Presents a collection of healthful salad recipes from around the world, including spiced green beans with tomatoes from Kuwait, hot spicy shrimp meet cool cucumber salad from Spain, and fish tacos with shredded cabbage from Mexico. - (Baker & Taylor)
Salads are fresh, healthy and delicious – and infinitely adaptable. Katie and Giancarlo show how salads are perfect for any time of day and occasion – Watermelon, Feta & Mint for a refreshing breakfast, meat, fish and vegetable-based mains for a complete meal plus recipes for starters and side salads where salad plays a supporting role. - (NBN)
Katie and Giancarlo Caldesi own London's Caffè Caldesi as well as Caldesi in Campagna in Bray. They co-authored The Gentle Art of Preserving which was nominated for the André Simon Food Book Award and the Guild of Food Writers Cookbook of the Year award. They have both appeared on Saturday Kitchen. Katie is also the author of The Italian Cookery Course. - (NBN)
Library Journal Reviews
Acclaimed authors Katie and Giancarlo Caldesi (The Gentle Art of Preserving) are UK-based cooking instructors and restaurateurs who have appeared on several BBC television programs. Sharing an impressive range of artfully composed salads from around the world, they deftly explain how to craft an exciting meal from varied ingredients, flavors, and textures. Fresh, vibrant recipes such as ginger and turmeric fruit salad with whipped coconut cream, peach and lentil salad with warm pork tenderloin, and pan-fried halloumi and roasted fennel salad with orange dressing are suitable for many diets and all times of day. They're grouped in chapters named for different salad types, including breakfasts ("rise & shine") and desserts ("on the sweet side"). VERDICT This stunning cookbook will entice all salad lovers, even those who think they've perfected the art of dressing vegetables and greens.
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