Bitter Honey: Recipes and Stories from Sardinia

The book "Bitter Honey", in contrast to its title, is a "sweet" read. Great inspiration for creative tasty cooking.The book is also a full satisfying pleasure to gaze at, peruse, and have as a good future reference for menus and meals.Relying upon a simple graphic design style, and for sure the aphorism, that "less is more", the layout, colors, text, photographs, and recipes, pass along the unpretentious, but delicious food culture of Sardinia.I purchased the "digital edition" for an ipad.If you really like to cook, eat, and enjoy the inspiration of having a collection of cookbooks on your shelf for reference, it might be best to order up a hard-copy.The book is an easy comfortable read, and thinking about the recipes, is bound to help you whip-up and serve up, your own combination of simple ingredients, for both the pleasure and health of eating.Seventy-plus-years a USA Californian, I thought the book was a great thought shield, and anti-dote to the whole culture and crowd of Doordash, Ubereats, BunsontheRun, TVdinner, Grabandgo, Gobbleandgo,Gulpandgo, Chompandchoke, Drive-thru-grab-the-bag, and all who live life at digital hyper-speed style. (Wasn't there a slow food movement once?)As I recall, isn't that the lifestyle that leads to, well indigestion, headaches, and methane gas coming out your back-end that wrecks the earth's atmosphere? (big grin)The book is more an overview, rather than an anthropological, sociological, or historical, analysis of Sardinian food and culture.Written in a personal experience anecdotal style, the book inspires one to seek out even more detailed books about an old and cultured part of the world. The "New California" could use a huge dose and lesson of that old world simplicity right now.So, sip a little red Sardinian wine, chew your food slowly, and savor the flavors of a good read.

I use this just for looks, but it’s super cute and adds color to my kitchen!

This is a beautifully designed cook book, the inside is just as lovely as the outside. Recipes are easy to follow and in true Italian style, aren’t too precise. (For example, you sauté the cauliflower until it starts to turn brown and smell good - not for a specific number of minutes.) It makes a great gift.I’m gluten-free and vegetarian and still found a number of things in this book that I could eat or easily modify. Not every page, but enough to be worthwhile.If I were digging for kvetches, I think the fact that the author is British rather than Sardinian makes this feel a little less authentic than when people write about the foods of their own cultures. But you can’t blame a girl for the misfortune of not having been born on a Mediterranean island, and she does a great job capturing and explaining the local culture and cuisine.

El contenido y las fotos son espectaculares !!

Beautiful book but but not enough recipes I could use

I have tried several recipes from this cookbook so far and have enjoyed them all. The cover is pretty too, which I appreciate since I like to put my cookbooks on display in my pantry.

Bitter Honey takes me back to a place that I love. The photos, recipes, and stories are exquisite. Thank you Ms. Clark for this work of art and bringing a piece of Italy to anyone who owns this book. Buon Appetito!

Unique recipes and beautiful book. My executive chef partner wanted me to buy two so he could give one to his sous chef. Love the recipes.