Jamie's Kitchen by Jamie Oliver Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Jamie's Kitchen
Book Review: Mmmmmmm Good!
Summary: 5 Stars
A great cookbook! I love Jamie so I'm very pleased with this book! Can't wait to begin cooking with Jamie!Book Review: Perfect condition!
Summary: 5 Stars
The book I ordered came very quickly and arrived in even better condition than was described! Thanks so much!Book Review: Skeptical but Surprised
Summary: 5 Stars
When I got the cookbook as a Christmas present I was a little skeptical. Okay maybe alot skeptical. The recipes looked a little too vague; not enough precise measurements; "add a glass of wine" (big glass? small glass? 'what's up with that?')Quite frankly, it made me nervous. Cookbooks aren't supposed to be like that.But I gave the recipes a whirl and lo and behold, they turned out! The recipes were different yet familar. A nice twist on things (sorry, no pun intended). Jamie creates recipes with layers of flavor and texture; recipes with color and style. And what is more, they were relatively simple to make. I've received rave reviews from friends and family.
But the real surprise and joy was that Jamie's approximate portions and measurements allowed me to become more of my own chef, so to speak. I guess I always felt compelled to stick to the rigidity of a receipe. What I discovered is that I was more or less forced to I play with the amounts and I did not feel that I was somehow making a mistake when doing so. It was okay to toy with this ingredient or that. This gave me confidence to explore variations. In short, it made cooking even more fun.
This is how I think the great chefs really cook: they have a game plan but they have intuition, gut instinct. When you watch the great chefs on TV rarely do you see them haul out a measuring spoon or a cup. They go by eye, by experience and by gut. And I think this is what Jamie Oliver's book has done for the reader.
Buy it, experiment with it, have fun with it.
Book Review: Vibrant Cookbook
Summary: 4 Stars
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.Book Review: jamie's kitchen
Summary: 5 Stars
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.