At Home With Umami: Home-Cooked Recipes Unlocking The Magic Of Super-Savory Deliciousness

"British restaurateur and food entrepreneur Laura Santtini has hitched her wagon to the “fifth taste” — umami. In 2010 she launched “Taste #5 Umami Bomb” — all the savory flavors of umami, in a squeezable tube. Her cookbook, however, doesn’t simply push the product. It’s an eclectic collection of recipes that hop from country to country — croquetas and hamburger and rendang to madeleines and cheesecake. Each one turns up the volume on umami via anchovies, tomatoes, miso, Parmesan, whatever it takes. You can serve them up with an explanation about the fifth flavor if you like — or you can just quietly keep eating, before you lose your chance at seconds."