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Auction Ends: Jun 22, 2012 05:00 PM EDT

Food & Gourmet Items

The Best of Vegan Cooking

Item Number
133
Estimated Value
20 USD
Sold
10 USD to alg2606
Number of Bids
1  -  Bid History

Item Description

The Best of Vegan Cooking is a beautiful book that lives up to its name. Both its savoury dishes and desserts are creative, tasty and healthy. Priscilla Feral's The Best of Vegan Cooking is a collection of 84 vegan recipes gathered from various sources, including many well-known chefs. The layout is colorful yet clean, which makes the book inviting and easy to read. Appetite-whetting color photos of many of the dishes are included as full-page inserts. The book is definitely geared towards parties and entertaining, though most of the dishes are simple and quick enough to cook for weeknight dinner, often with just a few ingredients. The most notable exception is the incredibly fancy-looking vegetable carousel torte with pommes souffles filled with peas.  The book is focused on vegetables, fruit, berries, whole grains and legumes. Italian flare is prominent, with a number of pasta recipes (including sweet potato gnocchi) and as many as six risottos. Other ethnic dishes are a minority but they include an Asian miso tempeh nori soup, Mexican tortillas, succotash and an Irish stew. The dessert chapter features several cakes, a cheesecake, parfaits, puddings and chocolate truffles. There is also a separate section for ice creams and sorbets.  The Best of Vegan Cooking shows that healthy, compassionate cooking can be flavourful and exquisite - often very simple too.  Besides being omnivore-friendly, the book is also quite allergy-friendly. Obviously everything is free of dairy and eggs, and most recipes are gluten-free and soy-free. Nuts are only used in a few dishes.

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