Feast

Food to Celebrate Life

by Nigella Lawson

Review

In Feast: Food That Celebrates Life, author and Food Network favorite Nigella Lawson shares with us some of her favorite menus for special occasions, holidays, and family get-togethers. Nigella has an unabashed love for food and believes that the meal and who you share it with is the most important ingredient—the recipes themselves are just a means to getting there. For Christmas and Thanksgiving, she offers up some traditional favorites to choose from; Spiced and Super-Juicy Roast Turkey with Cornbread, Cranberry and Orange Stuffing, Bohemian Roast Goose, Pancetta-wrapped Sausages, Maple-roast Parsnips, Perfect Roast Potatoes, and Nonconformist Christmas Pudding.

Feast is packed with over 300 recipes tucked into 22 menu ideas organized loosely by type of holiday. She covers the spectrum nicely from ultra casual (Kitchen Feasts, Kiddiefeast, Cut-Out Cookies), to party-perfect (Georgian Feast, Chocolate Cake Hall of Fame, Festival of Lights, Venetian Feast), along with a good helping of fun and real-life food photos.

As always, the writing is personal, friendly, engaging, and informative but never tedious. We love her personal notes that pop up such as a her cookie cutter collection, or her favorites from the Texas Department of Corrections requests for “last meals” added for sheer entertainment value.  Feast is full of great excuses and ideas for bringing together your own family and friends to celebrate. Her approach is casual yet reliable and her holiday traditions will quickly become your own with this wonderful cookbook.

I LOVE Nigella!

Comment by Barbara on 10/12/2007 at 03:00 PM

I learned a lot from the recipes of Nigella Feast on Discovery’s Travel & Living shows.
Even my 5 year old son Ajper Genesis is now watching the show with me hoping to get me to bake the yummy chocolate cakes, muffins, brownies and everything about chocolate.
May i request for email copies of the chocolate recipes featured on the show?
Please mention my son’s name next time on your show. I know he will be thrilled and joyful!
Thanks for coming up a candid, crisp and very informative cooking show which makes cooking so easy and hassle-free. Look what it did to my son Ajper!
God bless your show & Nigella herself.
Judah R. Pereras
Las Piñas, Manila
Philippines
1745

Comment by Judah R. Pereras on 11/23/2007 at 08:40 PM

hi there,
my sister, Sylvia and myself enjoy your show. My sister have tried almost all of your recipe.she says you are her insparation. she is going for baking clases now. A big thank to you for sharing with us wonderful recipes.May i request for email copies of the chocolate recipes featured on the show?do mention my sister’s name on your show, Sylvia Annabel Dass. she will be very happy and proud.

may god be with you, your cooking and also with all the crew of your shows.
Karen Isabel & Sylvai Annabel Dass,
19, Lorong rusa 6,
Taman Selamat, Alma,
14000Bukit Mertajam,Penang,
Malaysia

Comment by karen isabel dass on 11/29/2007 at 08:31 PM

i love nigella because i learned a lot from here  

Comment by annieriya on 11/24/2008 at 01:08 AM

Nigella’s been a inspiration t me….The love and interest she cooks with makes me wanna cook my self,though i’m 19 only… looking forward to a new season of delicious food from Nigella!!

god bless and keep up the good work!
Norma Fernandes
INDIA/Goa

Comment by norma on 05/28/2009 at 09:59 AM

i am 12.my mum loves the program (Nigel la’s feast) and   and she has prepared many recipes that she shows us.we like her because her programs benefit the people.

Comment by Thahany on 06/20/2009 at 01:43 AM

she’s hot!

Comment by danny on 07/02/2009 at 06:31 PM

i just love Nigella,,,i watch her show everytime. i hope she could make some for me too

Comment by chami on 07/14/2010 at 03:49 AM

I just love watching her shows and practicing what she does. I just ennjoy th simplicity in her doing her shows. She is juust lovely.

Comment by Emmanuel on 09/30/2010 at 01:27 AM

Hi Nigella, you bring happiness and warmth in our home by just watching you cook. I love you dear. Its not just ‘the way to your man’s heart is through cooking but the way to every ones heart is through your cooking God bless you always Nalini rajamanikkam, and grandson Kiran and my daughter Shireen and Jude.

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