The cookbook
It took us, Yotam and Sami, a whole year, and many hours of testing and tasting to put together our first collection of recipes. The Cookbook, finally out on the 1st of May 2008, is published by Ebury press, cover price £25. You can order it from Amazon, Play, Waterstone’s, or the publisher’s own rBbooks online shop.
The Cookbook is our first attempt at “summing up” Ottolenghi food for the home cook. The 140 recipes cover everything we do: our prominent salads and roast vegetable dishes, cold meat and fish, substantial main courses from our dinner menu in Islington, some of our wholesome breads and savoury pastries, and a good mixture of the sweets that distinctively adorn Ottolenghi’s windows. We encourage you to use this open window into our world.
Comments
I would love to buy your new book before the 30th April at the rBbooks online shop, but sadly it doesn't offer the 34% discount you say it does. Advice please? Thanks. Victoria.
Hi Victoria.
I have just added the promotional code DELI that you need to enter in order to buy the book at the discounted rate. I hope this works.
Enjoy the book!
Your cookbook is superb! By that I mean, from an aesthetic viewpoint but also practical recipes, well written, just enough of a personal/biography touch. I just love it! I own over 90 cookbooks from over the world (last purchase: 'Les secrets d'Alep', a historical cookery book about Aleppo in Syria and the development of middle-eastern food in that area) and yours will be a great addition and very well used. Your reputation reaches the US: Here is a very interesting cookery blog from California describing your book. Thank you for that great book and see you at one of your classes.
Link to US web site:
http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/ottolenghi-red-rice-and-quinoa-recipe.html
I wonder if the book is available anywhere in Canada. I tried the Chapters Indigo website, our major book seller but it is not listed online. Any
advice??
hi susan,
try this:
http://www.amazon.ca/Ottolenghi-Cookbook-Yotam/dp/0091922348/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211042345&sr=8-1
i hope they have them in stock.
i know the american amazon are currently out of stock.
all the best,
yotam ottolenghi
Your book is amazing! I tried a lot of your recipes and it works very well! All I cooked was delicious! Thank you so much! My only regret is that you did not write your pesto muffins!!
Thank you for your book!
Have tried to order today from rBbooks online, is the promotion code still valid?? Thanks, Lisa.
Lisa,
The promotional code was only valid prior to publication I am afraid.
You can get good deals on other website. I believe amazon will have the book in stock this week.
Valerie,
Thanks! I am delighted you are enjoying the book.
Pesto muffins? Maybe in the next book.
Yotam and Sami, congratulations on a truly superb book. Just when I assure myself that I do. not. need. any. more. cookbooks, along comes a must-have such as Ottolenghi.
Please forgive the shameless self-promotion (or even delete if you think it inappropriate) - Ottolenghi: The Cookbook is available in Australia on my website -
http://www.judyoz.com/ccp0-prodshow/ottolenghi-cookbook-yotam-sami-tamimi-new-hardcover-recipe-book.html
Best wishes from Australia, Judy
Read the article in The Observer last Sunday by Nigel Slater, checked out the web site & had to order the book & what a book - haven't put it down since it arrived yesterday ~(Thank you Amazon)
Got to do a posh picnic on Sat for Royal Ascot -got my menu done in no time thanks to your book and web site!
Can't wait to get cooking!
Thank you!
I loved eating at Ottolenghi when I worked in London on Upper Street and I can hardly wait to get my copy of your cookbook and try the recipes myself.
Thank you for the inspiration to cook vegetables well and full of flavour.
Melissa
My children and I are always looking for great food when on holidays. We love your restaurant and when looking up your address to recommend to a friend traveling to London I noticed that you have a cook book out. I would love to purchase one. Is there a book shop in Sydney, Australia that sells them?
Are you ever considering opening in Sydney, you would be a great success.
Can't wait to visit you again when in London!
Michelle
Is a US version of the cookbook going to be published? It looks like the one available on the US Amazon site is the UK edition, but thought I'd ask here at the source.
@ Judy Mather - By all means, promote your site and the book in Australia. I believe we have serious fans there. See Michelle below.
@ Linda Barber, Melissa Ferguson - Great to hear. Thank you.
@ Michelle Dalah - Have a look at Judy's comment above. I believe that Amazon UK will deliver to Australia though might be expensive. You can definitely order a copy at your local bookshop.
@ Hilary - I am afraid a US version is not available yet. Publishers are looking for an American partner but still in the process. Mind you, even if it does happen it will take a while. I guess you'd be having to convert grams to cups for a while. Best wishes.
I have been spending the past few weeks (after waiting for your book to get to New Jersey for many weeks before that) browsing your lovely book and annotating my favorite recipes with US measurements. The sweet potato galettes were deelish, the mint-coriander turkey breast is marinating in the fridge, and the brioche is waiting for the sun to come up.
I am planning to make some teacakes tomorrow and am wondering how long they will keep and how I should store them.
Many thanks.
Is the 2 tbsp of salt in the recipe for Danielle's sweet potato gratin a misprint? As the resulting dish is spectacularly salty.
I have been impressed by all the other dishes I have tried especially the roast chicken with sumac, za'atar and lemon.
Kerry,
I am really sorry that the gratin came out salty. We used 2 tbsp of malden salt (see that the recipe calls for coarse sea salt).
When using normal salt instead of coarse salt you need to halve the quantity.
I believe this is the reason.
Glad to hear other dishes were a success.
Hello Yotam, Sami & the others
I love your book, the chargrilled broccoli is already a staple food here in my house.
I was lucky enough to get a review copy for our online Dutch vegetarian cooking-magazine and I gave the book 5 out of 5 stars!
You can find the review here:
http://www.vegatopia.com/kokenenzo/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1218056636&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1& (ofcourse in Dutch)
Best wishes,
Machteld.
Thanks!
I just heard about your cookbook from my cousin who lives in London (we live in California) and is a frequent diner at your Islington restaurant. (She took me there last September.) We hope to bring some friends for dinner in October and I will be ordering the cookbook soon.
Does the cookbook have a recipie for those fantastic passion fruit meringue tarts?
becky!
although there isn't a recipe for the passion fruit tarts (you'd have to come to ottolenghi for them), we do have a recipe for similar lemon meringue tarts.
Am cooking my way through this engaging book, produced with much love and care - see eg the credit given to others in the acknowledgements - stunning recipes, eminently possible even by me, an amateur cook and a great way to eat this glorious food if I can't get to Ledbury Road. I have taken the book with me to various locations this summer and it has brightened many a wet day, much to my friends' and family's delight.
Does your cookbook have your carrot & walnut cake recipe in it?
Hi there,
I bought your wonderful cookbook yesterday and it has brightened up my week! The book is delightful and crammed to the brim with interesting, delicious sounding recipes which I am very eager to try. I also love the way that you write so enthusiasticly and explain in detail about each of the various ingredients and how and where to buy them. This is really helpful, particularly as you even detail the exact cheese and where it was bought from (La Fromagerie - a favorite cheese shop for most foodies in London).
I am planning to cook your orangey duck dish for my boyfriend's birthday next week, and wanted to test the recipe out tonight (on myself - poor me!) so it's all plain sailing on the evening. However I forgot to note down the ingrediants before I left the house this morning. Please can you send me the recipe or just the ingredients list?
Many many thanks,
Katie
Have not seen such a spectacular cookbook for many years. Was given some Cookbooks for my birthday that I already had so when I went to return them, yours was the first book that I picked up and have not been able to put down since. Visually your book is amazing, as are the recipes. I only hope to travel to see and taste your food first hand. Bravo on a job well done.
@ Denise, Debbie - Thanks for the kind words. It is just fantastic to get so many positive feedbacks.
Andy, the book features a slightly different carrot and walnut cake. I think it is as good as the one we sell but was adjusted and altered for home baking.
Katie! Sorry but I guess I am too late. I was on holiday for 2 weeks. I hope you managed to try the duck recipe. It is one of my favourites!
Hi Yotam
i LOVE your New Vegetarian recipes in The Guardian. i especially like your spicy corn fritters. I will definitely be getting a copy of your new book of recipes. They look scrummy!
All the best
Ray
I bought your chocolate fondant cake for my daughter's 4th birthday.
It is the non plus ultra, the last word in chocolate cakes. It has the darkness, the denseness, the chewiness and yet there is also this rich vein of chocolate syrup to keep it all moist and hunkydory.
WOW.
Is the recipe in the cookbook?
Thanks
Sebastian,
I must agree about the cake. It is one one of the best, if I may say so myself.
The cookbook has a chocolate fudge cake recipe. It is different but in the same style. I am sure you'd like it too.
Keep on eating chocolate!
I love your recipes in the Guardian too, and have cooked many of them - but if I cannot buy the book from you, how can I get a signed copy, other than travelling to London - which I could do, if you are there?! Otherwise, would you and Sami be prepared to sign one of your recipe cards or headed paper, and send to me to insert in your book, to give as a Christmas present to my daughter please? I have Denis Cotter's signed copy of Cafe Paradiso - have you been to Cork, to eat there? It is lovely food for veggies and non veggies alike. Superb quality and lovely wine list too. Keep up the excellent work! Jackie
Hi Jackie,
Thanks!
I am afraid I haven't been to Cork yet but Denis Cotter's books are beautiful.
Sami and I would be more than happy to sign our letterhead and send over to you. I will email you for your postal address.
Hi there Yotam,
Great book and lovely recipes - I love the simple style and there's something completely fresh and original about your way of cooking.
All I can say is..open up in Manchester!
Thank you Mike. What can I say? With such a warm welcome, maybe we will one day.
Hello Yotam
I just ordered a book....just can't wait to get cooking....i would like to thx for such a wonderful and amazing food you invented.....everytime when i feel down i always go to ottolenghi because i know it will never fail to lift me up:-D especially sweet potato and aubergine dishes....i want to truely congratualate you on how talented and gifted you are in cooking
Thank you
Teera
Teera,
It is generous comments like yours that make my job so satisfying.
Thank you, and thank you again.
I am in cookbook envy...one of my friends brought your cookbook back from London. I am currently begging the local bookstore (I live in the Philippines) to get me a copy. I have fantastic memories of your food and will definitely go back to eat more (and more) when we go back for the summer next year!
hi,
happy new year. i'd love to buy this book but in Canada it appears to be out of stock. Is there any chance of an ebook version being available?
all the best for 2009
Steve,
I am afraid an ebook is not planned. I suggest you try British websites like amazon.co.uk.
Good luck and happy new year,
Yotam Ottolenghi
I am super excited to receive your book.I ordered this from Amazon UK and it should be arriving here in the US today or tomorrow.I will be cooking this weekend!!!
Enjoy cooking Rhonda!
I read an article about you and your restaurant in the February edition of Gourmet Magazine. I was inspired by your story, and I immediately ordered your cookbook. I can't wait to get it, and hopefully I will be able to visit one of your restaurants the next time I'm in the UK!
Claire,
Please come and visit us, and London in general. Lots in store for the food admirer.
Best
Hi,
When I came accross with your book in a bookshop, I felt totally identified with your philosophy for food. I believe your concept for food represents all those nice things about what food should be.... good ingredients, fresh flavours, healthy, uncomplicated, and done with passion.
We need a place like yours here in Manchester.
All the best,
Viviana
I bought your cookbook because we love your Guardian recipes (we also hope to visit the restaurant soon). I tried my first recipe over the weekend: the carrot and walnut cake. It was easy to follow and make (including with a 3-year old helper). The icing was the best carrot cake icing I've come across! The only disappointment was that the dessicated coconut gave that flavour so familiar of carrot cake: grated crayon. Any suggestions for a substitute or do you suggest using a fresh coconut?
Thanks Viviana. No plans for Manchester but please come and see us in London!
Hi,
I'm finding it very difficult to locate dark chocolate with a cocoa content of 52-64% (for your brownies). Most of the chocolate I found was 70-80% cocoa content. Can you tell me where I can find the best chocolate to make your brownies. A brand name would help too.
Many thanks,
Shuhub
Shuhub, try substituting 10 percent of the dark chocolate with milk chocolate. that should do the trick.
Good luck!
Kerry (from comment 47),
I am sorry you didn't like the coconut, and I do appreciate the crayon metaphor - point taken.
I suggest you omit the coconut, increase the flour by 20% and the walnuts by 50%.
This should work well and won't taste like a marker pen! ha ha
I have bought your cookbook and love it. However I attempted to make the aubergine-wrapped ricotta gnocci. I followed the recipe to the letter but when it came to cooking the gnocci in the boiling water they were so soft they fell apart. In the end I baked the gnocci in the oven. It was all rather messy although they tasted divine and am sure would be even better if I had cooked them correctly. Where did I go wrong?
Karen, I believe your mix was too wet, probably due to the amount of water in the ricotta. Good quality ricotta has a lower moisture content than others. I suggest draining your ricotta for a couple of hours in muslin cloth or very fine sieve. You can also add a bit of flour to firm it the mix up. Good luck in your next attempt!
What a gorgeous book!
I finally received my copy in the mail a few days ago. I’ve already made the marinated lamb with coriander and honey – it was terrific – and it’s so hard to choose what to make next. The desserts are so awesome.
Great job!
I wish I could visit London for 2 reasons now – because it’s a fantastic city, and to eat in one of your locations.
Nurit
Nurit, Do come. There are a million great places for food lovers around. London's waiting.
Yoti,
We would just like to let you know that we are so proud of what you have achieved in so short a time. Keep up the good work. Thanks for everything.
Hi there,
Bought the book just before going back to Kenya to visit my parents and took the book with me.
I made the macadamia caramel cheesecake (we get lovely macadamias in Kenya) for a friend who specialises in cheesecakes - and she loved it! She has taken the recipe and plans to include it on her coffee shop menu.
Also made the kosheri and loved it so much.
A request - could you please include a good recipe for Falafels in your New Vegetarian column?
Saw your cookbook at a friend's house this afternoon, and tasted the sweet potato gratin dish from it. Was totally transported. Your book and philosophy are such a breath of fresh air. Have ordered my copy from my local book shop, and it arrives tomorrow. I can't wait.
Thank you!
The lemon meringue tartlets are incredible. But what's the best size baking tin for them? I love the size of the passion fruit ones in the store.
Cheeku, That's great. All the way to Kenya! I will do a falafel recipe. Was planning to.
Beck, thanks! Hope you find many more inspiring recipes.
Bruno, You need a small size muffin tins. They are available in many shops. Have fun with it!
Are there any plans to bring out your collection of fantastic vegetarian recipes for The Guardian in a book? If not - why not???? They are the most delicious recipes.
Hi Guys, I bought your wonderful book last week, after sampling your wares that we catered in-house in my office last week. I would really like the recipe for the Roasted baby potatoes with mixed mushrooms, garlic, mixed herbs, lemon and pink peppercorns, whick is not in the book.
Thanks,
Mary
@ Jayne, there is actually a plan but it hasn't been finalised yet. I will announce when I know.
@ Mary, I am afraid I don't have a recipe for this one. Sorry...
was lucky enough to pass by ottolenghi in islington yesterday on a short trip to london from new york, and was so taken with the gorgeous meringues in the window that i had to have lunch there - yum! have ordered the book but am anxious to know if the roasted aubergine with harissa yogurt recipe is in there?! am crossing my fingers...
Diane, the aubergine with harissa yoghurt is a new dish. We only started making it last week. Still, you will find in the book similar recipes.
Hi guys,
A friend told me about your amazing cookbook, and after searching high and low finally found a copy. Can't wait to try some of your recipes - they all look amazing!
Any plans on coming out to Australia or opening a store???? (Melbourne in particular).
One more thing, I want to buy some books for presents, but the few bookshops that stock it are sold out. Any suggestions???
Well done!!!! Jo Star
Thanks Jo.
I am not sure about opening in Australia although although I should definitely visit soon.
Apart from ordering books through your local shop the only solution I can think of is trying amazon.co.uk though they may charge you a lot for shipping.
good luck!
Will there be another Ottolenghi Cookbook soon??. I have made nearly all the savoury recipes, and can't wait for the next one.
It's a pity all the recipes in the Guardian are vegetarian, as I just adore your chicken recipes, the salads are superb, and I want more!!!
Wow Caroline,
Amazing that you have tried out most of the recipes already.
Another book will come. I am just not sure when. We are collecting ideas all the time so it will happen in the next couple of years (I hope this is not too long to wait).
Hi,
I just wanted to say how great your cook book is.
I have recently discovered your shop in Kensington and particularly love the Banana and Pear cake for a weekend treat. Have you published a recipe for this anywhere? If not is there any chance that you would be able to post it here?
It's the best banana cake I have had in a very long time!!
Thanks Melissa. I am afraid this recipe must remain under wraps. There are loads of other great recipe in the cookbook, thought.
Hi Yotam
I recently asked my sister what she would like for her birthday, and she said your cookbook.
Before I order a copy from Amazon, I was wondering whether there was any way I could get a copy signed by yourself, as this would make her present something really special.
I hope you don't mind me asking.
Mike,
I am very happy your sister chose our book for her very special day.
If you live in London you can get a signed copy in any of our shops. Otherwise, we can possibly send one out to you in the post adding the postal fee.