"The London Cookbook: Recipes from the Restaurants, Cafes, and Hole-in-the-Wall Gems of a Modern City"--an insider’s look at the most delicious eateries in the fabulous world city of London, England!

The London Cookbook: Recipes from the Restaurants, Cafes, and Hole-in-the-Wall Gems of a Modern City

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.

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.

MY REVIEW:   How delightful to receive an insider’s look at the most delicious eateries in the fabulous world city of London, England! Author Aleksandra Crapanzano offers this and much, much more in “The London Cookbook: Recipes from the Restaurants, Cafes, and Hole-in-the-Wall Gems of a Modern City”. Dishes such as “Orange, Mint, and Rose Petal Cake” (pg 203), “Fish and Chips” (pg 111), “Filet of Beef Stroganoff” (pg 164), “Eton Mess” (pg 237), “The Avenue” (pg 277), “Alpine Fondue” (pg 97), “Sweet Potato, Bacon, and Savoy Cabbage Soup” (pg 42), “Welsh Rarebit” (pg 22), “Potted Shrimp” (pg 6), “Chicken Scaloppine with Mushrooms and Marsala” (pg 132), and “Chocolate Nemesis” (pg 190), are just a sampling of the wide variety of recipes included in this fascinating food and culture study. More than just a cookbook, this is a travelogue and history lesson which showcases the modern amenities and unequaled legacy of the ultimate cosmopolitan city—London. Beautiful color photos and helpful tips, along with some juicy tidbits, make for a very entertaining and appetizing read. ALEKSANDRA CRAPANZANO is the recipient of the James Beard Foundation M.F.K. Fisher Award for distinguished writing, and her work has appeared in several anthologies including Best Food Writing 2013. She writes the "A Little Something Sweet" dessert column for the Wall Street Journal and frequently writes their lengthy "Mega Meal" page. She has written about food for the New York Times Magazine, Gourmet, Food & Wine, Saveur, and Travel & Leisure. Now in New York, Crapanzano spent much of her childhood living in London, and continues to visit many times a year.

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Aleksandra Crapanzano

 

Aleksandra Crapanzano is a screenwriter and food writer. A recipient of The M.F.K. Fisher Award for Distinguished Writing from The James Beard Foundation, she has been widely published in The New York Times Magazine, Food & Wine, Saveur, Travel & Leisure, Gourmet, Elle, Departures and The Wall Street Journal, where for the last 8 years she’s served as a food columnist.  Her essays have been anthologized, most notably in Best American Food Writing, and she is the author of The London Cookbook: Recipes from the Restaurants, Cafés and Hole-in-the-Wall Gems of a Modern City.  Aleksandra is married to the novelist John Burnham Schwartz.  They live in New York with their son, Garrick, and dog, Griffin.