Jamie's Food Revolution: Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals »

British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver earned his nickname "The Naked Chef" from his philosophy that the best approach to cooking is to strip it down to the bare essentials, using simple ingredients and techniques. His back-to-basics approach -- combined with his winning kitchen charisma on television -- have made Oliver one hot culinary commodity.

Cooking good food from scratch is a skill that can save you money, keep you healthy, and make you and your family and friends happy. What I ve tried to do in this book is pick a whole load of meals that we all love to eat and break them down to make them as simple as possible. There are plenty of clear instructions and step-by-step pictures, so whether you re an accomplished cook or a complete beginner, you ll be able to enjoy cooking and achieve great results in the kitchen.

This book is inspired by all the people I ve met who thought they could never and would never learn how to cook. I believe that good home cooking is one of the most essential, fundamental skills that every single person on this planet should have in order to look after themselves, their families, and their friends. This food revolution is all about people learning how to make a recipe, then teaching that recipe to their friends and family . . . if enough people do this, pretty soon everyone will be cooking. So cook something today, then PASS IT ON!

Jamie Oliver started cooking at his parents pub, the Cricketers, in Essex, England, at the age of eight, and developed a real passion for cooking. He writes for publications around the world and lives in London and Essex with his wife, Jools, and their children, Poppy, Daisy, Petal, and Buddy Bear. This is his tenth cookbook. The next season of his Emmy Award- winning television show, Jamie Oliver s Food Revolution, is set in Los Angeles and will air in Spring 2011 on ABC.

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While British celebrity chef Oliver's philosophy has always been to keep cooking simple, his ninth cookbook is aimed at beginning cooks and those who rely on processed and fast food for their meals. With U.S. obesity rates skyrocketing, his mission is to teach home cooks to make tasty, healthful, affordable meals from scratch, using fresh, unprocessed ingredients. Oliver urges readers to learn a recipe from each chapter and teach the recipe to two friends or family, on the condition that they pledge to do the same. The 100 recipes are organized into "Twenty-Minute Meals," "Quick Pasta," "Lovin' Salads," and "Simple Soups." This is just the first step in Oliver's plan to fight obesity; he's also working with Ryan Seacrest Productions on a 2010 reality TV series in which he will show participants how to abandon takeout and fast food in favor of healthy cooking. Highly recommended.