A book of comfort food. Inspiring the television series of the same name, this has become one of my most popular books. I simply think of it as a collection of rather lovely recipes for ingredients of which I am especially fond, such as garlic, potatoes, bread, chocolate and ice cream. It is a book of comfort food really, and has sexy photographs too. The chocolate espresso cake has become much loved.

From the introduction:
"By real food I mean big-flavoured, unpretentious cooking. Nothing fancy, nothing extravagant, nothing careless or slapdash.Just nice, uncomplicated food. Be it chicken roasted with lemon and basil or simply a big fat mushroom baked in garlic butter and stuffed inside a soft bap."

"Buy it for someone you love"     Time Out
"Book of the Year"       Financial Times
"Few People make food seem so effortless or sensual"   Sunday Telegraph

 

ISBN 13 978-1-84115-144-1  First published Fourth Estate, London 1998, 17th edition 2009; also as Einfach Gut Essen, Dorling Kindersley, Munchen 2005