BOCCA -- Jacob Kennedy

[ChrisTaylor]

Never been to the restaurant or heard of it before Amazon.uk recommended the book, even, but I blindly bought BOCCA upon its release after reading about some of Kennedy's signature dishes. Very nice book--sits nicely alongside my copies of Locatelli's Made in Italy and Hazan's Essentials. I don't know much about the regions of Italy or Italian cuisine, but I think the book (and the restaurant too, right?) focuses on northern Italian food.

Yet to make anything from it--it landed on my doorstep this afternoon and all--but I reckon I'll start with the pigeon ragu that pretty much sold me on the book in the first place. Will poke through the freezer section of my local Asian grocers to look for some old boiler pigeons (supposedly the best sort of pigeons for the sauce--and more economical, too, which is always a nice thing).