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| Author: Delia Smith
Creator: Photography Copyright John Kernick
Publisher: Ebury Press
Category: Book
List Price: £20.00
Buy New: £9.25
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New (40) Used (7) from £4.89
Avg. Customer Rating:  145 reviews
Sales Rank: 177
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 7.6 x 0.8
ISBN: 0091922291
EAN: 9780091922290
Publication Date: February 15, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Brilliant April 12, 2008
15 out of 20 found this review helpful
I highly recommend this book to all those people who work but want to cook tasty meals and not reach for takeaways or ready meals. Delia recommends high quality alternatives, not cheap low qualilty products. She encourages us to use spices and all those lovely things that perhaps some of us didn't know about. My favourite section is Asian Express. Well done Delia, I love this book!
 A good book for casual cooks, but not as many cheats as the title suggests April 11, 2008
15 out of 22 found this review helpful
I enjoy dabbling in a bit of cooking but I don't want to spend ages reading and re-reading complicated recipes, I just want something I can prepare with the minimum of hassle, but is nicer than something out of a packet. Delia's book has some great cheats in it but I was disappointed that alongside the cheats the ingredients listed are often quite hard to find and require visiting more than one store to get. Surely this defeats the object of writing a cheat book when the time saved is cancelled out by having to hunt around for the all the ingredients, I think there was room to incorporate more cheats but I suppose to keep credibility amongst her peers she had to still include some exotic ingredients. I think she should have ignored the snobs completely and put in as many cheats as possible.
Nevertheless there is a lot to learn from this book if you're a cooking newbie and some of the meals are good fun to make so overall I still think this is a very good book.
Love this book, but wish it had come out when I was working full time. April 11, 2008
18 out of 24 found this review helpful
I learnt to cook through Delia and have all her books. This one I love, but wish she had written it before now. When I was working and living in England this book would have been really useful for me, Instant Cooking.
The recipes as so easy to do, even my friend who hates cooking has taken a few of the recipes.
I now live in France so a lot of the items I can't get but have improvised, I also now I have the time to cook.
I have adapted a few of the recipes to my home made sauce etc.
Just ordered this book for my Daughter who lives in the UK and works full time, This will be great for her, she doesn't have the time to prepare from start but always has a good store cupboard. She will find this book really useful.
The Mediterranean Fish Stew is lovely and tasty and the Lobster & Coconut Soup with Lemongrass & Ginger, to die for, I doubled the quantity the last time I made it! Keep Writing Delia
Another winner from Delia April 11, 2008
14 out of 19 found this review helpful
I have been a Delia fan for more than 20 years, and have worked my way through almost all of her books. The Complete Cookery Course has been my bible from the day I was married. This new book makes a very welcome addition.
Its not a template for everyday use, just for those days when you are rushed, tired, or haven't had chance to shop. Its not all tinned meat and frozen spuds, there are very many recipes in there using fresh ingredients, with just the addition of a jar of sauce - and how different is that to opening a jar of passata or a tin of tomatoes?
You don't even have to use the ready prepared ingredients, an accomplished and knowledgeable cook, who has the time, could easily substitute a home-made stage. That's exactly what I intend to do on the days I have the time, on the days I don't I won't hesitate to use the convenience food that Delia has suggested. If its good enough for her then its good enough for me!
Ignore all the naysayers in the press - this is a cracking book.
 Unbelievable! April 9, 2008
6 out of 39 found this review helpful
Delia's bank balance gets a bit low following her unwise investment in useless Norwich City so she writes this idiotic book and the daft public buy it in droves. What is wrong with people?
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