Nights Out At Home: Recipes and Stories from 25 years as a Restaurant Critic

Well written by a superb food critic

Ok,I've loved reading Jay Rayner for years. This book is like a concentrated jus of his best restaurant reviews and the recipes for his favourite dishes. As witty and down to earth as I've come to expect, and the recipes are written for people who like to cook, but not to get too prissy about it.If you make nothing else, please have a go at the steak bake recipe! Absolutely delish, and if you're not a pastry person, the steaky bit of the bake would be just as fabulous served on a plate with some buttery new potatoes and something green & steamed.

This is such a wonderful book you really should buy it. Now.It’s choc-a-bloc full of great stories, great recipes and great writing.It’s funny, smart, erudite and hunger inducing.I’ve got it on Audible and Kindle and will probably buy the hardback too. And so should you.Bon appetit

Well written as usual, with humour. Recipes inspired by food eaten in restaurants, reverse-engineered by Jay Rayner, with aplomb. Even if you read cookbooks rather than cook from them, there's much to keep you entertained. Thoroughly recommended.

I don’t know that i will cook from this book a lot. I love to cook but there are many recipes that just aren’t me for religious reasons firstly but also because i really do not get on with anchovies. I would love to have at least some alternatives listed but i know that isn’t always possible. I’m thinking about Nigel Slaters exasperated reply to a reader ‘Susan, it’s an aubergine recipe.’All that being said, it’s a fantastic read (laugh out loud funny) and there are some great recipes. I have my eye on the Butternut Squash Cappucino, Flatbreads with beef dripping and chilli (omg), Tayyabs lamb chops, Greggs Steak bake, the Sauces, Malaysian Chicken Curry and many more.P.s. i love that there are pictures of the recipes on Jay’s website.