Sweet

Its ok but its not collectible like a kitchen bible

I must admit upfront that I was biased before I opened this book as Yotam Ottolenghi’s books are my favourites on my rather extensive cookbook shelves. And I was not disappointed! As he says in the introduction: these recipes are “conceived with love and a bit of flair and made with real ingredients and lots of attention to detail” A perfect description!As with previous Yotam Ottolenghi recipe books, the book is beautifully presented. Superb photographs and clear instructions, with details of timing, storage details and useful hints. I also like the clear quantities given – so for example, ½ small banana = 50 g mashed.There are so many interesting and exciting recipes to try. But also those that give pizazz to well known favourites. For example the Custard Yo-Yos – with roasted rhubarb icing. Absolutely gorgeous to look at and superb tasting. Also Banana Cakes - with rum caramel. What a delight! Other little details such as how to make the Chocolate Chip Cookies crispy or chewy are what set this book apart from so many other baking books I have.So top marks to Yotam Ottolenghi and Helen Goh for providing a wonderful selection of recipes and to the publishers for presenting a most glorious, readable and beautiful book.

This is a hefty book. Which is great, you want value for money and I truly believe you get that with this recipe book. There isnt a great deal of advice around the recipes, so I would say it's not suitable for beginners. My thoughts on this are that the flavour combinations whilst being magical and totally up my street, there is a lot in there that wont be to a lot of peoples' tastes. If you're cooking for people with not so adventurous taste buds, you might not get much from this recipe book, saying that, it could be a great way to introduce new flavours to people!My big gripe with this is the sheer amount of kit needed to create the recipes. I bake A LOT and I would say I have a more than basic range of baking equipment, yet I'd still need to spend close to £100 on the gear to be able to get the best use out of this book.I still have positive feelings about this, I cant stop reading it and looking at the photos. It would have been great to have a photo of every recipe especially because this is finer baking, but there are still a lot of photos!

I buy many cookery books, most I buy, read, cook from for a few weeks/months and then they make their way to the bookshelf graveyard. There are however a select few that I return to again and again and always will. The first Ottolenghi cookbook is one such book, Sweet will also be another. So many accessible recipes that are a little off the well trodden path of classics but ones that will no doubt replace them and become the new favourites.Well laid out, clear explanations, content rich and heavy, a complete must for any home cook.

As exciting, inspiring, and delicious as I'd imagined and hoped for. Since its arrival, I've baked a handful of recipes in this book now for friends and family, and all the imagery, stories, flavours have been such a joy. Plus, the Baker's Tips & Notes index at the back is an appreciated addition (e.g. Eggs: "The more eggs you have in a cake batter, the closer eye you need to keep on it towards the end of baking: a relatively large number of eggs means that a cake can go from being a little bit liquid in the middle to being cooked in just a few minutes.").A baking book that achieves to surprise and delight, yet doesn't call for obscure or exotic ingredients that can't be sourced here in UK. Wonderful! Thank you!

I love this book. I was a little worried that the recipes would be beyond me ...... or need ingredients which wouldn't be available in the little market town where I live. I was wrong on both counts. It's well written, clear and has beautiful photos, making me want to attempt all of the recipes.The book definitely has kitchen cred! Beautiful to look at on display in the kitchen but everything is absolutely do-able in it. Definitely a good buy and it would make a lovely gift too.