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POLPO: A Venetian Cookbook (Of Sorts) Book
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Foyles
Winner of the Inaugural Waterstones Book of the Year 2012 For our very first Waterstones Book of the Year, we wanted a book that reflected publishing’s response to the growing threat of the internet. A book that showcased fine production standards, something beautifully-written, a volume unafraid to celebrate the niche and showcase that to a much wider audience. Russell Norman’s Polpo was that book. Taking as its source the culinary fare of Soho’s Polpo Restaurant (now a group of some seven establishments, dotted around London and further afield), Norman’s book distilled the restaurant’s glorious individuality and eclectic charm. This is simple, backstreet venetian food, delivered with impeccable taste and knowing style: a bàcaro, serving humble but superb food and good honest wine. Polpo’s pages capture all this and more, transporting the reader to the heart of the food. Stunning design frames every recipe, a cornucopia of flavour, where Spinach, Soft Egg and Parmesan Pizzetta meets delicate Fennel Ricotta. It’s a book to inspire. Polpo set a fine standard for a subsequent Waterstones Book of the Year winners, and also established a precedent for us in celebrating titles that mirror our own independence and enthusiasm.
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Tucked away in a backstreet of London's edgy Soho district POLPO is one of the hottest restaurants in town. Critics and food aficionados have been flocking to this understated bacaro where Russell Norman serves up dishes from the back streets of Venice. A far cry from the tourist-trap eateries of the famous floating city this kind of cooking is unfussy innovative and exuberantly delicious. 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; tiramisu; fizzy bellinis and glasses of bright orange spritz. With luminescent photography by Jenny Zarins which captures the unfrequented corners the bustling bacari and the sublime waterways of Venice POLPO is a dazzling tribute to Italy's greatest hidden cuisine.
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Blackwell
Venetian dishes from London's most buzzing restaurant Tucked away in a backstreet of London's edgy Soho district, POLPO is one of the hottest restaurants in town. Critics and food aficionados have been flocking to this understated bacaro where...
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BookDepository
Polpo : Hardback : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC : 9781408816790 : 1408816792 : 14 Dec 2012 : Venetian dishes from London's most buzzing restaurant
- 1408816792
- 9781408816790
- Russell Norman
- 5 July 2012
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Hardcover (Book)
- 320
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