Beautiful. Creative. Useful.
Gorgeous photography shows the dishes and a few photos of the context of food - in the garden. The weight and quality of paper and binding is appreciated. The type, font size and layout are perfect. Very easily read. Engaging.
Recipes are arranged intuitively - which is by season, then grouped within season by main ingredient. For example, in fall are celery/celeriac, mushrooms, butternut squash, radicchio, potato, etc
Result: you can actually page through it looking for a recipe for what's in season, or use the index.
Amazing recipes. Creative. Diverse styles. Simple techniques. Accessible. Great results.
I've read lots of vegetarian cookbooks and vegetable cookbooks. Most fail because they over-reach as they strive to make vegetables into meat substitutes. And they rely too much on bread, pasta or other wheat. That's the most annoying thing about vegetable cookbooks.
This book is just phenomenal recipes featuring vegetables. The recipes in this book can be used as mains or sides. Some dishes have meat, eggs and seafood in them.
Phaidon please make more books like this.
This book would be a great gift because of its substance, creativity, and beauty.