The Weekend Cook: Good Food for Real Life PDF
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First and foremost I would like to dedicate this book to Pat, a very dear, much missed, kind, generous and funny friend – times together were always great fun. To my husband Neil, without whom this book could not have been written, and finally to friends and family because quite frankly there is nothing more important in life than those two groups of people. Contents Introduction Starters Soups Meat Fish Pasta and Rice Vegetables Neighbours Street Party Sweets Conversion Charts Index Thank You About the Author Introduction I have been living in East London for over 20 years. It’s a top community with wonderful neighbours who are also friends, one of whom was the late legendary television producer, Pat Llewellyn, who was not only a great friend and close neighbour, but also a keen cook and wonderful host. Pat famously produced Two Fat Ladies, Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares and discovered a baby-faced Jamie Oliver – need I say more! Pat used to say that I made entertaining at home look easy, and it was she who first suggested I should write a book about the joy of quality time spent with friends and neighbours. And if Pat said something, you listened. I’ve been cooking professionally for over 30 years and it’s a job that I love. The hours are long, though, and the sight of the weekend ahead is something I look forward to with relish. The weekend is a time to put your working life into perspective and to reconnect with friends and family. And what better way to rebalance your work/life priorities than around the kitchen table, sharing good food and delicious wine with people who bring smiles and fun into your home. It may sound like a busman’s holiday but I genuinely enjoy having people over. It also means that at the end of the evening I just need to travel upstairs to my welcoming bed, rather than find a cab to take me back home across London.
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