Here's 5 things we know so far about Ottolenghi SIMPLE TOO!
In 2018, Yotam Ottolenghi helped us elevate our everyday cooking with Ottolenghi SIMPLE, the hit cookbook that went on to sell over 1 million copies and became a perennial favourite for home cooks around the world.
Now, eight years and several cookbooks later, he’s returning to those same principles with Ottolenghi SIMPLE TOO, a new release hitting shelves later this year. We can’t wait to get our hands on a copy and acquaint ourselves with a whole new collection of Ottolenghi recipes – but in the meantime, here’s everything you need to know about the book, including release date, chapters and what you can expect from this beautiful new addition to your kitchen shelves.
What we know:
1. Ottolenghi SIMPLE TOO will be released on 1st September 2026 and is available to pre-order now – so you can look forward to new cooking inspiration as we head into spring, or add it to your wishlist before the festive period.
2. Much like Ottolenghi SIMPLE, the recipes in Ottolenghi SIMPLE TOO have features that help remove the barriers to cooking – whether that’s time, effort or concentration. Each of the book’s 135 recipes can either be made in 30 minutes, prepared in advance or cooked in just one pot.
3. More than just a continuation of its 2018 precursor, however, Ottolenghi SIMPLE TOO is a cookbook for our times. Many of its tried-and-tested recipes are inspired by the busy lives of Ottolenghi and his colleagues. Whether it’s an omelette with a twist made to feed hungry children in a cinch or a one-pot centrepiece that gets the seal of approval from a non-chef spouse, these are recipes designed for real life.
4. With chapters covering Breakfast and brunch, Snacks, spreads and soups, Meat, Fish, Veggie mains, Pasta, Sides, Salads and Desserts, you’ll find cooking inspiration for any and all occasions. There’s also a Fundamentals section in the book’s final pages, which includes over a dozen sauces, oils, and seasoning blends that you can make in batches and keep tucked away in your fridge or cupboard, ready to reach for whenever you need them.
5. Many of the recipes are Test Kitchen favourites. From Verena Lochmuller’s Everyday Granola infused with banana and tahini, to the Stuffed Romano Peppers that were snaffled up in seconds during testing, Ottolenghi SIMPLE TOO is packed with elevated yet versatile, achievable recipes you can come back to time and time again.
For the three million home cooks around the world who loved Simple, Ottolenghi brings us 135 brand-new easy recipes that are full of flavour, intensity and creativity
This is a combination of two great Spanish potato dishes: patatas a lo pobre (poor man’s potatoes) and huevos rotos (broken eggs).
There are many ways to make cabbage delicious but it’s hard to improve on butter.
Steph was a Jamaican chef Helen worked with many years ago in Melbourne.
Muhammara is a spicy Levantine dip made from red peppers and walnuts.
This warming spiced rice is a definite show-stopper, the kind of meal you’d make for a special occasion.
There are very few things, in my book, which aren’t improved by a drizzle of creamy tahini sauce.
This is the dish Patrick Dempsey’s character tells Renée Zellweger’s Bridget Jones that he would have brought her on their imaginary second date in Bridget Jones’s Baby.
Growing up in Germany, Verena remembers two camps when it came to potato salad: camp mayo and camp oil/broth.
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If you want to spot a ‘Verena recipe’, the inclusion of butter and pastry are often clues, as is the use of mustard.