Plenty: Vibrant Vegetable Recipes from London's Ottolenghi

What is it about Yotam Ottolenghi that appeals to you? Every year, scores of British cookbooks are released in the United States, but they rarely make a big impression. Nonetheless, when the Israel-born London chef's cookbook Plenty was released in the United States, it caused quite a stir. Who thought that a book on veggies would be so popular in the United States?

They did, however, go insane. Perhaps it's Plenty's Mediterranean approach to fresh food. Perhaps it's a welcome splash of color in the pantheon of vegetarian cookbooks. Whatever it was, it was enough to make Ottolenghi's second book, Jerusalem, runaway success and inspire a sequel to the first book, Plenty More. Suddenly, American home cooks were liberally adding fresh herbs and pomegranate seeds to their cuisine, and you couldn't throw a rock without striking a restaurant serving shakshuka, an egg dish included in several Ottolenghi volumes.

Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Plenty-Vibrant-Vegetable-Recipes-Ottolenghi/dp/1452101248