May 2010 Good Housekeeping selection.

Jamie Oliver returns with a bright and breezy look at food from our favourite holiday destinations. Jamie Does… will help you recreate everything from a Spanish paella to a Moroccan tagine or Greek salad.

Synopsis

This cookbook will celebrate the vibrant food of six very different countries. Cheap, short-haul flights and long weekend getaways have become increasingly popular and within a few short hours of the UK there are new and exciting worlds of food waiting to be discovered as Jamie finds out. Each chapter will focus on a different city or region: Marrakech, Athens, Venice, Andalucia, Stockholm and the Ardeche region of France. The food in each chapter will be a mixture of classic dishes and new recipes inspired by the things Jamie learns on his travels. Beautiful reportage photography of the faces, places and ingredients will accompany each chapter. Jamie says: 'The food I've embraced on each trip is a mixture of what you could call the cliched star dishes - the tagines of Morocco, the flamboyant paella of Spain and the zingy fresh flavours of a classic Greek salad - and the recipes that I've been inspired to make after walking through the markets and soaking up the vibes of each place. What you'll find in this book is fun, optimistic, escapist food you can actually cook and enjoy in your own home'.

About the Author

Jamie Oliver started cooking at his parent's pub, The Cricketers, in Clavering, Essex at the age of eight and has since worked with some of the world's top chefs. Jamie now runs his own restaurant, Fifteen, and lives in London with his wife, Jools, and their daughters Poppy and Daisy.   Jamie's books The Naked Chef, The Return of the Naked Chef, Happy Days with the Naked Chef, Jamie’s Kitchen, Jamie’s Dinners, Jamie’s Italy, Cook with Jamie, Jamie at Home, and his latest Ministry of Food, are all published by Penguin. More books by this author Author 'Like for Like' recommendation