emmfrazer's review against another edition
5.0
really interesting cookbook with pretty stories behind each meal. love how it's laid out into separate meals following one theme/location/time instead of being laid out into lunches, starters and dinners. perfect for those who love entertaining and has a really fun book cover.
cbates's review against another edition
3.0
This book is beautiful and the menus sound delicious. The recipes are just too hard for me to make.
hannahmayreads's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
5.0
Reading Diana Henry's writing on food is the stuff of dreams - it is so emotive, seeing the wonder in the everyday act of cooking and eating. This book is particularly good as it weaves together her whimsy and musings, with inspired 'menus'. Part memoir, part cookbook - it is an indulgent format for a cookbook and there is a real beauty to it. My favourite cookbook authors blend story, philosophy and food, and it is a delight to add Henry's voice to the others already on my shelf.
Aside from her words, the recipes will appeal to kitchen romantics - asparagus, peas and radishes with pistachio pesto; gooseberry and almond cake with lemon thyme syrup; burrata with fennel, roast peppers, anchovies and capers; ricotta, candied lemon and pistachio ice cream; elderflower gin; spinach and ricotta gnudi; mango cheeks in lime and ginger syrup...
This book is a mixed bag (running the gauntlet of cuisines), but it is also an absolute delight.
Aside from her words, the recipes will appeal to kitchen romantics - asparagus, peas and radishes with pistachio pesto; gooseberry and almond cake with lemon thyme syrup; burrata with fennel, roast peppers, anchovies and capers; ricotta, candied lemon and pistachio ice cream; elderflower gin; spinach and ricotta gnudi; mango cheeks in lime and ginger syrup...
This book is a mixed bag (running the gauntlet of cuisines), but it is also an absolute delight.
stephenrotzschthomas's review
3.0
Terrific prose on food and memory, but not as much insight on the logistics of menu-making as I'd hoped, and beautiful dishes that often seem to strike similar notes.
muninnherself's review
5.0
As delicious as it sounds
I bought this when it was on offer and frankly it seems wrong to have only spent 99p for something so delightful. Henry's writing is elegant and evocative and the recipes enticing.
I bought this when it was on offer and frankly it seems wrong to have only spent 99p for something so delightful. Henry's writing is elegant and evocative and the recipes enticing.
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