POLPO: A Venetian Cookbook (Of Sorts): A Venetian Cookbook (Of Sorts)

Author(s): Russell Norman

Italian

Tucked away in a backstreet of London's edgy Soho district, POLPO is one of the hottest restaurants in town. Critics and food aficionados have been flocking to this understated bacaro where Russell Norman serves up dishes from the back streets of Venice. A far cry from the tourist-trap eateries of the famous floating city, this kind of cooking is unfussy, innovative and exuberantly delicious. The 140 recipes in the book include caprese stacks; zucchini shoestring fries; asparagus with Parmesan and anchovy butter; butternut risotto; arancini, rabbit cacciatore; warm duck salad with wet walnuts and beets; crispy baby pizzas with prosciutto and rocket; scallops with lemon and peppermint; mackerel tartare; linguine with clams; whole sea bream; warm octopus salad; soft-shell crab in Parmesan batter with fennel salad; walnut and honey semifreddo; tiramisu; fizzy bellinis and glasses of bright orange spritz. With luminescent photography by Jenny Zarins, which captures the unfrequented corners, the bustling bacari and the sublime waterways of Venice, POLPO is a dazzling tribute to Italy's greatest hidden cuisine.


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Deliciously simple Venetian dishes - from London's most buzzing restaurant

Praise for the restaurant: 'It is inspiring when done this well' Daily Telegraph 'Simply the best value in the West End' AA Gill, Sunday Times 'A brilliant Italian bacaro in London's Soho' Jay Rayner, Observer

Russell Norman spent four years running some of London's most venerated restaurants in the Caprice Holdings group, before turning his back on the high life, getting a tattoo of an octopus on his back and setting up his own place in scruffy Soho. Fusing the energy of New York with the cuisine of Venice, it was an instant hit. POLPO has been followed in quick succession by Polpetto, da Polpo, Spuntino and Mishkin's. Russell Norman lives in London. @RussellNorman / @PolpoSoho

General Fields

  • : 9781408816790
  • : Bloomsbury
  • : bloomsbury
  • : 1130.0
  • : August 2012
  • : 265mm X 180mm
  • : July 2012
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Russell Norman
  • : Hardback
  • : 641.5945
  • : 320
  • : WBN
  • : Colour