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The Flavour Thesaurus: Pairings, Recipes and Ideas for the Creative Cook
Niki Segnit
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Hardcover. Ever wondered why one flavour works with another? Or lacked inspiration for what to do with a bundle of beetroot? "The Flavour Thesaurus" is the first book to examine what goes with what, pair by pair. This book follows the form of "Roget's Thesaurus". It includes 980 entries in all and 200 recipes or suggestions are embedded in the text. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 223 x 34. Weight in Grams: 530. 400 pages. Ever wondered why one flavour works with another? Or lacked inspiration for what to do with a bundle of beetroot? "The Flavour Thesaurus" is the first book to examine what goes with what, pair by pair. This book follows the form of "Roget's Thesaurus". It includes 980 entries in all and 200 recipes or suggestions are embedded in the text. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: GBC; WB. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 32. Weight: 528.
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
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747599777
SKU
V9780747599777
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Niki Segnit
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.
Reviews for The Flavour Thesaurus: Pairings, Recipes and Ideas 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
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 Perfumes: The A-Z Guide. 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 The Flavour Thesaurus 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
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
The Flavour Thesaurus 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
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 Perfumes: The A-Z Guide. 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 The Flavour Thesaurus 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
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
The Flavour Thesaurus 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