The Return of the Naked Chef - Jamie Oliver

...that Jamie Oliver has changed the way cooking is viewed nowadays. He has made cooking more accessible and has brought into the public eye the benefits of healthy eating and using fresh produce. His 'Return of the Naked Chef' is my favourite cook book, so I thought I'd share its delights with you. This book was published in 2000 to accompany Jamie's second TV series, so it is a bit old now but definitely worth adding to your kitchen shelf, due to ...
...Jamie was originally named the 'Naked Chef' due to his beliefs in cooking - using the bare essentials in your cupboard and stripping down restaurant methods to the reality of home. He takes the recipes from his restaurants and then re-works them so that the likes of me can recreate them! The cook book is 285 pages long and features over 140 recipes split into 14 sections which I'll run through below in a minute. The pages are also quite glossy - ...

helenmayclark 25.05.2005 · Read full review
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...has already been tipped as the new Delia Smith, only this guy has a heck of a lot more style. He isnt one of these frilly kinds of chefs! He enjoys cooking and presenting good food, and you dont have to have a degree in cookery to follow his recipes, just a bit of time and patience, oh and the ingredients of course! The thing I really like about this book, is that the recipes are not too difficult, and you dont have to go out and find some wierd ...
...an introduction about this book, the recipes are spread into different sections which are: 1. breakfasts 2. tapas,munchies and snacks 3. simple salads and dressings 4. soups and broths 5. pasta and risotto 6. fish and shellfish 7. meat poultry and game 8. vegetables 9. bread 10. desserts 11. bevvies 12. stocks sauces, bits and bobs There are a wide range of different meals etc to try ranging from normal everday foods for families, to ...

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The great thing about Jamie Oliver is his sheer enthusiasm for preparing food for friends. It's easy to mock his laddish catchphrases on TV, but what counts is that his love of cooking is genuine, and that's what carries us along with him. He doesn't just give recipes, he explains what's so good about each recipe. He describes the ingredients, why they're used, how to prepare them etc, and with the excellent photographs in the book, it's always clear ...
...honestly say that J.O. is the first chef in a long while to have a dramatic effect on my own cooking habits: he always gives a feel for which ingredients have to be accurately measured, and which can be adjusted up or down (or indeed replaced by another ingredient altogether!) to suit your personal tastes. I must also thank him for re-enthusing me for the noble art of breadmaking - his love of pummelling dough was infectious! Finally, as a vegetarian, ...

pvincent 17.06.2001 · Read full review
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...different to a lot of the TV chefs these days, where they go for the perfect finish he tends to concentrate on the finish and the look of the dish whereas he is more interested in the freshness of the ingredients and the taste. I have had this book for years but it has not been until recently that I have been using it. At first glance it seemed too fancy and weird. Not that any of the foods were difficult to find but it was different to the normal ...
...and having watched some of the programmes on Saturday Kitchen I see some of the recipes and I look in my book and there they are. Then you read it and look at it and then realise that it is not all that difficult at all. I have recently been trying out the bread recipe and was stunned when it worked. One thing he doesn't say in the book is that you can leave the dough to prove over night in a cooler environment and that will make it more fluffy. ...

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..."nice boy", a couple of the girls at work thought that he was "a bit of alright" and I wanted to see if he could provide me with some inspiration in the kitchen. And I was nicely surprised. I mean, not only did the book have some great visuals (colours and styling is far removed from fuddy duddy Delia), but there were actually some useful tips on how to be a smart chef. The book has a really great section of all the ingredients you need to stock ...
...cooking up some grub as the Man himself. It's not a bad price either, and it's well designed and contempory enough for men and women to have it in the kitchen, as a statement that they take good food seriously. Shame he's sold his soul to Sainsbury! ...

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...is a genius, only in the cooking sence. He's not know as being too bright, but who cares. As long as he produces brill recipes I will keep buying his books. I have all four and use them regulary. He named hiself and the series the naked shef because he is going back to basics with his recipes. No poncing about. Proper food for propper people. The ingredients he uses are widely available and things that we have all heard of. I have never had any ...
...are also easy to find. The book is split into 17 chapters: Introduction Make life easy Potty about herbs Morning glory Tapas, munchies and snacks Simple salada and dressings Soups and boths Pasta and risoto Fish and shell fish Meat and poultry Vegetables Bread Desserts Bevvies Stocks, sauces, bits, bobs, this, that and the other Index Thanks, nice one, shout going out, cheers, respect The introduction tells us a little about what ...

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...has full-page colour pictures of the dishes which make you just want to try them out. The thing i found most helpful about this book was he tells you how to grow herbs, dry your herbs and it has a good selection of marinades and dressings you can make and use at any time. I also found his pasta making recipe and risotto recipe very effective. It feature very simple dishes such as pan-cooked english breakfasts, fish pie and party cake. It also gives ...
...beans" or " spaghetti with anchovies,dried chilli and pangritata". I have tried both of these dishes and lots more from the book. All i have tried have been delicious and most have been easy to create. I think this book is perfect for impressing quests at dinner parties. ...

jomarley2 14.02.2007 · Read full review
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...and family can attest. The kind of person who'll open a recipe book and think "Oh, that looks interesting. I think I'll try that.", and usually on occasions when I have guests over, generally for the first time. To find a recipe book that doesn't yield any negative results, comments, or feedback is somewhat unheard of, so the very fact that each recipe I personally have tried from this book has been met with "This food is amazing!" and "Please can't ...
...have sampled my attempts. The only big negative I have, is that I cannot open to the contents page and go straight to the section I'm interested in. I'm forced to pretty much go through each page. Rather a clever ploy on his part, admittedly, as I have found recipes I wouldn't have thought of otherwise. ...

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...your shelves and mixing together the wildest ingredients? And in the end you´ll end up with a superb menue every mother in law would be pleased. This is my impression of Jamie Olivier. Of course he uses only the best ingredients like extra virgin olive,olive or sunflower oil or dijon mustards and tree different versions of sugar and salt. But the combination of things is what makes his recipies extraordinary and exciting. Never realized all ...
...Best in it is the combination of sweet, salty and sour or of meat/vegetable with fruit or sweet ingredients. And I like the way he´s chopping up things: since being a student I always cut my herbs with scisors and thought I was strange....he even only rips them apart without thinking of a noble herb knife... all in all: a really good book for experimental cooking with the 99% gurarantee that it will taste fabulous, and the 1% is the strange thing ...

girlinlove 26.04.2004 · Read full review
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...cooking is simple - leave the fancy cooking at work and enjoy cooking at home. What this book really points out is that quality restaurant style food does not need to be complicated to prepare and does not need a wealth of ingredients. The only fault I can pick with the book is that there are not pictures for every recipe, for me this gives me nothing to work towards in my minds eye. Otherwise its great. The recipies are original and diverse and ...
...pasta machine is one of my favourite kitchen gadgets and its all thanks to Jamie. I bought this book as an inexperienced cook and fould it of little use to start with. A my skills and knowledge have grown I have come back to this book time and time again and now I believe it to be amoungst his best. This book has some excellent dinner party dishes and I would recommnd it to anyone. ...

steve_swinburne 17.10.2006 · Read full review
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...that doesn't have me flicking the pages looking for lists of ingredients less than 30!! I have always been put off trying a recipe of the ingredients looks just too complex but with Jamie Oliver most of the recipes, if not all, are pretty easy to make. Plus, the ingredients are not listed down the entire page! This must be the first book where I have tried recipes and have success each and every time - first time! The recipes are, first of all, ...
...easy to make. The pictures look awesome and you find yourself thinking I couldn't possibly do that. But I did so you could too. I am one of these cooks who throws things in the pot and doesn't follow recipes very well but I found his recipes easy to follow - a big plus in my book. Lovely food - easy to make - good buy! Well done Jamie Recipes I have SUCCESSFULLY tried!! Salad of boiled potatoes, avodaco and cress Fragrant Thai Broth Farfelle ...

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