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But First, Dinner
Food for Our Real Lives - 'Will become a classic' Nigella Lawson
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'Essential reading, as far as I'm concerned . . . Will become a classic' NIGELLA LAWSON'The millennial answer to Mary Berry and Jamie Oliver' MAIL ON SUNDAYThis is a book for people who spend most of their time thinking about what to have for dinner. For people who communicate big feelings through food. And for people who know that a bowl of pasta is never really just a bowl of pasta. From crispy gnocchi with hot and sour tomatoes and grated halloumi to chubby ricotta basil dumplings, from spatchcocked chicken with pepper sauce to salty coconut granola, this is a book bursting with over sixty mouthwatering recipes for every occasion. Because in our real lives, we need all kinds of dinners. Food to keep our hands (and brain) busy, lap dinners for tired souls, batch cooks for busy days ahead and emergency treats, because sometimes we just need emergency treats. Weaving together recipes, memories, essays and Strong Feelings about supermarket cheddar, female friendship and food we eat when we're alone, But First, Dinner is Eleanor Steafel's hilarious and heartfelt manifesto on how to answer the dinner question - no matter what sort of day we are having. 'Ellie Steafel has a Laurie Colwin-like ability to put into words the endless internal dialogue so many of us have about what we do (and don't) want to eat, with recipe suggestions so perfect I felt she was reading my mind: simply wonderful' RACHEL RODDY 'Brilliant. Once-in-a-generation warm, accessible food writing of the sort that makes you want to lick the page. You'll want a copy for the kitchen and another one to keep by your bed' INDIA KNIGHT
'Essential reading, as far as I'm concerned . . . Will become a classic' NIGELLA LAWSON'The millennial answer to Mary Berry and Jamie Oliver' MAIL ON SUNDAYThis is a book for people who spend most of their time thinking about what to have for dinner. For people who communicate big feelings through food. And for people who know that a bowl of pasta is never really just a bowl of pasta. From crispy gnocchi with hot and sour tomatoes and grated halloumi to chubby ricotta basil dumplings, from spatchcocked chicken with pepper sauce to salty coconut granola, this is a book bursting with over sixty mouthwatering recipes for every occasion. Because in our real lives, we need all kinds of dinners. Food to keep our hands (and brain) busy, lap dinners for tired souls, batch cooks for busy days ahead and emergency treats, because sometimes we just need emergency treats. Weaving together recipes, memories, essays and Strong Feelings about supermarket cheddar, female friendship and food we eat when we're alone, But First, Dinner is Eleanor Steafel's hilarious and heartfelt manifesto on how to answer the dinner question - no matter what sort of day we are having. 'Ellie Steafel has a Laurie Colwin-like ability to put into words the endless internal dialogue so many of us have about what we do (and don't) want to eat, with recipe suggestions so perfect I felt she was reading my mind: simply wonderful' RACHEL RODDY 'Brilliant. Once-in-a-generation warm, accessible food writing of the sort that makes you want to lick the page. You'll want a copy for the kitchen and another one to keep by your bed' INDIA KNIGHT