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| Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life | 
 enlarge | Author: Jamie Oliver
Brand: Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 82
Media: Hardcover
Edition: TV Tie-in Ed
Pages: 408
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.1
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 7.7 x 1.5
ISBN: 0718152433
EAN: 9780718152437
Publication Date: September 6, 2007
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 Expecting the kitchen notebook format October 29, 2007
10 out of 38 found this review helpful
While I am yet to buy this book, I'm very excited that it's finally been released. I watched the series and tried to write down recipes as they were displayed onscreen. Of course, it was done in such a way that I'd never quite get all the ingredients and his website forbade any exchanging of recipes online.
When I did open a copy of this book for the first time last weekend, I was really disappointed with its layout. As did a previous reviewer, I really hoped it would have been in a kitchen notebook format, similar to that used on the series.
My first Jamie book was Cook with Jamie. When it was given to me, I was really put off by its font type and colour. Then to see it again in this book... what a horrid blue for the titles and a boring font used throughout. Considering how excited Jamie is about his produce and end product, I thought the book would have been put together with a lot more imagination and be more colourful, for starters.
Despite all that, I'm hoping to get it for Christmas, as I really want to make the tomato ketchup, amongst many other things. As a vegetarian, most of Jamie's other books haven't been of much interest to me, but I think that will change with this one. "Cook" also has some stuff I'm going to try. It's great that Jamie is focussing so much on home grown produce.
My current star rating is 3 points, based on non-ownership and first impressions. I'll review that when I have a copy of my own.
 Great October 29, 2007
9 out of 16 found this review helpful
I bought this for my wife for her birthday and can only say that she was very happy with it. She rated it 5 out of 5. Nuff said.
Excellent Book! October 28, 2007
8 out of 14 found this review helpful
I bought this book after only watching a couple of episodes. Being someone who is keen to start growing thier own fruit and veg this book is great. Its about time that a program was dedicated to all the amazing stuff we can all grow in our own back gardens instead of depending on the big organisations that spray all our fruit and veg with nasty chemicals. This book is full of really tasty, really healthy food and just goes to show that you dont need to be a vegetarian to want to eat a lot of veg. As to the previous comment about disliking Jamie because of the lamb killing episode on one of his other shows, how ridiculous that, that should have any impact on the quality of this book. I am of the opinion that if you eat meat, then you should be prepared to see the full process. Meat does not just magically come from field to plate without any of the in between stuff. People should have the choice to be educated in these things, and Jamie gave us all the opportunity to see that. All chefs seem to be following suit now, with Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall and Gordon Ramsay now doing the same.
In my opinion buy this book because it merits the five stars I have given it and not because some daft tart decides that killing animals is cruel (grow up my dear, we've been eating animals since the beginning of time).
Great Book!
 Jamie at Home October 26, 2007
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
Everything positive has been said about this book and I agree so whole heartedly except ...
as an avid cook book collector (I've got all Jamies) I was so..oo looking forward to a book presented and printed in the same format as seen on the television programme. Alas I am disappointed. How lovely it would have been to have the diary approach! Sa la vie
His best so far ! October 25, 2007
63 out of 79 found this review helpful
Jamie Oliver is a cook you either love or hate. Most people love him and I am no exception. His recipes are flawless. I hate watching him on TV because his restless behaviour makes me nervous. But that is completely besides the point here. His last book "Jamie at Home" is much more then just a cookbook. He tells us about his new passion in live: growing his own vegetables. Lots of tips on that subject and mouth watering pictures and recipes. After reading this book you will yearn for your own big vegetable garden. Although I know from experience that a big garden is not as heavenly as Jamie describes. He ships of his vegetables to his London restaurant "Fifteen" but if you don't have a restaurant you will be stuck with so much home grown stuff that you'll drown in it. Growing the stuff in pots on your balcony will make you much happier.
Jamie doesn't pretend that meat or eggs are produced in supermarkets. He doesn't beat around the bush and writes about "The Shock of Battery Farming" and "What I have Learned about Shooting". There are no distressing pictures on the subjects so don't worry about that. It's not like on TV where he slaughtered a lamb in front of the camera. But if you don't want to know how your meat is produced you are either a vegetarian or a hypocrite.
Jamie is honest about food. Really down to earth and so are his recipes. What I really like about this book is the fact that it is divided in seasons and also that everybody can cook "Jamie". You don't need four of five other cooks in your kitchen for the rest of the meal while you are sweating over just one very complicated course. You can do it all by yourself even if your not a very experienced cook.
This book is a real asset in the kitchen and great to cuddle up with on the couch.
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