Reviews: Mob One (2)

I've browsed my fair share of one-pot recipe books that feel formulaic and bog-standard, but this one stood out. The sections are broken down into areas such as 'easy', 'fancy', 'fresh', and 'slow' which I love, and the recipes are delicious. A personal favourite is Lemon and Feta Lamb Shoulder, it's sublime. Mob books are always fantastic, and this is no exception.

Aware that I've been in a bit of a food rut lately I thought I'd give Mob One , a look. I've used a couple of their online recipes and I love their ethos and that their life started as a student trying to inspire other students to cook.

It's a well thought out book , with plenty of pictures and the instructions seemed fairly straightforward. There is a good variety of recipes and a lot of veggie ones , which makes a change from more traditional cook books which are often split into meats . I've not cooked vegetarian for a while but I will definitely be trying a couple.

The book itself is aimed at young adults and I did find the "yoof " tone a bit irksome but I'm definitely not the target market so I'm not going to get wound up about it . A lot of the recipes I fancied had love or hate ingredients like olives and pickles. I could cook them and leave out the ingredients I don't like but I probably won't. A nice touch though is there are QR codes throughout the book which link to their website - so if you fancy a recipe at first glance then don't like something on the ingredient list you can link to the website and see similar.

A decentish cookbook and a good stocking filler if you have a young adult in your family. If my nephew was a few years older I'd consider buying this for his Christmas