Cook Simple: Effortless Cooking Every Day Kindle Edition

Please read this review if you are thinking of purchasing all of Diana Henrys books or if you are considering purchasing both Cook Simple and Pure Simple Cooking. I wish I had read a similar review before I splurged!I just received this book after buying A Bird in the Hand and being completely blown away by Diana Henrys Chicken with Peaches and Lavender Honey recipe in that book.IMPORTANT: Cook Simple and Pure Simple Cooking are the exact same book except for the measurements and some of the ingredient names. I extravagantly went ahead and purchased every single one of her books on Amazon (yes, on the basis of the Chicken with Peaches and Lavender Honey recipe. It was THAT good!) And now have two of the same books. I will probably keep Cook Simple for the following reasons and gift Pure Simple Cooking. But I have provided the following information so that you can make the best decision for you.Cook Simple ISBN:978 1 84533 574 8 has BOTH imperial and metric measurements for every recipe (which I personally prefer) but uses UK names for some ingredients (rocket for arugula for example, beetroot not beets, aubergine not eggplant, Courgettes instead of zucchini) That is not an issue for me, but might be for some US readers perhaps. It specifies 3 teaspoons of an ingredient, where the US version states 1tb (UK tablespoons are equal to 4 tsps, hence the conversion)Pure Simple Cooking iSBN: 978 1 58008 948 7 has ONLY imperial measurements (no metric conversion) and uses US nomenclature for ingredients (arugula, beets, eggplant)I will certainly update my review and rating if necessary, when I have cooked from this book. I will post this same review on Pure Simple Cooking.If you haven't purchased A Bird in the Hand or you have purchased it but haven't yet made the aforementioned chicken with peaches, then you should do yourself a favor and put that on next weeks menu! It is truly wonderful!!Hope this helps.Happy cooking!

Excellent and inspiring recipes, just like Diana Henry usually delivers.It's a shame she doesn't have any more titles published in kindle version, I would probably buy them all!

Every Recipe I’ve made as been perfect couldn’t be happier withpurchase and now I’m back to give as a gift to cooking friends.

I love this cookbook. Every recipe I've tried from this book has been successful and end up on my cook regularly list. The recipes are super simple; 15 minutes prep time max then just bung it in the oven. I live in Asia so I often get frustrated looking for very unique ingredients. I find I don't have that problem with this cookbook. Of course I still need to substitute fresh herbs with dried but I found that the recipes still taste absolutely divine. Can't recommend this book enough!

I really love this book. I am a novice cook yet every recipe I have tried from this book have worked brilliantly and have earned rave reviews from my husband!! The photography is beautiful, the recipes varied...I really recommend it, and am planning to buy other Diana Henry books as a result.