I generally find, in order of easiest-to-hardest food wise, the authors tend to go like...
- Nigella Lawson
- James Martin
- Jamie Oliver
- Nigel Slater
- Gordon Ramsey

I want to get one of those books by that black girl who's after Saturday Morning Kitchen, oh gee oh gosh, she's so swell.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:04, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Nigel Slatter is great for a mix of both meat and veggie dishes.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:05, Reply)

Oh she the one with the gran's name, like Eileen or Doris?
I don't think she's that good. I think she's lying about being able to cook.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:06, Reply)

Not that I really know her, but she doesn't seem the "Proffesional Kitchen" type, more the "Make nice food for friends and family", like Slater and Lawson.
When I watch the cooking shoes on the telly, I catagorise them differently.
- Cooking shoes: stuff I would make
- Chefing shoes: Food porn
- Food Shoes: Stuff about where it's come from and travel.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:10, Reply)

one of the best gonzisms ever
I want some cooking shoes
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:11, Reply)

I make it a point never to laugh at your spelling, Gonz but it’s ‘shows’ old boy.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:13, Reply)

Oh man, I'm still a bit "wooooohhhhhhh" from all the loldrugs yesterday.
I know that one, I knew it was wrong as I was typing it, but the effort to go from E to W seemed a bit much, my fingers wanted to type 'shoes' so I thought I'd give them a treat.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:18, Reply)

I like Nigel and Nigella, but LORRAINE, that's it,
well I don't know. It seemed clumsy. I only watched one show so I should shut up.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:13, Reply)

That's the one ! Lorrain.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:19, Reply)

I hate that vacuous Paddy woman that AA likes.
She's a cunt. A fucking smug one too. Rachel someone.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:38, Reply)

Allen?
I quite like her cooking, aye
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:39, Reply)

She's fucking shit. I want to hit her.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:45, Reply)

I don't like her at all.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 13:00, Reply)

As a fat girl with a sweet tooth
I love Nigella.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:07, Reply)

As a formerly skinny girl who can't stop eating
I adore her.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:08, Reply)

I rather like Yottam Ottolegnhi or whatever his name is
writes in the Guardian. And Dan Leppard for baking. I also use my parents' The Cookery Year occasionally. Lots of fun.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:11, Reply)

I like Yottam Ottolengegege too
but I never make anything of his. I just read and drool. *lazy*
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:14, Reply)

Plenty is excellent. Really, really good.
Made about 10 recipes from it when at home.

Our Christmas dinner was fantastic this year. We had roulade, roasties (first time ever), assorted other things and then I made a fuckoff huge Baked Alaska.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:20, Reply)

Try making Dan Lepards lemon curd cookies
(omit the ground rice; you don't need it) my GOD they are fine. My carrot cake recipe is also based on his.
(berk, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:18, Reply)

forget that
find his parents and force them to tell you why they didn't name him Jeff
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:19, Reply)

I'll have a look
I made his chocolate fudge banana cookies once, and I think I ate them all. And it made a lot.

Hummingbird Bakery's chocolate cookies are delicious. They get a cracked sugary shell around them, and are still gooey. Nom nom nom.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:21, Reply)

I was not overly impressed with the Hummingbird bakery book
I've always found the best way to make something is to read as many well-reviewed recipes as you can lay your hands on - well, eyes - and then make your own mind up. You can always tweak the recipe if it doesn't turn out quite right.
(berk, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:23, Reply)

I've not made much yet.
Got it in a holiday and I daren't cook in London. Will go back and experiment. Do want to find tinned pumpkin though.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:31, Reply)

As a bloke, and as a bloke who likes caring women.
I <3 her.
( G/PP &#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128169;&#128, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:12, Reply)

As a man who likes breasts
So do I
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:12, Reply)

As a red-blooded male with eyes, class and style
I would boff her until her eyes fell out.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:11, Reply)

Very much this.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:12, Reply)

I would boff them back in again
my mrs can't stand her, doesn't understand why people think she is hot, despite actually looking a bit like her.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:13, Reply)

As a mostly straight girl who appreciates the ladies
I would finger the eyesockets until you were done and I could have a go.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:13, Reply)

I love her X rated christmas video
that Cassetteboy made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wncEeJZqzM&feature=related
(Bazongaloid, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:22, Reply)

As a straight man who finds her intensingly irritating
I would nail her into a coma to make her shut up.

Irritating people shouldn't be sexy, it confuses me.
( Kroney, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:19, Reply)

Nigella is ace

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 12:11, Reply)