For the past twenty-five years, I have been reviewing restaurants across Britain and beyond, from the humblest of diners to the grandest of gastro-palaces. And throughout Ive been taking the best ideas home with me to create glorious dishes for my own table. Now I get to share those recipes with you.

In Nights Out at Home, Jay Rayners first cookbook, the award-winning writer and broadcaster gives us delicious, achievable recipes inspired by the restaurant creations that have stolen his heart over the decades, for you to cook in your own kitchen.

With sixty recipes that take their inspiration from restaurants dishes served across the UK and further afield, Nights Out at Home includes a cheats version of the Ivys famed crispy duck salad, the brown butter and sage flatbreads from Manchesters Erst, miso-glazed aubergine from Freak Scene and instructions for making the cult tandoori lamb chops from the legendary Tayyabs in Londons Whitechapel; a recipe which has never before been written down.

It also features Jays MasterChef Critics-winning baked chocolate pudding with cherries, and his own personal take on the mighty Greggs Steak Bake.

Seasoned with stories from Jays life as a restaurant critic, and written with warmth, wit and the blessing, and often help, of the chefs themselves, Nights Out at Home is a celebration of good food and great eating experiences, filled with irresistible dishes to inspire all cooks.

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Jay Rayner's love and profound understanding of food has been channelled into a wonderful book of delicious recipes coupled with intelligent, brilliantly funny writing STANLEY TUCCI

'A fantastic collection of heart warming, full-flavoured recipes from one of Britains leading food writers. A must buy for anyone who loves food, restaurants and cooking' TOM KERRIDGE

Jay has a way with words, but hes also a dab hand in the kitchen. This book is not just a collection of food memories but also of recipes that make you want to roll up your sleeves and start cooking MICHEL ROUX

'With Jay as our guide, Nights Out At Home is a witty, mouth-tingling taste adventure' ANDI OLIVER