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How To Be A Domestic Goddess

Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking (Nigella Collection)
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Nigella Lawson's How to Be a Domestic Goddess is a delightful guide that celebrates the pleasure of baking while providing practical and inspiring recipes. The book interweaves personal anecdotes with easy-to-follow instructions, encouraging readers to embrace the joys of cooking at home with confidence and creativity.
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If you enjoy creating mouth-watering baked goods and aspire to embrace the joys of baking, this delightful cooking book will appeal to you. With a charming mix of classic and innovative recipes, it provides comforting, indulgent treats that make you feel like a culinary queen in your own kitchen. Whether you're a seasoned baker or just starting out, the tips and personal anecdotes add warmth and encouragement to improve your baking skills and confidence.

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How To Be A Domestic Goddess

Helps you discover the joys of baking. This title features: cakes - from a simple Victoria Sponge to beautiful cupcakes; biscuits - macaroons, muffins and other treats; pies - perfect shortcrust and puff pastry and sweet and savoury recipes; puddings - crumbles, sponges, trifles and cheesecakes; and, chocolate - chocolate recipes for sharing.

The classic book that launched a thousand cupcakes.

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The classic book that launched a thousand cupcakes.

Rediscover the classic book that launched a thousand cupcakes.

'This is for those days or evenings when you want to usher a little something out of the kitchen that makes you thrill at the sheer pleasure you've conjured up.'

The classic baking bible by Nigella Lawson (dubbed 'Queen of the Kitchen' by Observer Food Monthly). This is the book that helped the world rediscover the joys of baking and kick-started the cupcake revolution, from cake shops around the country to The Great British Bake Off.

How To Be a Domestic Goddess is not about being a goddess, but about feeling like one. Here is the book that feeds our fantasies, understands our anxieties, and puts cakes, pies, pastries, preserves, puddings, bread, and biscuits back into our own kitchens.

With luscious photography, easy recipes, witty food writing, and a beautiful hardback design, this is a book you will treasure for many years as well as a delicious gift for friends and family.

Cakes - from a simple Victoria Sponge to beautiful cupcakes

Biscuits - macaroons, muffins, and other indulgent treats

Pies - perfect shortcrust and puff pastry with sweet and savoury recipes

Puddings - crumbles, sponges, trifles, and cheesecakes

Chocolate - luscious chocolate recipes for sharing (or not)

Children - simple recipes for baking with kids

Christmas - pudding, Christmas cakes, mince pies... and mulled wine

Bread - finally, proof that baking bread can be fun, with easy bread recipes

The Domestic Goddess's Larder - essential preserves, jams, chutneys, curds, and pickles that every cook should have.

Nigella Collection - a vibrant look for Nigella's classic cookery books.

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Nigella Lawson's How To Be A Domestic Goddess receives praise for being a comforting and accessible cookbook that elevates home baking. Reviewers appreciate its easy-to-follow recipes and the encouraging tone that makes baking approachable, even for beginners. The book is celebrated for its warmth and realism, appealing especially to those with busy lifestyles, and it's noted as a must-have within any kitchen for its enticing and reliable recipes.

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ISBN: 9780701189143

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 April 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Chatto & Windus

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 195.0mm

Height: 253.0mm

Weight: 1363g

Pages: 384

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About the Author

'I love Nigella Lawson's writing and I love her recipes' - Delia Smith 'There's an intelligence to the way she writes and she expects a certain intelligence of her readers as well' - Nigel Slater "I am unapologetic about being a home cook rather than a chef. Real cooking, the sort that goes on in homes, does not have to be tricksy or difficult. A dish of chicken poached with leeks and carrots definitely isn't fancy. But it tastes good, and feels essentially nourishing, to both body and soul, to cook and eat. I want you to feel that I'm there with you, in the kitchen, as you cook. My books are the conversations we might be having." Nigella Lawson has written nine bestselling cookery books, including the classics How To Eat and How To Be A Domestic Goddess - the book that launched a thousand cupcakes. These books, her TV series and her Quick Collection apps, have made her a household name around the world. In 2014 she was voted Best Food Personality at the Observer Food Monthly Awards. www.nigella.com @Nigella_Lawson 'Her prose is as nourishing as her recipes' - Salman Rushdie, Observer 'Miss Lawson is the Thinking Person's Cook. She tells stories, she explains why things must be the way she says they must be... enlightenment and sensual pleasure' - Jeanette Winterson, The Times

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