Better Cooking

Cook yourself toward confidence and intuition in the kitchen with the 100+ must-make recipes in this phenomenal, joy-infused cookbook.

"This is the very book you need to teach you how to be inspired, confident and happy in the kitchen. Like its author, it’s a rambunctious delight!"
—Nigella Lawson

"The kind of book that makes anyone feel welcome. Deliciously fun, informative and simply makes me smile."
—Yotam Ottolenghi

"Generous, empowering and original—like having your own cheerleader in the kitchen."
—Anna Jones

Let Alice Zaslavsky, international bestselling author of the James Beard Book Awards nominee, In Praise of Veg, lead you on a journey to confident, intuitive cooking — because if you already enjoy the eating part, you have everything it takes to get better at the cooking part too. This vibrant kitchen manual contains stacks of vegetable-forward recipes that you’ll want to cook on a weekly basis and handy kitchen skills and thrills, to help build the foundations for a lifetime of better cooking. With Better Cooking there’s no pressure to be a perfect cook, but everyone can aspire to be a better cook, and therein lies the fun.

To help all cooks — from beginner to experienced — become better cooks, every recipe, tip and trick acts as another stepping stone to finding joy and confidence in the kitchen. Inside, you’ll find chapters including:

• Slapdash: really outstanding stuff simply thrown together

• On Autopilot: your new go-tos for quick and easy weeknight meals

• Making the Most of It: what to do with all those leftovers

• Loosen Your Shoulders: weekend projects and entertaining

• Seriously Good Sweeties: like, seriously good

Whether you’re already a dab hand, you’re a reluctant home cook who finds cooking a bit meh, or you’re starting from ‘which way do I hold a knife?’, Better Cooking has all the inspiration, hand-holding and cheerleading you need to relax into the rhythm and truly enjoy your time in the kitchen.

ALICE ZASLAVSKY is an award-winning author and food literacy advocate. Her vegetable bible, In Praise of Veg, is an international sensation, winning accolades around the globe, including being shortlisted for a James Beard Book Award for Vegetable-Focused Cooking.