Shortlisted for the Galaxy Food & Drink Book of the Year 2010.

Beautifully packaged, The Flavour Thesaurus is not only a highly useful and covetable reference book that will immeasurably improve your cooking, it's the sort of book that might keep you up at night reading. There are 980 entries in all and 200 recipes or suggestions are embedded in the text. It covers classic pairings such as pork & apple, lamb & apricot, and cucumber & dill; contemporary favourites like chocolate & chilli, lobster & vanilla, and goat's cheese & beetroot; and interesting but unlikely-sounding couples including black pudding & chocolate, lemon & beef, blueberry & mushroom, and watermelon & oyster.

Synopsis

Ever wondered why one flavour works with another? Or lacked inspiration for what to do with a bundle of beetroot? The Flavour Thesaurus is the first book to examine what goes with what, pair by pair. The book follows the form of "Roget's Thesaurus". The back section lists, alphabetically, 99 popular ingredients, and suggests classic and less well known flavour matches for each. The front section contains an entry for every flavour match listed in the back section and is organised into 16 flavour themes such a Bramble & Hedge, Green & Grassy, and Earthy.

Reviews

'An original and inspiring resource' Heston Blumenthal

`Intriguing, surprising and remarkably useful' Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

About the Author

Niki Segnit has spent twenty years working with global companies such as Unilever, KP, Lindt, Diageo, Coca-Cola and Cadbury developing new brands, new products and new flavours. She has travelled all over the world in pursuit of interesting things to eat, and at home has been known to cook nothing but the cuisine of a single country for a month. Niki Segnit is a columnist for The Times. She is married to an omnivore and lives in London’s West End. More books by this author Author 'Like for Like' recommendation