{"product_id":"9781526652874","title":"Lateral Cooking","description":"Author(s): Segnit, Niki, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 23\/04\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 656 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: General cookery \u0026amp; recipes,\u003cbr\u003e Dimensions: 222 x 143 x 55\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\/EAN\/SKU: 9781526652874\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'You could cook from it over a whole lifetime, and still be learning’ Nigella Lawson‘A rigorous, nuts-and-bolts bible of a book’ Jay Rayner, Observer‘Lateral Cooking...uncovers the very syntax of cookery’ Yotam Ottolenghi‘Astonishing and totally addictive’ Brian EnoThis groundbreaking book  reveals the principles underpinning all recipe creation, from the author of the bestselling The Flavour ThesaurusDo you feel you that you follow recipes slavishly without understanding how they actually work? Would you like to feel freer to adapt, to experiment, to play with flavours? Well look no further\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  –\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  in these pages, Niki Segnit, author of the landmark The Flavour Thesaurus, gives you the tools to do just that. Organised into 77 ‘starting-point’ recipes, Lateral Cooking including plenty of tips for substituting ingredients and reducing the phenomenal variety of world cuisine down to its bare essentials\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  – and then building it back up again. So, under ‘Bread’, Niki guides you through flatbreads, oatcakes, buckwheat noodles, chapattis and tortillas, showing you how they are all variations on one theme. A few simple tweaks and you can make soda bread, scones or cobbler. And so on, through breads and batters, broths, stews and dals, one dish leading to another. Lateral Cooking is as inspirational and entertaining a read as it is a practical guide. Once you have the hang of each starting point, a wealth of new flavour combinations awaits, each related in Niki’s signature combination of culinary science, history, chefs’ wisdom and entertaining personal anecdote. Niki shows you that recipes you had thought were outside of your experience are reassuringly similar to things you’ve made a dozen times before, giving you the confidence to experiment with flavour. The variations that follow are a springboard of inspiration to the contents of your fridge and kitchen cupboards. In these pages, you will discover to cook ‘by heart’ –\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  and that’s where the fun really begins.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Segnit, Niki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56600224006530,"sku":"9781526652874","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/2180\/9347\/files\/9781526652874.jpg?v=1777478057","url":"https:\/\/mountfloridabooks.com\/products\/9781526652874","provider":"Mount Florida Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}