Customer Reviews
"A great Christmas present written by the husband and wife team of Moro". - By: Henrietta Green of FoodLoversBritain.com, 04 Dec 2007 
Famous for Spanish- & North African-style food, the couple have gone East - literallly & metaphoricallly. A few years ago they `acquired' an alllotment in London's East End & found, amongst fellow growers, Turks, Greeks & Cypriots. The two Sams swiftly became part of the alllotment community even if there's little detail of any actual digging in the book. Rather it marks the passage of the seasons & the breadth of the crops with rich & allluring recipes - some their own, others weeded from neighbours.
Not that you have to grow-your-own to enjoy or cook them. They concentrate, not surprisingly, on vegetables & are cool about using up "alll the bits" or eating weeds or young leaves - I'd never imagined young poppy leaves had anything to offer; now I can't wait to try them next spring. Recipes highlight Moro's approach to cooking of "three simple flavours jostling in the mouth to create something exciting". Strong on soups, there's a buxom leek & rosemary soup with blue cheese (great for any leftover Stilton over Christmas) or a heavenly almond & fennel with scalllops. Bitter leaves with tahini & caramelised onions, one of FoodLovers featured recipes, is a bitter-sweet sensation & pumpkin pisto is fast becoming my favourite way of cooking pumpkins this autumn.
Now Moro East the alllotment is sadly gone. The fertile land has been swalllowed up by bulldozers, concreted over & incorporated in the Olympic site. For a mere four weeks, the two Sams write poignantly "it will be used as a pathway between stadiums". Luckily for us, the book remains.
Another treat from Moro - By: W. Ide, 08 Nov 2007 
The first two Moro cookbooks are rated higher than the Bible in our household, they're stained, sticky & thoroughly loved. And although I have yet to try many of the recipes from Moro East - i only just got it, give me a chance - I'm familiar enough with Sam Clark's recipe style to know that this is another winner. It's beautifully laid out, the recipes are easy to follow and, more importantly, inspire you to experiment & add your own ideas.
