"It's one of those books in which I immediately marked more than a dozen recipes to try, and the first on my list amazed me with its brilliance ... [the Cacio e Pepe soup] was magic." - Joe Yonan, The Washington Post
"These indulgent recipes elevate vegetables to star status... Bhogal's meticulous, beautifully written recipe notes bring childhood memories of family meals to life and relate the joy of meat-free cuisine for all home cooks. This is a winner." –
Publishers Weekly, starred review "Dishes that nourish while bringing joy, with vegetables taking center stage... Full of savory vegetarian recipes with an Indian flavor profile that are perfect for flavor-seeking foodies." –
Library Journal "A gorgeous and enticing marriage of styles and flavours that is uniquely Ravinder's." –
Claudia Roden "Never has a book been so aptly named. Ravinder Bhogal is a sorceress with vegetables. You'll find the unexpected and the startling on every page." –
Diana Henry "Ravinder is nothing less than the most original cookery writer in Britain today." –
Sathnam Sanghera "A revelation - inventive, bewitching and mouth-watering. Ravinder effortlessly plays with global culinary influences and conjures up what the title promises: soul-food comfort and a whole lot of joy." –
Meera Syal "A total joy." –
Nigella Lawson on JIKONI "Inventive, fresh and deliciously irreverent." –
Yotam Ottolenghi on JIKONI "Crazily, gloriously, life-affirmingly delicious ... homely, warm, kind but inventive (in the best way), rule-bending and thoughtful." –
Diana Henry on JIKONI "Displays the full range of [Bhogal's] 'lawless spirit, ' in recipes that deliciously combine her culinary heritage with the new possibilities from a global larder." –
Salman Rushdie on JIKONI
