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Tuesday 10 November 2020
Don't order out. Dive into Jamie Oliver's new cookbook

NEW YORK (AP) — Jamie my jobs in this book was to
Oliver knows one of the try and help celebrate the
biggest obstacles home ingredient, but break the
cooks face isn't the drudg- monotony of the same old
ery of shopping, the chore dish every week."
of chopping or the mess The data showed some in-
of washing up. It's delivery teresting things, like that
apps. sweet potato and avo-
What he calls the Uber- cado were more popular
ization of the food industry than initially thought. More
has led to tired families just avocados were sold in the
ordering dinner for delivery UK than oranges last year,
or pickup. "It's never been and Oliver does more than
easier to fix that urge for slice them into a salad: He
food at the click of a but- makes an avocado hol-
ton," he said. landaise, an avocado tem-
Oliver is hoping to inspire pura, and bakes avocados
home cooks with his 24th with shrimp.
book, "7 Ways," which he He also tackles a notori-
calls his most reader-fo- ously difficult vegetable —
cused cookbook yet. He the eggplant, or aubergine
promises maximum flavor in Britain. It takes center
for minimum effort. stage as one of the 18 he-
"If I can write a recipe that's Jamie Oliver appears at the Gusto launch event at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto, Canada on roes, alongside beef and
delicious and gives you lots Oct. 4, 2016. chicken.
of choice and excitement Associated Press "We kind of worked out
and I know you've prob- what to do with potatoes
ably got the ingredients in pored over reams of data tried to replicate their taste. using simple ingredients in lots of wonderful ways.
your fridge already, that to find the 3,000 most com- He calls them "fakeaways" and techniques. He later We never really found out
has to be pretty powerful," mon food items. He boiled and there's dozens of reci- became familiar to North what the bloody hell to
the English chef said. down the list to 18 key — or pes — including sweet and American audiences with do with aubergines," he
The book comes during hero — ingredients, includ- sour pork, spicy shrimp noo- Food Network shows like said. "What I tried to do in
a global pandemic, and ing chicken breast, salmon, dles and a sausage pizza. "Jamie at Home." that chapter is look at how
Oliver hopes it offers belea- shrimp and potatoes. "I'll try and write a recipe In "7 Ways," Oliver has you can cook them so the
guered home cooks more He then developed seven that can lure you into hav- capped the number of skin is crispy and the flesh
options. He notes that sales new recipes to highlight ing a go. And ultimately, ingredients home cooks is creamy, how you can
of cooking utensils and bak- each of the 18 heroes. For that's what it's all about: need for each dish at steam them or use them in
ing products have soared. the salmon, there's tacos trying to keep cooking skills eight, and tried new ideas, a ragu or use it to layer up
"If you cook from scratch and a po' boy. For eggs, alive," he said. informed by many con- beautiful things."
yourself, the chances of he's got an Indian-inspired Oliver has become a sumers who said they were One thing that Oliver has
you saving money is huge," frittata and eggy crumpets. household name for pro- stuck in food ruts. gradually warmed up to is
he said. "Even cheap take- For mushrooms, there's a ri- moting sustainable and "I'm trying to represent dif- including some pre-made
aways are pretty expensive sotto, a soup and a beef healthy foods since star- ferent cooking methods, ingredients, like jarred
when you're buying it for stir-fry. ring in BBC's "The Naked different costs and differ- pesto or curry paste, and
four people." He also looked at the most Chef," in which he stripped ent color, different flavor sometimes leaning on fro-
To write the book, Oliver popular takeout dishes and food down to its essentials, profiles," he said. "One of zen vegetables. q

Country singer Lee Brice to miss CMA Awards due to COVID-19

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — sic video of the year. "Lee would like to thank the
Country singer Lee Brice Brice, who is known for CMAs and all of his incred-
tested positive for COV- hit songs like "I Drive Your ible fans for his nominations
ID-19 and will not perform Truck" and "I Don't Dance," and is wishing his fellow
as scheduled at the CMA will be isolating at home un- nominees an incredible
Awards on Wednesday. til he's cleared by a doctor, evening celebrating the
A representative for Brice according to a statement best of country music," the
told The Associated Press from his representative. statement said.q
on Sunday that he is "in A CMA spokesperson said
good spirits and not experi- Brice was tested and re- Solution Sudoku
encing any symptoms." ceived his result before ar-
Brice was tested ahead of riving onsite for any of show
the awards show, which will rehearsals or activities. Al-
be broadcast on ABC from though the show doesn't
Nashville, Tennessee, where have a normal audience of
he had been scheduled to fans because of the pan-
perform with Carly Pearce. demic, CMA CEO Sarah
Pearce and Brice are both Trahern had promised to
In this Sunday, April 7, 2019 file photo, Lee Brice arrives at the nominated for their duet "I bring country stars together
54th annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Hope You're Happy Now," in one room for the awards
Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Associated Press in the categories musical show, while still physically
event of the year and mu- distanced. Puzzle on Page 13