On Vegetables - Modern Recipes for the Home Kitchen

The highly anticipated cookbook from Jeremy Fox, the California chef who is redefining vegetable-based cuisine with global appeal

Known for his game-changing approach to cooking with vegetables, Jeremy Fox first made his name at the Michelin-starred restaurant Ubuntu in Napa Valley. Today he is one of America's most talked-about chefs, celebrated for the ingredient-focused cuisine he serves at the Los Angeles restaurant, Rustic Canyon Wine Bar and Seasonal Kitchen. In his first book, Fox presents his food philosophy in the form of 160 approachable recipes for the home cook. On Vegetables elevates vegetarian cooking, using creative methods and ingredient combinations to highlight the textures, flavours, and varieties of seasonal produce and including basic recipes for the larder.

Brand: PHAIDON

Published on: 2017-04-17

Original language: English

Dimensions: 11.00" h x 1.38" w x 8.38" l,

Binding: Hardcover

320 pages

Review 

"It is not an understatement to say that Jeremy Fox makes the best-tasting vegetables on the planet." - David Chang

"One of the world's most inventive plant-based chefs." - Image Interiors & Living (Ireland)

"We love that Fox prefaces this collection of exquisitely beautiful vegetarian dishes with a ludicrously decadent mayo-filled grilled cheese sandwich because the two are not mutually exclusive. For gourmets of all stripes, then." - The Guardian, Cook

"Offers just as much theory as instruction for the sharply flavored, softly focused, gorgeously green cookery [Fox has] honed over the past decade... A must-read." - Eater

"...Vegetables have never sounded so exciting." - Tasting Table

"Chef Jeremy Fox's On Vegetables is a gorgeously-designed love letter to all things leafy, green, crunchy, crispy and above all, delicious." - Western Living

"Jeremy Fox is at the top of his game with his debut cookbook, a new restaurant and another on the way." - Wall Street Journal

"From sophisticated dishes... to recipes inspired by his childhood. [Fox] encourages readers to take advantage of the whole plant from seed to stalk to become better, smarter and thriftier home cooks." - Winq

"A much-anticipated first cookbook that presents his food philosophy in the form of 160 approachable, home cook-friendly recipes meant to elevate and highlight the textures and flavors of seasonal produce." - New Worlder

"Root-to-stalk cooking gets the fine-dining treatment in this gorgeous cookbook." - San Francisco Chronicle

"Vegetables are taking centre plate and chefs are giving them the star treatment... Fox [is] the visionary behind one of the best vegetarian restaurants in the country, the late Ubuntu in Napa." - Independent app

"The new cookbook chronicles a unique evolution... and soul-stirring food." - C, California Style Magazine

"A gorgeous tome that isn't so much a book for vegetarians as it is an ode to plant matter." - Inside Hook

"On Vegetables is a gorgeous and ambitious book, which encourages the reader to look at produce and plants in a different way." - LA Weekly

"Reading through the recipes, it's clear how Fox helped change the way American chefs approach produce... It's a cookbook mortals can use." - San Francisco Chronicle

"Most [recipes] are as pleasingly simple to create as they are simply pleasing to the eye." -New York Times/T, The New York Times Style Magazine

"Jeremy Fox is at the top of his game with his debut cookbook, a new restaurant and another on the way." - WSJ. Magazine

About the Author 

Jeremy Fox is an award-winning chef, having garnered accolades including Food & Wine "Best New Chef 2008", Los Angeles Times "Jonathan Gold's 101 Best Restaurants" 2013-2016, and three James Beard nominations for "Best Chef: West". He was previously at Ubuntu in Napa, CA, earning the restaurant a Michelin star and at Manresa in Los Gatos, CA. Fox is the executive chef at Rustic Canyon and Esters Wine Shop & Bar in Santa Monica, CA.

Noah Galuten is a food writer based in Los Angeles. He has written for several publications including LA Weekly and Los Angeles magazine. He was known for many years as the blogger behind Man Bites World and currently works for the Golden State restaurant group, where he oversees Bludso's Bar & Que locations, Prime Pizza, and Cofax in Los Angeles.

David Chang is the chef and founder of the Momofuku restaurant group, which owns and operates restaurants in the United States, Canada, and Australia.