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Cook As You Are

Recipes for Real Life, Hungry Cooks and Messy Kitchens

Ruby Tandoh

Organized by approach – quick snacks, ideas that use kitchen staples, food ‘to linger over’ – these 100 recipes make the most of easily available ingredients and simple techniques. Reflecting Ruth Tandoh’s conviction that ‘our ways of cooking are as diverse as us’, the book features drawings rather than aspirational photographs; notes on how something should look, feel or smell; and ideas for variations.

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Product information:
  • Publisher: Serpent's Tail
  • Year: 2021
  • Pages: 352pp
  • Illustrated: Yes
  • Dimensions: 233x154mm
  • ISBN: 9781788167529
  • Condition: New
  • Weight: 0.8kg
Product code:
528972
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WINNER OF THE 2022 GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS GENERAL COOKBOOK AWARD

A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
A GUARDIAN FOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR
A STYLIST BOOK OF THE YEAR
A DIANA HENRY 'BEST COOKBOOK TO BUY' AUTUMN 2021

'Practical, straight-talking, endlessly inspirational - this is Ruby at her best.' Nigel Slater

'I'd recommend it for everyone from novice cooks looking for a helping hand in the kitchen, to keen cookbook buyers looking for new inspiration' Rukmini Iyer, author of The Roasting Tin

'One of the best, most interesting cookbooks I've seen in a long time.' Ravneet Gill, author of The Pastry Chef's Guide and judge on Junior Bake Off

'A warm invitation to relax into and enjoy the experience of cooking and eating.' Nigella Lawson

'Beautiful, practical and a total game-changer' Ella Risbridger, author of Midnight Chicken

Ruby Tandoh wants us all to cook, and this is her cookbook for all of us - the real home cooks, juggling babies or long commutes, who might have limited resources and limited time. From last-minute inspiration to delicious meals for one, easy one-pot dinners to no-chop recipes for when life keeps your hands full, Ruby brings us 100 delicious, affordable and achievable recipes, including salted malted magic ice cream, one-tin smashed potatoes with lemony sardines and pesto and an easy dinner of plantain, black beans and eden rice.

This is a new kind of cookbook for our times: an accessible, inclusive and inspirational addition to any and every kitchen. You don't have to be an aspiring chef for your food to be delectable or for cooking to be a delight. Cook as you are.
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