Named a Best Cookbook of the Year by NPR,The Los Angeles Times,Epicurious,Vice,Food Network,Good Housekeeping, and more, and a Best Cookbook of Fall 2023 byBon Appetit,Food & Wine,Eater,The Strategist, and more.

From the bestselling author ofThe Flavor EquationandSeasonand winner of the 2023 IACP Trailblazer Award: A fascinating exploration of the unique wonders of more than fifty vegetables through captivating research, stunning photography, and technique-focused recipes.

"Groundbreaking, inspiring, delicious: Nik SharmasVeg-Tableis everything Id hoped for and more!Nigella Lawson, author ofCook, Eat, Repeat

Nik Sharma, blogger atA Brown Table,Serious Eatscolumnist, and bestselling cookbook author, brings us his most cookable collection of recipes yet inVeg-table. Here is a technique-focused repertoire for weeknight mains for cooks of all skill levels looking to add more delicious and satisfying vegetable dishes to their diet.

Combining the scientific underpinnings ofThe Flavor Equationwith the inviting and personal recipes ofSeason, this book features more than fifty vegetables, revealing theirorigins, biology, and unique characteristics. Vegetable-focused recipes are organized into chapters by plant family, with storage, buying, and cooking methods for all. The result is arecipe collection of big flavors and techniques that are tried, true, and perfected by rigorous testing and a deep scientific lens.

Included here are Sharmas first-ever pasta recipes published in a cookbook: Pasta with Broccoli Miso Sauce, Shallot and Spicy Mushroom Pasta, and more. And vegetable-focused doesnt mean strictly vegetarian; bring plants and animal protein together with delicious recipes like Chicken Katsu with Poppy Seed Coleslaw and Crispy Salmon with Green Curry Spinach. A wide variety of hot and cold soups, salads, sides, sauces, and rice-, egg-, and bean-based dishes round out this collection.

Featuringmore than 100 of Sharmas gorgeous and evocative photographs, as well as instructive illustrations, this cookbook perfectly balances beauty, intellect, and delicious, achievable recipes.