["The Family Meal: Home cooking with Ferran Adrià"]

A couple of short reviews:

http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/non-fiction/ferran-adria/family-meal/#review

http://www.finedininglovers.com/tips_and_news/leisure/the_family_meal_book_by_ferran_adria.aspx

http://ajg2106.blog.com/2011/09/21/first-look-at-ferran-adrias-family-cookbook/

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903285704576561133920673702.html

Mark Bittman:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/magazine/bittman-home-cooking-with-ferran-adria.html?pagewanted=all

["The Family Meal: Home cooking with Ferran Adrià"]

A review from Saturday in the Guardian is here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/oct/01/ferran-adria-el-bulli-family-meal?CMP=twt_gu

[London recommendations May 2011]

Take a stroll at the great Borough Food Market in Southwark at early Saturday:

http://www.boroughmarket.org.uk/

Fine sightseeing options close by are Tate Modern, Vinopolis, Shakespeare's Globe and more.

For some exciting dishes for dinner go for Champor Champor in the same area. I have been there a couple of times, and it was a success on both occasions. A place with character and a inspired menu.

[First trip from London, what guide do I buy]

Here are some places I have on my list for checking out for lunch:

http://gothamist.com/2008/02/05/crosby_connecti_1.php

http://www.shopsins.com/

http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/thalia/menus/main.html

http://www.mileendbrooklyn.com/

Interesting article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/dining/14deli.html?pagewanted=1

[First trip from London, what guide do I buy]

I am going to New York as well in late August this year. Was looking at this guide by Mike Colameco:

http://www.amazon.com/Mike-Colamecos-Food-Lovers-Guide/dp/0470044438/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273594462&sr=1-1

[Help me find a book to cook through]

And incidentally, Ad Hoc is surely the ONLY Keller book that any sane home cook might ever, even for a whimsical moment, consider cooking from cover to cover.

If you are looking to improve daily eating and move away from recipes as straitjackets, then I'd suggest having a look at Nigel Slater's "Appetite". Relaxed, simple and yet far from ordinary.

Me? I'd quite like to work right through Bertolli's "Cooking by Hand" ...

Then we have this insane home cook

http://carolcookskeller.blogspot.com/

http://www.alineaathome.com/

[Help me find a book to cook through]

Some cookbooks I really like is these:

1. Le Cordon Bleu Complete Cook: Home Collection

One of my most used books for thrustworthy recipes that really tastes great and give good results.

2. Giorgio Locatelli - Made In Italy: Food And Stories

3. Anna Teresa Callen - Food and Memories of Abruzzo: Italy's Pastoral Land

4. Andrew Carmelli - Urban Italy

Three very inspirational cookbooks with a lot of great recipes and a well of stories on the food, region and country. Some of the recipes might have some seasonal or hard to get ingredients.

5. Marcus Wareing - How To Cook The Perfect...

6. Kenny Shopsin - Eat Me

If you want to do some shorter, but very good cookbooks, these might be an alternative.

[Review of La Pergola - Rome, Italy (detailed review)]

This is a great detailed review, thanks. Sounds like a wonderful evening for you all. I would like to check out this restaurant when I go to Rome again this summer.