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  • Published: 12 November 2020
  • ISBN: 9781784743666
  • Imprint: Chatto & Windus
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $49.99

Cook, Eat, Repeat

Ingredients, recipes and stories.




'More than just a mantra, "cook, eat, repeat" is the story of my life': A brilliant new book from Nigella Lawson featuring narrative essays about food, over 150 new recipes and 50 beautiful colour photographs

'Food, for me, is a constant pleasure: I like to think greedily about it, reflect deeply on it, learn from it; it ... More than just a mantra, "cook, eat, repeat" is the story of my life.'

**WITH OVER 15O DELICIOUS RECIPIES THIS IS THE ULTIMATE GIFT FOR EVERY COOK AND FOODIE IN YOUR LIFE**

THE BBC TV SERIES, COOK, EAT, REPEAT, IS AVAILABLE TO WATCH ON IPLAYER NOW

Cook, Eat, Repeat is a delicious and delightful combination of recipes intertwined with narrative essays about food, all written in Nigella's engaging and insightful prose. Whether asking 'What is a Recipe?' or declaring death to the Guilty Pleasure, Nigella's wisdom about food and life comes to the fore, with tasty new recipes that readers will want to return to again and again.

'The recipes I write come from my life, my home', says Nigella, and in this book she shares the rhythms and rituals of her kitchen through over 150 new recipes that make the most of her favourite ingredients. Dedicated chapters include 'A is for Anchovy' (a celebration of the bacon of the sea), 'Rhubarb', 'A Loving Defence of Brown Food', a suitably expansive chapter devoted to family dinners, plus inspiration for vegan feasts, solo suppers and new ideas for Christmas.

Within these chapters are recipes for all seasons and tastes: Burnt Onion and Aubergine Dip; Butternut with Beetroot, Chilli and Ginger Sauce; Fish Finger Bhorta; Spaghetti with Chard and Anchovies; Chicken with Garlic Cream Sauce; Beef Cheeks with Port and Chestnuts; and Wide Noodles with Lamb in Aromatic Broth, to name a few. Those with a sweet tooth will delight in Chocolate, Tahini and Banana Pudding; Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake; Basque Burnt Cheesecake; and Cherry and Almond Crumble.


'A rapturous account of wonderful food and a joyful antidote to everything else' Meera Sodha, Guardian,

'I can't think of a better companion for these strange times' Bee Wilson, Sunday Times

'Lawson's latest book is the one I've been waiting for her to write...Her aim is to empower and demystify and to encourage everyone to get as much pleasure from cooking as she does' Diana Henry, Daily Telegraph

  • Published: 12 November 2020
  • ISBN: 9781784743666
  • Imprint: Chatto & Windus
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $49.99

About the author

Nigella Lawson

Nigella Lawson has written eleven bestselling cookery books including the classics How to Eat and How To Be A Domestic Goddess – the book that inspired a whole new generation of bakers. These books, and her TV series, have made her a household name around the world.

www.nigella.com
@Nigella_Lawson

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Praise for Cook, Eat, Repeat

Lawson's latest book is the one I've been waiting for her to write...Her aim is to empower and demystify and to encourage everyone to get as much pleasure from cooking as she does

Diana Henry, Daily Telegraph

Twenty-two years after her first book, How To Eat, Nigella Lawson has produced what feels like its answer: Cook, Eat, Repeat.

The Times

Interweaves domestic goddess-style recipes with personal musings and guides

Vogue.co.uk

Nigella's writing is a culinary stream of consciousness that piques the senses and you hear her reassuring voice through her writing... Cook, Eat, Repeat is expansive, practical and enjoyable

Caterer

Cook, Eat, Repeat is a wonderful combination of gastronomical essays, stylish up-to-date imagery and - most importantly - recipes with far-reaching appeal, ticking boxes as both an entertaining read and a practical guide

Rosie Conroy, Independent

Thrilling... A wise, digressive celebration of the life-affirming pleasures of eating that sparkles with descriptive sentences that are just as delectable as dishes that cover everything from crab mac'n'cheese to sweet and salty chocolate cookies specifically designed not to be shared... Nigella's latest book -- through its wisdom, wit and urge to bring joy -- has the knack of making an uncertain future feel that little bit more bearable

Jimi Famurewa, Waitrose Weekly

Cook, Eat, Repeat is an informative, intelligent, thought-provoking and amusing book. Surely the combination of her delicious recipes and delicious words is a dream come true

Rachel Hagen, Woman & Home

A delicious and delightful combination of recipes intertwined with narrative essays about food, all written in the cook's engaging and insightful prose

Great British Food

There is everything you want from a cookbook - brilliant recipes, a little bit of humour and, most importantly, a lot of comfort

Love Food

Every page crackles with the sheer pleasure of cooking and eating, in whatever way you choose, and there is no finer quality in a cookbook than that

Olivia Potts, Spectator

This book is testament to the fact that Nigella is as much a writer as a cook, and it will surely be on every Christmas list this year

Madeleine Feeny, Culture Whisper, *Christmas Gift Guide 2020*

A stunning variety of recipes in this year's cookbook collection', mention: 'A delicious and delightful combination of recipes intertwined with narrative essays about food, all written in Nigella's engaging and insightful prose

Fiona Murphy, SHEmazing!, *Christmas Gift Guide 2020*

There's not a cook in the country who won't be licking their lips in anticipation

Hannah Stephenson, UK Press Syndication, *Christmas Gift Guide 2020*

Wonderful... Its real strength is that Nigella is such a pleasure to read

Constance Craig Smith, Daily Mail, *Christmas Gift Guide 2020*

Beautifully written... A must for domestic goddesses

Charlotte Heathcote, Sunday Express, *Christmas Gift Guide 2020*

A new title from Nigella Lawson is always welcome, but never more so than in the year that drove so many of us back into our kitchens. This book - her greatest since How to Eat in 1998 - is about embracing the idea of cooking as a series of soothing rituals... The dishes here are as comforting as any Nigella fan could wish for, from Basque burnt cheesecake to fish finger bhorta. And above and beyond the recipes, this is a profound and consoling defence of the pleasures of the kitchen. I can't think of a better companion for these strange times

Bee Wilson, Sunday Times, *Food Book of the Year*

A rapturous account of wonderful food and a joyful antidote to everything else

Meera Sodha, Guardian, *Best Cookbooks of 2020*

A gloriously comforting book I curled up and read it on the sofa... Nigella describes how and why food is so important and life-enhancing

Victoria Hislop, Daily Express, *Books of the Year*

The recipes...are dazzling and the prose that surrounds them is like the hug we've been waiting for all year

Cyan Turan, Cosmopolitan, *Books of the Year*

Written in her [Lawson's] inimitable warm and conversational style, it's [Cook, Eat, Repeat] an electric mix

Hannah Beckerman, UK Press Syndication

No one blends tempting recipes and thoughtful digression on the subject of food with quite the same easy grace as Nigella. Her latest offering is a classic example

Waitrose Weekend, *Christmas Gift Guide 2020*

Cook, Eat, Repeat recipes are hits...written about in a lyrical style that inspires you to cook

Susannah Butter, Evening Standard

Few cookery writers write so beautifully, imbuing their recipes with such a sense of narrative, culinary enthusiasm and human understanding... [The] recognition of the personal nature of cooking, and the connections it involves, strikes at the heart of her appeal

Ettie Neil-Gallacher, Field

Lawson's engaging tone...makes this an ideal Christmas present in these dark days... Just now there may be little we can do but cook, eat, repeat, but Lawson shows us this can and should be pleasurably ritualistic rather than monotonous

Carina Murphy, Tablet

Deliciously indulgent food escapes

Hannah Stephenson, UK Press Syndication

The most delicious-sounding ideas... [and the] perfect book to hone your cooking skills - and lockdown might provide extra time you need

Sun

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