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Win One of Four Copies of
“What Katie Ate, Recipes and other Bits and Bobs”
I am delighted to offer FOUR lucky Lavender and Lovage readers a chance to win one of FOUR copies of the beautiful book: ”What Katie Ate, Recipes and other Bits and Bobs” worth £25. If you would like to know more about this gorgeous cookbook, please read my review here: Book Review: What Katie Ate, Recipes and other Bits and Bobs
This is a truly stunning book full of rich imagery and delicious recipes, by Katie Quinn Davies, the author of the fabulous blog “What Katie Ate”. The book is released in the UK on the 28th February 2013 and I have been offered four copies to offer as a prize by publishers Harper Collins UK. About the book:
A gorgeous and unique cookbook from the award-winning Katie Quinn Davies.
What Katie Ate is a feast for your eyes as well as your table; What Katie Ate started out as an award-winning food blog by renowned food photographer, designer, writer and cook Katie Quinn Davies.
Dublin-born Katie’s simple and delicious recipes complemented by her truly stunning photography brought hundreds of thousands of fans from across the globe to Katie’s table, fans who continue to log on regularly to see what Katie will eat next and be inspired by her spellbinding approach to home cooking.
This debut cookbook is full of honest, doable recipes, part inspired by Katie’s love for throwing a good meal for friends and family and part inspired by the diversity of the good ingredients.
A cookbook like no other, What Katie Ate features over 100 simple, elegant recipes you immediately want to cook, plus ideas on how you can adapt them; stories from Katie’s foodie travels and experiences; menu suggestions to tempt and inspire – and all brought to life through her extraordinary images.
Beautiful, inspirational and thoroughly delightful, What Katie Ate is a treasure to be given and enjoyed.
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Karen S Booth
My mum’s now into baking she’d love this
My favourite cook book authour is Prue Leith. Her recipe book Leiths Cookery Bible, is my bible as it has every recipe you could ever dream of in it and they taste great too.
Good old Jamie oliver! i just find his recipes easy to follow good fun to cook and all my friends and family enjoy eating the food i cook from his books!!
I love Nigella Lawson’s books because the cakes always seem to turn out reall well
I’m really loving Nigel Slater at the moment. Simple ingredients, lovely writing and recipes that work.
I’m a big fan of Nigel Slater – he makes the most simple food sound like manna from heaven.
I love Delia Smith – traditional cookery and she seems lovely
Nigellisima because I love Italian food!
Jamie Oliver because I like Italian cuisine and he does it best.
Oh hard question Karen! At the moment it is Nigel Slater.
Jamie Oliver … I love the way he just seems to “throw” ingredients together to create delectable dishes!
Nigella Lawson!
Because we’ve watched her programmes and followed her recipes for a long time in my family
i like james martin i think his books are good and easy to follow
I quite like Delia Smith she has some really good stuff that ive tried and has turned out very good.
I like Andy Bates as his recipes are accessible to me
The cookbook that has been passed down from my nana, to my mum and now on to me
I dont own any ‘proper’ cookbooks, that’s why this would be lovely to start my collection.
I like Jamie Oliver’s style of writing, uses language that us amateurs can understand
I like all those little Good Food recipe books, handbag sized, well illustrated with a breakdown of calories / nutrition on each one. I can always find something to cook in on of those.
Mary Berry because I love all her recipes
I love Jamie Oliver
My favourite cooking book is the entire collection of “Karoline´s Køkken”, which are cooking books covering 1970-2012 and published by the Danish Dairy Board and distributed free of charge to all Danish homes.
love Mary Berry’s yummy recipes!
The cookbooks I have probably referred to most over the years are a set of Sainsburys book of… puddings ans desserts, quick meals, cooking with eggs, etc that I collected way back in the early 80′s. They have practical recipes with easy to follow instructions. I do have a fair sized collection of James Martin cookbooks too though
One of my favourites is Nigel Slater. I love his comfortable style and how his passion for food shines in his writing. And, of course, his recipes are achievable and real good food!
Rick Stein
Something for every occasion and easy to follow
mary berry she is the best baker ever
Tessa Kiros because she complements her recipes with fabulous photographs and lovely stories.
Mary Berry, always simple to follow and great results
Mary Berry, they always turn out lovely!
Madhur Jaffrey – Can always find a good curry recipe to try
Jamie Oliver – 15 minute recipes – quick and easy!
Both Nigella Lawson and Lorraine Pascale because they have unique ideas but still have easy to follow recipes.
Nigel Slater is my drug of choice…whether I’m peckish, hungry, or ravenous, I know I will find something that will fit the bill perfectlin one of his books.. Also, although I like other writers too, Nigel’s the one that actually makes me drool just reading his recipes….
Nigel Slater – simple home cooked food. His recipes never fail and I love his simple suppers using whatever you have to hand.
Jamie Oliver easy to follow like the Italian influence
This is a hard question! We like the Beekman Boys Cookbook and have been cooking out of it since we got it! But we also have Jamie Olivers cookbook and open that one quite a bit too! We miss the television show Two Fat Ladies, though we still watch the reruns.
Thanks for this giveaway! I wonder if it is open to USA readers? I didn’t see that we couldn’t enter.
I love Delia Smith
So hard to choose just one! I’ll have to go for Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall – I’ve just cooked three of his recipes today and I just find myself constantly delving into his books for inspiration (but I could equally have said Jamie, Nigella, Delia or Nigel Slater!)
I love Nigella’s books – there’s always a story behind each recipe and I like her style of writing.
Tessa Kiros as I just love the photography. The pictures look amazing in this book too, I can get lost in them.
Nigel slater- I really like his 30 minute receipe book that i was given around 10 years ago! Great book!
It’s got to be Nigel Slater!
Delia Smith, where I learnt all the basics and more.
Eric lanyard always has great tips
Delia Smith – as shes fairly east to follow and not too fancy!
I love my El Piano cookbooks by Magdalena Chavez, they are unpretentious they have really unspecific measurements and very realistic photography and the food is full of flavour and easy to make
Jamie Oliver, so easy to follow and great pictures.
Madhur Jaffrey, I love curry, and hers were the first curry recipes from scratch I tried. Just love her spicy sour chickpeas, and rogan josh, and pilau rice with cumin and peas. Hmmm, peckish now!
i love the delia smith ones, she makes fab cakes x
I’m a big fan of Diana Henry but I think Katie Quinn Davies’ What Katie Ate could easily become a favourite too!
i love the delia smith ones
Madhur Jaffrey – I just love her curry recipes.
I love Nigel Slater for his unassuming style, free from pomposity and self-admiration. he writes well and his recipes work.
I think I’d have to say Nigella Lawson – some of the recipes she comes up with are lovely, the cakes especially. Most of all they always turn out well for me!
i’d say Nigella Lawson, simply as the recipes are usually so simple and always turn out well for me – the cakes especially!
(I put the earlier comment under the wrong email address sorry – could you remove it?)
My favourite cookbook author would have to be David Lebovitz – I don’t think any other baking book is as well thumbed, except perhaps Delia!
My most used cook books are by Rachel Allen as I like the simplicity of the recipes, and she includes plenty that are family friendly. I’m also using Jo Wheatley’s book a lot at the moment – every recipe has worked perfectly.
Lorraine Pascal, her desserts are to die for!
big fan of the Hairy Bikers/Bakers
Yotam Ottolenghi. His recipes are so refreshing and different and delicious!
I adore the Sophie Dahl books – beautifully simple recipes and gorgeously photographed – a real pleasure. xx
James Martin, not only are his recipe’s tasty and mostly good old fashioned recipes. Iget to see lovely photo’s of the gorgeous, tasty man himself. I can drool over the recipes, and HIM!!
xx
I always end up going back to Nigella’s Domestic Goddess regardless of how many books I have, trusted recipes, easy and delicious!
I have a few Nigella books, and I enjoy them greatly, not only for the lovely recipes but the passion with which she writes about the history of the food or recipe. Brings it to life!
Nigella Lawson:
I enjoy reading her cookbooks.
I had great results after following some of her recipes for cakes and biscuits.
I have different favourites for different types of cooking. Rose Elliot is my all time vegetarian cookbook author, principally because I grew up with recipes from the Bean Book.
I don’t have a favorite, but after seeing this gorgeous book, I shall seek out Katie Quinn Davies and perhaps she will become a favorite.
I am a good old fashioned Delia fan her recipes and methods are the best
Lorraine Pascal’s receipes are just amazing and so clear!
It has to be Jamie Oliver, I love the way he cooks
At the minute my favourite cook book author is Rachel Allen. Her recipes are very simple but full of lots of flavoursome ingredients.
Wolfgang Puck because his dishes are so flavorful and always turn out just right.
Jennie Grossinger. Her classic cookbook was first published back in 1958, and the paperback version is still in print!
This is a seriously tough question…just had a look at my cookbooks and there are so many and not just from one person…although it looks like Mary Berry could be the winner due to the fact hers were the first cookbooks I had and therefore I seem to have more of them!
Oh, that’s difficult. I never really had a favorite back in the States, but here it’s a toss-up between Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Nigel Slater. But if I have to choose, I think I have to go with Hugh, simply because I’ve been cooking with him longer. His love of everything that goes into every recipe for every dish he makes is infectious. Got to love him. Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnd he’s a cutie. ;o)
Nigella Feast. I often use it for a little inspiration! X
I don’t have many cookbooks and to be honest when I’m looking for something I surf certain food blogs like yours where I know there will be great recipes that turn out really well.
I love a cookbook that has plenty of pictures and the recipes are easy to be handled.
This one looks great!
Too many to count! I love Linda Collister and rate her recipes, Richard Bertinet and definitely lots of bloggers – like Katie Quinn Davies
I would have to say my favourite cookbook author is Nigel Slater. I have all of his books. I love his lack of pretense and the way he can make a feast out of anything. He cooks like I cook, and I strongly suspect he eats like I eat! With him the food is the star and that is what cooking should be. That is what I aim for on my own blog and that is what I like.
Jamie Oliver because I think he has some great simple ideas for beginners.
I have shelves & shelves of cookbooks, some really old and some recently published, I really like to cook seasonally & love all the river cottage cookbooks for that reason. However, my most ” thumbed” cookbook is Delia’s complete Illustrated Cookery course. So, for that reason I’d say Delia is my favourite!
I love Mary Berry. So down to earth!
I love the photography in this book!
Nadine Abensur Secrets of a Vegetarian Kitchen – it was her cookbooks that intoruduced me to world flavours such as sumac, za’atar, ras el hanout and tamaraind dishes, well before Ottolenghi hit the British scene.
right now its the hairy dieters because Im trying to lose weight but my house is overcome with recipe books so my mind is constantly changing!
I always seem to go back to Delia Smith.
It has to be Mary Berry. I bought Mary Berry’s Bible in my early 20′s (more then 15 years ago) I was settling in and setting up home. It was a god send. We didn’t have computer, smart phones or iPads back then! Its taught me the basics of how to cook.
Mary Berry, mainly because i seem to have the most success when i follow her recipes.
Simon.
I really like the Leon cookbooks, the recipes are great and not too tricky.
You can’t beat a bit of Nigella! What a lovely prize
Difficult. Has always been Delia, going back to Frugal Food more years ago than I care to remember. But now it’s NIGEL SLATER – love his recipes, his commentary on them, and the feeling he’s enjoying consuming it too not just preparing it.
……………Jamie Oliver, he does cooking for ORDINARY people
Delia or Jamie Oliver for me – failsafe x
I’d be lying if I said I had one. Does my Gran count? I use her (self-compiled) recipe book on at least a weekly basis.
Jamie oliver – because I think his recipes are easy to follow!
Don’t really use many cookbooks. Usually look for recipes online and have found some lovely recipes but can’t remeber where most are from. Made a lovely mincemeat recipe this year though by Delia Smith. First time for me to try it and have made far too much. Will be eating mince pies until the summer.
Don’t really use many cookbooks. Usually look for recipes online and have found some lovely recipes but can’t remember where most are from. Made a lovely mincemeat recipe this year though by Delia Smith. First time for me to try it and have made far too much. Will be eating mince pies until the summer.
Jamie O, even for a thickie like me as they work
Mary Berry is my favourite.
jamie oliver!:)
Mary Berry, but I don’t really know why, I just like her books.
Nigella for just throwing it together
I love Mary berry
I’m a fan of Annabel Karmel and have tried a lot of her recipes and great for fussy children
You can’t beat the accuracy and clear instructions from Delia
Delia Smith – because she taught me how to cook eggs!
Eric Lanyard, I think his baking is brilliant.
Gizzy Erskine
Nigel Slater – his writing his so beautiful that his cookbooks can be read cover to cover like a novel. And then there’s the recipes…! Divine
jamie oliver
Delia Smith – her recipes always work.
Jamie oliver i just find his recipes easy to follow good fun to cook
I haven’t read any celebrity cookbooks. I’m still using my Good Houskeeping cookbook I was given when I got married in 1978!
Nigel Slater, because I love the way he writes.
Lorraine Pascal – her recipes are really easy to follow and work really well.
I like the Jamie Oliver books there is some really interesting and quick meal ideas in them
I like Hugh Fearnley Whathisname best because it’s all good stuff and so easy to make
Nigel Slater – as there always seems to be a story to each recipe, it’s like reading an autobiography
jamie oliver, brilliant receipes
Lisa Faulkner, ”Recipes from my mother for my daughter” her book has so many great illustrations and lots of recipes that my mum would make. The book is also a lovely ‘read’ about her memories of growing up.
Delia Smith as her books are not too basic so that you’re not offended but easy enough for a beginner to follow
Nigella – her food is amazing
Jamie Oliver – love his passion for food
I have a Good Housekeeping which I often turn to as it is always reliable and is full to the brim of dishes. For baking, Mary Berry’s straight-forward instruction is second to none for me.
jamie oliver
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall because he is practical and has the same values as me
I love the SortedFood guys, great easy but yummy recipes!
Jamie Oliver because I like Italian
Has to be Jamie’s 15 minute meals, they are lovely
Delia Smith, her Complete Cookery Course was so well written and easy to follow. She now is the queen of instructional cooking. Never had a recipe I have tried that did not work. Will always give her the time. She was the Home Economics teacher I wished I had when I was at school.
My favourite cook book author is probably Delia Smith.The recipes are so dependable!
Dairy book of cookery because easy to understand recepies
Definitely Nigella…….my boyfriend is a great fan too.If the recipe doesn’t come out quite right I smile and say it’s one of Nigella’s : )
I love Nigella Lawson’s laid back style and passion for her ingredients. I want to move in to her pantry! My favourite book of hers is the Christmas one, as I discovered the most scrumptious fruited chocolate recipe (now modified by me with a different selection of fruits and the addition of chestnuts) which has become an annual tradition in our house now. Its like a cross between chocolate pudding and Christmas pudding. Absolutely wonderful.
Jamie Oliver
Have most of his books as their clear & simple recipes
Peter Gordon – His Sugar Club cookbook is my bible.
DELIA SMITH – GOOD OLD FASHIONED BACK TO BASICS COOKING
Jamie Oliver because his meals are very quick to make
I’ve used a few Tana Ramsey recipes. They are quite straightforward.
I dont have any cook books yet but if I was going to have a favourite it would be gordon ramsey if he has a book
His food always looks so nice!
Anything by Jamie Okiver, when I lack inspiration I can usually find something easy and different.
I haven’t got one I like to try any recipe and experiment
Jamie Oliver, his food is amazing!
I grew up cooking with a torn and falling apart copy of Mrs. Beeton so I could not pick anyone else.
definately jamie oliver even i can do them
Jamie Oliver – lovely easy to follow
I love Jamie Oliver because his recipes are easy to follow, are quick but still full of flavour.
I love baking. I don’t really have a favourite author, there are several that I really like. But my favourite BOOK is Negella Lawson’s “How to be a Domestic Goddess” – so many recipes that I make regularly!
me and my son love to bake we love jamie oliver books as they are easy to follow xx
Nigel Slater as I find his books the easiest to follow!
Mmmm there are so many but I am a chutney and jelly making goddess. So it’s a toss up between Preserves by Pam Corbin or the Women’s Institute Book of Preserves and Pickles. Hmm there is the Women’s Weekly Preserves and Jams. Oh dear I could go on forever!
Toss up between Sally Bee, Delia, Nigel Slater and good old Jamie
Nigella as her recipes are so easy to follow and always taste great. I have most of her books
Good Old Mrs Beeton – Very Old Book but my little bible
Marguerite Patten, useful sensible and edible with out complications.
jamie oliver because his recipes are quick, easy and tasty!
Delia – straightforward & easy to follow.
I love Gill Holcombe, her recipe books show the reader how to create tasty but thrifty meals.
Jamie Oliver as its nice and simple
jamie oliver. particulalry his quick recipies
Paul Hollywood at the moment, i’m trying to master the art of baking bread
delia. good receipes
Jamie Oliver because his recipes are always easy to make
I love Jamie Olivers cookery books especially his 15 minute one. His meals are nutricious, quick and simple xxxx
My Moms old school cook book as rules the kichen
i dont have a favorite. each cookbook has its owns joys
fantastic, look forward to trying some of your recipes x
Hugh fearnley-whittingstall – I love his use of fresh, natural ingredients and everyday, homely recipes
mary berry i love watching her and her cook book’s
Nigel Slater – he teaches you how to make recipes your own and so you learn to cook as you follow the recipes. I love his writing.
Delia Smith – Classic tasteful recipes
I remember a cook book my mum had which was clearly used and had THE BEST cake pictures in it such as a fort made of chocolate fingers I could spend hours looking through that book.
Jamie oliver because there easy to follow and taste great x
Jamie Oliver, co his recipes are quick
i love a bit of nigella
she makes cooking fun,with her little inuendos 
Dehlia Smith
James Martin! Proper down to earth food
I have a few favourite Jamie Oliver recipes that I love to follow x
love nigella lawason, she made cooking sexy for us mummys
Jaime Oliver, his recipes are practical
I’ve got a few cookbooks by the Tv chef Phil Vickery and I love these because he does a lot of gluten free recipes.
Jamie Oliver because of what he as done to get children eating healthy at school.
i like delia for the basics
I am really enjoying browsing the recipes on this blog!
Sarah Brown and Martha Rose Shulman – excellent veggie recipes!
I liked James Martins as he doesn’t like to faff around and gives you great ideas and recipes for proper hearty meals.
I love James Martin and Phil Vickery. They do a lot of easy, straightforward meals and love their pudding recipes
I love Lorraine Pascal, her recipes are straight forward and her books are beautifully photographed.
Mary Berry. Her cakes and recipes are truly inspiring
Jamie Oliver because he has some very simple ideas
Jamie’s 30 minute meals, his recipes are tasty and easy to follow!
I love the Hairy Bikers because they’re writing is just so down to Earth, and they mostly use inexpensive ingredients!
I actually really like the Bero Cookbook! Not quite an author, but a good book!
I really like the idiotproof diet cookbook. Lots of low carb meal ideas which suit me when I want to cut down
Jamie Oliver nice family quick meals
Delia – for down to earth yet scrumptious recipes
We love a bit of Jamie Oliver, quick, simple, good food!