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Blog tour / review: "One-Hour Dairy-Free Cheese" by Claudia Lucero

Mar 1, 2019
6 min

Blog tour / review: "One-Hour Dairy-Free Cheese" by Claudia Lucero

In the past, Claudia Lucero's "One-Hour Cheese" was a much-used part of my kitchen; I'd used it to craft homemade goat cheese, ricotta, chevre, brie and others with Claudia's simple, step-by-step photo guidance. After switching to a plant-based lifestyle, I was eager to see how everyday pantry staples like raw nuts, seeds, and even cooked vegetables could be used to create healthy, delicious cheese replacements. Whether you're vegan, keeping kosher, allergic to dairy, or simp

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Lovechock: love yourself, love your chocolate!

Feb 8, 2019
1 min

Lovechock: love yourself, love your chocolate!

Lovechock is a raw cacao vegan chocolate founded by Laura Joy de Nooijer in Amsterdam in 2008 out of passion for raw cacao and passion for raw food. That same passion infuses Lovechock’s delicious line of organic raw chocolates, from 94% extra pure (perfect for use as a base in baking or desserts) to fruit-infused flavors like mulberry vanilla, pecan maca, goji orange and almond fig. Lovechock uses only cold-ground cacao from Arriba Nacional beans, as this superior variety of

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Cookbook review: Instant Indian

Jan 8, 2019
3 min

Cookbook review: Instant Indian

I'm so happy to share my friend Rinku Battacharya's new book "Instant Indian"; it features 100 authentic recipes from around India, including dals, idli, curries, chaat, biryani, pulao, and more! There are also recipes for paneer, no-knead naan, yogurt, and spice blends. I previously reviewed Rinku's excellent "Spices and Seasons"; in recent months, I've jumped on the Instant Pot bandwagon and have found myself purchasing several Indian and international cookbooks designed sp

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Shojin ryori 精進料理 class with Chagohan Tokyo

Oct 6, 2018
4 min

Shojin ryori 精進料理 class with Chagohan Tokyo

My journey into exploring / spreading shojin ryori included this fantastic hands-on cooking class in the heart of Asakusa / Kappabashi yesterday with Chagohan Tokyo's Shojin Ryori Buddhist Cuisine class. Several years ago, I purchased the excellent shojin ryori cookbook お寺ご飯 (also translated into French) by Reverend Kakuho Aoe 青江覚峰, head priest at Ryokusenji 緑泉寺 in Asakusa. Aoe-san developed the menu for owner and culinary instructor Masa Hirano of Chagohan Tokyo, and studen

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"Five Seasons in the Kitchen: Zen-Inspired Vegan Cooking"

Jan 22, 2018
3 min

"Five Seasons in the Kitchen: Zen-Inspired Vegan Cooking"

Avital Sebbag is an N.D.LI.ac certified natural therapist, specializing in nutrition and ancient Chinese medicine. A practitioner of the Kwan Um school of Zen, Avital’s stunning cookbook “Five Seasons in the Kitchen: Zen-Inspired Vegan Cooking” exudes exquisite harmony and utter simplicity that engages all the senses. Opened with several insightful forewords explaining the essence of Zen and the connection between mind, body, and healthy food, you’ll also find a guide to the

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The "I Love Trader Joe's" Vegetarian Cookbook

Jul 10, 2016
2 min

The "I Love Trader Joe's" Vegetarian Cookbook

Our first Trader Joe's recently opened, so I am thrilled to be able to review "The I Love Trader Joe's Vegetarian Cookbook!" I've long been a fan of Trader Joe's pantry staples, particularly their rice and grain blends, and was looking for new ways to put these pantry staples to use in my kitchen. (If you don't live close to a Trader Joe's, most of the ingredients can be substituted with whatever is available in your neck of the woods.) Beginning with breakfast, you'll find

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Peace and Parsnips: Adventurous Vegan Cooking for Everyone: 200 Plant-Based Recipes Bursting with Vi

Jul 7, 2016
6 min

Peace and Parsnips: Adventurous Vegan Cooking for Everyone: 200 Plant-Based Recipes Bursting with Vi

Longtime vegan Lee Watson works as a vegan chef at a retreat center in Snowdonia National Park, Wales. In “Peace and Parsnips,” he collects 200 of his favorite recipes for smoothies, salads, nibbles, big plates, curries, burgers, desserts and more to prove that vegan food doesn’t have to be limited to spongy tofu and rubber-like nut cutlets. Inspired by his travels to Mexico, Turkish bazaars, Europe, Indian spice markets, and beyond, with minimal fuss and plenty of accessible

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Peace and Parsnips: The Vegan Cookbook for Everyone

Jul 7, 2016
6 min

Peace and Parsnips: The Vegan Cookbook for Everyone

Longtime vegan Lee Watson works as a vegan chef at a retreat center in Snowdonia National Park, Wales. In “Peace and Parsnips,” he collects 200 of his favorite recipes for smoothies, salads, nibbles, big plates, curries, burgers, desserts and more to prove that vegan food doesn’t have to be limited to spongy tofu and rubber-like nut cutlets. Inspired by his travels to Mexico, Turkish bazaars, Europe, Indian spice markets, and beyond, with minimal fuss and plenty of accessible

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Mediterranean Harvest

Jul 6, 2016
3 min

Mediterranean Harvest

Martha Rose Shulman's Mediterranean Harvest owes a large debt to many who have gone before her, including Diane Kochilas, noted expert on Greek cuisine, and Clifford Wright, James Beard award-winning Mediterranean cookbook author. Shulman is quick to give credit where credit is due, and borrows widely from other culinary experts such as Carol Field (The Italian Baker) in areas of local expertise. With a glut of Mediterranean vegetarian cookbooks on the shelves such as The G

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Take your tastebuds on a culinary adventure along the Silk Road

Jun 7, 2016
3 min

Take your tastebuds on a culinary adventure along the Silk Road

I've been vegetarian for over ten years, and am always looking for creative, healthy ways to spice up my cooking. I've taught students from more than 100 countries, including many from Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan) who were eager to share their languages and cuisines with me. However, there are very few cookbooks that focus on this region, even less so from a vegetarian context, so this is one cuisine that remained relatively u

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The Vegetable Sushi Cookbook

Apr 14, 2016
4 min

The Vegetable Sushi Cookbook

Izumi Shoji, Japanese housewife and mother, is the hugely successful vegetarian blogger, author, and owner of the Izumi Shoji Cooking School in Tokyo. Izumi decided to become vegetarian after the birth of her daughter twenty-one years ago through a gradual transition to vegetarianism. Believing that vegetable dishes are colorful, bright, and beautiful (and more forgiving than cooking meat dishes), she started her blog in 2007 as there were no Japanese-language cookbooks on ve

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Vegan Without Borders

Feb 22, 2015
2 min

Vegan Without Borders

Robin Robertson, author of more than twenty cookbooks, proves that great flavors should have no boundaries in her newest cookbook “Vegan Without Borders.” Inside are 150 dishes from more than twenty different countries in Europe, Africa, India, Asia and the Americas that unite culinary traditions of the world’s cuisines with plant-based ingredients. Organized by country / region, the recipes (including comfort foods as well as global ethnic favorites) are simple and in most

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Silk Road Vegetarian

Jun 21, 2014
3 min

Silk Road Vegetarian

I've been vegetarian for over ten years, and am always looking for creative, healthy ways to spice up my cooking. I've taught students from more than 100 countries, including many from Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan) who were eager to share their languages and cuisines with me. However, there are very few cookbooks that focus on this region, even less so from a vegetarian context, so this is one cuisine that remained relatively u

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The Veggie-Lover's Sriracha Cookbook

Jul 19, 2013
4 min

The Veggie-Lover's Sriracha Cookbook

Sriracha has become the latest darling of the culinary world...this addictive blend of chiles, vinegar and garlic is giving traditional hot sauce a run for its money on tables across the country. Hot on the heels of The Sriracha Cookbook: 50 "Rooster Sauce" Recipes that Pack a Punch, Veggie-Lover's Sriracha Cookbook has 50 vegan "rooster sauce" recipes from drinks and snacks to soups, salads, main dishes, breakfast ideas and desserts. You'll find something to please every pal

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Easy, tasty vegetarian dishes from the shelves of Trader Joe's

Jan 27, 2013
3 min

Easy, tasty vegetarian dishes from the shelves of Trader Joe's

My city just got our first Trader Joe's last November, and I've been looking for easy, tasty ways to use the many intriguing finds I'd brought home (masala simmer sauce, mango ginger chutney, spice blends, frozen veggies, etc.). As a vegetarian, I was thrilled to see that Cooking with Trader Joe's Cookbook: Vegetarian was coming out. This cookbook is compiled from the other cookbooks in the series, including Cooking With All Things Trader Joe's Cookbook,Cooking With Trader

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Fresh from the Vegan Slow Cooker

Dec 1, 2012
3 min

Fresh from the Vegan Slow Cooker

I first heard of Robin Robertson from her yuba-wrapped vegetarian haggis in Fresh from the Vegetarian Slow Cooker: 200 Recipes for Healthy and Hearty One-Pot Meals That Are Ready When You Are. Now Robin has released a slow-cooker book catering to vegans, but you certainly don't have to be vegan (or even vegetarian!) to enjoy it. You'll find many surprising and tasty international influences within, like Vietnamese pho, three-bean cholent, Moroccan tempeh and chickpeas with pr

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Wild About Greens

Aug 15, 2012
2 min

Wild About Greens

One of my favorite things to buy every week is organic kale and mustard greens, but other than my standby recipe for kale chips or using it in soups, I wasn't really sure how to show it off to its best advantage. Enter Nava Atlas's "Wild About Greens," which will give you 125 vegan recipes for kale, collards, mustard greens, and more. The journey begins with a brief guide to preparation and an illustrated who's who of greens, from common varieties (spinach, kale, chard), to

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Kansha

Jun 18, 2011
3 min

Kansha

I was stationed in Japan for six months, and while there, I took four Japanese cooking classes. I purchased Kansha from Amazon Japan in December 2010, and enjoyed leafing through the many intriguing vegan recipes inspired by traditional Japanese Buddhism (because of my living arrangements in Japan, I didn’t have a kitchen in which to try out these recipes). Being vegetarian in Japan is more difficult than it sounds; nearly every Japanese dish (with the exception of shojin ryo

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Viva Vegan

Jul 17, 2010
3 min

Viva Vegan

Venezuelan-American cookbook author Terry Hope Romero (Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook) makes Latin food vegan-friendly in Viva Vegan! This collection of 200 vegan recipes includes offerings from Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. You’ll find updated favorites like tostones and mofongo (Puerto Rico), stuffed arepas (Venezuela and Colombia), tamales and tortas (Mexico), ropa vieja (Cuba), ceviche (Peru), and more. If you’re new to vegan and / or Lat

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Vegan Soul Kitchen

Jul 30, 2009
3 min

Vegan Soul Kitchen

Bryant Terry’s “Vegan Soul Kitchen,” on the heels of Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen, attempts a healthy makeover of soul food staples like pickled watermelon rinds, cornbread, collard greens, peach cobbler, grits, coleslaw and potato salad, accompanied by extensive playlists taken from jazz, soul and R&B. The book’s subtitle, “Creative African-American Cuisine,” is where “Vegan Soul Kitchen” truly shines: these aren’t just stripped-down recipes with animal products

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