Comfort and Joy

Name: Comfort and Joy
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781526655370
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Irresistible Pleasures from a Vegetarian Kitchen

By Ravinder Bhogal

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Comfort and Joy by Ravinder Bhogal offers a delightful journey through the author's culinary world, blending personal anecdotes with an exploration of recipes inspired by diverse cultural backgrounds. This book celebrates the power of food to comfort, connect, and express love, all while encouraging home cooks to experiment and savour each dish's stories and flavours. It's a heartfelt ode to the joys of cooking and the richness of sharing meals with loved ones.
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Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?

You might enjoy this book if you appreciate heartwarming culinary tales that blend diverse cultural influences with mouth-watering recipes. It's perfect for those who love exploring the intersections of memory, identity, and tradition through the art of cooking, offering both inspiration and delectable comfort.

From the IACP award-winning author of Jikoni, a cookbook celebrating indulgence in vegetarian and vegan home cooking.

"A total joy." --Claudia Roden on Jikoni
"Inventive, fresh, and deliciously irreverent." --Yotam Ottolenghi on Jikoni

A cookbook that celebrates the joy and abundance of vegetarian and vegan home cooking

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Harper's Bazaar BEST cookbook to buy now

Shortlisted for Fortnum & Mason Cookery Writer of the Year - Ravinder Bhogal for work in FT Weekend Magazine

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Vegetables are the soul of the kitchen.

Comfort and Joy is a fresh take on vegetarian and vegan cooking; not geared towards health or denial but indulging all the senses with a decadent global larder.

This is a cookbook of great bounty, promising fortifying curries and stews, the warm embrace of aromatic fried bhajis and rich, satisfying desserts. For Ravinder Bhogal, food should be made and shared with abundance in mind, and this sense of pleasure is conveyed on every page. From Mango and Golden Coin Curry, Shiro, Miso Udon Mushroom and Kale Carbonara to Strawberry Falooda Milk Cake, this is food as pursuit of pleasure.

Ravinder is one of the best food writers in Britain today, and interwoven throughout these recipes are stories of a life led by the feel-good, life-enhancing power of vegetarian food.

Raw, modern and sensual, Comfort and Joy applies Ravinder's creative ingenuity to approachable veg-centric recipes for home cooks. The vegetarian option will never again be relegated to second choice.

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'Nothing less than the most original cookery writer in Britain today' - Sathnam Sanghera

‘A gorgeous and enticing marriage of styles and flavours that is uniquely Ravinder’s’ - Claudia Roden

'A revelation—you will never look at "the vegetarian option" in the same way after diving into her inventive, bewitching and mouth-watering book' - Meera Syal

'Never has a book been so aptly named. Ravinder Bhogal is a sorceress with vegetables. You’ll find the unexpected and the startling on every page' - Diana Henry

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Comfort and Joy by Ravinder Bhogal has been warmly received, praised for its inventive and flavourful approach to vegetarian cooking. Reviewers highlight its vibrant blend of global culinary influences, particularly from India, Africa, and the Middle East. The book is celebrated not only for its delicious recipes but also for its heartfelt narrative that intertwines personal history with food.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526655370

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 25 May 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 198.0mm

Height: 248.0mm

Weight: 1060g

Pages: 272

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About the Author

Born in Kenya, to Indian parents, Ravinder Bhogal’s food is inspired by her mixed heritage and the UK’s diverse immigrant culture. Ravinder is a journalist, chef and restaurateur. Her debut restaurant, Jikoni, was ranked 56th in the UK by the National Restaurant Awards within 7 months of opening and achieved a coveted place in the Michelin Guide in the same year.
She has authored two books; her last Jikoni: Proudly Inauthentic Recipes from an Immigrant Kitchen,(Bloomsbury July 2020) won an IACP award for Best Restaurant Cookbook and was been shortlisted for the André Simon Award, and a Fortnum and Mason Award for Best Cookery Book. Her debut book Cook in Boots (HarperCollins, 2009) won the Gourmand World Cookbook Award for the UK’s Best First Cookbook and was awarded the first runners-up prize of the World’s Best First Cookbook at the Paris Cookbook Fair in February 2010.
In June 2020, Ravinder launched a sustainable vegetarian home delivery brand Comfort and Joy, a sister brand to Jikoni last year. Ravinder has frequently appeared on UK and Indian television, and she is a monthly food columnist for the FT Weekend Magazine and Guardian Feast, a contributing editor at Harper’s Bazaar, and regularly writes for The Observer Magazine and Vogue online.

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