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Gordon Ramsay's Fast Food: Recipes from "The F Word" | 
 enlarge | Author: Gordon Ramsay
Publisher: Quadrille Publishing Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £19.99
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 260
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 10 x 8 x 1.3
ISBN: 1844004538
Dewey Decimal Number: 641
EAN: 9781844004539
ASIN: 1844004538
Publication Date: May 4, 2007
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 It is very hard to fault this latest GR book and at less than half price, it is a VERY good time to buy it! May 7, 2007
Amazon Reviewer
349 out of 362 found this review helpful
`Taking its inspiration from Channel 4's popular F Word series, `FAST FOOD' includes over 100 delicious recipes that are SUPER-FAST and EASY TO PREPARE'.
`When I launched my Sunday Lunch campaign last year, `lack of time', was the excuse most people gave for not cooking. Sadly, ready meals and take-aways have become the staple for many of us......
My campaign this time around is to re-define the concept of fast food and prove that anyone can prepare speedy meals in less time than it takes to get a pizza delivered......
Many of the dishes can be prepared and cooked in 15 minutes (none take longer than half an hour) and `the menus' take 30-45 minutes from start to finish.....
Great fast food depends on using top quality ingredients. Finding a good butcher, fishmonger and farmers' market or greengrocer is the key.'
255 high quality matt pages split over 15 chapters:-
Light & healthy
A taste of Morocco
Country cooking
Viva Italia!
Fast fish and chips
Outdoor eating
Mexican flavours
Easy for a crowd
Tapas spread
Cheap & cheerful
Summer special
Indian spice
Thai feast
Speedy Sunday lunch
Fast drinks party
plus an introduction, `Store-cupboard Essentials', a 'Basics' section and a concise index.
At the front of the book is the added bonus of a quick reference `Recipe List'.
Each recipe is clearly laid out with a title and number of servings, a list of ingredients and the method.
The majority have a photograph (s) and often a helpful note, e.g.:-
`Roasted Nectarines with Amaretti Cream'
`This works equally well with peaches - just make sure you use ripe, firm, juicy fruit.
Immature nectarines or peaches would simply disappoint.'
A taste of the recipes within:-
Leek, Potato and Smoked Haddock Soup
Grilled Aubergine with Tahini Dressing
Spiced Pan-Roasted Apples and Pears
Easy Tiramisu
Roasted Vegetable Panini
Baked Egg Florentine
Peppered Lamb Steaks
Fresh Lemonade
Beef Fajitas with Soured Cream and Guacamole
Penne, Runner Beans & Goat's Cheese
Mussels in an Aromatic & Coconut Broth
Easy Lobster Thermidor
Easy Vegetable Curry
Sticky Lemon Chicken
Caramelised Banana Split
Venison with Sweet & Sour Peppers
Prawn Pilau
Yam Pak Salad
Pain Perdu with Raspberries and Ricotta
Mango Fool
Chocolate Fondant
Blueberry & Pomegranate Fizz
Double-page spreads reveal `tips', such as `Fast Ways to Cook Meat, `Quick Flavour Hits' or 'My Favourite Time-saving Tools' and throughout the book are handy notes or observations, e.g. :-
`Curry Salt - Mix 1 tsp curry powder to 2 tsp sea salt and use to add an extra kick to fish, shellfish, chicken and pork.
We often sprinkle a little curry salt onto fresh scallops in the restaurants.'
`I appreciate the need to take shortcuts, but some convenience foods are strictly off-limits - including awful-tasting stock cubes and almost all ready-made sauces in jars.
A few basics are really worth the time and effort you spend making them.
A good example is mayonnaise. No commercial variety can ever compare to homemade mayonnaise, both in terms of flavour and consistency......'
`There is nothing like sharing an al fresco meal with family & friends, either on a picnic blanket or just out in the back garden.'
The BEST from Gordon Ramsay, yet! May 7, 2007
Ramsay-ite
185 out of 214 found this review helpful
I can't believe that a BRAND NEW book, published only last week, is on such a GOOD price here and in the bookshops in town.
There is nothing I can add to Amazon Reviewer's superb review - just buy the book - NOW - you will not regret it.
My only criticisnm is that the introduction is a bit hard to read being white on a mid-shade of blue but maybe that is just my age, or my eyes!
TOP BOOK June 16, 2007
FOODWRITER/CRITIC (Stockbridge, Hants.)
90 out of 109 found this review helpful
This is a great book from Ramsay but I have to criticise some of these other reviews on here - there is NO swearing in the book!
Whether one likes this side of Ramsay, or not, the book is the book and the TV series is just that - I don't thik the contents of latter should be aired in a book review!
A lavishly produced book which is easy to read, persuse and cook from......FAST!
Wow! A great new book from Gordon Ramsay... May 18, 2007
Charlie Batchelor (England)
117 out of 162 found this review helpful
I bought this book after being impressed with the new series on channel 4 at the moment - and was pleasantly surprised at the variety of recipes in this book. Nice colour pictures, detailed recipes but not too detailed enabling your own enterpretation of the recipe. The 3 Recipes I have tried so far have been well recieved by my family, and they are a perfect, healthy and natural alternative for what passes for "fast" food - and don't take long to cook. I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone that is even considering it!
SIMPLY, THE BEST May 14, 2007
Shelly Lyons
104 out of 152 found this review helpful
Pure and simple, Ramsay is the best celebrity chef around. Part astute cooking genius and part marketing ploy, the end result is a charismatic man with a deft touch for what tastes good.
The concept of the book is strikingly simple. Ramsay lays out the bare bones for cooking DECENT food FAST. So it's "fast food", but not really. Fast in that it can be prepared quickly, but much better for you than the edible rubbish that normally passes for takeway.
We need more Ramsays. Author/Chefs who not only are attempting to make a buck, but also performing a bit of a service. In this case, showing people how they can enjoy food that is prepared quickly but is much healthier for you than the takeaways.
This sort of book, however, is not beyond parody. For an EXTREMELY FUNNY send up of celebrity chef and diet books check out "Maybe Life's Just Not That Into You" by Martha Bolton.
And let's hope that Ramsay continues to thrive. It's no accident he's so successful. He gives the public what we need.
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