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The book is a joy to devour, literally and visually. --Diva, November, 2011
It's both a collection of delicious memories and a dedication to a life-long love of food, interwoven with a passion for collecting knives. --BBC Olive, October, 2011
The new book from Allegra McEvedy is a delectable delight.
--Tom Parker Bowles The Mail on Sunday, October 23, 2011
"Allegra McEvedy is a magpie in human form." --The Independent, November 25, 2011
"It's both a collection of delicious recipes and a dedication to a life-long love of food." --Olive Magazine, October, 2011
"Her animated writing will put a spring in the step of any foodie tired of same old, same old" --Lancashire Evening Post, November 26, 2011
"a delectable delight." --Live - Night & Day(Supp. to the mail on Sunday), November 2011
"Allegra McEvedy's fifth cookery book is a joyful gastronomic tour"
--Tablet Magazine
It's both a collection of delicious memories and a dedication to a life-long love of food, interwoven with a passion for collecting knives. --BBC Olive, October, 2011
The new book from Allegra McEvedy is a delectable delight.
--Tom Parker Bowles The Mail on Sunday, October 23, 2011
"Allegra McEvedy is a magpie in human form." --The Independent, November 25, 2011
"It's both a collection of delicious recipes and a dedication to a life-long love of food." --Olive Magazine, October, 2011
"Her animated writing will put a spring in the step of any foodie tired of same old, same old" --Lancashire Evening Post, November 26, 2011
"a delectable delight." --Live - Night & Day(Supp. to the mail on Sunday), November 2011
"Allegra McEvedy's fifth cookery book is a joyful gastronomic tour"
--Tablet Magazine
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It doesn't matter where you are in the world, to any chef worth their salt, knives and ingredients are the most important things. Bought, Borrowed & Stolen brings them together, as they should be, for the first time. This book is an authentic glimpse into food and cultures, and is filled with Allegra's favourite dishes eaten over 20 years of travelling, tasting and scribbling. As a chef Allegra had developed a healthy admiration for the tools of her trade, and searching for a knife that reflected the country she was currently eating in became her quest. Allegra tells the stories of her travels through the knives she has collected on the way, from aesthetically-crafted filleting knives from Scandinavia to simple, effective and impressive African tools, and includes several recipes inspired by each country. From Spanish pea and ham croquetas and Malawian pumpkin curry to Brazilian breakfast juice and Cuban banana daiquiri's - these are straightforward and interesting recipes you will have never cooked before but will want to eat again and again.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Bought, Borrowed & Stolen is definitely an enthusiasts book. It's an unusual set of recipes, connected by a collection of knives and places where those knives where from. Part cookery book, part travelogue and part food appreciation guide. It's not one that you would use to plan your everyday cooking but it's one for inspiring and trying new things. I've only tried one recipe (cheese puffs, delicious) so far but have enjoyed just flicking through and stopping to read when something catches the eye. The visual and photography aspects are interesting and make for a beautifully put together book.
Recommended for the cook who is just as happy just reading cookery books as cooking from them, but it is more of a coffee table book than a working recipe book.
Recommended for the cook who is just as happy just reading cookery books as cooking from them, but it is more of a coffee table book than a working recipe book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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While the recipes predominate, this is a combination cookbook, geography book and a book about knives. Covering towns from nineteen countries or areas: Turkey, New York, Burma, USA, Brazil, Portugal, Morocco, Italy, Japan, The Philippines, Cuba and the Caribbean, Malawi, Mexico, Norwegian Arctic Circle, South Africa, Lebanon, China, France and Spain, it offers a wide range of recipes from snacks through main courses to a few sweet dishes and more.
Each country is introduced with a page or two of description and a brief Fact File providing geographical and social information along with eating and drinking habits of the region. This is followed by comments on the relevant knife from this collector of knives. Then come the recipes each of which is accompanied by some helpful introductory comments, clearly presented ingredients and instructions, and usually a photograph of the finished dish. The recipes are unsurprisingly very diverse, with many interesting and some unusual offerings.
This is quite a substantial book, but its relatively sombre cover - no dust jacket - is not reflected by its contents. I find the presentation too much 'in your face', especially the introductory pages for each of the nineteen sections: coloured background for the type, angled boxes for the facts, and garish photo-montages. The recipe pages are a little calmer, but the photography throughout I find very unappealing. The pictures are harsh and brash with very flat lighting and often high contrast with bleached out highlights. More significantly in most cases it makes the food look unappetising, some dishes look more like sludge or worse. This is a great shame for one imagines a lot of though has gone into putting this book together, yet the result is not a book that one enjoys browsing just for the pleasure of its contents.
Each country is introduced with a page or two of description and a brief Fact File providing geographical and social information along with eating and drinking habits of the region. This is followed by comments on the relevant knife from this collector of knives. Then come the recipes each of which is accompanied by some helpful introductory comments, clearly presented ingredients and instructions, and usually a photograph of the finished dish. The recipes are unsurprisingly very diverse, with many interesting and some unusual offerings.
This is quite a substantial book, but its relatively sombre cover - no dust jacket - is not reflected by its contents. I find the presentation too much 'in your face', especially the introductory pages for each of the nineteen sections: coloured background for the type, angled boxes for the facts, and garish photo-montages. The recipe pages are a little calmer, but the photography throughout I find very unappealing. The pictures are harsh and brash with very flat lighting and often high contrast with bleached out highlights. More significantly in most cases it makes the food look unappetising, some dishes look more like sludge or worse. This is a great shame for one imagines a lot of though has gone into putting this book together, yet the result is not a book that one enjoys browsing just for the pleasure of its contents.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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If you think of this book as part travel-journal, part memoir, then you're probably closer to the core of it than regarding it as a cook book. In it, Allegra McEvedy shares her travelling tales and the recipes she has picked up on her various trips and jobs all over the world. And very entertaining those bits are, too. She has the nice idea of buying a knife everywhere she goes, and she uses these objects to prompt each chapter.
As with the Leon books, the whole thing looks fabulous. It's beautifully and inventively laid out. And unlike some other reviewers, I really liked the photos.
However, the big but is the food itself. I have the original Leon: Ingredients and Recipes cookbook and there are 15-20 recipes in there that we do regularly (it's one of our most popular books). But this one is, I'm sorry to say, a struggle to find anything that I actually want to cook. Leon has always been up there for the slow food, but there's a difference between investing the time in the meatballs or the long ingredient list tuk tuk salad, and actually wanting to eat cauliflower eggs or brown shrimp coddle.
I love McEvedy's food (Leon is one of my favourite places to eat; every single thing on the menu is delicious) but this book just isn't for me, I'm afraid. It's seems to be more for the coffee table than the kitchen table
As with the Leon books, the whole thing looks fabulous. It's beautifully and inventively laid out. And unlike some other reviewers, I really liked the photos.
However, the big but is the food itself. I have the original Leon: Ingredients and Recipes cookbook and there are 15-20 recipes in there that we do regularly (it's one of our most popular books). But this one is, I'm sorry to say, a struggle to find anything that I actually want to cook. Leon has always been up there for the slow food, but there's a difference between investing the time in the meatballs or the long ingredient list tuk tuk salad, and actually wanting to eat cauliflower eggs or brown shrimp coddle.
I love McEvedy's food (Leon is one of my favourite places to eat; every single thing on the menu is delicious) but this book just isn't for me, I'm afraid. It's seems to be more for the coffee table than the kitchen table
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Delightfully quirky - part travelogue, part cookbook, totally...
This is a completely delightful, quirky cookbook - and now Allegra McEvedy is my current cookbook crush. What a fun book. Read more
Published 21 days ago by Gabrielle O
Part cook book part part travel journal
I'd say this book is part cook book and part travel journal.
Allegra McEvedy writes a lot about her experience (both cooking and cultural) and slots the recipes she has... Read more
Allegra McEvedy writes a lot about her experience (both cooking and cultural) and slots the recipes she has... Read more
Published 1 month ago by A. Kubicek
Part biography, part food, part knives - a slice of life?
Firstly, this is a really beautifully produced book, as so many cookery books seem to be these days. Read more
Published 1 month ago by The Navigator
Great book!
Bought this as a xmas present. Delivery was quick since I used Amazon Prime.
I was very pleased with it. And my partner who received the book was very happy too. Read more
I was very pleased with it. And my partner who received the book was very happy too. Read more
Published 4 months ago by TheShiks
A book to inspire
I love this book - the beautiful fabric cover makes it so personal(just like a diary) and the collection of knives is so inspiring. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Sara
Impractical but incredible
Under the guise of a food-of-the-world book, we are treated to what can best be described as a culinary autobiography. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr. M. A. Reed
Something special
Lots of beautiful collages made up from photographs and souvenirs from Allegra's travels make this book a wonderful visual feast as well. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Basement Cat
More of a travelogue in recipes than a cook book
I do enjoy reading cook books as well as using their recipes and as of yet have still to cook anything from this. Read more
Published 5 months ago by P. Stokes
Nice book, shame about the recipes...
I lived in West London during the 90s and ate several times at Allegra's Notting Hill restaurant, The Tabernacle. I loved the food, the laid back charm and the prices. Read more
Published 6 months ago by chuggachugga
A cooking trip around the world
This is a large hardback cook book which takes the form of a trip around the world or at least the parts visited by the author Allegra McEvedy. Read more
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