Tish, Ben – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Sat, 20 Dec 2025 14:25:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Tish, Ben – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 Mediterra https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/mediterra/ Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=41388 Across the Mediterranean, from Spain to Morocco, via Italy, Sicily, Greece and Lebanon, one delicious food influence gives way to the next. The whole region is a rich seam of deeply delicious food, and the recipes in this mouth-watering collection are gathered far and wide from anywhere the Mediterranean Sea touches the shore.

They are recipes full of passion, colour and flavour, simple and accessible, and will instantly transport you to the sun-soaked shores of your favourite holiday destinations with minimal effort in the kitchen.

These are dishes inspired by the Mediterranean classics, by how locals eat or by single ingredients – think olive oil, the perfumed zest of lemons and oranges, fresh herbs, ripe seasonal tomatoes, juicy stone fruits, oozy figs, sizzling garlic, crushed, aromatic spices, smoky grilled meats and plenty of flatbreads to mop up the juices.

Recipes include:
Burek with honey-roasted pumpkin, goat’s cheese and mint from Croatia
Oven-baked black rice from Spain
Lebanese seven-spice falafel
Cumin-roasted aubergines from Tunisia
Cretan grilled smokey sardines
Sicilian sea bass crudo with blood orange and cumin
Pork belly gyros from Greece
Turkish-style spiced lentils with pumpkin, chicken and aleppo pepper
Moroccan pastilla with slow-cooked pheasant
Quince and honey tart from Syria
and a classic Italian Tiramisu

Travel across continents and delve into these pages to not only cook like a Mediterranean but eat like one too: take time, invite friends and family, pour a glass of wine and lay the table. Bon appétit!

]]> Sicilia https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/sicilia/ Thu, 10 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=13527 Sicily is both a frugal peasant land with a simple robust cuisine, and also full of ornate glamour and extravagance. A most beautiful and complex contradiction in terms, Ben Tish unlocks the secrets of Sicily’s culture and food within these pages, diving into its diverse tapestry of cultural influences. Sitting at the heart of the Mediterranean, between east and west, Europe and North Africa, the food of Sicily is full of citrus, almonds and a plethora of spices, mixing harmoniously with the simple indigenous olives, vines and wheat. You’ll find the most delicious, fresh seafood on the coast and mouth-watering meat in land; but the two rarely mix. Packed full of vibrant flavours, this beautiful collection brings the food of Sicily to your table, with recipes ranging from delicious morsels and fritters to big couscous, rice and pasta dishes and an abundance of granitas, ice creams and desserts, all stunningly photographed. Recipes include:Saffron arancini Smoky artichokes with lemon and garlicWhole roasted squidSicilian octopus and chickpea stewAubergines stuffed with porkRoasted pork belly with fennel and sticky quinces Bitter chocolate torteLimoncello semifredoDive in and experience this unique culinary heritage for yourself, bring the sights and sounds and aromas of this beautiful food to your home.

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