Ottolenghi fans will be delighted to devour this brand new cookbook with over 100 indulgent, nostalgic and nurturing recipes. From roast chicken to inherently soothing soups, nourishing stews, pancakes, pastry, pies and sweet things, this cookbook has it all.
“When it comes to cooking and eating, what does ‘comfort’ mean? At first glance, we might think of it as the food we make and eat at home, after a tough day, it’s the food we make without thinking too much. It might also be the recipes we grew up on, which remind us of being a kid and being looked after. Or the food we eat too much of, unable to resist its ability to hit the spot.”
“What makes food comforting can be about where and how we eat, why we eat and who we eat with as much as what we’re eating in the first place.”
Regardless of how you personally define comfort food, I guarantee you will be inspired by these new classics. Aside from the mouth watering photographs of each recipe, I particularly enjoyed the step-by-step photographs for some dishes.
“This book is full of dishes which feel familiar yet fresh. It is also very much about our personal journeys, and all the stories these journeys contain. Food and words have an incredible power to connect. Our hope is that these recipes become for you what they are for us: reassuring on the one hand and eye-opening on the other,” says Yotam.
Ottolenghi COMFORT is written by restaurateur Yotam Ottolenghi with Helen Goh, Verena Lochmuller and Tara Wigley. Discover Ottolenghi online.
Reviewer: Andrea Molloy
Ebury Press