The Weekend Cook: Good Food for Real Life

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The book layout is simple but hooray for all the color photographs showing finished recipes! It's a British book, so American cooks will need to look up the conversion oven temperatures (the book did not include one with their conversion charts). The recipes themselves are not really suited for beginners, while the instructions are clear and easy to understand those having some experience in the kitchen will likely have better success when making them. This is a lovely cookbook by Angela Hartnett, who is apparently a British celebrity chef. Normally I find most celebrity chef cookbooks to be bland but I am happy to report that this is not the case with this book. Angela knows the secrets to throwing the most relaxed and enjoyable dinners for friends and family - sometimes mad, but always magical evenings that people talk about for months afterwards - and in this book she's going to share them. An invitation to dine at Angela Hartnett’s house is a real treat. Nestled in London’s vibrant East End, her home is a place to experience delicious food, great company and a relaxed atmosphere that is as far removed from the high-octane stress of a professional kitchen as it is from the social anxiety that many of us face when hosting a dinner. Angela knows the secrets to throwing the most relaxed and enjoyable dinners for friends and family―magical evenings that people talk about for months afterward―and in The Weekend Cook she shares them.

And finally – one still to come which I’m excited for and am going to buy whenever it’s released: The Weekend Cook: Good Food for Real Life by Angela Hartnett Everything one wants in a cookbook. Beautiful, elegant simplicity. Angela's gorgeous The Weekend Cook is a vital addition to any cook's kitchen' Stanley Tucci Confession: I haven’t always had success with Jamie Oliver’s books (15 Minute Meals was a complete disaster in my opinion) BUT I enjoyed the accompanying TV show for this one, and it has some really great entertaining recipes in it, with Jamie’s customary big, bold flavours combined with lots of celebrity endorsements. A fun book, with lots of recipes for all tastes, and a must for Jamie Oliver fans. Angela hopes her new cookbook will help people fall as much in love with cooking at home as she is.Whether you are planning a festive dinner party or a simple night in for two, Angela's sumptuous recipes will fill you with joy * Michel Roux Jr *

An invitation to supper at Angela Hartnett's house is a real treat. Nestled in the heart of London's vibrant East End, you know you're going to get delicious food, great company and a relaxed atmosphere that is as far removed from the high-octane stress of a professional kitchen as it is from the awkward social anxiety that many of us face when hosting a dinner. Well-known British chef and author, Angela Hartnett cooks every day for a living, so on weekends, she likes to relax a little and prepare fuss-free down-to-earth cooking at home. She introduces her recipes in her cookbook, The Weekend Cook: Good Food for Real Life. Disclaimer: Received this as an advance copy via Netgalley and Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (Thank you!!!) An invitation to dine at Angela Hartnett's house is a real treat. Nestled in London's vibrant East End, her home is a place to experience delicious food, great company and a relaxed atmosphere that is as far removed from the high-octane stress of a professional kitchen as it is from the social anxiety that many of us face when hosting a dinner. Angela knows the secrets to throwing the most relaxed and enjoyable dinners for friends and family-magical evenings that people talk about for months afterward-and in The Weekend Cook she shares them. Everything one wants in a cookbook. Beautiful, elegant simplicity. Angela's gorgeous Weekend Cook is a vital addition to any cook's kitchen * Stanley Tucci *

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I took it home, read it cover to cover on a dark and rainy London evening, and ended up having a little love-at-first-read moment. This was a weekend cooking philosophy I could get behind: “You want simple, easy, fabulous food that doesn’t mean you will be in the kitchen all the time.” Angela is a regular on UK television, often appearing on Great British Menu, MasterChef and Saturday Kitchen, as well as being one of the judges for BBC's Best Home Cook. This is her third book. An invitation to dine at Angela Hartnett’s house is a real treat. Nestled in London’s vibrant East End, her home is a place to experience delicious food, great company and a relaxed atmosphere that is as far removed from the high-octane stress of a professional kitchen as it is from the social anxiety that many of us face when hosting a dinner. Angela knows the secrets to throwing the most relaxed and enjoyable dinners for friends and family—magical evenings that people talk about for months afterward—and in The Weekend Cook she shares them. Depending on how good your night has gone, your guests might decide to spend the night and have breakfast with you in the morning. Once you’ve nailed the starter, it’s time to move on to the main event and blow your guests away with an incredible main.