With witty essays about food and tantalising recipes from her kitchen, Nigella shares her culinary philosophy in this delicious volume.
Food, for me, is a constant pleasure: I like to think greedily about it, reflect deeply on it, learn from it; it provides comfort, inspiration, meaning and beauty, as well as sustenance and structure. More than just a mantra, "cook, eat, repeat" is the story of my life.
Cook, eat, repeat is a delicious and delightful combination of recipes intertwined with narrative essays about food, all written in Nigella’s engaging and insightful prose. Whether asking 'What is a Recipe?' or declaring 'Death to the Guilty Pleasure', Nigella’s wisdom about food and life comes to the fore, with tasty new recipes that readers will want to return to again and again.
'The recipes I write come from my life, my home', says Nigella, and in this book she shares the rhythms and rituals of her kitchen through over fifty new recipes that make the most of her favourite ingredients. Dedicated chapters include 'A is for Anchovy' (a celebration of the bacon of the sea), 'Beetroot and Me', 'A Vegan Feast', a shout out for 'Brown Food', a very relatable 'How To Invite People for Dinner Without Hating Them (or Yourself)', plus new ideas for Christmas.
Within these chapters are recipes for all seasons and tastes: Burnt Onion and Aubergine Dip; Butternut with Chilli, Ginger and Beetroot Yoghurt Sauce; Brown Butter Colcannon; Spaghetti with Chard and Anchovies; Beef Cheeks with Port and Chestnuts; Oxtail Bourguignon; and Wide Noodles with Lamb in Aromatic Broth, to name a few. Those with a sweet tooth will delight in Rhubarb and Custard Trifle; Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake; Rice Pudding Cake; and Cherry and Almond Crumble.
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9781784743666
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 1110 g
Dimensions: 248 x 172 x 31 mm
Lawson's latest book is the one I've been waiting for her to write...Her aim is to empower and demystify and to encourage everyone to get as much pleasure from cooking as she does - Diana Henry, Daily Telegraph
Interweaves domestic goddess-style recipes with personal musings and guides - Vogue.co.uk
Twenty-two years after her first book, How To Eat, Nigella Lawson has produced what feels like its answer: Cook, Eat, Repeat. - The Times
Nigella's writing is a culinary stream of consciousness that piques the senses and you hear her reassuring voice through her writing... Cook, Eat, Repeat is expansive, practical and enjoyable - Caterer
Cook, Eat, Repeat is a wonderful combination of gastronomical essays, stylish up-to-date imagery and - most importantly - recipes with far-reaching appeal, ticking boxes as both an entertaining read and a practical guide - Rosie Conroy, Independent
A gloriously comforting book I curled up and read it on the sofa... Nigella describes how and why food is so important and life-enhancing - Victoria Hislop, Daily Express, Books of the Year*
The most delicious-sounding ideas... [and the] perfect book to hone your cooking skills - and lockdown might provide extra time you need - Sun
Deliciously indulgent food escapes - Hannah Stephenson, UK Press Syndication
Lawson's engaging tone...makes this an ideal Christmas present in these dark days... Just now there may be little we can do but cook, eat, repeat, but Lawson shows us this can and should be pleasurably ritualistic rather than monotonous - Carina Murphy, Tablet
Cook, Eat, Repeat recipes are hits...written about in a lyrical style that inspires you to cook - Susannah Butter, Evening Standard
Few cookery writers write so beautifully, imbuing their recipes with such a sense of narrative, culinary enthusiasm and human understanding... [The] recognition of the personal nature of cooking, and the connections it involves, strikes at the heart of her appeal - Ettie Neil-Gallacher, Field
No one blends tempting recipes and thoughtful digression on the subject of food with quite the same easy grace as Nigella. Her latest offering is a classic example - Waitrose Weekend, Christmas Gift Guide 2020*
A new title from Nigella Lawson is always welcome, but never more so than in the year that drove so many of us back into our kitchens. This book - her greatest since How to Eat in 1998 - is about embracing the idea of cooking as a series of soothing rituals... The dishes here are as comforting as any Nigella fan could wish for, from Basque burnt cheesecake to fish finger bhorta. And above and beyond the recipes, this is a profound and consoling defence of the pleasures of the kitchen. I can't think of a better companion for these strange times - Bee Wilson, Sunday Times, Food Book of the Year*
A rapturous account of wonderful food and a joyful antidote to everything else - Meera Sodha, Guardian, Best Cookbooks of 2020*
The recipes...are dazzling and the prose that surrounds them is like the hug we've been waiting for all year - Cyan Turan, Cosmopolitan, Books of the Year*
Once again a brilliant book with some fantastic recipes and reminiscent of How to eat, could not wait to try some of the receipes. Unfortunately though this book was ordered in February as I thought I would treat... More
Nigella is definitely back on form here, but anybody who loves beetroot and anchovies as much as I do would say that. This is very much in the realms is earlier books. She has some corners of recipes here especially... More
A fabulous addition to your cook book collection! Delicious dishes from crab mac and cheese, to cavolo nero with delicious nduja. If you're looking to make dinner an experience and have fun project cooking each... More
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