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POLPO: A Venetian Cookbook (Of Sorts) 1st Edition, Kindle Edition
Russell Norman (Author) Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author |
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The 140 recipes in the book include caprese stacks, zucchini shoestring fries, asparagus with Parmesan and anchovy butter, butternut risotto, arancini, rabbit cacciatore, warm duck salad with wet walnuts and beets, crispy baby pizzas with prosciutto and rocket, scallops with lemon and peppermint, mackerel tartare, linguine with clams, whole sea bream, warm octopus salad, soft-shell crab in Parmesan batter with fennel salad, walnut and honey semifreddo, tiramisù, fizzy bellinis and glasses of bright orange spritz.
With luminescent photography by Jenny Zarins, which captures the unfrequented corners, the bustling bàcari and the sublime waterways of Venice, POLPO is a dazzling tribute to Italy's greatest hidden cuisine.
- ISBN-13978-1408816790
- Edition1st
- PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
- Publication date23 July 2018
- LanguageEnglish
- File size142181 KB
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Inspiring. - Daily Telegraph
Brilliant. - the Observer
This one's a winner for sure. - Evening Standard
The hottest table in town. - Metro
Could become a Soho institution.
- Sunday Telegraph
A smash hit in the making. - Harden's
--This text refers to the hardcover edition.About the Author
Russell Norman spent four years running some of London's most venerated restaurants in the Caprice Holdings group, before turning his back on the high life, getting a tattoo of an octopus on his back and setting up his own place in scruffy Soho. Fusing the energy of New York with the cuisine of Venice, it was an instant hit. POLPO has been followed in quick succession by Polpetto, da Polpo, Spuntino and Mishkin's among others. Russell Norman lives in London.
With 140 recipes of Venetian dishes from London's most buzzing restaurant, published by Bloomsbury in May 2012, POLPO is a dazzling tribute to Italy's greatest hidden cuisine.
--This text refers to the hardcover edition.Product details
- ASIN : B07FH7M9PX
- Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing; 1st edition (23 July 2018)
- Language : English
- File size : 142181 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 324 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: 515,786 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 166 in Italian Cooking
- 452 in Italian Food
- 2,130 in Celebrity & TV Show Cookbooks
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About the author

Russell Norman is an author, restaurateur and broadcaster. He is the founder of the award-winning Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant BRUTTO in London and co-founder of the POLPO group of restaurants and SPUNTINO restaurant and bar.
His first book "POLPO: A Venetian Cookbook (of Sorts)" won the inaugural Waterstones Book of the Year prize in 2012. His second book "SPUNTINO: Comfort Food, New York Style" was published in September 2015 and won the Guild of Food Writers Award in the Food and Travel category.
In 2014 he presented The Restaurant Man, a six-part prime-time documentary for BBC2. He is a contributing editor at Esquire Magazine where he writes a monthly column as The Accidental Cook.
His most recent book, "VENICE: Four Seasons of Home Cooking" saw him return to the city of his original inspiration to immerse himself in the food culture of genuine Venetian residents. Russell spent 14 months in a humble flat in the Castello district, shopping, cooking and writing through four seasons. He said of the experience: "I exiled myself in the world's most beautiful city for over a year in order to learn to cook like a 90 year-old Venetian granny."
www.msha.ke/russellnorman
Instagram: @bru.tto
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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.



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!
