Comments on: Nigella Christmas

By: November round-up – A cooking blog - Kitchenist

November round-up – A cooking blog - Kitchenist — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:54:41 +0000

[...] through the month, I reviewed Nigella Christmas to get us all in the festive mood. Not my favourite Nigella Lawson book, but a good effort, and [...]

By: Last One: Pumpkin Spice Scones – A cooking blog - Kitchenist

Last One: Pumpkin Spice Scones – A cooking blog - Kitchenist — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:50:44 +0000

[...] purée! I’ve been using it in so many ways: a pumpkin and goat’s cheese lasagne from Nigella’s Christmas book, in some festive whoopie pies, even as a light-but creamy pasta sauce with sage, nutmeg and [...]

By: It’s Starting: Holiday Oatmeal Cookies – A cooking blog - Kitchenist

It’s Starting: Holiday Oatmeal Cookies – A cooking blog - Kitchenist — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:23:12 +0000

[...] to be bombarded with Christmas recipes yet. But through a (misguided) desire to review my copy of Nigella Christmas on Kitchlit, I accidentally opened the floodgates. Because reviewing means recipe-testing, and [...]

By: Hilary

Hilary — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:09:21 +0000

I’m puzzled as to where I’ve been for the past year… I can’t recall ever seeing this book before. When we talked about ‘the Nigella Xmas book’ the other day I think I was thinking of Feast…

I agree the whole thing seems a little like overkill. Delia’s got a Xmas book out this year though, so maybe this is the new celeb chef trend.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:06:25 +0000

My bf’s mum was given this book for Christmas last year by one of her sisters. Of course, I took a quick read of it and I thought it looked fantastic. I’m not the biggest Christmas person and I’ve never cooked a Christmas dinner either so if/ when I cook one, I think I’ll be calling on Nigella for some help.

What struck me the most was that she offered four alternatives to the turkey dinner as I absolutely hate turkey.