Ready to go raw, or just interested in adding a few live food recipes to your repertoire? Either way, Ani’s Raw Food Essentials is here to help. With sections on essential kitchen tools, the raw pantry and fridge, and shopping – not to mention 250 recipes – this book has everything you need to get started.
The Middle East is a vast region that includes numerous countries, cultures, and religions, but many of the primary ingredients used are shared due to similar climates and even some ancestry. In Vegetarian Dishes from Across the Middle East, Arto der Haroutunian does an admirable job of bringing together a collection of recipes from these far-ranging countries
What can you make with only four ingredients? How about Red onion soup, Roasted eggplant and pesto roulade, or Pizza verde? The 4-Ingredient Vegan has these recipes and dozens more, and they are all quick and easy.
Having traveled extensively in Central America, I’ve spent a lot of time looking longingly at meat-filled papusas, tamales, tacos, and empanadas, wishing there were vegetarian alternatives. Even refried beans are normally made with lard, so I’ve never eaten much traditional Latin American food. All that changed with Viva Vegan!
If you think Asian cuisine is out of bounds for vegans, think again. Chat Mingkwan’s Asian Fusion offers a huge variety of recipes from over a dozen countries – as well as a fascinating look at the similarities and sometimes very subtle differences between their cuisines.
Just because you have limited time doesn’t mean you have to settle for salads and reheated soup – you can make delicious vegan meals quickly and easily with a good recipe and some time-saving tips – and a little help from Speed Vegan, by celebrity chef Alan Roettinger.
Interested in vegan versions of classic African-American recipes? Read my review of Vegan Soul Kitchen: Fresh, healthy, and creative African-American cuisine, by Bryant Terry
The Mediterranean region is famous for its delicious and healthy, olive oil-based cuisine. With more than 500 recipes, Martha Rose Shulman’s wonderful Mediterranean Harvest cookbook includes a huge variety of dishes from Spain, France, Italy, Greece, and the Middle East.
Raw food recipes sometimes require soaking and/or dehydration and thus take many hours to prepare, which can be downright discouraging for would-be living foodists. Enter Alive in Five, by Angela Elliot, a small book filled with scores of recipes that take minutes to prepare but still look and taste great.
Comfort food varies from person to person, as it usually involves individual memories of being cared for by a parent or a grandparent and the special foods that they lovingly shared. But there are some dishes which are more universal, and that’s what Alicia C. Simpson’s Quick and Easy Vegan Comfort Food is all about. From breakfast to dessert, this cookbook offers delicious vegan versions of classic comfort foods.
