PLANT ACADEMY: THE COOKBOOK

Subtitle Plant-based techniques & recipes for creative cooking

Lauren Lovatt, Sophie Dunster
Price $26.00 / £20.00
Description Description
Unlock a lifetime of luscious, satiating vegetable-centred meals by mastering the core ingredients and techniques of plant-based cooking.

Plant Academy: The Cookbook is the definitive foundational guide to plant-based cooking, placing natural, biodiverse, whole foods at the centre of the plate. Lauren Lovatt, visionary founder of the pioneering culinary school Plant Academy and author of Mind Food, shares her unique teaching expertise, demonstrating that plant-empowered dishes – free from meat, dairy and eggs – can be extraordinarily rich in texture and flavour, and beautiful to behold.

Starting with the staple ingredients that should be in every vegan’s pantry, the book moves on to explain all the elements of building a successful plant-based dish, from curating creative combinations to refining your plating style.

Learn over 50 techniques, including how to make:

  • Essential stocks and sauces
  • Nut milks and cheeses
  • Sprouted seeds, beans and legumes
  • Enticing smoked ingredients
  • Gut-healthy fermented foods
  • Key baking ingredients, including plant-based butter, flax ‘egg’ and gluten-free flour blends

The techniques and base recipes are accompanied by 40 full recipes, including:

  • Seasonal Poke Bowl
  • Adaptogen Adobo with Mushroom Mole
  • Smoked Broccoli Arepa
  • Courgette Cannelloni
  • Fermented Ginger Cheesecake
  • Almond, Peanut & Cacao Cookie Sandwiches
  • Kombucha-litas

With contributions from Plant Academy experts such as celebrated Michelin-green-starred chef Richard Buckley, plant-based food consultant Carolina Chinea, and award-winning author Rachel De Thample, alongside striking photography from Sara Kiyo Popowa (@shisodelicious) and delightful illustrations from Sophie Dunster (@Gung_ho_london), this cookbook is both authoritative and alluring.

Elevate your plant-based cooking with this innovative and inspiring essential guide.
Format:
Format Hardcover Book 192 Pages
ISBN:
ISBN 9780711290488
Size:
Size7.09 in x 9.06 in / 180.00 mm x 230.00 mm
Published:
Published Date January 16th, 2025
Lauren Lovatt

Lauren Lovatt is a plant based chef, culinary educator and entrepreneur who founded Plant Academy cookery school in 2019, a school created to inspire passion through plants through inviting the leading minds in the industry to teach on their signature Plant 123 chef training program. As well as a passion for plants Lauren’s main focus is bringing the conversation of Mental Health to the table through her revolutionary book Mind Food, released in 2022 after many years of curating supper clubs, hosting events at festivals, such as Wilderness and Shambla, and leading retreats on this important concept. Having travelled the world cooking and teaching she previously consulting for HOY Paris, Paris’ first plant based hotel, and currently working with Alchemy Academy Bali Lauren is forever evolving her own food art and conscious impact on the food world.

Sophie Dunster

Sophie Dunster is an illustrator and the founder of sustainable fashion brand Gung Ho, and her mission is to educate and inspire change through design.

Instagram: @gungho_studios
Website: gunghostudios.co.uk

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