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Book tip September 2018: Jamie Cooks Italy by Jamie Oliver

Is it me or does it feel like it's been way too long since Jamie Oliver released a cookbook? Either way I am absolutely over the moon as he has been my number 1 food hero since I started cooking so whenever he releases a new cookbook I'm running straight to the shop to buy it. His latest one? Jamie Cooks Italy, which is also a TV show on Channel 4. When I first started cooking I'd watch loads of his shows, as it helped me understand the techniques way better. Still to this day I'll often look for a video of a recipe if I'm stuck, just to see how chefs go about it. I can imagine loads of people saying: surely he already did an Italian cookbook, why is this one any different? Well as far as I'm concerned you can never have enough Italian cookbooks as it's such a rich kitchen with so many different ways of making a recipe. Each region has its own specialities and some general Italian foods might be cooked differently depending on where you go. It's so nice to see Jamie go back to Italian food, with loads of rustic traditional recipes [...]