Jamie's Kitchen by Jamie Oliver Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Jamie's Kitchen
Book Review: He does it again...
Summary: 5 Stars
Got an advance copie from a traveling relative. Worth every penny Jamie goes a little lighter on the how to but good recipes and good read. Another one for the book shelf. Only when I am not reading it.Book Review: I love Jamie but not this cookbook
Summary: 3 Stars
I am a huge fan of Jamie Oliver's television shows, books, and "easy peasy" approach to cooking/life. Naturally, then, I was thrilled to read at Amazon that Jamie published a cookbook to accompany "Jamie's Kitchen" (a televised and laudable effort to train young and unemployed Londoners in both the culinary arts and restaurant business).
Unfortunately, I was quite unexpectedly disappointed.
The failure, I think, lies with an expectation set by the cookbook's sub-title..."A Cooking Course for Everyone".
Jamie tells us up front that this isn't meant to be an overly technical culinary textbook, but I wondered if we couldn't have been enriched by a cooking term or technique more complex than "to boil".
At the other extreme, Jamie's recipes lack the inspired (refreshing and yet warmly hearty) attributes we've come to love, and seemed rather inaccessible to the sort of reader who may need or want a "cooking course".
Although I enjoyed the kitchen tools list and invitation to use fresh herbs, these are nothing new; overall, I was struck by the irony that this cookbook, having its genesis in Jamie's openhearted effort to help others, seems to lack just that...heart.
Book Review: Ingredients are readily available!
Summary: 5 Stars
I love cookbooks with recipes that are easily duplicated at home, and this one is excellent. The photos make it all more tantalizing. Jamie Oliver produces yet another excellent book for beginners and advance chefs alike. Pick it up, you won't be disappointed!Book Review: Jamie Oliver Knows What He's Talking About!
Summary: 5 Stars
I now have all of Jamie Oliver's books and DVDs. I am eagerly awaiting his book on Italy to be released. B. Marold says it best, so anything I say will be redundant. What I like (love really) about his cookbooks, including this one, is that all of the recipes are cook-able. The meat, fish, salad, and dessert recipes are simple, but incredibly tasty. I own numerous cookbooks, but few are as easy to manouver as Jame Oliver's. The photographs are wonderful and he is adorable. Perhaps he makes it look too easy, but it is once you read the recipe and get down to business in your kitchen. I love this cookbook. It has everything you need to cook and serve a delicious and healthy meal. I would also recommend both his DVDs. His energy is infectious. If you love London (and England) as I do, you get colorful glimpses of restaurants and markets in each episode. His friends are deightful. Especially Gennaro his Italian 'father' and mentor.
I wish I had recorded all of his earlier programs (The Naked Chef) when they were on the Food Network. These tapes are not available now. He deserves all of the success he has garnered for himself. Go out and buy this book and all his other books. And don't forget the DVDs.
Book Review: Jamie rocks!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I love Jamie's books! I love all the pictures, the great simple recipes, and insight into Jamie's world.
This book was written during the time when he started training young unemployed kids to become chefs. The chapters include some great unusual salads, cooking without heat, poaching, cooking in pouches, stewing, frying, roasting, grilling, and baking.
There is only one recipe per page, and include a beautiful picture of the prepared product. In between the recipes there are tons of pictures of Jamie, for all the fans out there.:)
These books are definitely a writing from the heart.