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Reviewed in India on 30 September 2015

Loved this book. it's not just any cookbook but more like a conversation between the reader and nigella, It may not contain color photographs of the completed dish wud look like but it will never fail to charm the reader... nigella sure is a captivating writer!

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Terrible and faulty payment systems.

Reviewed in India on 4 July 2021

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I ordered the product online. I got a message saying my payment failed. So i ordered again on COD terms. And now got two of the same item- one paid and one COD! Your computer systems are clearly not working

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Sand

for Nigella fans

Reviewed in India on 8 April 2018

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Decided to buy after watching her programs on TV. She is good in cooking as well as in writing.

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Alabastron

A wonderful book, but impossible to read or use, thanks to mean, cost-cutting production

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 October 2018

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I'm afraid that this anniversary paperback edition of Nigella's lovely book is a disgrace to the publishing profession. Having worked for many years in the business, I can almost hear the editorial/production/sales meeting as the edition was in the planning stage. "What's the optimum price at which this book will sell?" says the Editor. "14.99" says the Sales Manager. "Right", says the Editorial Director". "I'll cost it", says the Production Manager. Working from that price, they work out how to produce the book for it. If the optimum price agreed at the meeting is too low, but isn't corrected at a subsequent meeting, quality suffers. Cheap paper stock is chosen, and as has happened here, is shaved down to the minimum dimensions that will accommodate the text. Almost no margin is left at the heads of the pages, and no margins at all in the gutter. "Gutter" is the term that describes the margins at the inside edges of the pages. If these margins are inadequate, the words at the ends of lines disappear into the gutter and cannot be comfortably read without bending the book back and breaking the spine - not something that anyone who loves books would dream of doing.

I wanted to keep this anniversary paperback edition at Amazon's great price of £10.99 because I love the brilliant cover design. So I tried. But after half an hour of trying to read the book my hands hurt from holding it, and my eyes hurt from peering into the gutter. So I've returned it, and have ordered the hardback. It should be fine: its quoted dimensions - 19.6 x 4 x 25.4 cm as against the paperback's 15.3 x 4 x 21.6 cm - tell me that there will be plenty of space surrounding the words on each page, and an ample gutter. And there is a good chance that it will lie flat so that I can use it to cook something if I want to. It costs £8 more, but it will be worth it.

Vintage have been in the book-making business for a very long time, as have Clays, who printed and bound the book. Both ought to have known better than to offer such a mean, stingy production job, useless as a book to read or to use, and an insult to its author and its readers.

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Molly

Very difficult to read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2019

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This is a recent purchase which as yet I have not begun to read seriously, due to the quality of the text, which appears to vary throughout. The text of the index is so faint that it is completely unreadable. The rest of the book appears to have very variable print: some is perfectly clear but about a third is of a very poor standard. It is certainly nowhere near the standard of the average kindle book. Very disappointing. It’s going to be a very difficult read.

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Orangehazy

Mmmm.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 May 2020

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I haven’t read it yet but a cookbook without pictures or illustration doesn’t inspire me. I should have checked more closely before I ordered it. This probably means I’m not a ‘foodie’. I can live with that. I do like reading good prose though so I’m sure I will take something away from it.

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dreamangel

A kitchen staple

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 February 2019

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This book is absolutely brilliant. I have nearly all of Nigella's books simply because I'm a huge fan of hers, not only because I like the way she writes, but I find her recipes foolproof. This book in particular though is the one I go to the most - it has essentials such as making pastry, sauces, but also full recipes for meals as well. She keeps recipes and instructions simple and to the point, which I like.

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Mme Wendy Martensson

A simply wonderful book to savour.......

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 April 2019

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Don't know why I didn't read How to Eat the first time round.....missed it somehow but have made up for this oversight
by purchasing the Anniversary Edition. It is a wonderful book from which to cook and through which to enjoy the
stories of a family kitchen. I've kept it by my bedside and read it as one would a novel....marking recipes I want to
try as I go along. I can't say that I've got on particularly well with Nigella's book in the past, but this is a joy and a
classic.

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E. Hughes

Best cookery book ever in my opinion!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 June 2017

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Much favourite cook book, bought 2 one for each of our sons who are off to uni this year! They were disappointed as there are no pictures (what do they know anyway). I love this book the recipient are foolproof, delicious and I love the way Nigella writes with such enthusiasm. I love the fact that she does whole menu suggestions. I love love love this book. ❤️❤️❤️

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catherine york

Simple tasty recipes for all

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 August 2019

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A clear informative book on eating and cooking. It's full of great simple recipes which are affordable to do. It doesn't have pictures which is a shame and the format is a little clunky for practical use in the kitchen. No one wants a cookbook to slam shut off it's own bat at a crucial point in a recipe even if the page has been marked. All in all a nice addition to any cookery book collection.

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