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Ainsley Harriott: The Feel-Good Cookbook Ainsley Harriott The Feel Good Cookbook, ISBN 9780563493525 and books by Ainsley Harriott on sale at thebookshelf.co.nz Ainsley is turning his culinary attention to feel–good cookery – food that makes you feel great. Capturing Ainsleys enthusiasm for making cooking fun, the Feel–Good Cookbook brings us food that is good for the body and the soul: healthy, tasty and easy to prepare. 150 brand–new recipes make up a bible of deliciously simple recipes, essential for time–pressed cooks wanting fresh, flavoursome and nutritious food. Chapters range from Light Bites and Quick and Easy Suppers to Mid–week Meals and Substantial Salads. Features include quick alternatives for staple ingredients like chicken and pasta, handy menu spreads, store–cupboard essentials and a healthy eating guide. About the AuthorAinsley Harriotts flamboyant Dances with Saucepans style has made people want to try his recipes ever since his first programme in 1993. Ainsley makes cooking fun. Its a skill that takes you through life he says and believes in using quality fresh ingredients and that simple dishes can be just as good as the fancy stuff.Ainsley has his mother, Peppy, to thank for his lifelong passion for cooking. She encouraged him to help with the cooking for family and friends in what was always an open house in Balham, South London. At 16, he started as trainee chef as Verreys restaurant in Londons West End where they got him cutting flour to make it finer. He graduated to commis chef, then moved to the Strand Palace before taking a break to tour Europe as part of a musical duo (his show business talents being inherited from his musician/actor dad, Chester). Returning to England, he teamed up with partner Paul Boross to form The Calypso Twins, notching up several TV credits, a record release, and a prominent position on Londons New Comedy circuit. Cooking, however, remained Ainsleys first love, and he continued to pursue a career in top West End restaurants, gaining experience in all aspects of his craft and rising to Head Chef at Lords Cricket Ground with his own catering company. It was an exciting period, says Ainsley. One day Id be creating posh nosh for Elton John: the next Id be making steak–and–kidney pud with mash for Princess Margaret. Ive been lucky to have worked at every level of the catering business, and I think that its an enormous advantage to know how to make delicious beans on toast as well as Lobster Thermidor. In 1993, during his spell as Head Chef of the Long Room at Lords, BBC Radio 5 asked him to present More Nosh Less Dosh. Ainsleys exuberant personality was soon attracting attention. He was offered a spot on Daytime TVs Good Morning with Anne and Nick, where as the resident chef he soon became a household name. Ready Steady Cook and Cant Cook Wont Cook followed, and now Ainsleys cheerful face is rarely off the television. His world tour of outdoor cooking Ainsleys Barbecue Bible was his first solo television series, followed by Ainsleys Meals in Minutes. Year 2000 saw Ainsley exploring the Americas in Ainsleys Big Cook Out. Ainsley has also produced BBC Books to accompany his TV series. He has a monthly item Meals in Minutes in BBC Good Food Magazine, a weekly column in TV Quick, and appears regularly in the Young Telegraph. When Ainsley isnt making TV programmes or writing cookery books, he likes to spend all his spare time with his wife Clare and two children, Jimmy and Madeleine, who are already learning the ropes in the family kitchen.
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