'Plenty More' Will Make You Fall in Love With Vegetables Again

Welcome to Cookbook of the Week.

I get attached to certain cookbooks.

This weeks pick for my cookbook of the week isPlenty Moreby Yotam Ottolenghi.

Thats the hope, isnt it?

Thats how I see this cookbookeach recipe is a wink to great meals shared over the years.

It certainly helps that every recipe freakin rules too.

In fact, its very welcoming inside.

And it’s possible for you to have a piece of that emotional rollercoaster at home.

Yes, Ive given you a vegetarian cookbook.

No, do not roll your eyes at me.

What they do with vegetables in this cookbook is nothing short of magic.

Each recipe is substantial and satisfying.

Even the salads are robust with flavor.

One of my favorite things is how Ottolenghi uses surprising ingredients in places I had forgotten they could go.

Why not put juicy lemon segments in a salad, or walnut halves in my pasta?

Take the Iranian Vegetable Stew With Dried Lime recipe as an example.

The recipes you might expect

The recipes in this book are categorized by cooking method.

I have my favorites in this book, but I decided to try something new this week.

I made the Cauliflower Cake and was not disappointed.

Like every recipe in this book, the namesake vegetable becomes absolutely dazzling.

The cake baked up fluffy and the tiniest addition of turmeric lent a warm yellow hue to the crumb.

This is one of those recipes that makes your whole kitchen smell amazing.

The sesame seed and nigella seed crust adds flavor and a bit of wow-factor to the presentation.

Ill be bookmarking this one for the future.

Its a hard cover with a gorgeous dark photograph on the front.

When you touch it, youll realize that its pleasantly pillowy.

Not like a childs hardcover (but notnotlike it.)

Youll have to feel it for yourself.