It`s unsurprising that we have a mild cookbook addiction. The best of them provide an education in both food and culture as well as delicious - and successful - recipes, while the lesser of the category provide pretty pictures and glimpses of ideas; Yotam Ottolenghi`s cookbooks do both. They are beautiful, at times tactile, slices of culture filled with recipes that are failsafe. Based in London where he runs a string of Delis and restaurants with his business partner Sami Tamimi, Ottolenghi is one of the preeminent faces (and palates) of modern Middle Eastern Cuisine. Born in Jerusalem of Italian and German heritage, he has a broad cultural base from which his cuisine draws freely. He has won many awards for his restaurants and cookbooks, including two James Beards; he is also a frequent food writer for the Guardian and has been featured on many BBC cooking programs. With ten cookbooks to choose from, not to mention a website, we had an overwhelming array of recipes and flavors to choose among
