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|title=Nigella Bites
|author=Nigella Lawson
|reviewer=Sue Magee
|genre=Cookery
|summary=It's a book of the television series and it's difficult to avoid the thought that the series was made to sell the book. It relies on big print and glossy photos to fill space and the chapters follow the television series rather than ay any logical arrangement. Borrow if you must, but don't buy - it's not a book you'll get a lot of use out of.
|rating=2
|buy=No
|borrow=Maybe
|pages=260
|publisher=Chatto and Windus
|date=May 2001
|isbn=0701172878
|amazonukcover=<amazonuk>0701172878</amazonuk>|amazonusaznuk=0701172878|aznus=<amazonus>0701172878</amazonus>
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I go back a long way. As a child we didn't have a television, although we did know someone who knew someone who had one. They offered to let me watch the Coronation but my mother was a proud woman and said that we'd arranged to have friends round for the day. In fact I was sent out to play in the back garden with strict instructions that I was not to make any noise or let anyone see me. My memory of the day is of acute boredom.
Too much of this book is based on Nigella's personality and I've got to be honest and admit that she annoys the hell out of me. There's too much reliance on overt sexuality at the expense of depth of content for my taste and at £20 the cover price is a rip-off. Borrow it if you must, but don't waste money on it.
We also have a review of [[Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home by Nigella Lawson]]. {{amazontext|amazon=07011728780701181354}} {{waterstonestextamazonUStext|waterstonesamazon=53108230701172878}}
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|name=Susan Hogan
|verb=said
|comment= I felt the reviewer took too long to get to the book in question. It could have been a briefer review but more relevant.
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|name=Sue
|verb=said
|comment= Point taken!
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|name=srobert
|verb=said
|comment= I adore this book, but that is probably because I watched and enjoyed the series before I bought it. The recipes are very easy to use and normally require a minimum of ingredients - quite refreshing when one has been used to cordon bleu cookbooks with their shopping lists.
I understand the nutritional point, but surely most cookbooks are the same (unless you specifically look for a "healthy" cookery book). I have a lot of cookbooks, and I have lost count of the recipes that start "Take 8oz of butter", or "take half a pint of cream"!
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|name=Kerry King
|verb=said
|comment= I went through my copy of this book last night looking for a recipe for a dinner party I am having next weekend and I have to say, none of it was particularly impressive and I think I bought it in the first place purely for the ham cooked in coca-cola recipe, which I have never bothered to do in any event. If it wasn't so nice looking (the book) on my shelf of cookbooks, I would probably list it on readitswapit. It's a bit like having a pair of Prada heels two sizes too small.... pretty but of no practical use whatsoever!
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