This is my favourite cookbook at this time. I love the recipes becasue they are overall simple, easy, healthy and delicious. The freestyle variation for each recipes also provide ideas and options. So far I've made "Indian Rice & Dal", "Chunky Monkey" (excellent breakfast), and "Mushroom Miso Broth with Buckwheat Noodles" and I can't wait to try out more recipes.

Chef Michael Smith is a smooth talking, down to Earth type guy and his food style shows that. I purchased this cookbook because it featured good old soups, stews,the perfect burger, how to roast, yummy desserts plus vegetarian, breakfast and seafood dishes that I haven't tried cooking before. If you are looking for far out modern dishes, you won't find them here. What you'll find is good nurturing, homestyle foods with easy to find and healthy ingredients.

I'm a big fan of Michael Smith and I love that all his (and my favourite) recipes are put together in this beautiful cookbook. I haven't even tried a recipe but already I'm inspired by the amazing pictures that accompany every recipe. It is every day things that everyone loves with Michael's creative inspiration to make each recipe our own - that I like a lot!

This is a great cookbook, with so many recipes that you will actually use, more than your average book. For the longest time, I'd record all the Chef at Home episodes, and now I have all the favorites collected in this book. I would definitly recommend this book to any kind of cook, beginner to pro, as the ingredients arent impossible to find, the recipes are easy to follow, and the food turns out great. Most of all, what Ive found with Michael Smith is that you start to make the connections in the kitchen with flavours that go together and how the foods all connect, allowing you to really become a true cook. Love it!