This page lists some of the best and most
notable books about veganism/vegetarianism
(all books support a completely vegan lifestyle/diet).
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Local
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Compassionate Souls: Raising the Next Generation to Change the World
by local author JoAnn Farb
 Description:
How we raise children to be compassionate,
and healthy individuals in a world that
is stressful, commercialized and violent
is a challenge we all face. Educator,
parent and activist JoAnn Farb offers
practical suggestions on raising your
children to honor your values and not
those dictated by advertisers and corporations.
Farb shows you how you can create an
environment where your children think
for themselves, deliver sound judgments,
and make thoughtful choices. She presents
vital information on giving your children
the best start in life: from conscious
pregnancy, to giving birth with the
minimum of medical intervention, breastfeeding,
playing, living in community, and making
informed decisions about vaccination
and homeschooling.
"An enriching and encouraging
guide to the art of conscious parenting.
The more people who read this book and
take it to heart, the better equipped
the next generation and we will be to
assist them along their life's purpose."
—John Robbins, founder of EarthSave
and author of Diet for a New America
and Reclaiming Our Health
Note
about local author JoAnn Farb: JoAnn
Farb is a biologist by training and
a writer and activist. She is married
with two children and lives in the Kansas
City area. Read more about her on Famous
Veggie's Celebrity Interview with JoAnn
Farb. You can also visit the Compassionate
Souls Web site. |
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Peace to All Beings: Veggie Soup for the Chicken's Soul
by local author Judy McCoy Carman
Description:
This visionary book of hope for a world at peace is also an excellent reference for animal activists who wish to explore the interconnectedness of animal rights, ecology, world peace and social justice. Peace to All Beings shows how animal rights and liberation are an essential part of any movement that is working to make the world a better place. It is a valuable aid for anyone seeking to live in harmony with the values of compassion, nonviolence and reverence for all life.
"A valuable resource for those seeking to expand the circle of compassion to include all of our animal friends through spiritual meditation, prayer, and visualization."—Elliot M. Katz, DVM, President, In Defense of Animals
Note
about local author Judy McCoy Carman: Carman is a former therapist and program director for mental health clinics, and a dedicated activist for animal rights, environmental protection, justice and peace. She is the author of Born to Be Blessed: Seven Keys to Joyful Living, founder of the Circle of Compassion Initiative, co-founder of Animal Outreach of Kansas and co-coordinator of the Prayer Circle for the Animals. |
Other Important Books of Inspiration
and Education |
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Meat Market: Animals, Ethics, and Money
by Erik Marcus
Description (by Steve Tarver): "Eight
years ago, Marcus wrote Vegan: the New
Ethics of Eating. Since that time, he
has seen every side of animal protection
movements, become dissatisfied with
their progress, and developed strategies
to improve them. If every major industry
(including our competition) has a board
to analyze and evaluate their effectiveness,
so should the animal protection movements.
Yet, somehow, this has been overlooked.
Marcus provides Meat Market as a welcome
first step towards movement refinement
and evolution..." [read
entire review] |
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Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating, Revised Edition
by Erik Marcus
Description: In this book, you will find
the latest information about how what
you eat affects your health, the environment,
and the existence of the animals who
share this planet. Vegan explains clearly
how simple but significant the switch
to an all-plant diet can be. Adding
weight to Marcus's own arguments are
in-depth discussions of ground-breaking
work by internationally respected experts. Download
this book for free!
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Animal Liberation
by Peter Singer
Description: Since its original publication
in 1975, this groundbreaking work has
awakened millions of concerned men and
women to the shocking abuse of animals
everywhere—inspiring a worldwide
movement to eliminate much of the cruel
and unnecessary laboratory animal experimentation
of years past. In this newly revised and
expanded edition, author Peter Singer
exposes the chilling realities of today's
"factory forms" and product-testing
procedures—offering sound, humane
solutions to what has become a profound
environmental and social as well as moral
issue. An important and persuasive appeal
to conscience, fairness, decency and justice,
Animal Liberation is essential
reading for the supporter and the skeptic
alike. |
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Diet for a Small Planet (20th Anniversary Edition)
by Frances Moore Lappé
Description: Here is the extraordinary
bestselling book that taught America
the social and personal significance
of a new way of eating—one that
remains a complete guide for eating
well. Featuring: simple rules for a
healthy diet; a streamlined, easy-to-use
format; delicious food combinations
of protein-rich meals without meat;
hundreds of wonderful recipes, and much
more.
"This is probably the book that
inspired me to take the leap and never
look back. After reading it, I knew
what I was doing was right enough to
be a lifelong commitment. This is the
premier work against agribusiness. There
are many good recipe books now—this
one is not about good recipes. You read
it and become empowered. You see so
many broken things in the world.
She documents and references every statement
and then gives you a simple place to
start. As an engineer, you learn to
decompose problems. Divide the complex
problem until it is small enough to
tackle. All of the earth's woes can
be subdivided to a common starting
point for all humans—vegetarianism.
Read, learn, act. This book shows that.
Start with the single step and watch
it grow." —Steve Tarver,
VegKC Member |
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Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health (California Studies in Food and Culture)
by Marion Nestle
Description: In this engrossing expose,
Marion Nestle goes behind the scenes to
reveal how the competition really works
and how it affects our health. We learn
that the food industry plays politics
as well as or better than other industries,
not least because so much of its activity
takes place outside the public view. Editor
of the 1988 Surgeon General's Report on
Nutrition and Health, Nestle is uniquely
qualified to lead us through the maze
of food industry interests and influences.
She vividly illustrates food politics
in action: watered-down government dietary
advice, schools pushing soft drinks, diet
supplements promoted as if they were First
Amendment rights. When it comes to the
mass production and consumption of food,
strategic decisions are driven by economics--not
science, not common sense, and certainly
not health. An accessible and balanced
account, Food Politics will forever
change the way we respond to food industry
marketing practices. By explaining how
much the food industry influences government
nutrition policies and how cleverly it
links its interests to those of nutrition
experts, this pathbreaking book helps
us understand more clearly than ever before
what we eat and why. |
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Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet
by Frances Moore Lappé, Anna Lappé
Description: The author of the classic
Diet for a Small Planet and
her daughter travel the world, discovering
practical visionaries who are making
a difference in world hunger, sometimes
one village at a time.
Thirty
years ago Frances Moore Lappé
started a revolution in the way Americans
think about food and hunger. Now Frances
and her daughter, Anna, pick up where
Diet for a Small Planet left
off. Together, they set out on an around-the-world
journey to explore the greatest challenges
we face at the new millennium.
Traveling
to Asia, Africa, Latin America, and
Europe, they discovered answers to the
most urgent issue of our time: Whether
we are able to transcend today's consumerism
and the isolation of "me-first"
capitalism and find the paths that each
of us can follow to heal our lives and
the planet. Featuring nearly seventy
recipes from celebrated vegetarian culinary
pioneers-including Alice Waters, Mollie
Katzen, Laurel Robertson, Nora Pouillon,
and Anna Thomas-Hope's Edge highlights
true trailblazers engaged in social,
environmental, and economic transformations.
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The Case for Animal Rights
by Tom Regan
More than twenty years after its original
publication, The Case for Animal Rights
is an acknowledged classic of moral philosophy,
and its author is recognized as the intellectual
leader of the animal rights movement.
In a new and fully considered preface,
Regan responds to his critics and defends
the book's revolutionary position.
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Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won't Eat Meat
by Howard Lyman
Description: A fourth-generation Montana
farmer, Lyman is now one of America's
leading spokesmen for vegetarianism. Here
he blasts through the propaganda of the
beef and dairy industries (and the government
agencies that often protect them) and
exposes an animal-based diet as the primary
cause of cancer, heart disease, and obesity
in this country. Persuasive, straightforward,
and full of the down-home good humor and
optimism of a son of the soil, Mad Cowboy
is both an inspirational story of personal
transformation and a convincing call to
action for a plant-based diet—for
the good of the planet and the health
of us all. |
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Diet for a New America: How Your Food Choices Affect Your Health, Happiness and the Future of Life on Earth
by John Robbins
Description: Diet for a New America
is the single most eloquent argument
for a vegetarian lifestyle ever published.
Eloquently, evocatively, and entertainingly
written, it is a can't-put-down book
guaranteed to amaze, infuriate, but
ultimately educate and empower the reader.
A pivotal book nominated for the Pulitzer
Prize for Non-Fiction in 1987. |
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The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World
by John Robbins & Dean Ornish, M.D.
Description: Here, the man who started
the "food revolution" with the
million-plus-selling Diet for a New
America, boldly posits that, collectively,
our personal diet can save ourselves and
the world. If, according to chaos theory,
the beating of a butterfly's wing can
cause a hurricane in another part of the
world, try this out for chaotic cause
and effect: monarch butterflies are dying
in droves due to genetically-engineered
corn growing in the Midwest. There is
also a direct correlation between the
Big Mac in your hand and the mile-wide
river now running across the North Pole.
Learn the truth about foods we are eating
that are, in Robbins' words, "unsafe
on any plate." |
Learn More About Being Vegan / Vegetarian |
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Becoming Vegan: The Complete Guide to Adopting a Healthy Plant-Based Diet
by Vesanto Melina, et al
Description: The authors, who are dieticians,
explore the benefits of a vegan diet.
More and more people are being motivated
to become vegans because of the impact
of their nutritional choices on their
health, the environment, animal rights,
and human hunger. |
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The Vegan Sourcebook
by Joanne Stepaniak
Description: In The Vegan Sourcebook,
long-time activist Joanne Stepaniak further
explores and illuminates the principles
and practical aspects of compassionate
living. |
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Being Vegan
by Joanne Stepaniak
Description: In Being Vegan,
renowned activist and award-winning on-line
columnist Joanne Stepaniak presents the
definitive Q&A primer on an often
misunderstood life choice. Fielding questions
from friends and foes, she describes how
compassion, kindness, and mercy to animals
can be integrated into everyday life.
It covers living the vegan philosophy
and ethic, discovering hidden animal products
and ingredients, and more. |
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The Vegetarian Way: Total Health for You and Your Family
by Virginia Messina, Mark Messina
Description: The Vegetarian Way
is the vegetarian bible. It is an authoritative,
comprehensive, single-source reference
book for the growing number of people
who are embracing a vegetarian diet, as
well as for more than 12 million Americans
who are already committed vegetarians. |
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Food for Life: How the New Four Food Groups Can Save Your Life
by Neal MD Barnard
Description: Citing overwhelming medical
evidence previously downplayed by powerful
lobby groups, Dr. Barnard reveals why
a diet based on the new four food groups
(grains, legumes, vegetables, and fruits)
will sharply decrease the risk of cancer
and heart disease and dramatically increase
life expectancy. He also unveils a 21-day
program for a smooth transition to the
new way of eating healthfully. |
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Breaking the Food Seduction: The Hidden Reasons Behind Food Cravings---And 7 Steps to End Them Naturally
by Neal D. Barnard, et al
Description: Based on the author’s
research and that of other leading investigators
at major universities, Breaking the Food
Seduction reveals the diet and lifestyle
changes that can break these stubborn
craving cycles. Using everyday examples,
questionnaires, and practical tips, the
book delivers: Fascinating new insights
into the chemical reasons behind your
cravings; seven simple steps to break
craving cycles and tame your appetite;
important advice for kids’ sugar
cravings and how to halt them; a three-week
kick-start program; one hundred delicious,
satisfying recipes that help your body
break the spell of problem foods and put
you on the path to weight loss, better
health, and greater well-being. This accessible
and practical book is essential reading
for anyone who wants to lose weight, lower
cholesterol, feel more energetic, and
get control of their health once and for
all. |
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The Vegan Diet As Chronic Disease Prevention: Evidence Supporting the New Four Food Groups
by Kerrie K. Saunders
Description: The Vegan Diet as Chronic
Disease Prevention explores the mountain
of evidence that suggests that a diet
free of animal products can have radically
beneficial effects on many conditions
that affect vast numbers of Americans.
Dr. Saunders provides an exhaustive list
of references and sources in arguably
the most comprehensive argument in print
for the human health benefits of the vegan
diet. |
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Vegan and Vegetarian Cookbooks
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How It All Vegan!: Irresistible Recipes for an Animal-Free Diet
by Tanya Barnard & Sarah Kramer
Description: When How It All Vegan!:
Irresistible Recipes for an Animal-Free
Diet was published in 1999, authors
Tanya Barnard and Sarah Kramer were hailed
for their fun and outlandish approach
to vegan cooking, taking it out of the
realm of the staid and the boring to create
truly original animal-free dishes. How
It All Vegan! was a Book Sense 76
selection and has sold 50,000 copies to
date. |
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The Garden of Vegan: How It All Vegan Again!
by Tanya Barnard & Sarah Kramer
Description: Get tempted by an inspiring
array of vegan recipes. The Garden
of Vegan: How It All Vegan Again!
picks up where the first book left off.
Tanya and Sarah, vegan chefs extraordinaire,
have created truly delectable, truly original
new recipes that manage to leave the animal
products (including butter, milk, cheese
and honey) where they belong, with their
natural owners. Where How It All Vegan!
was, in many ways, a bible for the
uninitiated vegan, The Garden of Vegan
goes one step further, offering recipes
for a more sophisticated palate that add
funky twists to familiar dishes bursting
with color and flavor. At the same time,
they are fun and easy to prepare, even
for those of us who find boiling water
a challenge.
Whether you're a full-time vegan or just
interested in creating fabulous animal-free
meals, The Garden of Vegan will
lead you into temptation with its inspiring
array of vegan goodies. So skip that steak
and forget that fish. It's time to discover
how it all vegan, again! |
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Vegan Vittles: Recipes Inspired by the Critters of Farm Sanctuary
by Joann Stephaniak
Description: Yours for the making are
Seitan Salami, Vegan Lox and Bagels, Swiss
Fondue, Classic Quiche and more. Renowned
vegan cookbook author Joanne Stepaniak
teams up with Farm Sanctuary founders
Lorri and Gene Bauston to present a plethora
of delicious dishes for you to enjoy without
meat, eggs or dairy products. Included
are sections on veganism, what to substitute
for animal products, information on factory
farming and the history and mission of
Farm Sanctuary. Nutritional information
provided by Suzanne Havala, primary author
of the American Dietetic Association's
position paper on vegetarian diets. |
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The Ultimate Uncheese Cookbook: Delicious Dairy-Free Cheeses and Classic "Uncheese" Dishes
by Joanne Stepaniak
Description: This is the perfect cookbook
for those who need or want to eliminate
dairy products but still enjoy their favorite
dishes. This tenth anniversary edition
offers completely new versions of the
acclaimed, original recipes plus many
new ones. You'll discover a whole new
world of flavorful, cheesy-tasting dishes
without the cholesterol and dairy allergies
that can be harmful to your health. Whether
for family dining or elegant entertaining,
you'll find recipes that will suit the
occasion. Renown nutritionist and dietitian,
Vesanto Melina, brings you up-to-date
on the latest research about dairy and
your health. Tables and charts show calcium,
protein, and other nutrients in a variety
of plant foods to help you safely replace
dairy in your diet. And this new edition
contains designations for each recipe
to indicate whether it is gluten, soy,
nut, yeast, and/or corn free for people
who are sensitive to a wide range of food
allergens. |
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Cooking With Peta: Great Vegan Recipes for a Compassionate Kitchen
by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Description: PETA has been one of the
foremost organizations advocating compassion
for animals. One of the cornerstones of
this advocacy is the use of substitutes
for meat, dairy, eggs, honey, and other
foods derived from animals. Cooking
with PETA will show you just how
easy and delicious it is to create healthful
meals without imposing on the other species
of the planet. |
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The New Vegan Cookbook: Innovative Vegetarian Recipes Free of Dairy, Eggs, and Cholesterol
by Lorna J. Sass & Jonelle Weaver
Description: Acclaimed author Lorna Sass,
creator of the hit New Soy Cookbook,
once again displays her talent for combining
good health with great taste. With a little
flair and an abundance of whole grains,
beans, fresh fruits and vegetables, and
herbs and spices, it's easy to create
the exciting recipes presented in The
New Vegan Cookbook. Satisfying and
cholesterol-free, even kosher cooks will
find they can slip these cooking ideas
into almost any type of menu. Striking
color photographs illustrate the wide
variety of tasty choices available for
budding vegans or those already versed
looking for new options. From savory Mediterranean
Red Lentil Paté to sweet, creamy
Chocolate Rice Pudding, The New Vegan
Cookbook offers recipes guaranteed
to entice any palate. |
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Lorna Sass' Complete Vegetarian Kitchen: Where Good Flavors and Good Health Meet
by Lorna J. Sass
Description: The country's foremost authority
on innovative vegan cooking offers 250
cholesterol-free recipes. Featuring a
complete A-Z glossary of wholesome ingredients
for stocking the vegan pantry (no meat,
dairy, or eggs), including advice on selection
and storage. Fans of Lorna's innovative
vegan cooking all agree that she has a
great talent for combining flavors, textures,
and colors to create food that tastes
as good as it looks. Applying her expertise
as the country's leading authority on
the pressure cooker, Lorna frequently
offers directions for using this time-saving
appliance alongside standard cooking instructions.
With menu-planning tips, and an extensive
glossary of ingredients, this volume is
for anyone seeking a healthy new definition
of fast food. |
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The New Laurel's Kitchen: A Handbook for Vegetarian Cookery and Nutrition
by Laurel Robertson, et al
Description: The New Laurel's Kitchen
includes plenty of simple, beat-the-clock
recipes—who doesn't need them? But
it refuses to blur the distinction between
natural foods and fast foods. If you need
forty-five minutes to bake a potato or
cook brown rice, fine. That's good, solid
wind-down time, precious in today's hurried
world: time to cut up green beans, or
prepare a cauliflower curry; time for
the children to dry the lettuce and help
make an Apple Bread Pudding. Laurel's
kitchen has its own pace—a human
pace, that lets other things happen besides
just dinner. Good health is the first
concern here, and foods that support it
are rendered irresistible: dishes like
Mushrooms Petaluma, Poppyseed Noodles,
Lazy Pirogi, and Sebastapol Pizza. These
are well-tested and innately manageable
recipes, homespun, but with a generous
splash of the sophistication that has
swept the food world in recent years. |
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Vegan Planet: 400 Irresistible Recipes with Fantastic Flavors from Home and Around the World
by Robin Robertson
Description: This book introduces a world
of delicious choices to the millions of
Americans who are vegans, vegetarians
looking to move away from dairy, or non-vegetarians
who have food sensitivities. |
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The Candle Cafe Cookbook: More Than 150 Enlightened Recipes from New York's Renowned Vegan Restaurant
by Joy Pierson
Description: The food at the Candle Cafe
expands the horizons of vegan cuisine,
proving that the healthiest food can also
be the most flavorful and satisfying.
From delectable appetizers like Quesadillas
stuffed with Portobellos and Red Peppers
and Tofu Satay with Coconut-Peanut Sauce
to classic dips like Hummus and Babaganoush,
veggan cooking never tasted this good.
Even the soups are special—Spring
Vegetable Minestrone Soup is filled with
fresh flavor, and Butternut Squash Soup
gets a kick from toasted pumpkin seeds.
Hearty, satisfying sandwiches and main
courses like Barbecued Tempeh-Chipotle
Burgers with Grilled Pineapple, Porcini
Mushroom Stroganoff, and Indian Eggplant
Curry are infused with delicious flavors
from around the world. For dessert, treats
like Chocolate Mousse Pie and Lemon-Tofu
Cheesecake with Blood Orange Glaze are
creamy and indulgent. With helpful tips
on cooking beans and grains, a full glossary
of ingredients, and plenty of color photographs,
The Candle Cafe Cookbook is a treasure
trove of vegan recipes that have been
drawing crowds and raves for years. |
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The Voluptuous Vegan: More Than 200 Sinfully Delicious Recipes for Meatless, Eggless, and Dairy-Free Meals
by Myra Kornfeld, et al
Description: There are many great reasons
to eat vegetarian meals—they're
low in saturated fat, high in fiber, and
chock-full of nutrients. But the considerable
health benefits aside, gourmets often
scoff at the likes of seitan and tofu,
while vegans despair of dull, uninspired
offerings. Until now. In The Voluptuous
Vegan, Myra Kornfeld introduces creative,
mouthwatering, truly voluptuous recipes
that inject this incredibly healthy cuisine
with a much-needed dose of culinary mastery,
including:
* full, balanced menus with appetizer,
main course, and side dishes
* a luscious array of soups and an ingenious
selection of desserts
* invaluable information on terms, ingredients,
and techniques
* a culinary world tour including Latin
America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle
Fast, as well as Europe and the United
States |
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Everyday Vegan: 300 Recipes for Healthful Eating
by Jeani-Rose Atchison, Audrey Colman
Description: The vegan recipes in this
book are based on the premise that eating
whole natural foods enhances the body's
innate healing abilities. Everyday
Vegan inspires readers to take responsibility
for their well-being by giving them knowledge
and confidence in meal preparation. The
book also includes kid-tested menus for
nurturing a vegetarian child, explanations
on how certain food components work in
the body, and cleaning tips for a chemical-free
home. |
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Sinfully Vegan: Over 140 Decadent Desserts to Satisfy Every Vegan's Sweet Tooth
by Lois Dieterly
Description: In Sinfully Vegan,
author Lois Dieterly shows you over
140 vegan dessert recipes that allow
you to pamper your palate with healthy
foods and still indulge in all your
favorite sweets. Dieterly has "veganized"
the traditional desserts we all know
and love—like chocolate cake,
fudge, cheesecake, apple pie, and strawberry
shortcake—without sacrificing
their sensational flavor, and has created
dozens of mouth-watering confections
that are guaranteed to satisfy even
the most discerning dessert-lover. Sinfully
Vegan covers the full spectrum of desserts—from
cakes, candies, cookies, and brownies
to pies, tarts, puddings, and quick
breads.
Complete with helpful baking and preparation
tips, creative recipe variations, nutritional
breakdowns for each recipe, and featuring
almost fifty wheat-free alternatives,
Sinfully Vegan is the ultimate
vegan dessert resource and an essential
addition to your cookbook collection. |
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Vegan Deli: Wholesome Ethnic Fast Food
by Joanne Stepaniak
Description: Acclaimed vegan cookbook
author Joanne Stepaniak presents a rich
legacy of meat- and dairy-free deli dishes
using healthful, wholesome ingredients
that echo authentic New York delicatessen
flavor. Enjoy fresh and marinated salads,
tempting spread, tangy pickles, hot noodle
dishes, casseroles, and soups of every
ilk. These dishes are perfect for lunches,
brunches, buffets, potluck gatherings,
parties or when company's coming. And
they're economical, fast, and easy to
make! |
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Table for Two: Meat- and Dairy-Free Recipes for Two
by Joanne Stepaniak
Description: Table For Two offers
recipes that are quick, nutritious, and
easy. Most of them take under 30 minutes
to prepare! With just a few ingredients
and simple directions, anyone can have
the great taste of family style cooking
without all the leftovers and time-consuming
preparations experienced with conventional
recipes that feed four or more people.
Sections include setting up a kitchen
for two, setting up a pantry for two,
cooking tips for small-portion cooking
and dining, kid-pleasing recipes, and
super duper quick & easy recipes. |
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Millennium Cookbook: Extraordinary Vegetarian Cuisine
by Eric Tucker, et al
Description: Millennium, arguably the
best vegetarian restaurant in San Francisco,
finally shares its secrets. Millennium,
a true gourmet restaurant, presents elegant,
innovative, inspired cuisine that happens
to be as healthy as it is delicious. This
book entices the accomplished cook to
explore exquisite dishes that will surprise
and delight any dinner party—even
if your guests are not vegetarians. Some
of the dishes are simple to prepare, but
most are intricate and time consuming
and include subrecipes, making this book
best for artistic cooks who revel in new,
inventive recipes. For example, the recipe
for luscious Moroccan Filo Crescents with
Curried Golden Tomato Sauce takes more
than a page, and references three other
recipes. All recipes are vegan—no
meat, eggs, or dairy—and most are
very low in fat. Nutritional breakdown
is provided for each recipe, and the food
photos are gorgeous. The Millennium
Cookbook is an impeccable gift for
the inspired cook in your life. —Joan
Price, Amazon.com |
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The Artful Vegan: Fresh Flavors from the Millennium Restaurant
by Eric Tucker, et al
Description: Anyone who says haute cuisine,
big flavor, and vegan cooking can't go
together hasn't been to San Francisco's
famed Millennium Restaurant. Since 1994,
Millennium has created a sumptuous vegan
experience, which was first made available
to home cooks in the revolutionary Millennium
Cookbook. Now, Chef Eric Tucker brings
us another collection of his mind-blowing
vegan fare in The Artful Vegan.
Bringing the farmers' market to fine dining,
these 140 new recipes are fresh, impassioned
vegan interpretations of traditional and
contemporary global cuisine—and
they're nutritious, meat- and dairy-free,
and all organic to boot. Spanning influences
from the Pacific Rim to the Deep South,
The Artful Vegan showcases an
expanded repertoire of flavors, methods,
and ingredients that are on the cutting
edge of healthful taste and nutrition. |
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The Everyday Vegan
by Dreena Burton
Description: Dreena Burton is a cook
and former marketing executive who quit
who day job to promote the wonders of
veganism.
"I suggest anybody looking for
advice on how to use and prepare many
of the ingredients we see in vegetarian/vegan
recipes buy this book right now. You
won't be disappointed. You will get
a lot more information and content than
most of the other vegetarian vegan books
that are out there." —Gloria
(reviewer from Amazon.com) |
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The Angelica Home Kitchen: Recipes and Rabble Rousings from an Organic Vegan Restaurant
by Leslie McEachern, et al
Description: For over 25 years, New York
City’s Angelica Kitchen has been
widely regarded as the epicenter of the
vegan universe. Located on a cozy, tree-lined
street in the East Village, Angelica Kitchen
offers a multitude of innovative dishes
using only the finest organic ingredients
delivered daily from local purveyors.
In The Angelica Home Kitchen,
owner Leslie McEachern shares more than
100 of her favorite recipes as well as
a wealth of information on sourcing, purchasing
from, and supporting local organic farmers.
Recipes for familiar favorites such as
Sea Caesar Salad, Asian Root Vegetable
Stew, Mocha Cheesecake with Chocolate
Brownie Crust, and the famed Dragon Bowl
have been carefully redesigned for the
home cook, making The Angelica Home
Kitchen a must-have for creating
delightful vegan dishes at home. |
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The Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen: Meat-Free, Egg-Free, Dairy-Free Dishes from the Healthiest Place Under the Sun
by Donna Klein
Description: In The Mediterranean
Vegan Kitchen, Donna Klein provides
more than 300 recipes suited to anyone
who wants to eat a healthful diet free
of animal products. Unlike many vegetarian
or vegan cookbooks that simply take
the meat or dairy products out of a
recipe—or even worse, use tasteless
substitutes—this book includes
only recipes that actually exist in
Mediterranean cuisine.
An extremely helpful Meals in Minutes
section offers menu suggestions for
those whose schedules allow only an
hour or less for meal preparation, and
the nutritional information provided
for each dish is a welcome bonus for
health-conscious cooks. —Robin
Donovan, Amazon.com |
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