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Ottolenghi FLAVOUR

Ottolenghi FLAVOUR

Summary

Unlock new levels of flavour with vegetables

Yotam Ottolenghi and co-writer Ixta Belfrage break down the three factors that create flavour with innovative vegetable dishes to excite and inspire.

Ottolenghi FLAVOUR combines simple recipes for weeknights with show-stopping meals to take your time over, broken down into three sections that teach you how to use ordinary ingredients to create extraordinary food:

Process explains cooking methods that elevate veg to new heights
Pairing identifies four basic pairings that are fundamental for great flavour
Produce features impactful vegetables that do the work for you

Packed with photography and more than 100 recipes including Spicy Mushroom Lasagne, Miso Butter Onions, Aubergine Dumplings alla Parmigiana and Romano Pepper Schnitzels, Ottolenghi FLAVOUR is a next-level approach to vegetable cooking for Ottolenghi fans and vegetable lovers everywhere.

Reviews

  • This is, quite simply, brilliant ... the way Yotam Ottolenghi and co-author Ixta Belfrage confound your expectations make this my favourite
    Ottolenghi book yet.
    Diana Henry, The Telegraph

About the authors

Yotam Ottolenghi

Yotam Ottolenghi is the restaurateur and chef-patron of the seven Ottolenghi delis, as well as the NOPI and ROVI restaurants. He is the author of eight bestselling and multi-award-winning cookery books. Yotam has been a weekly columnist for the Saturday Guardian for over thirteen years and is a regular contributor to the New York Times. His championing of vegetables, as well as ingredients once seen as 'exotic', has led to what some call 'The Ottolenghi effect'. This is shorthand for the creation of a meal which is full of colour, flavour, bounty and sunshine. Yotam lives in London with his family. www.ottolenghi.co.uk @Ottolenghi
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Ixta Belfrage

Ixta Belfrage spent her youth absorbing food traditions in Italy, Mexico and Brazil. She began her culinary career at Ottolenghi's NOPI restaurant, before moving to the Test Kitchen, where she worked for Yotam Ottolenghi for five years, contributing to his columns in the Guardian and The New York Times. Ixta was Yotam's co-author on bestselling Flavour (2020) before publishing her first solo cookbook: MEZCLA (2022), which was nominated for 'best debut cookbook' at the Fortnum & Mason Awards and 'best international cookbook' at the James Beard Awards. MEZCLA was named one of the best cookbooks of 2022 by The Independent, The Times, Bon Appetit, Amazon, Spectator and Squaremeal.
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