Oh Cook!: The cookbook from James May with simple, easy recipes that any idiot can make.

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I had just so much fun reading it and I learned a few things too 😊 for fans and beginners, I totally recommend it! If, like James May, the sight of the kitchen strikes fear into your very heart and you can't identify a spatula from a fish slice - this is the book for you. his first ever cookbook for 'idiots' He's no celebrity chef – but he sure is beginning to sympathise, as former Top Gear star James May tells Ella Walker on the release of his debut cookbook. But even if you haven’t watched the show and you’re just someone who hasn’t cooked much and wants to get to grips with the basics, this is the perfect place to start.

Lucy Mangan for The Guardian gave the series three out of five stars, saying it was "occasionally charming – and mostly slightly dismal". If, like James May, the sight of the kitchen strikes fear into your very heart and you can’t identify a spatula from a fish slice – this is the book for you. It is a precision-oriented approach that traditionally lends itself well to the kitchen but May appears far more concerned with the gadgets involved than accurately measuring out ingredients.I would like to make a sociological observation about why cooking has become more popular among men. It's very easy to do, get fat and drunk because you're stuck in the house - I tried to avoid doing that," he adds.

He has presented many solo projects on television – ‘Toy Stories’, BBC2’s six-part series with annual updates, ‘James May’s Man Lab’ which ran for three series, ‘James May’s Cars of the People’ and, most recently, ‘Our Man in Japan’. Sloshing back sancerre in Floydian style, May also likes to involve the camera-people as he attempts to learn the art of making a cooking show itself. Before reading the recipes on these pages, or indeed watching my cooking show, you should be aware that I can’t really cook. Clarkson laughs that I’m fastidious but, at 60, I can at last make things that are edible, which is very satisfying.By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. This brings me to the next reason to love this book… The recipes are both “user friendly” and very, very tasty. This may result in small marks to the dustjacket and title page, please also bear in mind that each signature will be a little different from the one we show here. They're telling me how to do it and then they start telling me how to say it and how to present it and I want to go 'look, f*** off, that's the bit I can do'. is the trusty companion for anyone seeking to gain confidence in the kitchen and arm themselves with some tried and tested recipes all created and tweaked by James.