The Flavour Thesaurus is a highly useful, and covetable, reference book for cooking - it will keep you up at night reading. There are nearly a thousand entries in all, with 200 recipes and suggestions embedded throughout the text. Ever wondered why one flavour works with another Or lacked inspiration for what to do with a bundle of beetroot The Flavour Thesaurus was the first book to.
You will find traditional pairings: pork & apple, lamb & apricot, cucumber & dill contemporary favourites like chocolate & chilli and goat's cheese & beetroot, and interesting but unlikely-sounding pairings like black pudding & chocolate, lemon & beef, blueberry & mushroom, and watermelon & oyster. Within these sections it follows the form of Roget's Thesaurus, listing 99 popular ingredients alphabetically, and for each one suggests unique flavour pairings that range from the classic to the bizarre. The Flavour Thesaurus was the first book to examine what goes with what, pair by pair and is divided into flavour themes including Meaty, Cheesy, Woodland and Floral Fruity. 'A bible for anyone who cooks by grabbing ingredients from the fridge' – IndependentĮver wondered why one flavour works with another? Or lacked inspiration for what to do with a bundle of beetroot? The back section lists the ingredients alphabetically, and suggests classic and less well known flavour matches. 'Every time I return to it, which is often, it makes me tingle with happy greed' – Bee Wilson The book follows the form of Rogets Thesaurus. Such has been the case with The Flavour Thesaurus' – Nigel Slater 'The books I value most are those I return to again and again.
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