Comfort and Joy: Irresistible Pleasures from a Vegetarian Kitchen -- Ravinder Bhogal, Hardcover

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

It's well-proven that a diet centering fruits, vegetables, beans, grains, and nuts is healthier for us and our planet, but talks of decreasing global meat and dairy intake have for too long been tied to narratives of culinary sacrifice. Ravinder Bhogal, award-winning chef and self-described "half-woman, half-hummus," knows better. In Comfort and Joy, she radically reclaims vegan and vegetarian cooking in all its abundance, with decadent, craveable recipes that bring together crisp okra fries with curry leaf mayonnaise, earthy roasted beet salad with blood orange and creamy burrata, whipped feta with tomatoes confit, and so much more.

With Bhogal's creative, approachable, veg-centric recipes for home cooks, each recipe in Comfort and Joy is the key to a new culinary life where wellness and indulgence are allies, deep frying is vegetable baptism, and "the vegetarian option" is always first choice.

Author: Ravinder Bhogal
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 09/12/2023
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.25lbs
Size: 9.80h x 7.60w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781526655370

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/21/2023

About the Author
Ravinder Bhogal was born in Kenya to Indian parents. A journalist, chef, and restaurateur, her food is inspired by her mixed heritage and the UK's diverse immigrant culture. 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, including the IACP award-winning Jikoni and the Gourmand World Cookbook Award-winning Cook in Boots. 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. She lives in London.