Very well written with illustrations to help you prepare amazing meals. I have made many of Jamie's recipes and I have been ssatisfied every time.

This is by far the most used cookbook on my shelf. Jamie Oliver gives some great tips with his recipes that even a very experienced home cook can learn something from. This book has a nice blend of recipes (some are really quick, others are a bit more involved). Every recipe that I've tried in this book has turned out beautifully. The photography in this book is also excellent. I love, love, love this book!

This book not only tells you how to cook the food, but also gives you good hints and tips on how to make it easy to reach the best results. This is a book worth 'investing' your money into. Go for it!!

This is not just another cook book. This is the every book for your kitchen. You need this book. Get it now before you regret wasting money on other kitchen help or cook books. This man is the every cooks best friend. Beginner to master you need this book.

This isn't just another cookbook. Although the basic idea of this volume is meant to be a down to earth lesson on how to buy, prep and cook meats, fish and vegetables in this definitive guide, it is much more than that. Throughout this book, he challenges us to rethink what we eat, to take a good look at the ingredients before we even buy them, and to ask ourselves if they are truly good enough. By raising the bar on the quality of the ingredients, I couldn't help but feel that same need to raise the quality of all other aspects of life. I can't help but enjoy life much better as a result. He truly is inspiring.

Love it! I use it all the time

The recipes are so simple and my family loves them. Working full time leaves very little time to cook. It's so nice to be able to give my family good tasting healthy meals that take little to no time to make. With a nice range of dishes you don't have to have the same thing week after week.

Wonderful photography and recipes.

Really enjoyed having different diagrams to look at and an explanation of how to prepare certain meals, not prepared on a regular basis.

Basic teach yourself recipes, would love to be a student in real life.

I love Jamie's recipes, casual style and commitment to community. I first met him a few years ago when he was planning Fifteen, the restaurant where he trains tough kids to have a career in food. He accomplished that and much more. Profits from this book go to the Fifteen Foundation.

Filled not only with great recipes, but the concept behind why he is doing what he is going is explained wonderfully and is so true!

I've been a long-time fan of Jamie Oliver's relaxed, yet exploratory cooking style. In this book, while he does cover a lot of the basics, the book is not basic enough for a truly beginner cook (he loves to tell you to use a "glug" of this and a "dash" of that, which can be intimidating to non-cooks). However, if you are even remotely adventurous in your tastes, or want to be, Jamie does have a wonderful way of making you want to try new things and making them sound easy to prepare. Love the addition of wine suggestions (by type rather than label) by Mark Skinner...a fabulous help if you're not a wine expert.

Due to the fact that this book has a very conversational style, I found that I read it from cover to cover. Learned quite a few new things, and made me want to go out and try cooking with a few more unusual (for me, anyway) foods.

Would highly recommend this book for anyone who is a novice cook, but wants to take things up a notch, or even for the more experienced cook who would appreciate a few new, usually easy-to-prepare recipes.

I haven't seen him on T.V. or read any of his other books, but I'm finding this to be very interesting and informative, as well as spectacularly illustrated. I plan to try the recipes soon.

It's nice because he explains how things go together and what different things taste like, such as some of the more unusual salad greens or the different types of oils.

This is the book where all proceeds are being donated to charity.

I picked this up about a year ago when in the UK. All the recipes are precise, easy to follow and are brilliant. As he writes in the introduction, this should have been his first book because it teaches you how to cook rather than just a bunch of recipes.

at least the first 2 pages.

I love this book I have picked up my copy about a year ago, and finally it's coming out here. This book is fabulous. As you use this book you feel as if Jamie is right beside you teaching you just like his fifteen restuaruants. I can't say anything about this book except "Buy It! Buy IT Now!"