Customer Reviews
Great for easy, quick meals! - By: , 14 Aug 2005 
I've only recently bought this book, but have already cooked a recipe from it. When I flicked through it in a shop a little while ago I thought it would be the ideal cookbook to have for quick reference (like the Delia Smith chocolate, italian, pork etc collections).
Like another reviewer said, this cookbook is full of many ideas that others books already contain. However, if you're in a rush, want a quick easy meal with ingredients already in your cupboard, & you basicallly know what you fancy, then this book is ideal. I bought it for that reason & think it will live up to its purpose.
For midweek meals when you havent got time to plan or flick through your other cookbooks this is ideal. If you want a challlenge, go elsewhere
Wonderfull book - By: , 17 May 2005 
I love this book. the recipes are wonderfull & so easy to follow & easy to make recipe, easier than the other river cafe cookbook. It's defenitly a must have.
at the same time I bought Simple & Simply Delicious by Sylvie Rocher. Both book have great simple recipes
Buy it for the Kids - By: A. Weston, 29 Jan 2004 If you are an experienced or interested cook, the chances are this book will offer nothing you don't already know or have somewhere else. What it does do very well is offer an appealing & accessible treatment of a lot of simple good food - it is PERFECT for a 12 year old who is starting to get into the idea of cooking, but is patronised by kids cook books. On that basis it's a very good addition to the family cook book shelf, & will make your early-teens feel stylish & sophisticated in the kitchen plus you might actuallly enjoy eating what they make rather than having to put a brave face on the latest lumpen offering.
Rip-off Cafe Cookbook - By: A Reader, 14 Jan 2004 
For the most part it's decent grub but it suffers from too much padding, with a lot of one paragraph recipes (in an oversize font) taking up a whole page. As an example: is it reallly necessary for a recipe for grilled tomatoes (i.e. halve, salt & then grill) to take TWO whole pages (including photograph). This book should be about a quarter of the size it is. To sum up in one word - Overrated - just like the restaurant.
Good for novices - By: , 15 Dec 2003 
This is a very good book for novices, but the more accomplished cooks & foodies may find the content of this book to be lacking somewhat. To be fair, the authors have obviously set out to write a book of simple yet tasty recipes & they have definitely succeeded in this....my point is that one should not expect to find any new or exciting recipes here.
