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Vegan with a Vengeance : Over 150 Delicious, Cheap, Animal-Free Recipes That Rock
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Vegan with a Vengeance : Over 150 Delicious, Cheap, Animal-Free Recipes That Rockby Isa Chandra Moskowitz
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80 of 84 people found the following review helpful: No, really...this cookbook IS special., November 1, 2005 Reviewer:Dustin G. Rhodes (Swannanoa, NC United States) - I am going to have to be unoriginal and reiterate the obvious: this cookbook is almost perfect and you should buy it immediately. That said, I am not a vegan. I admit this because my love for this cookbook---its humor, amazing recipes, tips, etc.---transcends any sort of label a person may or may not apply to her/him self. The recipes I've made thus far have been absolutely perfect. Period. Oh, and yes they're vegan. This is the most tastey, accessible, fun, realsitic, etc. ad nauseum, cookbook that I personally know of. I hope she's doing a sequel.
From Publishers Weekly
To appreciate this quirky vegan cookbook, readers must welcome the author's offhand, rambling style. A chatty Brooklynite who hosts her own public access cooking show, she scatters stories about her mother, her friends and her politics among recipes for goodies like Fresh Corn Fritters and Curried Split Pea Soup. In one anecdote, she writes that her mother liked the scones from "one of those overpriced French cafes in Union Square," prompting the author to create Glazed Orange scones in her mother's honor, and the sweet, rich result rivals the average "overpriced café" model. BBQ Pomegranate Tofu is actually baked, not barbecued, but still the tofu is rich and smoky, terrific over rice or packed into heroes. Even better, the vegan iterations of Spanakopita and Seitan-Portobello Stroganoff so closely approximate the traditional versions that even the pickiest eaters would happily trade one for the other. And although there's no chicken broth in Matzoh Ball Soup, the vegetable stock is hearty enough to cure the fiercest cold. Best of all, and rare in a vegan cookbook, the author provides several appealing dairy-free desserts that are tasty enough to fool most omnivores, yet unique enough to thrill any vegan who just can't face another tofu ice cream bar.
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Joan Jett
"This fun and creative book is delicious for people like me, who don't eat pets!"
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