? Correct me if I'm wrong here. So the book itself....... --CONTENT-- Well there's some strange bit in the introduction about Jamie wanting you to pass on a reciepe when you've tried it out. Well ...
...is all about and what Jamie's plan is. The final page of the introduction there is a "pass it on pledge" where for some reason they want you to de-face your book by signing it to say you will pass a reciepe on. Well let's face it how many people are going to scribble in a book??? According to Jamie there are approximately 30 items that are deemed essential for your kitchen kit but when you read throught these things they do seem pretty reasonable. ...

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I received this as a Christmas Present. Unlike other cook books I have this one has a good range of recipes and good directions on how to make them, including some that have step by step pictures. So its probably not a great book if you know quite a bit about cooking, but I have found that even if I'm not following the actual recipe I can refer to it for a helping hand. The recipes them self vary in difficulty and I think its a perfect book for someone ...
...the basics and would like to try something new. It doesn't have very fiddly, delicate recipes. I personally found this an advantage. I don't particularly like spending a huge amount of time on cooking. I can see it being a book that I will keep with me forever and adapt the recipes to suit my own tastes etc. ...

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It's funny how someone can change in your opinion. I remember really disliking Jamie Oliver, then he made the 'Jamie's School Dinners' program and now his 'Ministry of Food' I enjoyed the TV series and decided as I don't own a single recipe book I would buy this. It covers all the recipes in his show, plus around a hundred more. I would say if you have no idea on how to cook, this book will definitely help you. He doesn't explain everything in fine ...
...beginning of the book Jamie lists all the utensils which you should have in your kitchen, very useful if you, like me, had next to nothing. The breakfast section is the most basic covering how to cook eggs, there is also a great salad section. I would recommend this book for anyone wanting to start cooking. ...

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I had this as a christmas present and i have used it more than any other present. It is fantastic. I saw the programme on tv and thought the idea was great but wasnt sure if i would be bothered but i can honestly say i love cooking from this book. A huge variety of simple easy to follow recipes. It has something to cook for every occasion but more importantly for me it has simple recipes in there for every day eating. I have also used food for convenience ...

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I love this recipe book. It has everything you need to gain new skills or start cooking for the first time. It has basics such as boiling an egg and building a salad, family favourites, good old fashioned home cooking and a full blown roast dinner. I am a fairly experienced cook and it has enable me to widen my knowledge and add new skills to my kitchen. I believe that it could teach you to cook in 24 hours. The recipes are written simply and helpfully ...

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