The Flavour Thesaurus - Pairings, Recipes and Ideas for the Creative Cook
By Niki Segnit

Watch out for Niki's long-anticipated follow-up,and More Flavoursand focusing on plant-led pairings - coming in May 2023.'Delightful and informative ... I love Niki's style of writing - packed with knowledge and information, but conveyed with such a lightness of touch'and YOTAM OTTOLENGHI'The books I value most are those I return to again and again. Such has been the case withand The Flavour Thesaurus'and NIGEL SLATER'An eclectic combination of dictionary, recipe book, travelogue and memoir ... A deceptively simple little masterpiece'and SUNDAY TIMESEver wondered why one flavour works with another? Or lacked inspiration for what to do with a bundle of beetroot?The Flavour Thesaurusand was the first book to examine what goes with what, pair by pair and is divided into flavour themes including Meaty, Cheesy, Woodland and Floral Fruity. Within these sections it follows the form ofand Roget's Thesaurus, listing 99 popular ingredients alphabetically, and for each one suggests unique flavour pairings that range from the classic to the bizarre.You will find traditional pairings: pork andamp; apple, lamb andamp; apricot, cucumber andamp; dill; contemporary favourites like chocolate andamp; chilli and goat's cheese andamp; beetroot, and interesting but unlikely-sounding pairings like black pudding andamp; chocolate, lemon andamp; beef, blueberry andamp; mushroom, and watermelon andamp; oyster. There are nearly a thousand entries in all, with 200 recipes and suggestions embedded throughout the text.Now featuring a new foreword by Bee Wilson and a fold-out poster of the flavour wheel,and The Flavour Thesaurusand is a highly useful, and covetable, reference book for cooking - it will keep you up at night reading.