Some really good tips and recipes here's. Which i will be using and haring with my friends this book.

A lovely book with a fresh take on cooking, the recipes sound and look incredible and I cannot wait to try them out. Recommended for anyone who enjoys cooking

This was an interesting cookbook with great variety in terms of recipes and I loved the various sections in it. There's a few recipes I'd like to try, such as the Spiced pumpkin and maple pecan cheesecake.

Mmmmm!! This is a feast for the soul, full of hearty, healthy dishes and easy to follow instructions.
As a very occasional meat eater, having spent 9 years a vegetarian, I often lean towards meat free meals, and found plenty of recipes in this book to suit me. There are plenty of plant based meals in the book, and those with meat are easy enough to adapt to suit vegetarians.
I love how this book uses easy to follow instructions, and photos of what the meals will look like, I usually cook for two but find it is easy enough to adapt the amounts.
The key to The Botanical Kitchen is the botanicals. If you've never cooked with flowers before, now is the time to try... otherwise there are plenty of recipes which sing the praises of fragrant herbs and pungent spices.
As part of my 2020 resolution to live more naturally - meaning more fresh cooking from scratch and home grown herbs, as well as eating what is in season to do good for myself and the planet, this little guide will be by my side!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for providing an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This is a beautiful cookbook. The illustrations, photos, and general layout are very aesthetically pleasing. I found myself first drawn to the book because of the cover. The beautiful illustration and name, "The Botanical Kitchen" made me feel like I was about to enter an enchanted kitchen filled with herbs, plants, and long forgotten secrets. 
As I read through the recipes, I was a little less enraptured than I first anticipated. Where I had expected recipes chock-a-block with innovative and plant focused recipes, I found more familiar recipes with botanical twists. 
Once I readjusted my expectations, I greatly enjoyed the cookbook. I thought the ideas were achievable for cooks of all experiences. The recipes were well written with often easy to find ingredients. There were a few recipes that peaked my interest with exciting flavor combinations. 
All in all, this is a good cookbook. One that you will quickly feel comfortable with, an old friend with sweet recipes to warm your evenings. I enjoyed flipping through it's pages and can't wait to more out!

I couldn't wait to sink my teeth into this book. This book is visually stunning and will have you salivating with just one look at the food photographs. 

If you have an upcoming dinner party and you want to impress you guest or you just have a love for fruits, seeds, berries and flowers then this is the cookbook for you. Most of the ingredients used are readily available however there are a few unique choices throughout reindeer anyone?...not widely available in Australia but could be substituted for something that is. For some ingredients you are given a choice between one or the other i.e. rapeseed or olive oil. 

Here are the recipes i'm most looking forwards to create: 
- Basil and goat's cheese stuffed chicken with pickled cherry and spelt salad 
- Giant couscous tabbouleh (think James and the giant peach only with Apricots)
- Cauliflower, date and preserved lemon dumplings with pomegranate and tahini dipping sauce (seriously you should see the picture of this dish *DROOL*
- Bali banana pancakes 
- Rhubarb, vanilla and cardamon jam
- Spiced pumpkin and maple pecan cheesecake (two of my favourite combined)

The Botanical Kitchen by Elly McCousland is a stunningly illustrated book full of recipes using natural ingredients. Since I'm trying my best to use locally grown produce and herbs from my own garden, I thought this would be a treasure. Sadly, while the recipes all revolve around healthy, beautiful foods, most of them are imported from all over the world. My point in having a "botanical kitchen" is to avoid excessive transportation costs for my food and to use primarily, if not wholly, locally produced ingredients.  Make no mistake, the recipes are very good, very beautiful and quite healthy but the title is a bit misleading. It does, however, make a gorgeous coffee table book!

I love the way Elly McCausland describes the various fruits, flowers and other botanicals in this book - a bit of history, a touch of wonder, mouth-watering and inspiring. I didn't care for many of the recipes personally, but that's just personal preference on various ingredients. I hope to take some of them and tweak a bit with gluten-free or dairy-free takes.

I loved reading this cookbook. It was pretty different than most of the cookbooks I have read because it worked the story and history of each special ingredient. 


I enjoyed the recipes included in this book. My favorite has got to be 

What stuck out most about this title for me was the merging of the growing and cooking aspects that go into food. It helped me appreciate the rich culture that goes behind each fruit and spice we eat every day. 

The one critique I would make of this book is the exotic ingredients. The recipes listed in this book contain a good bit of specialty items, and if you are not fortunate enough to buy from certain vendors or grow these ingredients yourself, you may not be able to cook many of these recipes. Still, it provides an amazing aspect of wonder and intuitive cooking to add to your repertoire. I highly recommend this cookbook to those who are looking to up your culinary game and explore the vast world of the botanical ingredients. 
Also! If you enjoyed this book here are a few I would also recommend: 

Grow Great Grub: Organic Food from Small Spaces by Gayla Trail

Tequila & Tacos: A Guide to Spirited Pairings by Katherine Cobbs ( this book comes out April 21st, 2020!!)

Herb Gardening: How to Prepare the Soil, Choose Your Plants, and Care For, Harvest, and Use Your Herbs 
by Melissa Melton, Snyder

These are just a few books that work with growing food and creating amazing combinations with them. (except for Tequila & Tacos, that book is just a cool cookbook with exotic ingredients.) 

I hope this review helps and if you decide to read, enjoy the book!!

Okay, I’ll start with a confession—I love to read cookbooks. The copy that accompanies recipes gives an interesting glimpse into the role food plays in culture. The Botanical Kitchen fits well into this paradigm, with interesting history surrounding certain ingredients. I haven’t tried any of the recipes yet, but they are clearly written, even if some of them seem complicated. I look forward to bringing some of them into my repertoire.

When it is snowy and cold outside (and my car is buried under 2ft of ❄️ ), superspeed readers like me can read 250+ pages/hour, so yes, I have read the book … and many more today. LOL

I requested and received a temporary digital Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley, the publisher and the author in exchange for an honest review.  

From the publisher, as I do not repeat the contents or story of books in reviews, I let them do it as they do it better than I do 😸.

WINNER OF THE 2019 JANE GRIGSON TRUST AWARD

From the common to the curious, The Botanical Kitchen will teach you how to properly cook with botanicals with 90 delicious recipes.

The choice of botanicals can transform a recipe, adding a new twist to a classic or creating surprising and rewarding combinations, and in this award-winning book, Elly McCausland guides readers through cooking with botanicals, looking at their culinary history and diverse uses over the years.

Weaving through this compelling text will be 90 delicious recipes including relishes and bakes, salads and soups, noodle bowls, different kinds of bread and everything in between, offering unique and insightful flavour pairings. With chapters including fruits (tropical, Mediterranean and orchard), leaves, flowers, seeds and berries, this beautiful book places botanical ingredients at the fore and showcases exactly how plants can transform your food.

Yes, I had to look up the award - The Jane Grigson Trust Award is for first time writers of books on food or drink.  When I realized that the book was only on fruit it made me think of "Notting Hill" and this classic scene:
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Keziah: No thanks, I'm a fruitarian.
Max: I didn't realize that.
William And, ahm: what exactly is a fruitarian?
Keziah: We believe that fruits and vegetables have feelings, so we think cooking is cruel. We only eat things that have already fallen off a tree or bush - that are, in fact, dead already.
William: Oh, all right. Interesting stuff. So, these carrots...
Keziah: Have been murdered, yes.
William: Murdered? Poor carrots. How beastly! 
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I do not eat a lot of fruit as I reversed my diabetes via diet but there were a lot of recipes with berries in them, as they are the only fruit I eat other than the occasional "cheat day peach" so that made me happy. Ditto for the recipes with cardamom which is my new obsession - cardamom french toast made with vanilla beans? BRING IT ON!  LOL.  

Each chapter begins with a long-ish essay on its subject - the opening one on nutmeg made me hungry for the spice and the author's travels. The recipes are well written but definitely not for a newbie cook as there is a lot of technique involved - the recipes are not just vegan/vegetarian and the book's photos are gorgeous and the flavour combinations here are just, wild. Mackeral and dates? I am not going to try that recipe but I will try some of them in here, for sure. 

As always, I try to find a reason to not rate with stars as I love emojis (outside of their incessant use by "🙏-ed Social Influencer Millennials/#BachelorNation survivors/etc. " on Instagram and Twitter... Get a real job, people!) so let's give it 🍑🍑🍑🍑

A glorious celebration of the use of plants in cooking. The description of ingredients makes your mouth water. The recipes are easy to follow and are a pleasure on your tastebuds. Many thanks to Netgalley for the early e book copy.

This was a lovely title and I enjoyed the commentary and information accompanying each section.  My only problem were the metric measurements.  It was clear this was written for British readers, but it is such a beautiful title I'd love to be able to enjoy the treats in the U.S.!

This is a beautiful book for a select audience. The photos are works of art worthy of framing. The recipes themselves are decidedly geared towards European-minded foodies. I'm not sure I've ever thought to make Reindeer Steaks with Blackcurrant and Juniper, but if I did then this is the book I'd reach for.

I expected this book to focus on recipes for more exotic "botanical" ingredients or more novel ways of using plant parts, but they use pretty standard botanicals in fairly standard ways. Chapters include: Orchard fruits, Mediterranean fruits, Tropical fruits, Leaves, Flowers, Seeds, and Berries & Currants. While most Americans don't use flowers that often, the ones featured here are pretty typical ones that many of us cook with -- elderflowers, lavender, chamomile, rose, saffron and vanilla. Leaves are blackcurrant leaves, banana leaves, tea leaves, herbs and kaffir lime leaves. The others are pretty standard. Seeds are things like poppy seeds, tropical fruits are things like bananas, etc.

The recipes are very, very um... sophisticated? Trendy? Upscale? Think of the type of dish you'd be served in a very expensive Scandinavian bed and breakfast on your private veranda.

Examples:

Blue Cheese Crusted Pork Escalopes with a fennel and apple slaw

Cauliflower, Date & Preserved Lemon Dumplings with pomegranate and tahini dipping sauce

Salmon Ceviche with bergamot, avocado, coriander and toasted pine nuts

Banana & Coconut Droemmekage (Danish cake)

Slow-Cooked Lamb with garlic, lemon & lavender, and a toasted pistachio gremolata

Measurements are in metric. Meat, wheat and dairy are featured prominently. This would not be a good fit for people with food allergies or on special diets (vegan, paleo, keto, etc.) It offers very traditional types of European dishes, just fancy versions of them. Most recipes are of moderate difficulty. Nutritional information is not provided.

Photos are provided for most recipes. As mentioned, they are beautiful.

This is not a cookbook I would want for my kitchen. The recipes are too elaborate, the ingredients too expensive, and it relies heavily on wheat and meat. It is a beautiful cookbook though and I'm sure that people who enjoy this kind of cooking will absolutely love it.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.

I received an advanced reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

This book is really unique in its pairings of botanical ingredients to add to dishes to make them not only healthier but more tasty, fun and interesting too!
I can't wait to play around with some of the recipies in this book especially the dessert ones! 
This is an amazing book and the photographs are mouthwatering. Definitely a book to add to any cooking collection.

A feast for the eyes and the taste buds.  This is a lovely book with plenty of delicious photographs to inspire you.  I liked some of the recipes and would give them a try.  It is the perfect book for anyone wanting to focus on a healthier plant based lifestyle, or for the cook who has every other type of cook book.  This one might offer something a bit different. Overall a lovely book that aims to tempt the taste buds as soon as it is opened.

This book is a great resource to aspiring cooks and botany geeks alike. The recipes are easy to follow and the pictures are beautiful. The book is truly a celebration of nature's bounty and will be firmly residing on my kitchen shelf when it comes out.

A lovely cookbook beautifully illustrated  an artistic gem.The recipes a guide to step by step coking with botanicals is a book I will dip into again and again.I will also be gifting this book to foodie friends.#netgalleys#bloomsburyuk

Yummm! The Botanical Kitchen is #1 a very eye catching cookbook for someone that loves plants (me being one of them)! The beautiful watercolor illustrations, and the vibrant photography throughout, make it a great browsing experience. I haven't tried any of the recipes yet, but I can't wait!