Gastroporn

Ah, don’t you just love Amazon? At any given time there’s usually a ton of books in my wishlist just waiting to be ordered. There seems to be a glut of fab new cookery publications at the moment and, in typical Veruca Salt fashion (altogether now: ‘don’t care how, I want it now!’), I want ALL of them. In fact, yesterday I succumbed and ordered Rachel’s Favourite Food at Home, which for some reason I never got, and also pre-ordered Rachel’s Diary for 2008 and her new book, Rachel’s Food For Living. So here, for your delectation, is my current top ten most wanted, along with my random reasons for why:

1. Rachel’s Food for Living (not yet published). Ah, lovely Rach. Accessibly Irish cookery at its finest.

2. Eating for England: The Delights and Eccentricities of the British At Table by Nigel Slater (not yet published). I love Nige. If you haven’t done so you must read his ‘Toast’. Amazing.

3. Nigella Express by Nigella Lawson (not yet published). Still the Queen of the kitchen, and still my favourite – I can’t wait for this.

4. Rick Stein’s Mediterranean Escapes (out today!). Funny thing about Rick, I don’t tend to actually cook many of his recipes but I love his writing.

5. Angela Hartnett’s Cucina: Three Generations of Italian Family Cooking (out now). Angela is, undoubtedly, the only good thing associated with that aggressive tosspot, Gordon bloody Ramsay (yes, he can cook, but why swear and intimidate too?)

6. Made in Italy: Food and Stories by Giorgio Locatelli. Remember that fantastic series he did with his mate Tony Allen? Bloke cookery at its best.

7. Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life by Jamie Oliver (not yet published). Jamie is still the best thing that ever happened to British cooking – apart from bringing the word ‘pukka’ into the vocabulary obviously.

8. Holiday by Bill Granger (not yet published). Oh, the sunny Australian lifestyle, the fresh ingredients, and the cheeky blond surfer-type good looks…

9. Indian Food Made Easy by Anjum Anand. Following on from her fantastic TV series – did you see how easy it was to make Naan bread? I was riveted.

10. Fabulous Fanny Cradock: TV’s Outrageous Queen of Cuisine by Clive Ellis (not yet published). The original TV chef: ballgowns and weird things in aspic. Magic.

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1. Dorothy Green says:

   September 4, 2007 at 12:19 pm

   Enjoying Nigella Lawson on telly.