Ottolenghi: The Cookbook [Hardcover]

Yotam Ottolenghi (Author), Sami Tamimi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2010

Ottolenghi is one of the most iconic and dynamic restaurants in existence. Its unique blend of exquisite, fresh food, abundantly presented in a cutting-edge, elegant environment, has imaginatively redefined people's dining expectations. For the first time, Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi are publishing here their superb sweet and savory recipes. Yotam and Sami’s inventive yet simple dishes are inspired by their respective childhoods in West and East Jerusalem but rest on numerous other culinary traditions, ranging from North Africa to Lebanon, and Italy to California. The 140 original recipes cover everything from accomplished meat and fish main courses through to many healthy and quick salads and suppers, plus Ottolenghi's famous and delectable cakes and breads. Ottolenghi: The Cookbook captures the zeitgeist for honest, healthy, bold cooking presented with flair, style, and substance. This painstakingly designed, lavishly photographed book offers the timeless qualities of a cookery classic.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The stage is set for a new era of simple pleasure . . . The philosophy of serving food that is not industrialized is a joy to behold . . . [There is] beauty in the composition of salads and other dishes, integrity in the baking, seduction in the desserts, and the white noise of serene, convivial surroundings."  —Evening Standard

"Gorgeous, healthy recipes . . . a wonderful book."  —Sunday Times

"Ottolenghi is one of those places that has creatively redefined what we expect of eating out."  —Good Food Guide 2006

"They have a perfectly judged sense of what people actually feel like eating."  —Financial Times

"Britain's most eagerly awaited cookbook."  —Guardian

About the Author

Yotam Ottolenghi has worked as a pastry chef at the Capital, Kensington Place, and Launceston Place. He's also worked for Maison Blanc and then Baker and Spice before starting his own group of restaurants. Sami Tamimi has been a chef for more than two decades and teamed up with Yotam to open Ottolenghi in 2002.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Ebury Press (May 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0091922348
• ISBN-13: 978-0091922344
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 0.9 x 11.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #1 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Regional & International > European > English, Scottish & Welsh
  • #11 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Professional Cooking > Professional

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

44 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great recipes, could have been more user friendly., February 16, 2009

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pripen "pri3" (Portland,OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ottolenghi: The Cookbook (Hardcover)

I am a fan of Ottolenghi recipes. I follow their Guardian column 'The New Vegetarian'. I find their recipes fresh, modern, bright and fun. So far I have tried couple of eggplant recipes, pistachio cookies and baked okra. All came out great. Their recipes in Guardian-online are fun as well.
Having said that, I wish they had serving suggestions in this book for recipes. It would also help to have some sample menus, specially for someone new to Mediterranean cooking.
I live in US and as such the book is cumbersome to use because of metric system used throughout. I don't mind that much, but it would have been nice to include a conversion table somewhere. Hopefully, there will be a US edition soon, but I could not wait for it to come out.
The book is beautifully laid out and the pictures are very tempting.
Overall, I like the book a lot.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, December 29, 2008

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emily - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ottolenghi: The Cookbook (Hardcover)

Great book with original recipes. Lots of tasty salad-type dishes, just like their shops in London. Amazon never seems to have it in stock. Tip: order it from Amazon.uk; it's roughly the same price.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars my new favorite cookbook, December 17, 2009

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S. Broadhurst (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ottolenghi: The Cookbook (Hardcover)

I learned about this ccokbook from a friend who had lived in London for several years. I was enchanted by the stories of the two owners. And then I started to read the recipes. The ingredients and combination of flavors sounded amazing! So I borrowed the cook book, made fennel gratin, cauliflower fritters with lime yogurt dipping sauce and honey cilantro lamb chops. Every recipe produced delicious food! Needless-to-say I quickly purchased my own copy and look forward to cooking my way through the rest of the book.