Today’s the day!!
Robin Ellis’ Mediterranean Vegetarian Cooking emerges into the sunlight–my fourth cookbook:
A joyful day for Meredith (photographer, chief-taster and bottle-washer) and me (writer and cook).
It is available now on Amazon.uk, Foyles, Waterstones, Blackwell’s, Hive and The Book Depository (free worldwide delivery) and from good bookstores. It’s available as an ebook too!
(In North American, the publication date is not until August 18th–but The Book Depository will send it to you NOW.)
The recipes are simple, seasonal and do not have long lists of ingredients. Dare I say they are delicious too?
Meredith and I are not fully paid up veggies but we’ve both enjoyed this voyage of discovery ’round the Mediterranean Sea.
The ingredients are often similar in the different countries that border the sparkling waters, but the treatment varies–like the difference between a French omelette and an Italian frittata.
Herbs and spices feature strongly; olive oil is the cooking medium and the sun an ever-present element, ripening the ingredients and honing the flavours.
Our new vegetable patch is bursting to show off its wares. (“Me, Me–I’m ripe!“) and this book provides plenty of ideas for what to do with them!
We planted it this year on an old compost heap–and here is the BEFORE and AFTER:
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