NIGHTS OUT IN THE KITCHEN

It s time to share a little more of my love for home cooking and the merry dance of appetite and technique that lies behind the dishes I make to bring to the table more of the home cook that I have become Following his bestselling Nights Out at Home Jay Rayner returns to the kitchen to offer more inspiration to roll up your sleeves and reach for your favourite knife Nights Out in the Kitchen features an irresistible combination of recipes sparked by the dishes that Jay has fallen for during more than a quarter of a century as a restaurant critic alongside 20 of his very own recipes family favourites refined in his kitchen at home From meatballs with braised spaghetti to shaved fennel and lemon zest salad tartiflette tart and slow cooked tandoori lamb shoulder There are accessible home cooked versions of Little Dumpling King s haggis dumplings with crispy chilli oil a take on Jacuzzi s vitello tonnato croquettes Claro s squash three ways and a whole section dedicated to the joys of good things on toast all created with the blessing and often the help of the chefs who inspired them As well as delicious recipes Nights Out in the Kitchen is seasoned with stories which walk both sides of the home and away line in Jay s life From the problem with dinne