Polpo: A Venetian Cookbook - Couverture rigide

Norman, Russell

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1608199096 ISBN 13 : 9781608199099

Editeur : Bloomsbury USA, 2012

Synopsis

Tucked away in a backstreet of London's edgy Soho district, POLPO is one of the hottest restaurants in town. Critics and food aficionados have been flocking to this understated bacaro where Russell Norman serves up dishes from the back streets of Venice. A far cry from the tourist-trap eateries of the famous floating city, this kind of cooking is unfussy, innovative and exuberantly delicious. The 140 recipes in the book include caprese stacks; zucchini shoestring fries; asparagus with Parmesan and anchovy butter; butternut risotto; arancini, rabbit cacciatore; warm duck salad with wet walnuts and beets; crispy baby pizzas with prosciutto and rocket; scallops with lemon and peppermint; mackerel tartare; linguine with clams; whole sea bream; warm octopus salad; soft-shell crab in Parmesan batter with fennel salad; walnut and honey semifreddo; tiramisu; fizzy bellinis and glasses of bright orange spritz. With luminescent photography by Jenny Zarins, which captures the unfrequented corners, the bustling bacari and the sublime waterways of Venice, POLPO is a dazzling tribute to Italy's greatest hidden cuisine.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Russell Norman's 'The Restaurant Man' is a brand new primetime six-part series on BBC TWO. Russell Norman opened Polpo, a critically acclaimed London restaurant in the height of the recession, to queues around the block.

This series follows six complete novices who turn their backs on their stable careers, risk their life savings, all for the dream of a new life.

Tucked away in a backstreet of London's edgy Soho district, POLPO is one of the hottest restaurants in town. Critics and food aficionados have been flocking to this understated bàcaro where Russell Norman serves up dishes from the back streets of Venice. A far cry from the tourist-trap eateries of the famous floating city, this kind of cooking is unfussy, innovative and exuberantly delicious.

The 140 recipes in the book include caprese stacks, zucchini shoestring fries, asparagus with Parmesan and anchovy butter, butternut risotto, arancini, rabbit cacciatore, warm duck salad with wet walnuts and beets, crispy baby pizzas with prosciutto and rocket, scallops with lemon and peppermint, mackerel tartare, linguine with clams, whole sea bream, warm octopus salad, soft-shell crab in Parmesan batter with fennel salad, walnut and honey semifreddo, tiramisù, fizzy bellinis and glasses of bright orange spritz.

With luminescent photography by Jenny Zarins, which captures the unfrequented corners, the bustling bàcari and the sublime waterways of Venice, POLPO is a dazzling tribute to Italy's greatest hidden cuisine.

Revue de presse :

POLPO does what a great cookbook should do: it makes you urgently want to cook and breaks new territory (Daily Telegraph)

Wonderful ... the dishes are simple, with relatively few ingredients, but they're inspired. The grilled courgettes with toasted breadcrumbs, for instance, was sublime. The pages of my book are already smeared with olive oil and egg; a good sign (Melanie McDonagh Evening Standard)

A marvellously useful guide to anyone who actually wants to cook (Cary Gee Tribune)

A present for the greedy gourmets in your life (Observer)

Delicious (Mail on Sunday)

Gorgeous (Daily Mail)

Like a trip round the bars and bacari of Venice (Independent)

A delight for its goodies from Venice and beyond, beautifully presesnted in a book that (hallelujah) lies flat on the kitchen surface (Lisa Markwell Independent)

Definitely the design classic of 2012 --(Irish Times)

Praise for the restaurant:

'It is inspiring when done this well' -- Daily Telegraph

'Simply the best value in the West End' --AA Gill, Sunday Times

'A brilliant Italian bacaro in London's Soho' --Jay Rayner, Observer

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury USA
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1608199096
• ISBN 13: 9781608199099
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320