Do-ahead Dinners How to Feed Friends and Family without the Frenzy

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August 2013 Food & Drink Book of the Month.

This book is going to find a ready place on my cookery shelves; I’ve been much taken with James Ramsden’s recipes and his method of cooking. His recipes are broken down by time, showing what can be done, in some cases, days ahead, and then hours ahead and then just before eating. This methodology gives you at least three stages meaning you can have your food preparation ongoing.

It is meant for cooks dealing with parties and get togethers, the basic recipes for 6-8 yet these can easily be halved or multiplied and the book really has a wider appeal to anyone wanting a decent supper on the table without slaving over the oven for hours at a time. Some careful reading of the recipes also reveals that many can be frozen half way through the process, further cutting down on cooking time meaning good food on the table in less time that it takes to “ping” a ready meal.

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About Do-ahead Dinners How to Feed Friends and Family without the Frenzy

'This is a book you really want. No fifteen minute magic or culinary sorcery, just practical, staged cooking of the most sumptuous dishes. Made me salivate.' Yotam Ottolenghi Cooking for groups can be a stressful operation, yet at his supper club, The Secret Larder, James Ramsden has built a reputation for creating exciting, trendy, tasty food without the gaga gourmet, whilst being able to maintain a relaxed and sociable presence amongst the guests.

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