Rather than full recipes it’s more like a series of prompts which help with the midweek rut and remind you that actually with fifteen minutes on your hands you have what it takes to make an escalope, or a plate of pasta covered in nutmeg and butter. We particularly loved a section in the fast-food chapter which covers hasty replacements, notes we turned to on more than one occasion. Further in, it covers everything from perfect plates for weekend lunches to how to cook for babies and children. Inside you’ll find all of the basics such as roast chicken, sponge cakes, sauces and dressings (as well as 'basics' which qualify only for that status in Nigella’s world – Christmas goose and how to use truffles when in season, for example). The helpful tips and classic recipes bridge the ages for a cookbook that we highly doubt will ever lose its relevance. She is the author of twelve bestselling cookbooks, including How to Eat, Nigella Christmas, At My Table, and her latest book Cook, Eat, Repeat and she continues. Cooking from her home in London, the Brit beauty was adored by viewers up and down the country, cementing her status as a sex symbol. Nigella wants her readers to enjoy the pleasures of eating and cooking.Nigella’s first book is a product of its time, there’s no beautiful recipe photography or arty double page spreads of ingredients, instead there are pages upon pages packed with practical advice. On top of writing cookbooks, she launched her successful TV career with Nigella Bites in 1999, which ran until 2001. In 10 chapters, each based on a different theme and episode of the television series – including All-Day Breakfasts, TV Dinners, Party Girl food, Rainy Day fare, Trashy food, Slow-Cook Weekends and Templefood – Nigella Lawson gives us her marvellous recipes, along with her thoughts on modern life and cooking, offering encouragement and wise advice. They’re easy to produce after a busy day at the office, fun to linger over at weekends or to make with the kids, delectable to read about, dreamy to look at and delicious to eat. Like the series, Nigella Bites is a celebration of food, perfect for modern cooks, with recipes to suit many tastes, timetables and moods, and all characteristic of Nigella’s ethos: uncomplicated, original, fresh, and perfect for the way we live today.

Nigella Lawson’s passion for food and her refreshingly down-to-earth practicality breathe life into this beautiful cookbook, illustrated with full-colour photographs and recipes from her forthcoming television series. Nigella Bites accompanies a forthcoming 10-part television series – a culinary and visual feast of recipes from the best and most glamorous young home-cook in Britain and a great cookery writer. Synopsis: “I am neither a chef nor a performer: this is the food I cook, the food I eat.” – Nigella Lawson

Nigella bites cookbook