{"id":575,"date":"2016-11-18T15:59:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T15:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katrina.effexhost.com\/index.php\/2016\/11\/18\/book-review-the-london-cookbook\/"},"modified":"2016-11-18T15:59:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T15:59:00","slug":"book-review-the-london-cookbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/2016\/11\/18\/book-review-the-london-cookbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: The London Cookbook"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From an award-winning food writer comes this intimate portrait of London–the global epicenter of cuisine–with 100 recipes from the city’s best restaurants, dessert boutiques, tea and coffee houses, cocktail lounges, and hole-in-the-wall gems–all lovingly adapted for the home kitchen.<\/p>\n

Once known for its watery potatoes, stringy mutton, and grayed vegetables, London is now considered to be the most vibrant city on the global food map. The London Cookbook  reflects the contemporary energy and culinary rebirth of this lively, hip, sophisticated, and very international city. It is a love letter to the city and an insider’s guide to its most delicious haunts, as well as a highly curated and tested collection of the city’s best recipes. This timeless book explores London’s incredibly diverse cuisine through an eclectic mix of dishes, from The Cinnamon Club’s Seared Aubergine Steaks with Sesame and Tamarind to the River Cafe’s Tagliatelle with Lemon, and from Tramshed’s Indian Rock Chicken Curry to Nopi’s Sage and Cardamom Gin. Striking the perfect balance between armchair travel and approachable home cooking, The London Cookbook is both a resource and keepsake, a book as much for the well-travelled cook as for the dreaming novice.<\/p>\n

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\nOh London…one of my favorite cities in the world. I was only there a brief time, but it never got old. The mixture of architecture, the mixture of people, the food…and now this cookbook has come home to me and I love it.<\/p>\n

The book is far more lovely than the image above shows. Really, I’m impressed with the binding. It’s just lovely. (Sorry, I seem stuck on that word today!) While not every recipe includes a pictures, those that do will have you drooling so be sure to put down some sort of protection for those pages. I do have to warn you though that these aren’t recipes that you’re going to come home from a long day at work to prepare. These are special occasion recipes or for those days when you just want to experiment with something new. I will assure you though that these are not the bland dishes that the British are “known for”. They all look completely scrumptious and yes…lovely.<\/p>\n

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