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Cooking for Friends: Food from My Table | 
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| Author: Gordon Ramsay
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Category: Book
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 149
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 8 x 1.7
ISBN: 0007267037
EAN: 9780007267033
ASIN: 0007267037
Publication Date: September 15, 2008
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 Martin O's January 2, 2009
baldrick (loire valley france)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having recieved this book as a gift I feel conned and did not even pay for it. The food is attributed to someone else and in a 270 page book there are approx 20 full page photos of GR, why? the "stylist" must have had a real headache deciding whether GR should appear in a white T shirt and blue shirt or vice versa in ALL of the photos (except for the 2 full pages of an empty table(?)).
The recipes are OK - roast tomatoes, pickled onions, shepherds pie, mixed grill......
One that will stay on the shelf until I do what he says he did with Delia's books
 Cooking for Friends December 30, 2008
Mr. G. Kania (UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I concur with other reviewers here who have said that there are rather too many mugshots of the Grand Cuisiner himself. It IS offputting to try and cook, for example, Artichokes Braised with Onions and Lardons, with the lardon himself staring out at you rather than a picture of the dish itself.
In addition I was somewhat disappointed when I decided to try out his method of making shortcrust pastry for some mini-quiches. Referring to the 'basics' section at the back he mentions the ingredients - butter flour, beaten egg and water etc, but in the method omits to tell you what to do with the beaten egg ! What a contrast with the cookbook I normally use - Julia Child's classic where she has gone to the trouble of six pages of instructions with line drawings and NO mug shots.
However, this book is in a different league and is aimed at doing things simply and straighforwardly. His recipes give inspiration, are simple enough to follow, and as he says, they are but a guide. It's a useful addition to my library - but I shan't be watching his TV show.
er.... is this a Gordon Ramsay authored book? December 9, 2008
S. Hampton (London, UK)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Firstly the recipies in this book are excellent and I've really enjoyed those that I have cooked so far.
However, the 1st page of text reads:
Food: Mark Sargeant
Text: Emily Quah
Photographer: Ditte Isager
Stylist: Christine Rudolph
Art Director: Patrick Budge
Publisher: Harper Collins
This begs the question what exactly did Gordon Ramsay do for this book? I think it has been mis-sold as a Gordon Ramsay book. There are indeed pictures of him in the book, perhaps an addition to the above should read:
Photographer's Model: Gordon Ramsay
I do recommend buying this book as the recipes are great, it is a shame that it seems to me to be mis-sold.
 I love everything about this book November 16, 2008
Gayle Hartley (Andalucia)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is full of inspiring and easy to follow recipes, delicious photography and lots of personal touches and anecdotes which make it a 'real' book. I like the way the dishes are made using accessible ingredients as sometimes celebrity cook books are full of ingredients which are difficult to come by or expensive. In fact I love the old fashioned and 'simple food' element, but above all the recipes are for 'proper' good food, ideal for family meals and social gatherings without days of worry and preparation beforehand.
A must have for everyone who loves to cook good food with simple, quality ingredients.
What's that all about? October 31, 2008
Discrepancy (Oxford, UK)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I am usually not impressed by Gordon's "rushed" which he calls "high-energy" approach to cooking. Nevertheless his recipes are usually easy to follow and as tasty as it gets - if that's what you are looking for you won't be disappointed. Cooking books do not need anything else than that - so why have I rated it as 4 stars only? The simple answer is I do not like his non-cooking, not recipe related introductions and the title. On one occasion he's ranting about Delia's "cheat approach" which led him to donate all his Delia cooking books to a charity shop. My second "favourite" is the revelation that his wife has started to cook something vegetarian for the kids once a week. These statements are not only unnecessary they distract from the subject which is food. I do love cooking and great food but hey in the end it's food not world peace so stop ranting, argueing and self-praise. In my humble opinion the only absolute in the world of cooking is to COOK YOURSELF and avoid fast food/ ready meals. So it does not matter if you are using cheats and cheap ingredients if this creates the basic conditions to make you cook.
The other annoying point is the title. Nothing in this book relates to "cooking for friends", it's just a selection of recipes, which are suitable everyday and anytime.
To summarise: A decent cookbook with a misleading title but a good selection of very nice recipes written by a chef with an attitude.
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