Ottolenghi

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WOW - Rated
I have never heard of Ottolenghi before and bought this book completely on a whim, after a recommendation from Amazon and reading all the great feedback.
When the book arrived I was a little apprehensive but that soon changed to amazement and excitement after seeing the content, and set about cooking from this wonderful book.
I think it is fair to say this is not everyday food but well worth buying for special occasions or maybe just for when you need something away from the norm.

best christmas present for a cook - Rated
Loved this book -- so so good for visual and practical . Used loads of times in the month I own it and I have rarely done that before. Fab present !

Design detracts from recipes - Rated
I'm sorry but I found the design of this book really irritating! The pages are too narrow, while white space paddles around cramped text.

I am sure the recipes are divine, and when I stop being annoyed by the layout, I'll tackle one!

GREAT BOOK - GREAT REVIEWS - Rated
Among all books recently published, this one is really written for the cook(amateur or professional) and not to show how great this or that chef is. The book is full of great and inspiring ideas and the food full of astonishing flavors. You read the book and few minutes later you are in the kitchen cooking. Thanks for this really good and honest cookbook.

My most often used cookbook by far - Rated
This is a truly fantastic book. Beautifully presented and a joy to read. If I were to work out a cost per use, it would equate to about 0.12p!

The Otto guys just cook the sort of food I love - they describe some 'star' ingredients such as garlic, lemon, fresh herbs, yoghurt, sumac and pomegranate as their basic building blocks - and their style of fresh, delicious, Med/Middle Eastern food is brilliant, accessible and inspiring.

If you have visited one of their London shops, you will know about their impressive window displays; towers of meringues, piles of gooey brownies and bountiful platters of cupcakes and muffins. Their savoury offerings - (including lots of enormous, beautiful salads) are just as awe-inspiring. This book will not only show you how to mimic these amazing dishes, but more usefully will teach you how to understand and use some more unusual ingredients like za'atar and pomegranate molasses. I have found that the techniques I have learnt from the book have infiltrated so much of my cooking, that the value of the book goes well beyond the recipes printed in it.

You'll soon be shopping for ingredients you previously didn't know about but are now staples in your cupboard!

By far my most often used cookbook.