One of the things I like about Nigella is her total lack of stuffy "chefiness". Yes we can have TV dinners and "trashy food", just enjoy it. Favourites ? Halloumi with Chilli. Chocolate Lime Cheesecake, Vietnamese Chicken and Mint Salad and the Ham in Coca Cola.

There is, I think, only one recipe left that I haven't made from this book, and it's because I don't know which fish to substitute. Every recipe I've tried has been a wonderful success, and it's a very family friendly book, with things like Pasta e Fagioli, Chicken with Chorizo and Cannelini and the Double Potato and Halloumi Bake. The Masala Omelette is one of my favourite breakfasts, and the Chocolate Fudge Cake - enough said! ( )

This book is a work of art, it is so nice to look at that you forget you are reading a cook book. The pages are think, the images beautiful and the recipes fit for the gods. I like it, but use it very infrequently because I have two little toddlers and spending an entire day cooking is not what happens around our house on a regular basis. Maybe when they get a bit older. Right now it is another one of those books that just is not happening. ( )

I've so far enver made a recipe out of Nigella's books and been disappointed. She makes food that are to my taste. ( )