Firth Henry - Bosh!: simple recipes, amazing food, all plants

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This book is dedicated to you, whoever and whatever you are. We hope this book pleases and delights you, and takes you on a journey.

BOSH! Copyright 2018 by Henry Firth and Ian Theasby. Design and copyright 2018 by HQ, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2018 by HQ, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

FIRST U.S. EDITION

Photography: Lizzie Mayson

Food Styling: Pip Spence

Prop Styling: Sarah Birks

Design & Art Direction: Paul Palmer-Edwards, GradeDesign.com

Senior Commissioning Editor: Rachel Kenny

Project Editor: Sarah Hammond

Head of Design: Louise McGrory

Digital Edition MAY 2018 ISBN: 978-0-06-285026-3

Version 04202018

Print ISBN: 978-0-06-282068-6

Were here to show you how you can eat delightful meals that are both easy to cook and incredibly satisfying, all using just plants.

Let us introduce you to a new way of thinking about food; one that weve developed and perfected together over the last three years, and that is becoming increasingly popular.

It involves eating delicious, hearty, even indulgent meals that are both comfortingly familiar and exciting, and without any need for meat or dairy.

Its also a new way of cooking. Animal products are so ingrained in the human diet that weve had tens of thousands of years to hone the art of cooking with them. But the concept of cooking without meat and dairy is still relatively new. Which can only mean one thing: there is so much potential yet to be unleashed from plant-based eating.

We promise youll find in this book your new, fail-safe family favorites, inspiring lunch ideas, showstoppers thatll impress even the most staunch steak-lover, tasty snacks, outrageously good desserts (were pretty good at those, if we do say so ourselves), and awesome cocktails, every one bursting with flavor.

So, whether youre thinking about reducing the amount of meat you eat, or you dont eat animal products at all, this book is for you.

BOSH!

If youd told us three years ago we were going to spend our lives cooking and eating amazing plant-based food, we wouldnt have believed you. We were a couple of mates from Sheffield who ate meat every single week.

Now we run BOSH!, the biggest plant-based online channel in the world. Our food creations were viewed by half a billion people in our first year and our most popular recipe videos have been viewed over 50 million times. We never expected to have that kind of success, and it has been humbling.

I was the one to first cut out animal products.

Ian

I mocked Ian when he went vegan, and asked him where hed get his protein from. But eventually he won me over. That and the whole saving the world by not eating mass-produced animal products thing.

Henry

After cutting out animal products entirely, both of us felt fantastic. But we had to re-learn how to cook and find food when we were out and about. We also found that the vegan food available in restaurants or in cookbooks was often, frankly, not very good.

We saw an opportunity. Since then, its been our lifes mission to show people how to make delicious plant-based meals. However often they choose to do that.

And now, after three years of eating plant-based food, weve mastered a new style of cooking, one made popular through a new breed of internet chefs, where novelty and wow-factor presentation are just as important as taste and ease.

With this new style of cooking, weve created all-plants versions of classic dishes that are free from meat, eggs, and dairy, but still totally scrumptious. You know your favorite dishes, the ones youve learned by heart and use again and again? Well these are your new go-to classics.

Everything we do is aimed at showing just how easy it is to eat more plants. We also want to prove how delicious, hearty, and satisfying plant-based food can be.

We cook, drink, and film delicious recipes for the world, all from our home studio in East London.

x Henry and Ian

Cook fast food fast. Spend time on showstoppers.

Sometimes you just need to eat quick, and you reach for your classic speedy dishes. Check out our chapter for masterpieces that take that little bit longer (but the results are well worth it).

Get it right. First time. These are high-quality recipes.

Every recipe in this book has been rigorously and repeatedly tested again and again by us and our wonderful food team. We give you our word that these recipes work to a level that many in other cookbooks do not. These are high-quality recipes. Get the right tools, follow the instructions, and you can easily cook these meals to perfection.

To make it easier for you to work quickly, weve also included the preparation instructions (like peeling and chopping) in the method. This ensures that you make the best use of your time, cooking as quickly as possible. Weve also included a before you start section above each recipe method, to highlight any special equipment you need or anything you should do before you start cooking. All oven temperatures are for convection ovens, so adjust the temperature if you have a conventional oven.

Create restaurant-quality meals at home

Check out our section to create menus as good as (or better than) anything youll get from a restaurant or takeout, with dishes that complement each other.

Whether youre in the mood for an Asian blowout, an Indian banquet, a Tex-Mex spread, or a big Sunday lunch, youll find everything you need in this book.

Watch videos to see how we do it

Looking for a helping hand when cooking a recipe? Weve created a simple, top-down recipe video for the trickier dishes so you can see exactly how to cook them, step by step. Check out our website www.bosh.tv