Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street: the children’s cookbook recommended by Ottolenghi and Nigella

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A gorgeous way to share recipes from around the world with children, Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street serves up an array of flavours from the residents of each apartment with simple instructions and tasty ingredients to inspire even reluctant tasters to step into the kitchen. Mister Ibrahim is remembering his childhood home as he bakes aubergines and mixes in the tahini, while across the hall Jemima and Rosie argue about who has taken the last banana. This eye-catching, mouth-watering cookbook beautifully evokes the joy of food and its power to unite. Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street is bound to be a favourite in every child’s house, giving, as it does, ten recipes for delicious food to cook and share. A warm, beautifully illustrated celebration of community and culture, including simple recipes from around the world.

This delightfully illustrated children’s cookbook offers a global menu of dishes to share with friends, family, and neighbours … Combining simple, fresh flavours with recipes from around the world, this book will nourish and inspire budding cooks while whetting the appetites of their more experienced helpers.

This is a delightful book full of a range of recipes from diverse cultures and cuisines - it has beautiful illustrations and is perfect for adults and children to share together - and inspire some tasty meals!

It’s a fantastic independent book seller that will actually be responsive and select appropriate books for you. This is such a lovely children’s book … with beautifully drawn recipes from green rice to salmorejo. I haven't charted out my visits for the summer term, but I'm sure there are several in the south) and thanks so much for being so fantastic! Bronnie is so lovely with the boys and we also felt that having a man enthusing about the books set a great example. I was at my last school for 4 years and we had ********* book fairs every term – and every term, I was disappointed by the narrow range of books.One of her books was included in The New York Times’ Best Illustrated Picture Books of 2018, and in 2020 she won the Premio Andersen award in Italy for best illustrator. Every page in this book has detailed illustrations with simple recipes that the children can follow. Part biography of an apartment block’s inhabitants, part children’s recipe book, each highly evocative illustration depicts a different resident or family in their kitchen preparing a dish . This experience has been fantastic primarily for the children, the school and also for me (professionally). However, in ‘ Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street’, this picture book maker presents a series of fifteen individual stories and international recipes.

Your words, like your reviews, bring books to life and give them a voice before the front cover is even turned. There was just the right amount of choice to suit everyone without being overwhelming and I received comments from parents and staff about the quality of books offered compared to previous sales which have always been based around current crazes and well known celebrity authors. Above all, these characters and their dishes an entrancing and heartening representation of global culture and life.Yourself and Bob are much cherished in our booky world and I personally really appreciate everything that you do. Mr Singh is making coconut dahl with his daughter while Maria mashes some avocados for her guacamole.

Yesterday a parent came over to tell me how impressed she was by the book fair and that you did a fabulous job of selling the books to the children first. Beautifully depicting an apartment building with people cooking food from all over the world … Really uplifting and charming. This book is a celebration of community filled with recipes from all over the world and simple instructions perfect for young chefs. The recipes are irresistible and children would enjoy finding out about their provenance as well as making them. Your selection was perfect for our children and what really made the difference was your ability to engage with each child, discuss their interests and help them to choose a suitable book based on your extensive knowledge of the books you were selling.

Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street has been inspirational, allowing us to add several surprising new dishes to our weekly menu. The deep, soft colours, the wonderful faces and rooms, are so detailed and interesting, it’s almost as if each picture is just waiting to be walked into . They would also only drop off a case of books and leave us to run it – it was so lovely to have you on hand to chat to the children and recommend them books, as well as the small (but appreciated! Yotam OttolenghiIn each apartment, someone is preparing a special dish to share with their neighbours.