How To Be A Domestic Goddess
Your favourite classic bakes, from the bestselling author, now a judge on the Great British Bake Off
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4.0 • 3 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Discover the classic book of beloved baking recipes from bestseller Nigella Lawson, now a judge on the Great British Bake Off!
‘This is what baking is about: feeling good, wafting along in the warm, sweet-smelling air, unwinding … that's exactly what I mean when I talk about “comfort cooking”.’
The warm and witty baking bible by Nigella Lawson, ‘Queen of the Kitchen’ (Observer), this is the book that helped the world rediscover the joys of Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes, Tomato Tarts and Victoria Sponge, and kick-started the baking revolution.
How To Be a Domestic Goddess is not about being a goddess, but about feeling like one. Here is the book that feeds our fantasies, understands our anxieties and puts cakes, pies, pastries, preserves, puddings, bread and biscuits back into our own kitchens.
'This is for those days or evenings when you want to usher a little something out of the kitchen that makes you thrill at the sheer pleasure you've conjured up.'
Cakes: from a simple Victoria Sponge to beautiful Fairy Cakes
Biscuits: classic Oatcakes, indulgent Jam-Doughnut Muffins and other treats
Pies: sweet Double Apple Pie or savoury Pizza Rustica?
Puddings: Gooseberry-Cream Crumble, Cherry Trifle and Irish Blue biscuits for cheese
Chocolate: a Gooey Chocolate Stack to share, or Molten Chocolate Babycakes to devour yourself…
Children: easy Butter Cut-Out Cookies, anyone?
Christmas: Cake, Pudding, Boxing Day Egg-and-Bacon Pie ... and Mulled Wine
Bread: proof that baking bread can be fuss-free, with recipes like Nigella’s own Brown Bread
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Called "England's it girl" by Gourmet magazine, Lawson (How to Eat) brings to America her second cookbook, highly popular in England. Lawson, the food editor for British Vogue, suggests ways to feel like a domestic goddess (rather than undergo the necessary lifestyle changes to become one), taking cooks back to an era of less stress and more simple pleasures. The recipes, written in Lawson's characteristic lively, witty manner, encourage this theme. The Store-Cupboard Chocolate-Orange Cakewill please the nose with its rich, intense aroma and indulge the taste buds with its full chocolate and orange flavor. The Coconut Macaroons seem soft and chewy with a concentrated coconut essence (though they may need to bake for slightly longer than the suggested 20 minutes). The chapters cover categories from cakes to pies and from chocolate to Christmas. One chapter includes recipes for kid foods as well as recipes that children can follow. The book is designed to instill confidence and capability, positing that if Nigella can make these delights with ease and in a relaxed manner, so can anyone else, "trailing nutmeggy fumes." The beautiful color photos set the mouth to watering.
