So much of the travelling I do is happily confined to the kitchen: recipes and ingredients alone can transport me, without any airport angst. I don't need illustrations, but I can't say I object to beautiful pictures of the Amalfi coast, and I have spent many happy hours on my sofa drinking in the beauty of this book, and I like a volume that is as good to drink in as to cook from. The only difficulty is that I just couldn't settle on a recipe, so let my daughter decide on her favourite; thus you have the chic simplicity of the potato dumplings with tomato, mozzarella and basil below.
From The Amalfi Coast by Katie and Giancarlo Caldesi, published by Hardie Grant.
Photos by Helen Cathcart.
