There is a lot to love about this gorgeous book from London-based blogger and designer David Bez. The first 30 pages explain the inspiration behind the book, the tools necessary for making all of the salads, and the basics of assembling a salad. My favorite section in this part of the book is the salad dressings section, which in 4 pages offers simple recipes for 24 different dressings.
This brief introductory section is followed by the 260 salad recipes. These recipes are organized by seasons, with color coded page edges to easily find the section you are looking for. Every recipe includes a beautiful photograph of the salad, a label indicating whether the salad is a raw, vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, or omnivore salad, and an alternative option for making the salad fit a different diet requirement.
The only drawback to this book is that, depending on where you live, some of the ingredients may not be readily available. For some of these types of ingredients it is not too difficult to think of an alternative and for some of the ingredients, the author has already suggested an alternative. The recipes can also be seen as a catalyst to making your own unique salad creations.
The book also includes an index. I think I will be using this index a lot to find salad recipes that will help me use up leftover ingredients.
If you are, like me, someone who has gotten bored with salads very easily in the past, this book may be your best chance to fall in love again with salads.
*Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review.
