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Polpo
Tucked away in a backstreet of London's edgy Soho district, POLPO is one of the hottest restaurants in town. Critics and food aficionados have been flocking to this understated b?caro where Russell Norman serves up dishes from the back streets of Venice. A far cry from the tourist-trap eateries of the famous floating city, this kind of cooking is unfussy, innovative and exuberantly delicious.brbrThe 140 recipes in the book include caprese stacks, zucchini shoestring fries, asparagus with Parmesan and anchovy butter, butternut risotto, arancini, rabbit cacciatore, warm duck salad with wet walnuts and beets, crispy baby pizzas with prosciutto and rocket, scallops with lon and peppermint, mackerel tartare, linguine with clams, whole sea bream, warm octopus salad, soft-shell crab in Parmesan batter with fennel salad, walnut and honey sifreddo, tiramis?, fizzy bellinis and glasses of bright orange spritz.brbrWith luminescent photography by Jenny Zarins, which captures the unfrequented corners, the bustling b?cari and the sublime waterways of Venice,OLPOis a dazzling tribute to Italy's greatest hidden cuisine.p

Polpo

  • By Russell Norman

    Deliciously simple Venetian dishes - from London's most buzzing restaurantp

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    Dutch, French

  • Book Details

    Bloomsbury Publishingp July 2012p Format: Hardback265 x 180mmp 320 pagesp

  • About the Author

    Russell Norman is a restaurateur. Over the last 20 years he has worked in many of London?s landmark restaurants as a waiter, bartender, ma?tre d?, general manager and operations director. In 2009 he founded an independent restaurant company with his best friend and has since opened eight restaurants in central London including Polpo, Spuntino and Mishkin?s. His bookOLPO: A Venetian Cookbook (of Sorts)and was voted Waterstones Book of the Year 2012. In 2014 he presentedThe Restaurant Man, a six-part prime-time documentary for BBC2, and his second bookPUNTINO: Comfort Food, New York Stylewill be published in September 2015.br br russellnorman.cobr polpo.co.uk@Polpop

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