Cooking Outside the Box: The Abel & Cole Cookbook

by Keith Abel

Providing mouthwatering excuses for eating glorious food exactly when it comes into its best, these inspiring yet unfussy dishes let simple ingredients speak for themselves. Brilliantly written and entertaining, these are recipes that even the most timid cook can approach with gusto. Who wouldn't want to cook Keith's way?throwing out measuring cups, getting rid of scales, and getting to know the food! Recipes include Pork-Loin Chops on a Bed of Sweet Orchard Apples, Husk-Wrapped and Roasted Garlic Corn, Venison Filet with Black Kale and Port, 45-Minute Pumpkin and Parmesan Bread, Char-grilled Asparagus and Halloumi with a Citrus Dressing, and Rhubarb Bread and Butter Pudding. Keith also suggests delicious smoothies and soups to help use up any leftover fruit and veggies at the end of the week. With beautiful finished food shots, inspiring atmospheric pictures, and charming visual references to Keith's own quirky style, this cookbook also features Keith's anecdotes on organic farms and small producers, stories about the friends and family who have inspired him, and hilarious suggestions about how to get the most out of every cooking experience.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking

218 pages, Hardcover

First published September 28, 2007

Reviews

[H · Rating 1 out of 5]

Never had I had the urge to flung a recipe book across the room.

Really disappointing, have tried several of the recipes, with the vague cooking instructions and measurements, have had food wastage or overcooked and undercooked components to the meal. A waste of time and money for the outcome of these recipes.

I get the impression that this book is a ploy to purchase their wares and plug their company, and greengroceries rather than actual cooking.
A nice idea about putting into seasons, shame about the outcome.

A juggling act with my own cooking experience/ instinct and the instruction.

[Sophia · Rating 4 out of 5]

This cookery book helps you to bring out the best of seasonal ingredients. It's an inspiring book that encourages experimentation - Keith starts the book explaining how you can swap vegetables - so a potato in a recipe can be traded with a turnip, celeriac, sweet potato etc.,Just reading this book you feel healthier and more virtuous, albeit this is not necessarily a low-fat book. The pictures are great.

Favourite recipes include: Baked beetroot, Aubergine finished with Soy and Sesame. Venison on Kale with a Port Reduction!

[Libbeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Most used recipe in this book is beef and pointy cabbage pie, page 35 and shredded brussels and bacon, page 200.
Even hardened cabbage haters gobble up pointy cabbage pie.
There are many recipes in here that I have used, or intend to use. Some of my cookbooks, after an initial flick through, sit on the shelf unused, especially if I have bought them on the internet and so had not flicked through first, but not this one.

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got this yesterday with our Abel & Cole organic box. It looks really good :)

[Michael Weaver]

Great alternatives to the everyday meal.