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Vegan Cookbook Must Haves

Posted August 31, 2007 at 05:00 PM by James Flesher

Section: Her Health, Her Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Product Reviews, Recipes, Vegetarianism

Whether you are a vegetarian, a vegan, an enthusiastic omnivore or a reluctant carnivore who is grudgingly trying to fit some greens into your diet, these two cookbooks are must haves for every kitchen in America: Vegan Planet by Robin Robertson and Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the Wold: 75 Dairy-Free Recipes for Cupcakes that Rule by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero. I have several other cookbooks as well, including another by Ms. Moskowitz, but these are the two that have well-thumbed pages stuck together with peanut butter-cream frosting and vegetable broth.

Vegan Planet is more a tome than a cookbook, with 400 recipes broken into twenty chapters, shattering the myth that we vegans sit unsatisfied in kitchens and restaurants, quietly nibbling carrots and trail mix. It is a compendium of recipes so exhaustive that “Soups that Satisfy” warrant a separate chapter from her stew and chili recipes. Perhaps the best part about this cookbook is that I have yet to come across any complicated instructions or unusual ingredients. Ms Robertson asks us to bake and boil, even to poach, but never to blanch anything or to “fold in the batter.” Better yet, her recipes force you to expand your spice rack and your palette, always a positive, but without sending you on a wild goose chase through Chinatown for rare and exotic produce, spices or herbs.

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