Jamie's Kitchen

Customer Reviews

Vibrant Cookbook

Jamie's Kitchen is a big, beautiful, vibrant cookbook with some very interesting recipes. I have not yet seen any of his other cookbooks, but I found the approach this one took rather refreshing. Unless absolutely necessary, measurements in this one are more general (i.e. handful of breadcrumbs), which gives the chef a little more freedom. He also adds a couple of suggestions at the end of each recipe where the chef can tweak it a bit and get something a bit different. He includes some step by step instructions for things, such as making pasta. The recipes in this book are, for the most part, an undertaking, simply not something you are going to whip together for your family of four after a long day at work or with the kids. The recipes here are more weekend entertaining--but they are lovely and imaginative.

jamie's kitchen

I have over 300 cookbooks and this is a welcome addition. I love his simplicity and refusal to give in to specific measurements. I think the recipes are simple and easy to use. I recommend this book to a beginner as well as an experienced chef.

Delicious food and a great looking book

This book is not only beautiful, it really has great recipes. I've cooked the roast duck, and the pot roasted shoulder of lamb, and the baked chocolate pudding -- and all of them turned out brilliantly, and looked just like the pictures which I can't say for very many of the cookbooks I own. I like the way the recipes are divided by technique -- that's why it works well as a cooking course. But it also just has great recipes so it's good even for people who really know how to cook. .