Home Cook: Over 150 Recipes for the Food We Love to Eat

Home Cook: Over 150 Recipes for the Food We Love to Eat

by Alastair Hendy (Author)

Synopsis

Alastair Hendy, style guru and former Sunday Times cook, gives us the food we love to eat at home with this up-to-the-minute cookery 'bible'. From fry-ups and Spag Bol, to exotic Pad Thai and Treacle Pudding, he conjures up memorable flavours and gives them a sophisticated twist. Relive the eggy bread, thick custard and Sunday roasts of your childhood. Perfect your own Christmas dinner and, if you're feeling adventurous, invent the next trend on toast. Elegant, edgy and full of recipes for the twenty-first century, HOME COOK adds a touch of brilliance to adored, classic food.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 246
Publisher: Headline
Published: 01 Jan 2006

ISBN 10: 0755311582
ISBN 13: 9780755311583

Media Reviews
'Alastair Hendy's stylishly home-spun book represents nostalgic cooking at its best... the narrative is as good a read as the recipes' -- Independent, Fifty Best... '[Alastair] succeeds in giving Gary Rhodes a run for his money as everybody's favourite British classics food writer...' '...There's page after page of simple, joyful home cooking, true to Brit-style.' -- The Bath Chronicle 20060501 Here's a book brimming with hearty dishes for autumn. Self-taught food genius Alastair Hendy has created some very tasty, easy-to-prepare recipes. -- Food & Travel 20061001 'This is the kind of book that can get reluctant cooks like me to actually think about doing more in the kitchen than just popping a supermarket steak pie in the oven...' -- Glasgow Herald 20060501 ... The perfect choice for fail-safe recipes. -- UKTV Food Website 20060801 Alastair Hendy's Home Cook is definitely one for the book shelf. It's filled with definitive recipes of classic dishes, from Chinese Crispy Duck to the perfect Steak Supper. As a reference, this book has it all but you'll also find more modern dishes like Fresh Tomato Tart with Pesto and Sticky Asian Chicken with Chilli Herb Salad -- UKTV Food Website 20060801 '... Filled with wholesome recipes...' -- Concept for Living Magazine (for Conran Customers) 20060501
Author Bio
Cookery writer/presenter, photographer, stylist and inveterate traveller, Alastair Hendy is the former SUNDAY TIMES cook. He contributes to many food magazines including YOU (the MAIL ON SUNDAY), BBC GOOD FOOD, GUARDIAN WEEKEND, SAINSBURY'S MAGAZINE, WAITROSE FOOD ILLUSTRATED and VOGUE ENTERTAINING AND TRAVEL. He presented a 20-programme series on cooking without meat for Carlton Food Network and is currently the style consultant for Carluccio's caffes and delicatessens.