Anna Jones

Over the past decade, Anna Jones has become the voice of modern vegetarian cooking. With more than a thousand recipes to her name, books translated into five languages, a Sunday Times bestseller in One, and Observer Food and Guild of Food Writers awards for The Modern Cook's Year, she is now the go-to cook for joyful, creative, plant-led food.

The voice of modern vegetarian cooking. Chef, writer and internationally acclaimed author.

Course

The Ultimate Guide to Vegetarian Cooking

Pioneering cook and writer Anna Jones teaches you the techniques and processes she uses to create delicious, stylish and sustainable food. In this course Anna pulls in her myriad of influences – from south-east Asian to Italian – and breaks down her approach to flavour, textur...

Lesson plan — 38 lessons
01 Introduction
  1. Meet Anna
    01 Meet Anna
  2. How is vegetarian cooking different?
    02 How is vegetarian cooking different?
  3. Instinctive nutrition
    03 Instinctive nutrition
02 Essentials
  1. Essential kitchen kit
    04 Essential kitchen kit
  2. Basic skills - part 1: organisation
    05 Basic skills - part 1: organisation
  3. Basic skills - part 2: knife skills
    06 Basic skills - part 2: knife skills
  4. Basic skills - part 3: dressings and flatbreads
    07 Basic skills - part 3: dressings and flatbreads
  5. Basic skills - part 4: seasonings, sauces and techniques
    08 Basic skills - part 4: seasonings, sauces and techniques
03 Anna's principles and key recipes
  1. Layering flavour - part 1
    09 Layering flavour - part 1
  2. Layering flavour - part 2
    10 Layering flavour - part 2
  3. Peanut and sweet potato massaman curry - part 1
    11 Peanut and sweet potato massaman curry - part 1
  4. Peanut and sweet potato massaman curry - part 2
    12 Peanut and sweet potato massaman curry - part 2
  5. Layering texture
    13 Layering texture
  6. Roast squash, mascarpone and crispy sage galette - part 1
    14 Roast squash, mascarpone and crispy sage galette - part 1
  7. Roast squash, mascarpone and crispy sage galette - part 2
    15 Roast squash, mascarpone and crispy sage galette - part 2
  8. Protein
    16 Protein
  9. Quick cucumber and tofu noodles with cashews, grapefruit nam jim and herbs
    17 Quick cucumber and tofu noodles with cashews, grapefruit nam jim and herbs
  10. Carrot, turmeric and ginger cake - part 1
    18 Carrot, turmeric and ginger cake - part 1
  11. Carrot, turmeric and ginger cake - part two
    19 Carrot, turmeric and ginger cake - part two
  12. Flavour swaps
    20 Flavour swaps
04 Flexibility and practicality in vegetarian cooking
  1. How to be a flexible cook - part 1
    21 How to be a flexible cook - part 1
  2. How to be a flexible cook - part 2
    22 How to be a flexible cook - part 2
  3. How to be a flexible cook - part 3
    23 How to be a flexible cook - part 3
  4. Flexible recipe roadmap - a traybake
    24 Flexible recipe roadmap - a traybake
  5. Flavour boosters
    25 Flavour boosters
  6. Batch cooking - part 1: chickpeas
    26 Batch cooking - part 1: chickpeas
  7. Batch cooking - part 2: lemon, maple and sea salt granola
    27 Batch cooking - part 2: lemon, maple and sea salt granola
05 A cook is only as good as their ingredients
  1. Sourcing
    28 Sourcing
  2. A cook is only as good as their ingredients - part 1
    29 A cook is only as good as their ingredients - part 1
  3. A cook is only as good as their ingredients - part 2
    30 A cook is only as good as their ingredients - part 2
  4. Store cupboard essentials - part 1
    31 Store cupboard essentials - part 1
  5. Store cupboard essentials - part 2
    32 Store cupboard essentials - part 2
06 How to waste less
  1. How to waste less
    33 How to waste less
  2. Anna’s no-waste ribollita - part 1
    34 Anna’s no-waste ribollita - part 1
  3. Anna's no-waste veg stock
    35 Anna's no-waste veg stock
  4. Anna’s no-waste ribollita - part 2
    36 Anna’s no-waste ribollita - part 2
07 Final touches
  1. Plating and styling
    37 Plating and styling
  2. Summary
    38 Summary

“I'm loving the Anna Jones vegetarian cookery course. She's very engaging and really informative. It's already supporting how I explore recipes (often hers!) and the enjoyment and tastes are building.”

Matthew

“I have subscribed to access all the courses so have watched one on interior design and this one with Butter Wakefield who specialises in small garden design. She has a lovely personality and comes across as being a ve...”

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“What a great investment, I have learned such a lot from the first three courses. My evenings have gone from not being able to find anything that captured my imagination on TV to learning and expanding my knowledge on ...”

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