Hot Brands Verdict
We've always been great fans of Jamie Oliver here at Hot Brands, but this book we think is one of his best. Tied in with the Channel 4 TV programme that we've been recommending, if you haven't caught up with the series, or the book, now is a perfect time to do so. Jamie at Home contains over 100 new recipes, broken down by ingredient and season. Given this week's theme of Spring and Gardens there are also some great simple gardening tips, and as Jamie says you don't have to have a garden to grow things he started out with a few pots of herbs on his window sill in London. What we also really like about this book is that it is so natural, with a sub-title of Cook Your Way to the Good Life, this is Jamie getting down and dirty and sharing his love affair with how he cooks and grows things in his garden. The book is like an ongoing conversation with him as he explains in really simple terms how to cook the most delicious meals and to grow different vegetables.

It is full of the most beautiful photographs, some taken at ground level, where you feel you are in the garden with him.

HIs recipes cover every season and range from easy breakfasts to filling dinner menus, but all wholesome and easy to achieve. His Tray baked meringue with pears, cream, toasted hazelnuts and chocolate sauce, is out of this world and one of the most inspired ways of cooking meringue we have ever seen and we loved his recipe for a delicious Superb Squash soup with the best Parmesan croutons.

At the back of the book there is some useful information about different varieties of vegetables and to complete the wholesomeness of this book, the paper used to make it comes from sustainable managed forests. Home is where the heart is, and we've taken this book to ours.

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