The Family Cook Book

I love Josh Katz , the Berber & Q cookbook carries the multiple stains of a much loved and well used tome.....  they describe their food as follows 'Our menus take inspiration from pretty much anywhere we can find it, but with a bias towards the ingredients and flavours of the Middle East, North Africa and across the Ottoman. We favour vegetables as much as meat and fish, we like our wines natural and our cocktails kick ass. We cook over live fire because it makes food taste better. We love simple, honest cooking with loud colours and big, bold flavours.'  If you like the sound of that then you'll love any of the recipes I post from this brilliant book. Also if you are in and around shoreditch or Clerkenwell check out their restaurants which serve great food and drinks in a really fun and laid back atmosphere. Here's a great example of his work, this recipe elevates a simple piece of grilled chicken into something way...

I made this recipe recently on the reccomendation of fellow cookery nerd, Will Saunders, it’s from the book  'Simple' by Yotam Ottolenghi . It was also a bit of a blast from the past for me, not because I had made it before, but because in the recipe Yotam references the Silver palate Cookbook which is something I have owned ever since I got interested in cooking. This is real comfort food perfect to make ahead and just bung in the oven when you want to eat ..... here's the recipe. btw I got my date syrup from Sous chef which is a great online source for unusual ingredients The Silver Palate, by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins, is one of the best cookbooks I know and a classic of the 1980s, listing recipes from the first modern quality take-out food shop in New York. Many of the dishes in the book have become legendary. One of them, Chicken Marbella, is the inspiration for this recipe. The chicken needs marinading for at least a day, preferably two, to soften ...