My mother is a huge Nigel Slater fan. So much so, that if I don’t give this book a glowing review and top marks, I’m bound to hear about it. In Mum’s kitchen, Nigel’s Word is The Gospel, and woe betide anyone who disagrees with Him. (This includes my father, who’s more of a Mark fan.) So when I mentioned a recipe I’d made from The 30-Minute Cook, I was surprised by her reaction. “What?” she practically shrieked, “I haven’t seen that book, are you sure you have the name right?” Not to worry though- she ran out and bought it before the week was up. Read more…
Archive for July 2009
Jamie’s Italy
By Jamie Oliver, published by Penguin, 2005
I worry sometimes that I’m becoming a bit of a Jamie Oliver fanatic. I buy his books, read his magazine, watch his TV shows and even follow him on Twitter. Believe me, I didn’t plan any of this (I’ve always been more of a Nigella girl, myself), but it seems to have happened just the same.
Not only am I apparently obsessed with Jamie, but I’m obsessed with Italian food. It’s a cliché, I know, but what a delicious one. I should have been born Italian- I’m convinced that it was only a cruel twist of fate that made me Canadian instead. Read more…
