A Year in my Kitchen [Illustrated, Import] [Paperback]

Skye Gyngell (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Quadrille Publishing Ltd (February 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844005925
• ISBN-13: 978-1844005925
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,720,084 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If this was a restaurant menu, I would order everything, May 30, 2009

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Jackal (New Hampshire) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Year in my Kitchen (Paperback)

This award winning (2007) cookbook has a bunch of recipes which can be labelled Modern English (no resemblence to tradition English food). It is similar to the Ottolenghi cookbook in a way. The photos are marvellous too. All recipes are restaurant quality so you will have to accept more ingredients and preparation time, but nothing outside the normal if you enjoy cooking. Excellent for entertainment because the author also pays quite a bit of attention to how the dishes look. There is a decent, but not large, number of recipes in the book, but what is remarkable is how well they all taste. (Well the 10-12 dishes that I've tried.

There is only one aspect of the book that deserve one star: After using the book three times, the glue in the binding dissolved. This is really totally unacceptable. So try to find the hard cover edition, which probably is better. But the publisher totally incompetent publisher/printer ought to take heed.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Seasonal cooking, December 23, 2009

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This review is from: A Year in my Kitchen (Paperback)

I've enjoyed this cookbook and how the recipes have been broken up by season, but some of the ingredients have been more difficult to find. I made a great eggplant curry which was really fun, but took a long time. This book takes time and uncommon ingredients to really enjoy. I think it's worth it, but it's not for the everyday meal.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best cookbook of the year, March 3, 2009

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H. Leff (new york, new york United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Year in my Kitchen (Paperback)

The recipes in this book are fantastic, her combinations of spices and ingredients are spot on. Everything from the simple roasted tomatoes to the more complicated lamb and prune stew are fantastic. It's worth ordering fresh spices and grinding them yourself to follow her recipes.