Istanbul: Recipes from the Heart of Turkey

AA wonderful book, beautiful pictures and great recipes.

Such a beautiful cookbook with gorgeous images and recipes. Note that I haven't actually made any of the recipes yet (I generally just buy cookbooks for inspiration and ideas to create my own dishes), but this one is full of beautiful things to make. A great coffee table or gift cookbook, too

It is a stunningly beautiful book. The photos make you want to cook all the dishes. The recipes were easy to follow and the end results were incredible. Every recipe I cooked was better than the previous one. Highly recommend this wonderful book. I want to cook every dish in it. Since holidaying in Jordan some years ago, I have been searching for a book that has manageable recipes but also replicates the spices and flavours of the Middle East. I absolutely loved the way the Jordanians served chicken with yogurt and flat bread. This book has shown me how to do achieve this with ease. My favourite recipe, so far, is the barbecued chicken with sumac. Incredible served hot and the accompanying salads were divine, fantastic cold with lettuce for lunch the next day. The recipes are easy to follow and the dishes are so beautifully photographed that I could eat them from the book. A big plus was that the ingredients were easily obtainable.

A bit under my expectations. Recipes are too simple, and descriptions not so entertaining. Even the chosen typeface is hard to read.

I have shelves of cookery books I can not resist them. But this is a book that really stands out. The photographs are stunning. Even though I don't eat meat I am eager to adapt my ideas and to use the spicing in the original recipe. There are plenty of vegetarian recipes its just that sometimes recipes catch your eye and you want to make them. Yesterday I made the Turkish pepper paste but cooked it out in the halogen oven to reduce the area I splattered, easy and delicious. Today I have made Karniyark and cacik with a chopped salad and pilav wonderful. Can't wait to try some more.