One: A Cook and Her Cupboard / Digital original - eBook

Florence Knight is a Sunday Times columnist and head chef at Polpetto in Soho. She studied at London College of Fashion before deciding to follow her passion for food, studying at Leiths School of Food and Wine. She then went on to work with French master baker Richard Bertinet, as a pastry chef at the Diamond Club, where the kitchen was led by Raymond Blanc, and in 2010 joined Polpetto, the small Venetian-inspired restaurant owned by Russell Norman.

A volume that could be a manifesto for a minimalist culinary aesthetic. -- Times Literary Supplement

Cooking's new golden girl. -- The Guardian

A collection of simple yet mouthwatering dishes using Knight's favourite ingredients. -- Sunday Telegraph STELLA

Elegant and simple, refined yet rustic ... this book will definitely find its place on your bedside table as well as your kitchen counter. -- The Kitchn

This is delicious, grown up food with a Venetian accent. -- BBC Good Food

One cook in line for the throne of Nigella, should her era ever come to an end is Florence Knight...the food is surprisingly delicate, imaginative and simple. -- Daily Telegraph

[An] ease is found in Florence Knight's One: A cook and her cupboard, a volume that could be a manifesto for a minimalist culinary aesthetic. -- Times Literary Supplement

Each chapter in One focuses on recipes built around one particular store cupboard ingredient, such as ketchup, oil, salt and honey. The result is a host of modern European dishes that have appeal, longevity and a touch of elegance to boot. -- Olive

She made her name as head chef at London's Polpetto and now Florence Knight has brought out her first book, One. In it, she turns to the kitchen cupboard to create no-nonsense but creative food from her favourite ingredients - proving just how much can be achieved with a bottle of ketchup and some imagination. -- Waitrose Kitchen

Florence is the next big thing in cooking. -- Observer Food Monthly

Italian food dominates, but Knight's childhood of family meals around the dinner table comes through in desserts such as jam roly-poly and steamed apple and treacle pudding. -- Square Meal Lifestyle

Her warm, personal recipes are collected in her first cookbook; plates of refreshingly simple courgette, honey and pecorino, and burrata pickled beetroot and rhubarb show off the ingredients beautifully. And Jason Lowe's photography captures that casual London chic the Polpo restaurants are famous for. -- Harpers Bazaar Online

The new kitchen goddess -- The Daily Mail

An inspiring cookbook of dishes that focus on 10 key store-cupboard ingredients. - Grazia
She's young, gorgeous, a fashion college graduate, and formerly a head chef at uber-top table, Polpetto in London. If you're intimidated by all of this, you shouldn't be. Her culinary bag is uncomplicated and simple, but imaginative. A TV series can't be far off.

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Each chapter in One focuses on recipes built around one particular store cupboard ingredient, such as ketchup, oil, salt and honey. The result is a host of modern European dishes that have appeal, longevity and a touch of elegance to boot. -- Olive

She made her name as head chef at London's Polpetto and now Florence Knight has brought out her first book, One. In it, she turns to the kitchen cupboard to create no-nonsense but creative food from her favourite ingredients - proving just how much can be achieved with a bottle of ketchup and some imagination. -- Waitrose Kitchen

Florence is the next big thing in cooking. -- Observer Food Monthly

Italian food dominates, but Knight's childhood of family meals around the dinner table comes through in desserts such as jam roly-poly and steamed apple and treacle pudding. -- Square Meal Lifestyle - Stuart Peskett

Her warm, personal recipes are collected in her first cookbook; plates of refreshingly simple courgette, honey and pecorino, and burrata pickled beetroot and rhubarb show off the ingredients beautifully. And Jason Lowe's photography captures that casual London chic the Polpo restaurants are famous for. -- Harpers Bazaar Online

An inspiring cookbook of dishes that focus on 10 key store-cupboard ingredients. -- Grazia

She's young, gorgeous, a fashion college graduate, and formerly a head chef at uber-top table, Polpetto in London. If you're intimidated by all of this, you shouldn't be. Her culinary bag is uncomplicated and simple, but imaginative. A TV series can't be far off. -- Image