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theGrinch

Any recommend a good all round coffee table book for cooking particularly Mediterranean food such as Italian, Spanish, Greek and Middle Eastern?

Budget up to £50

dlusman

theGrinch wrote: »

Any recommend a good all round coffee table book for cooking particularly Mediterranean food such as Italian, Spanish, Greek and Middle Eastern?

Budget up to £50

Jamie Oliver Italy
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jamies-Italy-Jamie-Oliver/dp/0718147707/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1481277674&sr=1-1&keywords=jamie+oliver+mediterranean

Though this may be a bit "localised" if you are wanting the whole of the Med

dlusman

Another possibility if you are wanting a "named chef" book
Rick Stein mediterranean

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rick-Steins-Mediterranean-Escapes-Stein/dp/0563493666/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1481277091&sr=1-5&keywords=mediterranean+cooking

There are lots of basic meduterranean cook books on Amazon ( just search for "Mediterranean cooking" if you dont need a big name book

Swan_2

Have a look at Tessa Kiros.

Nicely varied recipes & the books will look good on that coffee table

sarah1972

Gennaro or caluccio contaldo or Gino D'A Campo for italian books if you want authentic and not Jamies idea of italian.

Rick Stein has a couple of good mediterranean books.

You could just search for mediterranean cook books and get a mixed one which could be nice if you dont want/need/mind a celebrity chefs name on it.

dlusman

sarah1972 wrote: »

Gennaro or caluccio contaldo or Gino D'A Campo for italian books if you want authentic and not Jamies idea of italian.
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Jammie started work with Antonia Carluccio and cites Genaro Contaldo ( who helps run the Jamies Italian chain ) as a mentor , so his ideas on Italian cooking may be more authentic than you believe

theGrinch

Thanks for all. Any ideas for the Middle Eastern/ Greek stuff including sweets and desserts

sarah1972

dlusman wrote: »

Jammie started work with Antonia Carluccio and cites Genaro Contaldo ( who helps run the Jamies Italian chain ) as a mentor , so his ideas on Italian cooking may be more authentic than you believe

I am fully aware of 'Jamies' background, Thank You.

Just because he worked for "Antonio" and that Gennaro is his mentor doesn't mean that his recipes are his take on italian food. In the same way that he has ben slated by the Spanish for messing about with Paella.

Dont get me wrong, I like Jamie Oliver but I have had better recipes from My Gennaro and Antonio books

fairy3

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yotam-Ottolenghi/e/B002A0CKME

This guy for middle eastern - he is the business.