Thursday 30 May 2019

217. The Flavour Thesaurus: Pairings, Recipes and Ideas for the Creative Cook by Niki Segnit

BOOK REVIEW: The Flavour Thesaurus - Pairings, Recipes and Ideas for the Creative Cook

Relishing food and preparing meals are my life's greatest passions after reading. But as fellow chefs would have encountered, certain food pairings work like a gem while others make you turn green in the face. This book is a lifesaver for both the kitchen rookie and the iron chefs.

Divided into 16 flavour profiles, this book denotes almost all the flavour pairings you will ever need to know, leaving you craving for more of a certain dish. Quirky and fun to read, flavour affinities of one ingredient to another is light-heartedly explained for ease of comprehension.

If the food pairings are not enough to pique your interest, then maybe the recipes would. Some recreated from the golden days to even haute cuisine from the biggest names in the food industry, the recipes are shared by the author to test flavour affinities in the best possible way.

A delicious (pun intended) read, it left my stomach rumbling from all the worthy food descriptions and food imagery. For those culinary aficionados out there, this is certainly a page turner. Keep a bite on hand in case you get too peckish.

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