Teff Love: Adventures in Vegan Ethiopan Cooking: Adventures in Vegan Ethiopian Cooking Paperback – Illustrated, 5 Feb. 2015

This is my second Ethiopian cookbook, and it's definitely the better of the two. There's a really wide range of recipes, most of which are authentic and some of which are just imaginative re-inventions. I'm a cookbook lover, but this means that I can be very tough on cookbook authors. Kittee definitely delivers. The book:- Has well-tested recipes. I have had success with every one I've tried, which is often not the case with cookbooks these days (and certainly not the case with blogs!).- Draws on fewer exotic ingredients than you might think, given the subject matter. And once you buy a few unusual spices (provided you already have a decent herb/spice collection), you will be able to make a few spice mixtures that are used again and again in the book. Some of the more obscure ingredients are also optional.- Has a useful index that seems to be quite thorough.- Consists of mainly healthy recipes that are simple to make, with a few more indulgent and time-consuming recipes. The 'proper' injera, for instance, takes days to make, but Kittee offers a quick alternative.- Not only is this book vegan, but it is also almost entirely gluten free.- The book draws largely on traditional 'fasting' dishes which are naturally vegan, so you really are getting a quite authentic taste of Ethiopia.Like Kittee, I love Ethiopian but moved to a place where it isn't widely available. This book fills that empty space, and I know I will be using it again and again.

A whole new world of Ethiopian culinary adventure awaits in these lavishly illustrated pages, it's really excellent. The only caveat I would add is that these are not beginners recipes and require a certain level of skill. Oh also many of the ingredients required aren't going to be on the shelves of Tesco and you will have to hunt them down elsewhere. But generally if you've got hold of some Teff and some veg you're away. Anyway the results I've got from everything I've tried from this book have been extra yummy.

Great book. Just wish I could more easily find the ingredients!

Although I had Ethiopian 20times in my life, during my last pregnancy I just craved this kind of food. As I live in a country unfamiliar with this cuisine, I had to start from scratch. This cookbooks gives you exactly that - how to do it all at home. Very grateful! All recipes I tried were true to taste as I remember it.

We've had this book a while now and I cannot get enough of it. I'd never eaten Ethiopian food but had heard wonderful things about it, and the instructions are clear and the dishes just taste out of this world. A definite success with all the family! You'll be wanting to eat injera every day all day after buying this.

I was disappointed that the author's research appears to have been exclusively via Ethiopian restaurants and people in the United States, she doesn't actually seem to have even been to Ethiopia. I think this would be a starting assumption for claiming expertise in the cuisine of a nation.Also agree with the comments about the pictures, it's really hard to visualise a recipe since you have to find the page with the relevant image and then work out which one in the group it is while remembering the sometimes long Ethiopian names.

Fantastic recipes, easy to cook once you've got all the spices you need.We've eaten recipes from this book loads of times and impressed every time.

excellent recipes and very informative