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A review by girlnextshore
Veg by Jamie Oliver
3.0
A helpful book filled with ideas and tips to start any veggie-centric health kick.
Jamie Oliver often frustrates me with his meh attitude to quantities (ie, a mug of this and roughly a handful of that or more) and his lackadaisical definition of methods (ie, "bang bang it your fist" and "puff it up with gusto"). So I tend to call his cookbook entries ideas rather than recipes because if there’s anything I’ve learned from the naked chef, it’s the art of eyeballing to temper to your taste. His ideas tend to work for novice and busy cooks, though.
Unlike other more respected cookbooks where you buy a full tin of some strange ingredient you will use a fifth of and forget beyond its expiry date, this cookbook is fairly easy to follow and the stuff you need are quite “average pantry"-friendly. So overall, a welcome addition to the cook-shelves, especially if you're entertaining non-fussy vegetarians around.
Jamie Oliver often frustrates me with his meh attitude to quantities (ie, a mug of this and roughly a handful of that or more) and his lackadaisical definition of methods (ie, "bang bang it your fist" and "puff it up with gusto"). So I tend to call his cookbook entries ideas rather than recipes because if there’s anything I’ve learned from the naked chef, it’s the art of eyeballing to temper to your taste. His ideas tend to work for novice and busy cooks, though.
Unlike other more respected cookbooks where you buy a full tin of some strange ingredient you will use a fifth of and forget beyond its expiry date, this cookbook is fairly easy to follow and the stuff you need are quite “average pantry"-friendly. So overall, a welcome addition to the cook-shelves, especially if you're entertaining non-fussy vegetarians around.