Cafe Kitchen: Relaxed food for friends from the Lantana Café

An unusual and down to earth cookery book. I’ll dub in to it often.

great mixture and range of recipes and cooking styles. absolute must cooking book in my collection.

It's OK but nothing earth shattering, nothing jumps off the page to scream cook me now, I will probably end up making a couple of things from the book but probably it much. I don't have a problem personally with long ingredient lists as I cook a lot and have a huge panty of ingredients but I think for a lot of people the ingredients list will be too long for a home cookbook.I really feel this is more a lifestyle book that concentrates on the photography rather than the substance o the recipes so bit of a bug bare of mine!

All the recipes work - which should be a given for a cookbook - but unfortunately isn't. Fresh, accessible, and beautiful photographs. My kids love the banana bread and it is now a constant request. The chicken in maple syrup and black pepper is deceptively simple but amazing.

A beautiful collection of accessible recipes from the guys running one of Londons friendliest and laid back cafés. The bakes are an obvious stand out, but slow cooked vietnamese pork shoulder and spicy pork burger with mango salsa are my favourites. Dunno if I'll do the brunch recipes so much, but there is a lot to explore here, without getting too involved or cheffy. Love it. A book I will cook a lot from.

Full of delicious healthy, dishes. The recipes are clear and easy to follow (and less long winded than Ottolenghi's) which means I find myself reaching for this beautiful book more often than any other. I'm thoroughly enjoying cooking my way through it.