Malte reviewed Plenty more by Yotam Ottolenghi
Review of 'Plenty more' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Probably the cookbook I've done most recipes from. By the end of it you are going to sneak citrus zest, white cheese and fresh herbs into everything you make, and you're still not going to be a boring one-trick pony. The "Ottolenghi" style has defined the last decade of cooking and we're still not done, as the team behind the food is still making new exciting food.
They also did the best thing for vegetarian cooking which is to stop talking about vegetarianism. You want people to eat less meat and more vegetables? Make food with vegetables taste great, perhaps sneak in some fish sauce or chicken stock here and there, to win people over and assure them you're not a purist. Puritan cooking has had the unintended effect of making vegetables seem very dull and tasteless, but these folks really changed the game.
"Plenty", "Simple", "Jerusalem" etc are good …
Probably the cookbook I've done most recipes from. By the end of it you are going to sneak citrus zest, white cheese and fresh herbs into everything you make, and you're still not going to be a boring one-trick pony. The "Ottolenghi" style has defined the last decade of cooking and we're still not done, as the team behind the food is still making new exciting food.
They also did the best thing for vegetarian cooking which is to stop talking about vegetarianism. You want people to eat less meat and more vegetables? Make food with vegetables taste great, perhaps sneak in some fish sauce or chicken stock here and there, to win people over and assure them you're not a purist. Puritan cooking has had the unintended effect of making vegetables seem very dull and tasteless, but these folks really changed the game.
"Plenty", "Simple", "Jerusalem" etc are good too, but this is my favourite of them. Perhaps only slightly surpassed by the most recent "Flavour", which I have less experience with.
