Vegan With A Vengeance: Over 150 Delicious, Cheap, Animal-Free Recipes That Rock

Vegan With A Vengeance: Over 150 Delicious, Cheap, Animal-Free Recipes That Rock

by Isa Chandra Moskowitz Author

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. (Publisher's Weekly)

Comments & Reviews

6/20/2009

This is a fantastic book. It is a great resource for all vegans and I highly recommend it. Not only is it informative but it is also an enjoyable read.

10/23/2007

This is probably the best vegan cookbook I own, I believe it because I commonly find myself always cracking this own when I have friends to cook for.