It is hard to convey just what a staggering achievement Lateral Cooking is. Segnit is truly a one-woman Larousse. Only the scope is so much wider and deeper: this book covers continents! ... I can lose myself in it any time, from any page, and you could cook from it over a whole lifetime, and still be learning -- Nigella Lawson The cookbooks that teach you the most are the rare ones, experimental or not, that are so well written that you find yourself reading them greedily on a perpetual loop. Lateral Cooking is one of them -- Bee Wilson * Times Literary Supplement * A rigorous, nuts-and-bolts bible of a book, which works from the premise that there are base recipes from which all others can be built... It's elegantly designed and extremely broad -- Jay Rayner * Observer * My most anticipated book of the year -- Helen Goh Witty, playful and conversational -- Diana Henry * Sunday Telegraph * This year's star book... It's a cracker: a hefty volume with a simple premise... Segnit has an appealing authorial voice: funny, friendly and authoritative -- Evening Standard Segnit is a brilliantly clever cook who sometimes seems to have eaten every great dish in the world, but the real joy is her exuberant voice, which feels like listening to a witty friend * Sunday Times * Book of the decade, if you ask me... Every cook should have it -- Elisabeth Luard Knowledgeable and humorous, with a focus on flavour and technique, this cookbook is informative, useful and sure to become a kitchen bible to many -- Guardian * 'Best Books of 2018' * In a year that's been a bonanza for cookbooks, this is the one I'd put top of my list * Independent * Want to graduate from a rigid recipe-follower to an instinctive, ingredient-led cook? Niki Segnit shows you how * Waitrose Food * What makes this book really special, just like The Flavour Thesaurus, aside from Niki's impressive expertise, is her humour and personality. It's a joy to read -- <i>Olive</i> magazine A textbook you'll turn to for all your culinary core techniques and queries * Good Housekeeping * It's a book you'll buy not so much for the recipes, though there are plenty, but the insights it will give you on how the whole process of cooking works... a cracking read -- Fiona Beckett One of the most exciting cookery books I've read this year * Literary Review * Niki Segnit is back with a new cookbook to break the mould (again) * Huffington Post * It is an absolute triumph, want to take a week off work to read it and cook as I go... cannot recommend enough! If you loved The Flavour Thesaurus, this is basically Christmas -- Rukmini Iyer Lateral Cooking is a beautifully simple book that just makes sense. I'm hooked again -- Kenny Tutt Niki Segnit's Lateral Cooking is a spectacularly good cookbook. If it were a novel, it'd be a shoo-in for the Booker -- Elisabeth Luard * The Oldie * It's a clever idea... a fabulous read -- Harry Wallop * The Times * Gorgeous, informative book -- Chef Valentina Harris This should be alongside The Silver Spoon and Le Repertoire, that's where it's going on my shelf -- Mat Follas A collection of ideas and inspiration - my kind of thinking -- Frances Quinn Shows, more effectively than any other cookery writer to date, how one thing in the kitchen leads to another * Times Literary Supplement * A cookbook full of open-ended recipes -- Yotam Ottolenghi An enjoyable read -- <i>Delicious </i>magazine This isn't a reference book, it's an engrossing read for foodies * What's Hot Blog * A cooking bible... a must-have in every kitchen, I'm blown away! * Amy Treasure Blog * From the author of The Flavour Thesaurus comes this collection of recipes arranged on a continuum, meaning simple tweaks give you a whole new dish * Domestic Sluttery * It's her humour, stories and thoughtful research that make this much more than simply a cookbook * IndyEats (independent) - Cookery Books of 2018 * It's fascinating and engrossing. It makes you want to cook more - and there can be no higher compliment * Ms Marmite Lover Blog - Cookery books of 2018 * A wonderfully simple idea... but It's her humour, stories and thoughtful research that make this much more than simply a cookbook * Independent (App edition) *