Let's Eat: Recipes From My Kitchen Notebook by Tom Parker Bowles

  • Spaghetti with meatballs

    Spaghetti with meatballs (page 18)

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    • Categories: Pasta, doughs & sauces; Main course; Italian
    • Ingredients: minced pork; minced beef steak; eggs; egg yolks; breadcrumbs; dried chillies; spaghetti pasta; Parmesan cheese; onions; Thai chillies; canned tomatoes; basil
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  • The perfect burger

    • Soosie on June 08, 2019

      Can substitute ANY cheese for cheddar

  • My mother's roast chicken

    • Soosie on May 29, 2026

      My chicken was 1.1kg but I still adhered to the cooking time. Popped a whole lemon off my lemon tree into cavity. Smeared all over with bacon fat instead of butter. Roasted 20 mins breast down on slice of baguette. Flipped it over for last 40 minutes. Didn’t bother making gravy as the lemony juices were so good, as was the bread under the chicken. One of the most moist chickens I’ve ever eaten. I could see the juices bubbling under the skin. So simple, so good!

  • Porcini risotto

    • anniette on October 30, 2021

      A nice, simple, basic risotto. Just right, and I will turn to this recipe again.

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  • Fuss Free Flavours

    Like many cookery books, it sells a lifestyle as well as recipes, and this didn’t disappoint; the anecdotal style made it an easy and entertaining read straight through.

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  • ISBN 10 0008743703
  • ISBN 13 9780008743703
  • Published Apr 10 2025
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 272
  • Language English
  • Countries United Kingdom
  • Publisher Pavilion Books

Publishers Text

Tom Parker Bowles gives us more than 140 of his kitchen staples; the dishes he cooks day in, day out. This is home cooking at its best – Fish Pie, Shoulder of Lamb with Pommes Boulanger, Noodle Soup, Treacle Tart – all shamelessly indulgent, but straightforward to prepare and affordable. Accompanied by beautiful photographs by Cristian Barnett.

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. Some of the 140 recipes in this book are inspired by food cooked for him by friends and family, some by more formal dinners, some by his travels. But all have been recreated by Tom to make them easy for the home cook to prepare.

A chapter on Comfort Food is packed with family favourites such as My Mum’s Roast Chicken, Fish Goujons with Pea Purée and Sticky Toffee Pudding. There are also chapters on Quick Fixes, such as stir fries and steaks, and on Slow and Low, such as braises and casseroles. The From Far-Flung Shores chapter includes dishes inspired by Tom’s travels, such as Ceviche, or Lime-marinated Prawns with Avocado, and there’s a chapter on Cooking for Children too.

Tom has cooked every recipe in his home kitchen again and again before including it in this notebook. He also explores the basic ingredients that are essential to a good dinner, such as fats and stocks, offering suggestions on how to prepare and cook with them. 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 written in Tom’s distinctive voice means it’s a book that you’ll want to read from cover to cover.

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