Let's Eat: Recipes from my kitchen notebook

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In 1972, 16 young Uruguayan rugby players were stranded in the Andes for 72 days after an air crash. The combination of all these things serves to make this a much more engaging recipe book than most, despite the fact that not every recipe is accompanied by a photograph (although most are). Tom’s concept of a ‘recipe’ is very broad, so you’ll find everything here from simple ‘Baked Eggs’ (a great empty cupboard recipe he got from his mother) and ‘A Really Good Fish Recipe’ or a more complicated ‘Haddock Parker Bowls’, to recipes for a ‘Hot Toddy’ to ease colds and a ‘Bloody Mary’ for those who prefer a liquid diet. I think I might like to try my hand at a fish pie again, but would like to explore some of the many other variations out there. Tom Parker Bowles gives us more than 140 of his kitchen staples; the dishes he cooks day in, day out.

So the only ingredient I couldn't get my hands on were those darned Thai birds-eye chilis that Parker Bowles loves so much - had to use jalapenos and Anaheims. Despite the fact that I don’t eat meat (and Tom has some amazing meat based dishes here – from grouse to oxtail) I found plenty that I intend to try out for myself: ‘Lemon Risotto’, ‘Hot Buttered Crab’, ‘Trifle’, ‘Shrimp Broth’ etc. Tom claims to have based most of this cook book on a small leather journal he’s kept for years of thrice tested recipes, and being as well travelled as he is that makes for an interesting selection – British (Toad in the Hole), Thai, Mexican, Indian, Cantonese, etc.He isn't shy about promoting suppliers he likes, or other cooks' books either, so there's some really useful references tucked into the text. A chapter on Comfort food is packed with family favourites such as My mum's roast chicken and fish goujons with pea purée.

Everyday staples such as eggs and steak get a close inspection too, with ideas and advice for dishes to prepare with them. Let’s Eat is an irresistible hotchpotch of delicious recipes; a trusty cookbook and a very good read.With Princess Beatrice in a black blazer dress and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in white tie, the royal couple showed they could do no wrong in the sartorial stakes. Packed with photographs, Let's Eat is an irresistible hotchpotch of delicious recipes; a trusty cookbook for foodies and families alike. Tireless in pursuit of a good dinner, Tom Parker Bowles has eaten some of the best food in the world - and then recreated his favourite dishes in his own kitchen. A chapter on Comfort food is packed with family favourites such as My mum’s roast chicken and fish goujons with pea purée.