Cooking TV recipes

[cojak]

..I'm going through Nigel Slater's Simple Suppers, from the programme that was put on when the Man U game got cancelled.

Just about to make the lamb hotpot.

A couple of weeks ago I did the Hairy Biker's Christmas stew.

I'm finding it quite fun.

(But hoping there's no correlation between this and Mr C currently in bed and poorly. Maybe using that turkey from the freezer yesterday wasn't such a great idea... ).

[oracleslave]

I am absolutely rubbish in the kitchen but of late have decided that at the age of 34 it's time I learned at least the basics. Am currently working my way through the following:

Gordon Ramsay's - Cooking for Friends
America - Jamie Oliver
Baking - Rachel Allan

I did a disastrous steamed pudding yesterday but an excellent trout in dijon mustard

[cailin maith]

Try having a read of Nigel Slaters Real Food & Real Cooking... they are good for starting off.. I love both of them.

[norrahe]

Using my benchtime to catch up on all the cookbooks I have amassed over the last year, so far, I've managed to get through:

New Food of Life: Ancient Persian and Modern Iranian Cooking and Ceremonies
Chinese Cuisine (Wei-Chuan's Cookbook)
The Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook
Chinese food in minutes
Far Eastern cookery

And I have yet to get through

The Escoffier
Fat Duck cookbook
Creole
Grande Livre de Cuisine

I want to buy Je Sais cuisinnier, but in French rather than English. Where some women have shoes, I buy cookbooks and have about a hundred or so.

Ah well, I can use the benchtime to also practice my old chef skills (from my former life and plan B).

[norrahe]

Try having a read of Nigel Slaters Real Food & Real Cooking... they are good for starting off.. I love both of them.

Have you tried the baked camembert recipe, it is sooooo nice.

I really like his style of writing. You shoudl get his "Kitchen Diaries", it's a really good read.

[cailin maith]

Have you tried the baked camembert recipe, it is sooooo nice.

I really like his style of writing. You shoudl get his "Kitchen Diaries", it's a really good read.

Ohhh - I might have to have a blast of that... I love his style of writing too, I can almost taste what he's talking about.

[norrahe]

Ohhh - I might have to have a blast of that... I love his style of writing too, I can almost taste what he's talking about.

He's about the only TV chef that I can watch without yelling " you can't do that at the TV". His books are pure p0rn

I'm also a nightmare when going out for dinner, but when you've worked in the industry you tend to be a tad picker than normal.

[cailin maith]

He's about the only TV chef that I can watch without yelling " you can't do that at the TV". His books are pure p0rn

I'm also a nightmare when going out for dinner, but when you've worked in the industry you tend to be a tad picker than normal.

You remind me of my sis... she did a semester of Gastronomy at Uni and loves to shout at the tv too

[norrahe]

You remind me of my sis... she did a semester of Gastronomy at Uni and loves to shout at the tv too

I did a chefs diploma and worked in a few michelin star restaurants. I got offered a stage at the Fat Duck and had to turn it down

[cailin maith]

I did a chefs diploma and worked in a few michelin star restaurants. I got offered a stage at the Fat Duck and had to turn it down

OMG!! Wow - how come you turned it down?