Cook with Jamie: My Guide to Making You a Better Cook

Cook with Jamie: My Guide to Making You a Better Cook
by Jamie Oliver

Cook with Jamie: My Guide to Making You a Better Cook
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Author: Jamie Oliver
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-02
ISBN: 1401322336
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Hyperion

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Book Review: Young bachelors who cook will love this
Summary: 5 Stars

I actually bought this for my brother a few years ago as he was looking to get into cooking for himself. After he used it for sometime I was over and browsed through it more myself. As a young bachelor it's probably the best cookbook I've leafed through so I bought it myself. Excellent recipes, great advice on how to choose cuts of meat, and a light but comprehensive overview on cooking methods, equipment and everything in general. It's all geared at the very natural in foods and combining great tastes. Few if any recipes contain anything that is processed as an ingredient. Most everything has a sub-recipe for the sauce/condiment/base.

Pros: If you're not necessarily looking for recipes that are "family" orientated or "In Under 20 Minutes" you'll seriously enjoy this cookbook. All the recipes do work well for families of course, but you're not going to get 30 pages of how to make different Rice Krispie treats. Great pictures of the final dishes for nearly every recipe. "Jools' Favorite Saturday Afternoon Pasta" may be one of my favorite new dishes and has been an absolute hit for everyone that has tried it.

Cons: A few of the ingredients can be hard to come by if you're not near a farmer's market or a well-supplied grocery store. Similarly, some of the advice relies on obtaining the ingredients from their nearest harvested state. I live in the Midwest, not too many fish mongers around here... Lastly, he seems to enjoy wrapping things in bacon quite often as well, and while this isn't necessarily a con, understand a solid 5% of the entree-type recipes are bacon wrapped or somehow involved with bacon.

Still 5/5 for the best cookbook a single guy can own.

Summary of Cook with Jamie: My Guide to Making You a Better Cook

My guide to making you a better cook.

I can't tell you how long I've dreamed about writing this book. It's the biggest book I've ever done, and I've really tried to make it a timeless, modern-day classic. Whether you're a student, a young couple, an established cook, or a novice, I'll take you through a whole load of simple and accessible recipes that will blow the socks off your family and any guests you might have round for dinner. There's information on the equipment that I think you should have in your kitchen, advice on how to recognize and cook loads of different cuts of meat, as well as on how to get the best value and quality when you're out shopping. With all of us consuming more processed food than ever, it's a sad fact that most people just aren't confident enough to cook anymore. With this in mind, now is the time for you to get stuck in and reclaim your fantastic cooking heritage!

You know what . . . if you're going to eat three times a day for the rest of your life, you might as well learn to cook properly and enjoy it! So roll up your sleeves and let me help you.

P.S.: By the way, you should feel good about buying this book because every single penny I make from it will go toward training and inspiring young kids from tough backgrounds all over the world to have a career in food through the Fifteen Foundation. So on behalf of them, thank you.

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