Ottolenghi – Simple. Das Kochbuch – New Hardcover

Recipes are a matter of taste; what one person likes, another may not. I liked a few recipes, but most didn't entice me to cook them. If I had flipped through the book in a shop, I wouldn't have bought it. So I simply gave it away. It's well made, but it just didn't motivate me to go into the kitche… Read more

Ottolenghi are known for using many ingredients and creating sophisticated dishes. In SIMPLE, however, the recipes are designed to be easy to replicate while still offering brilliant flavour experiences. I've already given away an exceptional cookbook from each edition several times :-)

The range and variety of recipes is good, but from the start it points to some self‑mixed or pre‑mixed ingredients that are never described (perhaps in another cookbook?) and that really has nothing to do with "Simple". Unfortunately it isn’t a case of "Omen est Nomen", but the frequent use of indef… Read more

I love Ottolenghi’s cookbooks! However, the other works are usually packed with very time‑intensive recipes, even when they sound simple they often involve a huge number of steps, and in everyday life with two toddlers and a full‑time job it’s not always realistic. This cookbook contains no less del… Read more