Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4207 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10-01
• Binding: Hardcover
• 397 pages

Red Magazine, September 2005
'Tessa Kiros is set to be the culinary world's latest star.'

Jill Dupleix, The Times
'One of the most beautiful cookbooks I have ever seen.'

Lydia Slater, Style Sunday Times
'Every reader will find something new to try. It all sounds gorgeous!'

Customer Reviews

A wonderful present!
I got this book as a christmas present from my sister and brother in law and loved it immediately. It still is one of the most beautiful cookery books I own and I've got about 300 - 400, roughly estimated. But it is not only extremely beautiful, it's also interesting to read (and no, it's not supposed to be a memoir, it says " a world of family recipes" on the front, so it will obviously be mainly about cookery) and the recipes are just great. I'm the queen of cheesecakes at work now, just because of Tessa's marvellous "Ricotta Tart with a Chocolate Crust". The ricotta makes a wonderfully light cake (but if you can't get any just use full fat cream cheese) and the added orange juice and rind give it a fresh moreish taste. People will definitely leave nothing on the plate and ask you for the recipe! Another good thing is that this book offers recipes from quite different parts of the world (due to Tessa's family history): Finland, Greece, Cyprus, South Africa, Italy and some other countries she travelled. Buy it for yourself or as a wonderful present for someone who likes stories and cookery! For me, it's one of the books I'd never part with.

food lover
I bought this book when it first came out, and it is now my favourite recipe book of all time, which is not bad for a person with over 100 cookbooks. The recipe for Ludi's chicken produces the most delicious potatoes, and every time I cook it I am asked for the recipe. As Tessa Kiros says, these spuds are delicious hot or cold, but the only way they survive long enough to get cold is to cook twice the amount! People drool at the memory of it. The feta and chickpea salad is tangy and very moreish. I have tried most of the recipes and keep going back for more. This is family cooking at its best.

Simple and tasty
Gorgeous book - lovely to look at even if you don't intend using it to cook with - if you do, even better. The recipes are simple, you don't need a trolley full of ingredients, very easy to follow and wonderfully tasty rather than simply following the latest food fad. My favourite so far is the vanilla ice cream which beats anything you can get in the shops - and you don't need an ice-cream maker.