Rachel's Food for Living - Hardcover

Allen, Rachel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 000725931X ISBN 13: 9780007259311

Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

Ever feel rapture over a dessert? Fall in love over a romantic meal? Can you remember the smell of baking in your grandmother's kitchen? Food has the power to conjure up many emotions—it can make us feel happy, energetic, nostalgic, or loved. Cooking and enjoying great food with others is part of how we relish life and this exciting cookbook provides the mouth-watering recipes to do just that. Inspiring and easy-to-achieve suggestions for all kinds of occasions are provided, whether you want to make an indulgent celebratory meal for someone special, create memories with your kids, or make a tasty, sneaky treat! More than 100 new recipes are provided, including lamb stew, Korean beef with avocado rice, Spanish chorizo and chickpea soup, and little mocha kisses.

About this title

About the Author:

Rachel Allen was brought up in Dublin, and at the age of eighteen left to study at the prestigious Ballymaloe Cookery School. Today, she not only teaches at the school, she writes regular features for national publications, presents highly acclaimed television programmes which have been broadcast internationally, and in her spare time authors bestselling cookery books.

From Publishers Weekly:

This collection of 100-plus comfort foods from UK television personality Allen may be a hit in her native country, but probably won't fare as well across the pond. Though she offers conversions for most measurements, American cooks will likely be frustrated with her vague (or absent) descriptions of ingredients like "flat mushroom" (shiitake?) for Mini Mushroom Bruschetta with Rocket, Olives and Parmesan, and Smarties (the British equivalent of M&Ms) in her Polka-Dot Cookies. Still, dishes like a kid-friendly Croque Monsieur, Chicken with Lemon and Honey and Pan-Fried Scallops with Truffle Beurre Blanc are on the mark, as are Baked Eggs with Chorizo, Cream and Cheese and sides like honey roasted parsnips. A lengthy digression on sherries, however, is likely to bore rather than inform, and a page devoted to fresh-squeezed juice is barely worth including. Too hit-or-miss to wholly recommend, entries like mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, brownies and burgers push it into dangerously pedestrian territory. Rounded out with quintessentially British tips (how serve tea and sandwiches, etc.) this will best be appreciated by fans of Allen in particular.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 000725931X
• ISBN 13: 9780007259311
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240