Eleanor Maidment

Food writer

I love all of Madhur Jaffrey’s books, but this is the one I have cooked from most. It was part of a series the BBC released on regional ‘foolproof’ cookery (Ken Hom covered Chinese, Raymond Blanc French) in about 2000, and the step-by-step recipes are refreshingly uncomplicated and easy-to-follow.

Darina Allen

Owner and Founder of the Ballymaloe Cookery School