My new favorite. I cook from it at least 3 nights a week.
I can believe how fresh the flavors are. I always think: Oh, this could go either way.
NO.
Delicious every time.

I love the focus on multiple approaches to a single ingredient.

Jamie's recipes sound fantastic, but they are less attractive when compared to Nigella Lawson's.

I love to read cookbooks (don't always cook from them, but that's a different story). I'm a Jamie Oliver fan, and I really liked the tone and messages in this cookbook. Will definitely try some of the fav recipes from this book, as well as some of the veggie recipes.

I knew Jamie Oliver from his shows. In it he always makes cooking looks like so much fun. Which it could be actually. One thing I notice is that Jamie rarely cooks with utensil, most often he just uses his hand to turn stuff on his skillet! Good thing knives don't grow on his hand otherwise he probably really won't need anything beyond pots and pans. That aside, his writing style is quite chatty, he talks you through the recipe, peppering it with anecdotes here and there. I haven't actually tried anything in here but it looks really good and has some good ideas like what to pack for your kids lunchbox and how to take one recipe and create multiple dishes out of it. Good addition to the home library.

Not my favorite all-time Jamie cookbook but there are several excellent recipes that I have tried in this one.

One of the best pull off the shelves and the kids will eat it kind of cook books

It's totally basic and balanced. If I had a kid, I would probably use it a lot more often for it's simplicity and overall awareness to feed your family a healthy meal. I like his other books more, but this one is still a keeper.

I really love Jamie Oliver and these recipes sound amazing for weekend dinners mostly... maybe even freezer meals. It would be very hard to do the majority of this with one hand while holding a flailing one year old and arguing with a three year old. Maybe we'll try some of these when they're older.

Jamie Oliver is a cookbook machine. Following Jamie Cooks Italy, which saw him and his longtime mentor Gennaro Contaldo learn to cook the food of Italy’s matriachs, he’s

3* I enjoyed reading this cookbook and appreciate the chef's use of fresh vegetables. By the time I was done reading I was tired of the frequent use of mint, basil, aragula, spinach, horseradish, smoked fish, and lamb. Those ingredients are not ones we use daily, so this cookbook won't stay on my kitchen shelf.

GREAT recipes from this one. I made the following many many times:
Roast Chicken and potatoes:
http://tinaculbertson.blogspot.com/20...

Chicken and Sweet Leek Pie:
http://tinaculbertson.blogspot.com/20...

Minestrone:
http://tinaculbertson.blogspot.com/20...