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| Delia's How to Cheat at Cooking | 
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| Author: Delia Smith
Creator: Photography Copyright John Kernick
Publisher: Ebury Press
Category: Book
List Price: £20.00
Buy New: £9.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  146 reviews
Sales Rank: 60
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 7.7 x 0.9
ISBN: 0091922291
EAN: 9780091922290
ASIN: 0091922291
Publication Date: February 15, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 Never mind the quality, how much does it cost February 17, 2008
43 out of 64 found this review helpful
I have enough money to buy good ingredients now. I didnt always-and I managed to eat cheaply, healthily and still keep my sense of humanity and self respect. I think its a great shame Delia feels there has to be a trade of, and is prepared to promote poor quality on the grounds that "poor" people need it. How patronising of her. And along with most household cooks, I am well used to cheating and quite capable of finding my own, good quality and economic ingredients. I certainly wouldnt pay for advice from someone who doesn't care about how my food is produced, or what the raw ingredients taste like. What a big disappointment this is.
 Disapointed February 16, 2008
29 out of 46 found this review helpful
I dont think we need a book to tell us to buy tinned meat,frozen pots ect we can see all this in the supermarkets and work it out for ourselves. There are loads of books like this, so this is nothing special. I love some of Delias other books but not so keen on this.
 Better than I expected February 16, 2008
22 out of 43 found this review helpful
I enjoy cooking but it is sometimes nice to do something quick. OK, a stir fry or some such is always an option but there are some very good ideas in this book that I can adapt. I can't quite see myself using a tin of mince but I am willing to try the frozen mashed potato and some of the other ideas are definite musts. As usual with cookery books I suspect I will be adapting the recipes to suit my tastes but I think there is something in this book for most people, and a lot for anyone who needs to cut some time corners.
Buy a 99p ready meal instead February 16, 2008
38 out of 60 found this review helpful
Delia believes that it is OK to buy chickens for a pound and tinned mechanically recovered meat. I think she cannot compete with cooks and chefs with ethical concerns, so has to approach from the opposite side and win over the head in the sand crowd who want to eat rubbish.
Why does this terrible, lazy and reactionary book get so much publicity? Delia has been on every radio and TV channel over the past week, almost without criticsm. Imagine someone promoting gas guzzling motors geting the same publicity. Who mentioned Jeremy Clarkson and BBC?
 the answer to our fast-paced modern life February 15, 2008
45 out of 79 found this review helpful
Delia is back. The fact that this book has swiftly become the best-seller tells how many people were waiting for her new book (at the moment, ranked as the no 1 in Amazon).
I am a great fun of Delia - I have read "How to Cook 1-3" cover to cover, her biography (twice) and I even read her "Journey into God". So I am a bit sad to say that this "How to Cheat at Cooking" is not one of her best books to date...
Yes, it is also a little puzzling: she insisted on using whole spices in a pestle and mortar in her previous "How to Cook". But she now asks us to use tinned meat in our dishes. I got the same impression when Rick did his "French Odyssey" where he highly praised French cuisine and by contrast sometimes slugged off Britain and its food culture. I was a little surprised as this came right after his "Food Heroes in Britain" sesries where he had praised British produce and producers.
However, in real life, we appreciate both French and traditional British cuisine at the same time, don't we? You really cannot say which is better than the other as they both have their own charm. What could possibly be better than having a wonderful British Pub lunch on a sunny Sunday afternoon that is followed by a strong French coffee in a cafe with Sunday papers? We mix the very best of theses two different cuisines to enjoy life.
In the similar vein, even though I love cooking and spend hours in the kitchen at weekends to prepare supper, I can't possibly face the same process after work during the weekdays. So I throw a handful of rice into a tinned soup to make risotto.
Delia's "How to Cheat at Cooking" is the answer to our fast-paced modern life. Use this book when you have to hit the kitchen running, but when you don't want to be succumbed to take-away food. Open her "How to cook" when you have time to inhabit in your kitchen - when you want to appreciate the whole process of cooking and eating.
And whichever you choose, we all know her recipes always work.
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