Ottolenghi - the cookbook. Anyone got this?

[MrsMuddle]

This came up on my Amazon page as something I'd like. It's had three great reviews, but I've never seen it or heard of Ottolenghi, which, I gather from the reviews, is a restaurant.

However, I am a sucker for cookbooks - even ones I've never heard of before! Does anyone have this, and, if so, would you recommend it?

It is a fab middle eastern restaurant in London run by a gay israeli owner and a gay palestinian chef.

That sounds great! I'll go to Waterstones at the weekend and have a read of the book before I decide whether or not to buy it.

I love Middle Eastern food.

Ordered it from Amazon a few days ago, the cafe is lovely. If you go to observer.co.uk and search for ottolenghi, you'll find lots of sample recipes as he writes their veggie column.

I didn't realise that was him! I love that column. I'll definitely buy the book now. Thanks

Just received this from Amazon - was going to send it back and exchange as the printing is quite poor quality but apparently it's at least 10 days before they have new copies and 7 weeks with other suppliers so I might hold onto it! Some really lovely recipes - plenty of meat and fish dishes but the largest sections are on vegetables, pulse and grains and baking and patisserie. It's particularly good for vegetable and salad ideas - for example, chargrilled broccoli with chilli and garlic; beans and mange tout with orange and hazelnut. Amazing desserts - the photos are very inspiring. From a quick glance, most of it looks manageable with no ridiculous ingredients that are impossible to get hold of.