A bowl of chilli and greens; plump, garlicky beans slowly cooked in the oven, a boned chicken leg on the grill brushed with thyme and lemon. First problem: please note that this recipe is for FOUR people, not TWO as stated in the recipe (disappointing to waste ingredients). Not my favourite - Texture was a bit too homogenous, I’d prefer something like puy lentils for a bit more bite and probably a different set of spices.

Inside the back cover is an arrestingly elegant photograph (of a pair of scissors, some pens and some spectacles). And yet this, his latest, A Cook’s Book, all 500 pages and nearly one and a half kilos of it, enters the world as if from the kitchen of someone fresh to the world of food writing, a-brim with ideas, vital and enthusiastic.We use Google Analytics to see what pages are most visited, and where in the world visitors are visiting from. The best recipes are those that not only work but a delight to read, contain a useful tip or two, and guide the reader to a useful result with ease.

A familiar face on our TV screens, Marcus is also the no-nonsense judge on MasterChef: The Professionals .His beautifully written prose, warm personality and unpretentious, easy-to-follow recipes have won him a huge following. This is a very comprehensive cookery book that covers everything that you need to know about food preparation along with lots of mouth watering recipes. Nigel Slater is the author of a collection of best-selling books and presenter of BBC 1's Eating Together, Simple Cooking and Dish of the Day.

Seit langem hat mir kein Kochbuch eine solche Freude bereitet, so dass ich es als gesamtes Buch abends lese.If chocolate needs to be chopped, or something ground in a pestle and mortar, it should be stated at the start, not when your cake is mixed and almost ready for the oven.