Simple: Effortless Food, Big Flavors

by Diana Henry

Overview

No-one is better than Diana Henry at turning the everyday into something special. Here is a superb collection of recipes that you can rustle up with absolutely no fuss, but which will knock your socks off with their flavor.

Peppered throughout the book are ingenious ideas such as no-hassle starters and sauces that will lift any dish. From Turkish Pasta with Caramelized Onions, Yoghurt and Dill and Paprika-baked Pork Chops with Beetroot, Caraway and Sour Cream to Parmesan-roasted Cauliflower with Garlic and Thyme, Diana takes the kind of ingredients we are most likely to find in our cupboard and fridge - or be able to pick up on the way home from work - and provides recipes that will become your friends for life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781784723262
Publisher:	Octopus
Publication date:	09/08/2016
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	101,007
File size:	81 MB
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About the Author

Diana Henry is one ofthe UK's best-loved food writers with sales of more than one million copies worldwide. She has regular columns in the Sunday Telegraph and Waitrose Weekend, her work has appeared in BBC Good Food, House & Garden, delicious. and beyond, and her broadcast appearances include BBC Radio 4. Diana has won numerous awards for her journalism and books, including Cookery Journalist of the Year and Cookbook of the Year from the Guild of Food Writers; Cookery Writer of the Year and Cookery Book of the Year at the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards; Food Book of the Year at the André Simon Food & Drink Book Awards; and a James Beard award.

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Table of Contents

Introduction 006

Eggs 008

Salads 024

Toast 052

Pulses 072

Pasta & grains 092

Fish 122

Roasts 154

Chops & sausages 184

Chicken 212

Vegetables 234

Fruit desserts 276

Other Sweet things 312

Shopping guide 330

Index 331

Editorial Reviews

…lives up to its title in the most inviting way possible…[Simple] is a warm, unpretentious collection of thoughtful recipes…Most appealing of all is [Henry's] calm, friendly voice: She could be handing these recipes to a neighbor over the back fence.

The New York Times Book Review - Laura Shapiro

06/20/2016
Henry (Roast Figs Sugar Snow) takes a low-key turn in this elegant cookbook focusing on simple, tasty recipes for all times of day that can be prepared with a minimum of fuss. She delivers on that promise with toast with linguine all’amalfitana (linguine with anchovies and walnuts); Parmesan roast chicken with cauliflower and thyme; and a refreshing salad of cucumbers, radishes, cherries, and rose petals, all well within the abilities of even the most novice of home cooks. Drawing from a pantry full of global ingredients, she creates a leek and feta omelet with sumac, stir-fried squid with ginger and Shaoxing wine, and roast chicken with chiles and migas. These are just a few of the dishes that will expand palates that come together quickly. Readers with fully stocked spice racks will get the most out of the book. Fans of Henry’s previous work (this is a quasi-sequel to 2014’s Cook Simple) will find this one equally rewarding. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly

What distinguishes her work isn't just the quantity of recipes she produces, but their quality and originality, particularly in the creativity of her flavor combinations.

—The New York Times

If you reach for cookbooks that you'll use over and over again (instead of glorified coffee table books), Diana is your girl.—Food 52

The forthright recipes and chatty asides are plain in the way that Jane Grigson and Richard Olney were plain, which is to say that these writers share a lovely economy both of language and of cooking itself.—Los Angeles Times

The pages are loaded with....Henry's cheerful commentary (the joys of canned food) and, of course, a lot of truly wonderful recipes.—Los Angeles Times

Food writer Henry has a knack for genius flavor combinations, and her latest doesn't disappoint.—Library Journal

This is truly modern cooking. She manages to guide you through recipes with very little instruction, because she's so precise with her wording.—New York Times

Henry takes a low-key turn in this elegant cookbook, focusing on simple, tasty recipes for all times of day that can be prepared with a minimum of fuss. She delivers on that promise.—Publishers Weekly

It's the kind of prose that makes you want to run immediately into the kitchen to have your way with some figs. And when you get there, you discover that none of her recipes are fussy, and all of them work. To be accessible, reliable and still thrilling is a very rare achievement indeed.—New York Times

The title tells you most of what you need to know. But don't you dare mistake Simple for "run-of-the-mill".—Food 52

Who's the Best British Food Writer? (Clue: It Isn't Nigella or Jamie)
Why you should know the wonderful, warm, and always delicious Diana Henry.—Martha Stewart Living

From the Publisher

★ 08/01/2016
Food writer Henry (A Bird in the Hand) has a knack for genius flavor combinations, and her latest doesn't disappoint. This follow-up to her 2009 cookbook Pure Simple Cooking features a low-effort style of cooking suitable for weeknights and spur-of-the-moment occasions. Recipes such as cumin-coriander roast carrots with pomegranates and avocado, honeyed pork loin with plum and lavender relish, and sherry-roasted pear and chocolate sundaes have relatively short ingredient lists and call for minimal to moderate chopping and active cooking. VERDICT Those looking to enliven their daily toast, eggs, pastas, and salads will find particularly fabulous choices here, along with other delicious mains and desserts.

Library Journal