POLPO

Closed, opens at noonIndependent shop in FremontDirections

Available from Book Larder when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

UK Import, metric measurements. Tucked away in a backstreet of London's edgy Soho district, POLPO is one of the hottest restaurants in town. Critics and food aficionados have been flocking to this understated bacaro where Russell Norman serves up dishes from the back streets of Venice. A far cry from the tourist-trap eateries of the famous floating city, this kind of cooking is unfussy, innovative and exuberantly delicious. The 140 recipes in the book include caprese stacks, zucchini shoestring