Amazon.fr :Commentaires en ligne: POLPO: A Venetian Cookbook (Of Sorts) (English Edition)

De retour de Venise j'ai acheté ce livre pour "prolonger la magie du lieu". Je suis enchanté. Je n'ai pas encore tout testé bien sûr mais les cichetti sont conformes à mon souvenir de là-bas. Les risottos sont très bien. Les conseils sont très "pratiques", pas de blabla.
Je conseille vivement.

Great book, I bought it returning from Venice, cichetti are divine, risottos are explained in details without gossiping "culinary" phrases.
It's simple or complicated but everything I tested till now is perfect.
I recommend.

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Essentiel et indispensable

Commenté en France le 26 août 2018

Le meilleur bouquin de cuisine d’esprit italien!
Mon préféré en tous cas, qui détrône dans mon cœur celui que j’adore de Valentina Harris.
Nous explorons des recettes depuis plus de quatre ans: proportions justes, saveurs franches, simple en application mais résultats toujours surprenants, nets, purs... à recommander!

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benji

Top

Commenté en France le 31 mai 2019

Top livre en anglais mais parfait au niveau des recettes et très beau

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tomio

Must have

Commenté en France le 8 mars 2020

Amazing.
Tomliky.

bip

parfait

Commenté en France le 9 octobre 2014

Très beau livre. Contenu intéressant et facile d'accès, belles photos et belles illustrations. Tout à fait ce que je voulais.

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D’autres pays

Neppo

Captures Venice perfectly

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 6 janvier 2019

As a frequent (every winter) visitor to Venice, I know this food.

This book illustrates better than others I have that Italian food is not actually about simplicity. What is realised is that the pairing of ingredients is genius beyond all other world cuisines, but the putting it together remains deceptively simple.
The food is relaxed, slow paced and gentle.

This book captures the essence of Italian food, and once the Italian life philosophy is understood, then the cooking can begin. What I love about this book is that the essential understanding is written prior to the cooking beginning. Italian food isn't just about the food, and this is captured here perfectly, for those that understand.

For a casual cook that just wants an Italian cookbook, there are better recipe books that just give instructions on the food, but for me, this and the Four Seasons book (did everyone get the Vivaldi joke?) are the best food and recipe books I own.

I recognise the food - the cicchetti culture - it isn't just Italian food, it's more Italian than that. Only someone that lived this Italian dream, but was enough of an outsider to see it, could have written this.

If you sometimes have Aperol spritz in the afternoon, Campari spritz before dinner, Chianti in the evening, and have a Grappa after a meal, then this (these) books are for you (us). We are no longer outsiders alone.

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Z Skrakowski

and it's one that I never get bored of. The recipes are simple

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 14 avril 2018

I've had this cookbook for a couple of years now, and it's one that I never get bored of. The recipes are simple, sometimes labour intensive, but always give you amazing flavour in the end results. It's a proper fancy cook book too, one that you can read from time to time to just salivate over the pictures of food. If you love the Polpo restaurants, and love authentic northern Italian food then you'll love this cookbook. Be warned - there aren't many pizza or pasta recipes here! But there are some awesome fish and rabbit ones to try for those who are more adventurous.

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Janet

Happy memories of friends

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 5 janvier 2021

Being apart from friends in lockdown made me turn to recipes I had shared with them at a previous New Year.
One thing I should mention is that this book has front and back hard covers but no conventional spine - I checked with my friends!
Polpo made me happy and brought back lovely memories of different visits to Venice and wonderful parties.
The illustrations of Venice will make you want to travel there when next you can and the recipes will transport you there for now!

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Lianne

Great book

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 11 octobre 2020

Honestly, I bought this book for a coffee table book because it looks so good and the spine is so unusual. It’s actually a really good cook book too!

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Amazon Customer

Great cookbook and looks great on the kitchen shelf

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 23 juillet 2020

The book has a really nice bound spine and the contents of the book is fantastic.. even the cocktails make your mouth water. Would make a good present if you have any foodie friends.