This is an amazing cook book. It is easy to follow and does not require thousands of ingredients.

This was my first celebrity cookbook, so I was skeptical. Contrary to my fears of finding expensive ingredients that can't be found, Ramsay's recipes struck me as simple... not only in prep time, but also in the number of steps. As a nod to busy moms, the dishes have been timed to come together with minor forethought.

Eye-pleasing colors and an easy-to-ready design enhance the book further; the pages are nearly the thickness of card-stock, resistant to tearing, folding or wrinkling - a handy thing when squinting at a page over a hot stove of bubbling pots. The efficiency theme continues with recipes arranged in meal sections, rather than grouped by ingredient.

The book claims healthy, flavorful recipes... and it delivers just that. We chose three dinner items and a dessert to attempt for our family of six: braised lambs steaks, a side of lentils with green beans, spinach goat cheese soufflé and vanilla pannacota with blueberry sauce. Having never cooked soufflé I was floored when the concoction actually came out golden and delicious; a bakery loaf of French bread rounded out the meal.

My husband enjoyed all the dishes; there was nary a tidbit left on the children's plates. One would hardly have guessed the food we'd consumed was healthy. The verdict: a filling, celebrity meal for six - made at home, with dessert, for under $40 in ingredients.

Reviewed by Meredith Greene

I am so happy with this cookbook, it has many delightful, and easy recipies that will make your dinner guest think you hired a chef.

I was very excited about this book and ordered it way in advance, but, I have to admit, I really couldn't find any recipes that I was that excited about or motivated to try. I have hundred's of cookbooks, but I think this one is going to go to sale pile...

...don't know if I would have bought it if I'd seen it in a bookstore first.

Typical food network (although I know it's not) type production with nice full page photos of a dish along side a recipe. But I didn't really need a recipe for making oatmeal, or melon and berry salad (melon balls, berries, orange and lime juice, and honey...how easy is that!), or rigatoni with yellow and green zucchini, or hamburgers.

A few recipes feature ingredients that may not be familiar or typical to Americans, like bream (a salmon-like fish), partridge and pigeon, ling (another fish). I am however, looking forward to trying stuffed chicken breasts wrapped in sage and prosciutto, sticky baked chicken drumsticks, spinach and goat cheese soufflé.

You'd never know Ramsay's TV shows were so over the top from this book! Maybe if the recipes had names like "F**kin' Good Oatmeal" it might be spiced up!

Paul