Gordon Ramsay's Great British Pub Food [Hardcover]

Gordon Ramsay (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 5, 2009

In his outstanding new cookbook, Gordon Ramsay teams up with Mark Sargeant to showcase the best of British cooking. Packed full of sumptuous and hearty traditional recipes, Gordon Ramsay's Great British Pub Food is perfect for relaxed, homely and comforting cooking. Pubs were once a place where you could always guarantee good, simple, cheap food and a great Sunday roast, but when the steak houses and fast food chains arrived the good home cooking from the pub kitchens was replaced with tasteless, defrosted meals. Then came the gastropubs, which weren't much better, serving mediocre food at restaurant prices. That's why when Gordon Ramsay and Mark Sargeant set up the Gordon Ramsay pubs in London they wanted to produce the sort of simple but delicious British classics that warm the cockles of your heart and to serve them at affordable pub prices. Dishes like rich, hearty Chicken and Smoked Bacon Pie, mouth-watering Gloucestershire Sausages with Grainy Mustard Mash and Red Onion Marmalade and indulgent Treacle Tart - classics that have stood the test of time. Now Gordon has gathered his favourite British recipes into one sumptuous collection so you can invite your friends round, serve some good, English ale and cook the best in traditional pub food classics in your own home.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'With purse-friendly ingredients and easy-to-follow recipes, this is perfect for anyone trying to eat in more.' ***** Heat magazine 'Relaxed, homely and comforting'. Foodies magazine 'It is an undeniably British creation, with nearly every recipe a dish of our heritage cleaned up and presented for the 21st century pub, with a quirky and colourful vibe.' Caterer & Hotelkeeper magazine

About the Author

Gordon Ramsay's radical career change at 17 years old led him to London and to huge success as chef, restaurant-empire-builder and TV star. Gordon has published ten bestselling recipe books and has starred in the hugely successful television series Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, Hell's Kitchen, The F Word and Gordon Ramsay's Cookalong Live. In 2006 he was appointed OBE. Mark Sargeant first worked with Gordon Ramsay at Aubergine before spending three years as Sous Chef at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea. He left there to open the highly acclaimed Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's where he is Head Chef. Most recently, Mark has been overseeing the opening of Gordon Ramsay's pubs The Narrow, The Devonshire and The Warrington, which opened to excellent reviews and press coverage.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Harpercollins (March 5, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0007289820
• ISBN-13: 978-0007289820
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #900,649 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Before buying this read the reviews on the UK Amazon site, January 11, 2010

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Graham Green (Merriam, KS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gordon Ramsay's Great British Pub Food (Hardcover)

I am a big fan of Gordon Ramsay and when I saw he had a book of pub food I was keen to take a look, however upon reading the reviews here at started to wonder if it was worth buying.

Rather than trusting just the 4 reviews here (as of 1/11/10) I thought I would check on Amazon UK to see what the Brits thought of the book, since it is their food what better place to get an opinion than from the people who eat the dishes regularly.

The reviews are overwhelming positive, no 1 star reviews. One review lists many of the recipes found in the book, having lived in England for a time I can tell you almost all of them are something you would find in an English pub.

You can check out the reviews here:
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I will be buying this book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars We use it all the time for weekend cooking, April 2, 2010

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R. Lamparter "Raych" (Fairfax, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gordon Ramsay's Great British Pub Food (Hardcover)

I purchased this book in the UK, but would have loved to have the US measurements instead. My husband and I have made several nice dinners and lunches from this cookbook. Yeah, I can see where the pub food in this book may sound a bit 'posh', but the British pubs in my neighborhood in London are trying to serve this type of pub food. Some recipes you definitely wouldn't find in a local pub - that I will admit, but they are still delicious. Everything we've tried from this book has turned out fantastic, especially the honey lemon chicken recipe.

This book is a definite keeper for us and when we return to the States, will have this on hand to try and recreate the Sunday roasts and the other pub food presented in this book.

My recommendations for anyone trying out the recipes in this book are: read the instructions more than once, make sure you understand the steps, and have all your ingredients prepped and ready to go before you start.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comfort food, January 30, 2010

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Janet Fowler (Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gordon Ramsay's Great British Pub Food (Hardcover)

I loved this book-since I am from England it was perfect for me. I could see where there may be some confusion for others over some of the ingredients but once you google them the U.S. comparison comes right up, same applies with the measurements. I would recommend it-great change to the usual dinner at home- Easy/quick cooking great results-suprise your friends!!!