baked sweet and sour eggplant

Aubergine agrodulce

More Daily Veg: No fuss or frills, just great vegetarian food by Joe Woodhouse

In his dazzling new collection of recipes–a companion to the highly acclaimed Your Daily VegJoe Woodhouse takes his inspiration from countries as varied as Vietnam, Spain, Morocco and Greece, offering modern updates of traditional vegetarian dishes so they are healthier and more modern in their approach, as well as recipes with easy ways to approach sometimes less familiar but still straightforward dishes that always deliver on flavour and satisfaction.

Grouped together by ingredient, the recipes follow a simple format of short ingredients lists and easy-to-follow instructions for making the most delicious food that just happens to have no meat or fish in it.

About the Author

Joe Woodhouse has been vegetarian since the age of 10, teaching himself how to cook. He later trained as a chef and spent years working in kitchens such as Vanilla Black and the Towpath Café, as well as contributing to events with restaurants such as the Quality Chop house. Alongside being a chef, he is also a photographer, shooting with clients such as Soho Farmhouse, Belazu, Marmite, Asda, Hakkasan, and Coleman’s. He is lauded amongst colleagues–including Anna Jones and Nigella Lawson–for being the best vegetarian chef in the business. His work has featured in publications such as The New Yorker, Bon Appétit, Guardian, Observer, Metro, Evening Standard and Life & Thyme. (more…)

My Mom’s Sweet-and-Sour Baked Eggplant

My Mom's Sweet-and-Sour Baked Eggplant, Excerpted from Shuk by Einat Admony & Janna Gur (Artisan Books). Copyright © 2019. Photographs by Quentin Bacon. Used with permission from the publisher.

My Mom’s Sweet-and-Sour Baked Eggplant, Excerpted from Shuk by Einat Admony & Janna Gur (Artisan Books). Copyright © 2019. Photographs by Quentin Bacon. Used with permission from the publisher.

Salad for breakfast. Vegetables every which way. Earthy hummus and the primal delight of mopping it up with a torn pita. Soul-satisfying stews and soups. The light-as-a-cloud texture of real couscous. A profound love for chicken. Pilafs, shakshukas, grilled meats, and fish from the glittering sea. The vibrant, utterly delicious (and healthy!) pleasures of eating food alive with spice, bright with lemon and olive oil, and showered with fresh herbs.

These are just some of the reasons why Israeli food is so of the moment—because this is how we want to eat today. And all of it—from the simplest chopped salad to nutty, soft, crumbly Tahini Shortbread Cookies—is found in SHUK: From Market to Table, the Heart of Israeli Home Cooking.

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