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Staff Pick
Are we ever cooking from this cookbook! Author Anna Jones presents a fine, fat cookbook (352 pages) of creative vegetarian recipes. I've already made the Gentle Brown Rice — twice. Filled with nuts and loaded with aromatic spices, I've served this to guests and family alike. The second time I made the Gentle Brown Rice, I bought pork sausage to go into it, but then I thought better of it and left it out as the dish was perfect as presented. Also made by coworkers: Blueberry Pie Oatmeal, Cherry Poppy Seed Waffles, and Spiced Carrot and Cashew Salad. The salad was amazing; the roasted carrots with coconut cream were a delight for our whole office. We keep coming back to this book over and over again. It is awesome! A Modern Way to Eat is destined to be a vegetarian classic. Recommended By Tracey T., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
A beautifully photographed and modern vegetarian cookbook packed with quick, healthy, and fresh recipes that explore the full breadth of vegetarian ingredients—grains, nuts, seeds, and seasonal vegetables—from Jamie Oliver's London-based food stylist and writer Anna Jones.
How we want to eat is changing. More and more people cook without meat several nights a week and are constantly seeking to push the boundaries of their own vegetarian repertoire. At the same time, people want food that is a little lighter, healthier, and easier on our wallets, and that relies less on dairy and gluten. Based on how Anna likes to eat day to day—from a blueberry and amaranth porridge, to a quick autumn root panzanella, to a pistachio and squash galette—A Modern Way to Eat is a cookbook for how we want to eat now.
Review
"Anna Jones's simple vegetable recipes are easy enough to make on a Monday but flavorful enough to impress on a Friday. Her approach to recipe writing is informal and informative in an oh-so-British sort of way, not bogged down with hipness but brimming with cloud-like deliciousness. Jones has a clear singular voice executed with the precision of a pro in this cogent tome that will spend much more time on my kitchen counter than on my bookshelf."
Mario Batali
About the Author
Anna Jones is a cook, writer, and food stylist. She has worked with several well-known chefs—Yotam Ottolenghi, Henry and Tom Herbert (The Fabulous Baker Brothers), Sophie Dahl, Stevie Parle—and has cooked for British royalty and American presidents. She also helped Jamie Oliver create and grow his global food empire, styling, writing, and working behind the scenes. Jones's work has appeared in the Telegraph, Observer Food Monthly, Guardian, Jamie, and Delicious magazines. She lives, writes, and cooks in Hackney, East London.