I'm sure she claimed it was part of the reason 'A Year in 120 Recipes' didn't do as well. Big, glossy hardback, higher price point. Makes you think...
Here's what to do with your £20 budget. Skip eating for a week...but you have fish in the freezer still yeah? Buy my book. You might have to stop eating but don't try to STOP ME BREATHING
I reckon (have a bit of experience 🔺️) that the nominations are drawn well in advance of publicising. There may well be a last minute entry. I just think all these middle class clowns formally putting her forward are totally absorbed with her fake wc campaigner bollocks and they have no reason to not dig deeper.
I agree with this. From what I've seen it's a handful of the same people leaping on any mention of JM. It does make it easy for the FMs to label them as trolls even if what they are saying is what we're all thinking. It's entirely up to them though, I suppose.
Not interchangeable but if you know the different varieties of rice, can explain how each cooks up, and can explain how to adjust the recipe if you only have one type, you'd be a help. And sometimes, you need to say that risotto is a specific Italian dish that uses a specific rice but we can make a savory dish that is lovely, just not risotto, with the rice you might have in your cupboard. But Jack can't do that. So that is where we are.
She can't even be arsed pretending any of it makes sense anymore. I'm tempted to take one for the team and buy a copy for mockery purposes but I think the threatened memoir has much more comedy potential and I SHAN'T buy both.
I SHAN'T buy either.
How smol is that fork?? Ridiculous
Since I'm being quoted on twitter I'd like to clarify that this comment was referring to Pink News hiding tweets the same as DIVA, hence the screenshot being of hidden tweets and not all replies. Now be grateful for all the screenshots and archived content you guys are taking from here or I'll set the pumble on you
So a 120 recipes/home hacks. For 20 lbs or $22.52. That is roughly $0.19 per recipe/hack. Not even a guaranteed 120 recipes. But hacks. Like unscrewing light bulbs? Boiling bars of soap to make shower gel? All for the (hypothetical and alleged) cost of a week's worth of groceries for 1 adult, 0.3 of an active teenager, and 0.7 of a hard workin' laborer. Did I get the percentages mixed up? Oh and a dog and a cat. Seems like a lot for a lousy book. I can find actual finds at Goodwill for $0.50. That's only 2.6 recipes/hacks worth. I'd be 117.4 hacks/recipes ahead by not buying the book.
Overseas frau here, so not exposed to all of Jack's various "projects", but Samsung? WTF? I guess Jack only gets up in arms about poors being exploited in sweatshop factory jobs if those poors are UK poors
One could say that was a very clever ploy to get people to order the book, I think...
Yep. Odd how it misses the Christmas rush. As if MacMillan knows that no one would want to find a copy under the tree.
I'd like to think that they are aiming at the "bills coming in after Christmas so it's budget time" audience, but your explanation is probably closer to the truth.
On the US amzone, the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen--Extra Good Things, build a home pantry is available for only a few pennies more than the Grifty Thrifter. Despite being gourmet, a lot of the recipes are based on pretty common and not terribly expensive vegetarian foodstuffs. Like chickpeas. Then do what I do, fantasize about the one or two recipes that are too expensive or time-consuming, or out of reach and then make the rest. Go to your local greengrocer or local Asian grocer or local Middle Eastern grocer or local Indian grocer for reasonable prices on all of the ingredients. Seems like a way better deal than Gritty Thrifting. And there are nice pics.
I think it's also aimed at the Christmas gift card crowd. £20 in pretend Amazon cash under the tree, and guess what costs exactly that. Really makes you think.I'd like to think that they are aiming at the "bills coming in after Christmas so it's budget time" audience, but your explanation is probably closer to the truth.
One really big-selling category in January and February, building off New Year's resolutions, is get-fit books. Maybe this book is in January because part of the "home hacks" is her tips for getting in shape
I thought it was recipes and household hacks totaling 120--so no guarantees about 120 recipes.
