Delightful and informative ... I love Niki’s style of writing – packed with knowledge and information, but conveyed with such a lightness of touch. This is full of ideas for those who don’t want a prescriptive approach to recipes

Yotam Ottolenghi

An eclectic combination of dictionary, recipe book, travelogue and memoir … Erudite and inspiring, practical and fun, it will make you salivate, laugh, take issue and feel vindicated … Segnit does for flavour what Lucca Turin achieved for scent in <i>Perfumes: The A-Z Guide</i>. A deceptively simple little masterpiece, set to take its place by McGee on Food and Cooking as a household Bible

Sunday Times

I’m a huge fan of cookery recipes, and I heartily recommend <i>The Flavour Thesaurus</i> by Niki Segnit. It lists more than 4,000 possible combinations of 99 flavours, with lots of recipes to inspire you

Kate Winslet, Harper's Bazaar

Se alle

An exquisite guide to combining flavours

Observer

Every time I return to it, which is often, it makes me tingle with happy greed

Bee Wilson

Segnit cleared the path for me to break free of the hackneyed old classics and develop interesting pairings of my own

Ruby Tandoh

An original and inspiring resource

Heston Blumenthal

It has intrigued, inspired, amused and occasionally infuriated me all year, and will for years to come

Nigel Slater, Observer Books of the Year

Every cook should own a copy ... [it] will revolutionise your cooking

John Torode

Follow this book and you will impress your guests like never before

Atul Kochhar, The Times

A forensic yet fun exploration of flavour combinations and why they work

Guardian

A bible for anyone who cooks by grabbing ingredients from the fridge

Independent

<i>The Flavour Thesaurus </i>is a fascinating book for culinary geeks who like to know the origin and science behind ingredient combinations

Caterer

Inspiration for figuring out what to do with the random tins left in my cupboard

Evening Standard

A fun and often eyebrow-raising read

Fuchsia Dunlop

This imaginative and beautiful little book deserves a place on the shelves of every serious home cook

Spectator

Watch out for Niki’s long-anticipated follow-up, More Flavours focusing on plant-led pairings – coming in May 2023. 'Delightful and informative ... I love Niki’s style of writing – packed with knowledge and information, but conveyed with such a lightness of touch' YOTAM OTTOLENGHI 'The books I value most are those I return to again and again. Such has been the case with The Flavour Thesaurus' NIGEL SLATER 'An eclectic combination of dictionary, recipe book, travelogue and memoir ... A deceptively simple little masterpiece' SUNDAY TIMES Ever wondered why one flavour works with another? Or lacked inspiration for what to do with a bundle of beetroot? The Flavour Thesaurus was the first book to examine what goes with what, pair by pair and is divided into flavour themes including Meaty, Cheesy, Woodland and Floral Fruity. Within these sections it follows the form of Roget's Thesaurus, listing 99 popular ingredients alphabetically, and for each one suggests unique flavour pairings that range from the classic to the bizarre. You will find traditional pairings: pork & apple, lamb & apricot, cucumber & dill; contemporary favourites like chocolate & chilli and goat's cheese & beetroot, and interesting but unlikely-sounding pairings like black pudding & chocolate, lemon & beef, blueberry & mushroom, and watermelon & oyster. There are nearly a thousand entries in all, with 200 recipes and suggestions embedded throughout the text. Now featuring a new foreword by Bee Wilson and a fold-out poster of the flavour wheel, The Flavour Thesaurus is a highly useful, and covetable, reference book for cooking - it will keep you up at night reading. Observer Book of the Year Best Food Book – André Simon Food & Drinks Awards Best First Book – Guild of Food Writers Awards
Les mer
A unique treasury of flavour combinations, offering endless diversion and inspiration for the creative cook.
Delightful and informative ... I love Niki’s style of writing – packed with knowledge and information, but conveyed with such a lightness of touch. This is full of ideas for those who don’t want a prescriptive approach to recipes
Les mer
Special anniversary edition of the bestselling book with a limited edition flavour wheel poster
Over a quarter of a million copies sold in the UK

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780747599777
Publisert
2010-06-21
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Vekt
527 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
135 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
400

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Niki Segnit’s first book, The Flavour Thesaurus, won the André Simon Award for best food book and the Guild of Food Writers Award for best debut. It has been translated into fifteen languages. Her second book, Lateral Cooking, has been called 'a staggering achievement' by Nigella Lawson, the 'book of the decade' by Elizabeth Luard and 'astonishing and addictive' by Brian Eno. It has been translated into nine languages. She lives in London with her husband and two children.