Product Description

Cooking in Cafe Paradiso, the internationally-renowned restaurant in Cork , Ireland Denis Cotter has gained a reputation for innovation in his approach to food and for the quality and personal style of his menus. Paradiso Seasons represents Denis Cotter's personal journal through the eternally shifting seasons, focussing on his favourite vegetables at their prime moment and, from them, creating sumptuous and thoughtful recipes. Featuring over 140 original recipes, prefaced by informative and witty introductions, Paradiso Seasons offers a practical and inspirational approach to cooking and eating seasonal food (the section on 'outdoor cooking' will be a godsend to anyone who wants to cook vegetables creatively during the summer 'barbeque' season!).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #140289 in Books
• Published on: 2003-05-29
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 296 pages

Review
"With The Cafe Paradiso Cookbook, Denis Cotter wrote what I believe to be the finest cookery book ever written by a working chef. In Paradiso Seasons, he once again brings his intense, unwavering artistry to the most every day ingredients, producing another inspiring, unique book" John McKenna, food writer and publisher of the Bridgestone Guides

John McKenna, food writer and publisher of the Bridgestone Guides
In Paradiso Seasons, he once again brings his intense, unwavering artistry to the most every day ingredients, producing another inspiring, unique book

Irish Independent
What a treat - the book that I've been waiting for all year has arrived at last. Georgina Campbell

Customer Reviews

Essential for everyone who likes beautiful and inspired good food
This has to be one of the best vegetarian books I've read but also, being a novice in the kitchen, it is great because the recipes are straightforward and understandable. Some of them use unusual ingredients that can be difficult to find but adaptation is part of the fun of cooking. This was recommended to me by a chef friend and he swears by it for the restaurant as well as at home. A must-buy!

Vegetarian food for blokes
I own both the Café Paradiso books and cannot rate them highly enough. It's true that few of the recipes are quick - they are taken from the restaurant and do involve plenty of prep - but the end results are incredible.

It struck me recently that whenever I want to cook a vegetarian meal, recipes from either book always go down well with my husband. In contrast, most other vegetarian cook books are compiled by women and the recipes leave the average man unsatisfied!

I love this book for being able to focus on a vegetable that's in season. I love both of the books for providing an entire well-balanced meal in each recipe.

Lovely Food
The secret, I think, of good vegetarian food is to produce a dish where there is no place for meat and, if it was there, it would be out of place.

Denis Cotter does just this. In both this and his previous book he produces superb, complete dishes that really show what can be done with vegetables. Of the two books, I prefer his previous one (Cafe Paradiso Cookbook) but the difference between the two is pretty marginal. The recipes are imaginative, colourful and above all, tasty. Some of them are a bit fiddly, but the effort is rewarded when you tuck into the finished dish.

I've been lucky enough to eat at his restaurant, and it is well worth a visit. And while you're there, stock up on the various local ingredients to use in the recipes when you get home.