Poppy Cooks
The Food You Need
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:16th Sep '21
£16.99
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'If I had a child at Uni ... this is the book I’d be putting in their stocking this Christmas' Nigella Lawson
'The millennials' answer to Delia Smith' Daily Mail
'The poster girl for TikTok cooks' The Times
‘The how-to cookbook for the modern generation. Fresh, engaging and great fun’ Rukmini Iyer, Roasting Tin series
Learn the basics. Up your cooking game. Delicious food every time.
The debut, no-judgement cookbook from TikTok superstar and Michelin-trained chef Poppy O'Toole. Master 12 core kitchen skills to effortlessly create incredible meals at home.
Instead of overwhelming you with complex techniques, Poppy breaks home cooking down into 12 Core recipes - the essential building blocks (or go-to skills) that everyone needs to know, like how to make a pasta sauce, roast a chicken or make a killer salad dressing.
Once you've nailed the basics, Poppy then shows you how to use these core skills as a base for delicious and adaptable recipes that will up your cooking game:
The Staple: quick, reliable weeknight wins
The Brunch: lazy weekend crowd-pleasers
The PotatoHero (of course they make an appearance): mind-blowing spud dishes
The Fancy AF: show-stopping meals to seriously impress
Other core skills include:
White Sauce: think Mac and Cheese and Bacon-y Garlicky Gratin.
Flat Breads: easy flat breads for Halloumi Avo Breads and Salmon Tikka wraps.
Emulsions: Chicken Caesar Salad with homemade mayo and next level Steak Béarnaise with Hollandaise and Crunchy Roast Chips.
Meringue: from Eton Mess Pancakes through to Simply the Zest Lemon Meringue Pie
Whether you’re completely new to the kitchen or looking to elevate your basics, Poppy's step-by-step guidance and clever kitchen hacks will help you nail delicious food every time. As a chef with over ten years’ experience in professional kitchens, Poppy's done the years of training so you don’t have to.
This is not just the food you want. It’s the food you need.
Love this? Check out Poppy's other best-selling titles:
THE POTATO BOOK, ACTUALLY DELICIOUS AIR FRYER, ACTUALLY DELICIOUS SLOW COOKER, ACTUALLY DELICIOUS ONE POT and ACTUALLY DELICIOUS BATCHare all available now!
Not simply a social media sensation but, heartwarmingly, the actual, real thing ... Beneath the high-octane, brightly coloured pages, and the exclamatory, I’m-talking-to-my-mates informality of the recipe introductions (which, I hasten to add, are endearing rather than irritating) is a disciplined chef with a deep love for home cooking and a you-can-do-it gift for encouraging that most important quality in cooking, confidence. If I had a child at Uni who was struggling to feed her or himself, this is the book I’d be putting in their stocking this Christmas ... Makes you want to go skipping into the kitchen to cook ... She is the High Priestess of The Potato. -- Nigella Lawson
The poster girl for TikTok cooks * The Times *
The how-to cookbook for the modern generation. Fresh, engaging and great fun -- Rukmini Iyer
Even if you're used to watching her, rather than reading cookbooks, you need Poppy Cooks because this woman knows her stuff. O'Toole is admirably candid and a first-class enabler. -- Diana Henry * Sunday Telegraph *
With her no-nonsense cooking and focus on technical skills, Birmingham-born Poppy is the millennials’ answer to Delia Smith * Daily Mail *
Full of dishes I actually want to cook at home. Delicious food. Beautiful photography. Love it -- Ben Lebus, MOB Kitchen
One of the ascendant stars of TikTok. Her remarkable rise is testament to her natural affability on camera, kitchen skills, and nose for food trends * Observer Food Monthly *
[Poppy O'Toole] is a TikTok megastar and the potato queen * Fiona Beckett *
Very much enjoying Poppy Cooks on BBC Saturday Kitchen ... I love her * Felicity Cloake *
ISBN: 9781526639233
Dimensions: 262mm x 162mm x 18mm
Weight: 789g
240 pages