The Figs Table by Todd English

by Todd English

Authors English and Sampson are aiming, with The Figs Table, at the 15 best pizza recipes out of Todd English's award-winning restaurant, Figs. But to get there--poor reader--you will have to pass through one impossibly flavorful ordeal after another, starting right up front with such basics as roasted garlic, balsamic onions, and fig jam. You will find the Fennel, Watermelon, and Black Olive Salad with Feta Cheese, which comes of English musing about agro dolce and melon paired with prosciutto. You will find the Roasted Beets with Walnut Gorgonzola Dressing. And in between, you are sure to stop at some very basic treasures like White Bean Soup, Black Bean Chili, a lasagna to end them all, Sweet Potato Polenta, Roasted Fennel and Shrimp Risotto, and then on into those pizzas to die for.English uses the Mediterranean like a springboard for his flavor imagination. This cookbook is his dismount. Any judge would give him the highest points possible. --Schuyler Ingle

Genres: Cookbooks, Italian Literature

Hardcover

First published November 11, 1998

Reviews

[Jenny · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gavin's sister Gretchen gave me this book for Christmas one year. Last year I began my quest to cook all the recipes from it that my family would possibly eat. However mid-last year, I was placed on a wheat-free diet by my allergist, which necessitated putting the rest of this book on-hold, since so many of the entrees here are just not possible for a wheat-free diet. But that diet was lifted earlier this year, enabling me to finish the recipes we had yet to make.

This book had some pretty good recipes! I made 38 recipes from it. Of the 38, 17 were good and I would make them again. 16 were good, but I likely wouldn't make them again. Only 5 of the 38 were not good. I'll likely save this book in my cookbook collection.

[Ri Ch · Rating 1 out of 5]

It should go without saying, if you want someone to read your book, then make it readable. One might think the TITLE WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO START. This author should opt for a different book designer if they ever want to try publishing something again. I finally figured out the title was "FIGS" but I couldn't find one recipe that called for them. No wonder this book was a flop.

[Luz-Maria · Rating 3 out of 5]

good insight to his style..kind of boring to me