Customer Reviews
The 'Domestic Goddess' is back......... - By: Amazon Reviewer, 08 May 2008 
and what a GREAT book it is!
'This is, as the title makes clear, a book about fast food, but it is a book about fast food for those who love eating. Perhaps that's self-evident: How could I write any other sort? .......
But, here's the problem: the day doesn't have enough gaps in it for me to do much shopping & the evening - what with the battles over homework, the still unchecked-off list of things I was meant to do, the callls I was supposed to return - doesn't yield much time to cook. But I must eat, & I must eat well - or else what is the point of it alll?.......
I could go on, but in the interest of brevity & the `Express' spirit, it seems only right to cut straight to the chase.
The recipes that follow are not simply quick to cook, they attempt to make the whole of your cooking life - & as a consequence, alll of your life - easier.
They are arranged in chapters, but please don't feel confined by these.
Read, browse, sample, fiddle about as you see fit.
As in cooking, so in life: we muddle through as best as we can & this is what `Nigella Express' is alll about.
Good Food Fast.....'
Nigella is the author of a number of best-selling books....but this is, arguably, her best to date. In it you will find the likes of everyday favourite recipes, such as `High-Speed Hamburger with Fast Fries', `Quick Chilli`, `Macaroni Cheese', `Butterfly Cakes' & `Roly Poly Pudding', mingling with the lesser well-known, but intriguing:-`Red Prawn & Mango Curry', `Green Apple Martini', `Red-Leaf, Fig & Serrano Ham Salad', `Chopped Ceviche & Mexicola', `Roquamole' & `Hokey Pokey'.
Launched to coincide with her latest BBC TV series, this chunky tome has 390 high quality pages, split over 13 chapters:-
(1) Everyday Easy - speedy suppers, day in, day out
(2) Workday Winners - weekday entertaining made easy
(3) Retro Rapido - time-warp favourites given the express twist
(4) Get Up & Go - breakfast at breakneck speed
(5) Quick Quick Slow - prepare ahead to save time later
(6) Against the Clock - no time? No problem
(7) Instant Calmer - super fast soul food
(8) Razzle Dazzle - give a party pronto
(9) Speedy Gonzales - Mexican-inspired moments
(10) On the Run - food for eating on the hoof, packed lunches & picnics
(11) Hey Presto - instant Italian
(12) Holiday Snaps - Christmas quickies
(13) Storecupboard SOS - how to cope when there's no time to go shopping
sandwiched between an introduction & a full index.
Handy ribbon bookmark.
Each chapter opens with the famous Nigella banter, as does each recipe, e.g. :-
`Lamb Olive & Caramelized Onion Tagine'
`Nearly alll stews start with chopped onion.
Here is the lazy person's version, which uses some caramelised onion out of a jar instead..........And I add to the desirable idleness by not even searing the meat. I just tip everything into a big pan & let it do its own sweet thing without any interference from me.
`I don't actuallly cook this recipe in 'a tagine' - though often serve it in one - but ever since someone told me that in Morocco most tagines are made in pressure cookers, I have felt unembarrassed by callling something cooked in a pan - 'a tagine'.
The recipes are clearly laid out with the list of ingredients, an easy to follow numbered method & the number of servings and, if applicable - notes on accompaniments and/or a footnote.
Mouth-watering full colour photography throughout.
A very smalll taste of the other recipes contained within:-
Anglo-Asian Lamb Salad
Mustard Pork Chops
Rapid Ragu
Naan Pizza
Caramel Croissant Pudding
Potato & Mushroom Gratin
Eton Mess
Cheese Fondue
Crepes Suzette
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
Go Get `Em Smoothie
Frittata Party!
Croque Monsieur Bake
Maple Chicken `N' Ribs
Gravlax Sashimi
Irish Cream Tiramisu
Totallly Chocolate Chip Cookies
Sweetcorn Chowder with Toasted Tortillas
Amaretto Syllabub
Holiday Hot Cake with Eggnog Cream
Hot Toddy
Curry in a Hurry
and
Instant Chocolate Mousse - a shockingly easy recipe which is simply delicious - don't forget some white chocolate shavings on the top!
