Customer Reviews
A great read - By: G. Wurr, 28 Apr 2008 
This book is wonderful, imaginative, easy to read & understand. I also found it entertaining, for a 'non cook' that is praise indeed! Although I am no great cook, I do keep chickens for eggs, the wife wont let me eat them, (yet!)I do grow lots of stuff, & much of this is credited to the Author. A man who cherishes his food & where it comes from, & how. This book comes close to being my Bible
A tome to be reckoned with! - By: A. Kira, 17 Oct 2006 If you're even remotely entertaining the idea of purchasing this book for yourself, your friend or your granny, then just go ahead & click the button.
Fantastic cookbook, yes, but also so much more than that. Here is someone who finally seems to love eating as much as cooking, & the whole process honestly excites him. You can't help but get swept upin his enthusiasm.
Recipes are broken down into easy to follow pieces, which work for budding cooks as well as those with more experience. Fantastically, he also does this without being condescendingin the slightest.
If there were a version of Desert Island Books, this would most certainly be on my top 5 list!
The only cookbook you'll ever read... - By: Matthew C. R. Duckworth, 07 Oct 2006 I have just finished reading this book from cover to cover, & it is the only cookbook I have ever "read"in this way. Part of the reason is that half (at least) of the book is devoted to the smallholding economy of River Cottage, which like many I can only aspire to at the moment but still find fascinating. This part of the book is a creditable smallholder's manual, betterin fact than some others I have read. There is also an immensely useful bibliography & contact list on this & related topics (from where to buy a wicker eel trap to where to get pigeon decoying tuition). But the book is a genuine cookbook as well, & a practical one at that. Personally I find the recipes absolutely mouthwatering, & they also are presentedin such a way that at least the introduction & anecdote attached to each one is worth a readin itself, even if you're notin the kitchen. HFW can certainly write as well, with humour & a light touch throughout. At this price, it's an absolute bargain - being such a weighty tome I would recommend buying the hardback version.
Excellent - By: , 20 Mar 2006 If after reading this book you don't want to do what he did...
The recipes are fantastic, & the writting behnd the recipies about how life comtinues is amazing
Uhm a bit though - By: M. Pasquali, 23 Aug 2004 
Do not take me wrong. I enjoyed this book as much as I loved the TV series; the only problem is that I am not sure the average reader will be interestedin breeding his/her own cattle. I love the recipes & have enjoyed this book more as a novel than as a manual to a do-it-yourself livein the country book.
