Customer Reviews
The best cook book ever - By: Steven Lilleyman, 07 May 2008 
My book arrived today & I have to tell you that I dropped everything
to spend a couple of hours reading it.
It is quite simply the best cook book I have ever seen, & I have quite
a few from Larousse through Gordon Ramsay to Elizabeth David. The
photos are beautifully composed & presented, & the writing is
clearly from the heart, but the way it actuallly shows the reader how to
achieve things is excellent.
My favourite book before this was Conran's cookbook because it devoted
a third of the book to choosing the right produce & demonstrating
preparation techniques, but this book is well ahead of that one.
It reallly captures the spirit & essence of the cook school &
I congratulate everyone involved in its production.
I'll be back at the school very soon & look forward to meeting
everyone again.
a really useful cook book - By: Janie Jones, 29 Apr 2008 Who cares if the book has a typo? I'd rather know if the book was any good - which this one is.
I read this cover to cover & keep going back. It's not just a collection of recipes, but is full of little tips (snippets to full blown step by steps).
The main recipes have a "mise en place" list of how to prepare it in advance if you're cooking for a dinner party - reallly useful.
The quantity of basic recipes is great - excellent reference for stocks & pastry recipes etc
It's got lovely photography, but this isn't its main appeal. The sheer quantity of useful cooking info puts other books to shame!
Full marks.
Good and then the slightly amusing but bad... - By: john dryburgh, 26 Apr 2008 
Book just arrived - it looks very good & I can't wait to get time to sit down & go through it in more detail. It seems to have everything I expected & some more. It's the first NN book I've bought so hopefully it'll be worth it.
However, the bad, & this serves you (the publisher) right. The very first page I turned to as I flicked open the book was Page 11. The heading reads - 'the cook shool chefs'. I've no idea what a 'shool' is, but it serves you right for going to China for printing & binding. Maybe you should have left the proof reading to someone else. In this day & age of computers, DTP & SPELL CHECKING!~! ok, I'm being petty & picky but so what. Quality Fade - I'm based in China & I see it every day.
Oh, one smalll complaint - the cover of the book is a stupid little half size sleeve that I can see becoming very annoying. It's actuallly tacked in place with a bit of rubber glue & it's already fallling off. If you're going to do a cover - do it properly & skip the artsy fartsy stuff.
Nick Nairn Cook School Book - By: Tony, 10 Apr 2008 This is The Best Book that Nick has produced in my opinion, it is full of great advice, & tips.
The recipies are easy to follow, as well as been a great selection, you will always find something that you want to try.
