The “Leon” Cookbook

This cookbook was the perfect Christmas present for me this year. For the past few months I have been eating very poorly. Between moving and having a huge workload I was pretty much buried and I had very little time to cook or even find my new grocery store. Once I did find the local store I found that their selection was pretty minimal but they did seem to carry a lot of seasonal fruits and veggies. The great thing about this cookbook is that it is all about eating healthy and seasonally. It’s written by the founders of the UK restaurant chain Leon. They pride themselves on only using seasonal and locally sourced ingredients and offer up delicious healthy food at affordable prices.

The first thing I need to say about this book is that it is BEAUTIFUL. The designer in me swooned a bit when I first opened it. It’s warm and quirky with little pull-out diagrams and posters (one pictured above) of ingredients and calendars. Lots of photos in a scrapbook style really make this a joy to use. It also has two lovely ribbon bookmarks glued in the spine for your convenience.

The second thing that I absolutely LOVE is the organization. The first half of the book is all about ingredients and the second is all of the recipes. They give you the lowdown on all the different fruits, vegetables and meats that you will be cooking with and clue you in on when to buy what and what to do with it. Now the one thing that might be a little frustrating is that this is written in the UK so be prepared to do a little bit of translation. Food wise this book is not busting with recipes but the ones they have included are really thoughtful, healthy and 100% delicious.  I highly recommend it.

Check it out on Amazon Leon: Ingredients and Recipes

Posted: January 4th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: Books | 1 Comment »

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