NIGELLA HAS DONE IT AGAIN

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	• Feast: Food to Celebrate Life Nigella Lawson Hyperion, 2004 - 480 pages average customer review:based on 40 reviews view larger image
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NIGELLA HAS DONE IT AGAIN

I have read all Nigella's books (with the exception of Forever Summer) and have found them both helpful reference books and fascinating reading.
Feast is a book about celebration, abundance, and communion in the literal sense of the word, after all, what is a feast without people? Nigella amply displays her giving nature, her fixation with giving to others the thing which gives her so much pleasure...food. At the same time she clearly demonstrates her selfish and culinary dark side by admiting to solitary feasts (or indeed a deux) in the bedroom and one can only be amused at such an admission.
This book is about the richness of life, decadence, indulgence almost epicurianism, evocative of bygone traditions, it isn't for the health concious nor for vegetarians as previously pointed out. I agree with Nigella on this one...given the abundance of wonderful vegetables and diversity of their flavours and textures, why try and make them into "meat substitutes" by fiddling and sprauncing? Nigella is by no means "anti-vegetarian" and evidently understands that some of her guests will not want to eat meat, so, let them eat vegetables since her groaningly overfilled table will clearly contain an abundance of these.
Nigella is obviously about richness and not for the low fat cook, however, I have never known anyone not to be able to make a lower fat version of anything, unless they are trying to be difficult. Personally (and I shall probably be shot down in flames by some for this) I have never yet seen a low fat vegetarian FEAST.
I love this book and recommend it as both a helpful kitchen aid and wonderful bedside reading.

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Nigella's feast

Yum, just got this for Christmas. Only two quibbles so far. One, unlike my edition of How to Eat and How to be a Domestic Goddess this one is all in weights. Bother. I wish they would either be bilingual so to speak, or be in volumes for the North American market. I lived in England for years and never could get to grips with weights. No. 2 gripe is that I wish she wasn't so dismissive of vegetarian food. I don't eat meat, and don't begrudge her her beast. I'd like to see her give it a go.

Other than that, her writing is great as always, comfy, yet to the point. Nigella is always relateable, and I like that. The recipes mostly look great, though a few more hmms than usual (sweet potatoes with marshmallow - eeewwww). Hopefully deep fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches are not forthcoming. Finally, it was good to see her have a few more Jewish recipes. She always seems deeply (and puzzlingly) closeted about this.

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a fabulous feast!

yet again another wonderful book from nigella. beautifully written, excellent artwork and more importantly the food is exceptional. currently working my way through it!! - everything made so far has been a triumph. my stomach highly recommends this book.

A delicious celebration

I have to say, living in the UK, as I do, I am slighty envious of the American frontcover of this book since it features the lovely Ms Lawson (she is stunningly beautiful afterall!)
The British version has a very artistic photograph of an aluminium steamer pot, in a very rustic setting, no Nigella!
I guess now that Nigella is married to the most prolific British art collector, it's little wonder.
That is is one of my few complaints about his book. It is beautifully structured, expertly researched and the recipes are not only catatonia inducingly yummy but Nigella's dialogue about them is as sintilating and seductive as ever she is.
What I liked so much also was that she had tried to include a wide denomination of festivals and feasts. Not all are featured, obvoiusly, the book would take eons to produce otherwise. For my own part I was a little dissapointed that Diwali was overlooked (the Hindu festival of lights) largely becuase I live in a part of Britain which has a huge Diwali festival and I have always wanted to make some of those lovely savoury and sweet nibbles (I'll research what actress and cook Madhur Jaffrey has on this and report back!) Nonetheless I was enthralled with the reach of her knowledge and it was every bit as intriging to find out about feasts I have never been to as it was to salivate on food ideas. Even slime soup is georgous and Children will love the gorily named menu!
Feast is a great cook book and won't gather dust in your Kitchen. Nigella's food is always sumptious and utterly delicious, check out her ham cooked in Coca Cola - sublime!
Just for the record, to my American cousins who may not be able to figure the lumping together of Thanksgiving and Christmas, I suspect it is because the traditional British Christmas Lunch is incredibly similair to the US Thanksgiving Dinner. Another hit from Nigella and I don't think it will spend anytime in the shadow of her other works.

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