Cook, Eat, Repeat: Ingredients, Recipes and Stories

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Nigella debunks the latter by helping us celebrate what we have and challenging us to explore what we may not like or take for granted. No quote sums it up better, IMO, than that from The Times:📝 'Twenty-two years after her first book, How To Eat, Nigella Lawson has produced what feels like its answer: Cook, Eat, Repeat. I have yet to cook much from this book, but it deserves a five-star rating as a collection of essays in any case. No, it’s not your regular recipe/cookery book of recipe, photo, recipe , photo repeat which has a place and we all enjoy them. This is dense, essay-style food writing although it’s clear enough when it comes to the fundamentals (measurements, timings, ingredients, etc).

Cook, Eat, Repeat' obsahuje okrem lákavým receptov aj krásne eseje o jedle a ingredienciách, ktoré sú napísané svižným, ba priam elegantným jazykom (či dokonca niektoré pasáže majú nádych poetickosti). She has had two series of 'Nigella Bites' in 1999-2001, plus a 2001 Christmas special, and 'Forever Summer with Nigella' in 2002, both of which yielded accompanying recipe books. I think that Nigella has probably always liked sharp, spicy flavours, but the past year of eating - when she has been mostly living alone, (like many of us), and free to cater to her own whims - has seemingly left its mark. Dedicated chapters include 'A is for Anchovy' (a celebration of the bacon of the sea), 'Rhubarb', 'A Loving Defence of Brown Food', a suitably expansive chapter devoted to family dinners, plus inspiration for vegan feasts, solo suppers and new ideas for Christmas. A whole big bunch of rich and yummy comfort foods - Lawson takes real pleasure in describing her recipes and just going elbows-deep into cooking, without a fret or a care.I have her encyclopaedia of food and from that I learned that the dried up anchovy generally used in this country are very different to the carefully prepared and more expensive delicacy favoured by chefs. Cook, Eat, Repeat is a delicious and delightful combination of recipes intertwined with narrative essays about food, all written in Nigella Lawson’s engaging and insightful prose. I always enjoy the way she effusively sings the praises of food she loves so had a lovely time reading through what are essentially essays in between the recipes. There are far fewer British classics here, although you will find some - particularly in the chapter on ‘A Loving Defence of Brown Food’ (one of my favourites).

Following through the book, I loved the pleasures section which included yummy indulgences and recipes for simple breads. There is plenty of culture and inheritance in this book, but it is also notable for its highly flavoured and culturally diverse ingredients. Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's daily session limit. It is exquisitely written with the language and turn of phrase that Nigella is known for -which all again enhances the prose for the reader. Vo food writingu sa totiž stále nájdu nové a nové spôsoby spôsoby, ako opísať podstatu varenia, jedla a jedenia.

I wish I had her patience in the kitchen to make the most of every drop, of every ingredient, of every dish.