Nigella Bites

Ask anyone I know; I have loads of cookery books. But like most people, I usually end up just looking at the pictures when I'm hungry and can't be a***d to cook anything. I've never tried the signature dishes of Ramsay or MPW and wouldn't dare attempt the infamously difficult (and aptly named) Chocolate Nemesis Cake, from the River Cafe Cookbook (well, not unless it was the "easy" version anyway).

The only cookbook on my shelf that's evidently been used lots of times (and has ultimately become my cooking Bible) is the wonderful "Nigella Bites". I lost the dust jacket for it yonks ago, but I simply love the plain silver cover!

Nigella is exasperating at times. Even I myself can get a bit annoyed in the way that her programmes are marketed in a food-porn kind of way. She's forever gazing into the camera and eating sausages provocatively, whilst trying to sound like the Cadbury's Caramel Bunny (and stop flippin-well using the word "unctuous" every five minutes will you!) but you have to admit, her recipes rock!

oh, and her Chocolate Lime Cheesecake is pure kitsch genius. It's made from cheap ingredients, such as Maryland Cookies and Philadelphia Cheese that you might find at your local corner shop, and kind of based on the lime-chocolate boiled sweets that you could get when you were a kid.
Here's the linky: If I can do it, anyone can. Go on, have a go!

http://www.nigella.com/recipe/recipe_detail.aspx?rid=20008