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A season-by-season guide to cooking vegetables the Italian way Contains more than 400 authentic, delicious and good-value vegetable recipes from the Silver Spoon kitchen. Organised by season, recipes are accompanied by specially commissioned photographs and short texts discussing every vegetable Cooking with vegetables is the perfect way to eat healthily, economically, locally and sustainably. Includes advice about vegetable varieties, storage and preparation, a seasonal calendar and how-to-grow tips to help you get the best from every season.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
First class illustrations encourage you to try new and refreshing ways to prepare vegetables . Some , like blanched celeriac with smoked salmon in a light dressing are outstanding .
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
..and I do recommend it. However, I need to say immediately that this review is not based on extensive practical use of the book. I haven't cooked from it yet - although that is only 24 hours away if my plans work out and I can decide on what is the most attractive recipe!!
Physically this is a handsome piece of book production - solid, well illustrated and with multiple bookmarks to ensure you know where you are. It is organised by season and then by vegetable within season - with several recipes ranging from the complex to the simple for each. There is a short glossary which is useful but very little editorial comment - just lots of recipes. At last I know what to do with cardoons! Some of the organisation is a bit odd - recipe notes which contain some important information are on the last page together with the publishing details.
No author - as far as I can see - is credited and it seems to be a translation of Italian books which have been around for some time but have been updated for this edition.
My copy is pristine - I suspect it won't be in a few weeks since I have seen several recipes that I really want to try.
I will come back to update the review later when I have more practical experience with it. But if you are looking for a handsome present - this will do it!
More later
Update: well, I have now cooked several recipes from the book. First point to make is they they all worked, they all tasted good and I will make them again. And I could follow thhe instructions without difficulty although occasionally there was a bit of interpretative guesswork taking place.
I did find that the cooking times tended to be a bit short - almost everything needed longer than the recipe indicated - particularly the dishes involving the oven. This may be my cooker (although the thermometer says the temperatures are as they should be) or simply that the vegetables I am using are a little older and maybe less flavourful than those available in Italy.
Anyway, certainly a keeper and I will continue to use it - but it will sit alongside Annie Bell, Marcella Hazan and Sophie Grigson rather than replacing them.
I still think it is a good buy if you can find it at a reasonable price and it IS a beautiful book.
Physically this is a handsome piece of book production - solid, well illustrated and with multiple bookmarks to ensure you know where you are. It is organised by season and then by vegetable within season - with several recipes ranging from the complex to the simple for each. There is a short glossary which is useful but very little editorial comment - just lots of recipes. At last I know what to do with cardoons! Some of the organisation is a bit odd - recipe notes which contain some important information are on the last page together with the publishing details.
No author - as far as I can see - is credited and it seems to be a translation of Italian books which have been around for some time but have been updated for this edition.
My copy is pristine - I suspect it won't be in a few weeks since I have seen several recipes that I really want to try.
I will come back to update the review later when I have more practical experience with it. But if you are looking for a handsome present - this will do it!
More later
Update: well, I have now cooked several recipes from the book. First point to make is they they all worked, they all tasted good and I will make them again. And I could follow thhe instructions without difficulty although occasionally there was a bit of interpretative guesswork taking place.
I did find that the cooking times tended to be a bit short - almost everything needed longer than the recipe indicated - particularly the dishes involving the oven. This may be my cooker (although the thermometer says the temperatures are as they should be) or simply that the vegetables I am using are a little older and maybe less flavourful than those available in Italy.
Anyway, certainly a keeper and I will continue to use it - but it will sit alongside Annie Bell, Marcella Hazan and Sophie Grigson rather than replacing them.
I still think it is a good buy if you can find it at a reasonable price and it IS a beautiful book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
I've wanted this book for ages since an article in a week-end newspaper, my son bought it for Christmas for me and I was amazed at how much information it has as well as all the recipes. Wonderful book.
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