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
In Vegan with a Vengeance, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, cohost of the vegan cooking show, The Post Punk Kitchen, brings the do-it-yourself, community-driven ethos of punk rock into the kitchen. Her cooking philosophy embraces being kind to animals (all recipes are completely animal-product free) and your wallet--while being creative and having fun in the process. She emphasizes fresh ingredients over heavily processed corporate brand-name foods and says that, like good music, cooking is best when it's an innovative, experimental, and completely real experience. Her inspired recipes--covering all meals of the day and influenced by dishes from around the world--include:
Asparagus and Sun-dried Tomato Frittata--Fresh Mango Summer Rolls--Pumpkin Waffles--Tofu Dill Salad Sammiches--Green Goddess Garlic Pizza--Sweet Potato Crepes with Cilantro-Tamarind Sauce--Brooklyn Pad Thai--Banana Split Pudding Brownies--Fauxstess Cups--Gingerbread Apple Pie
PLUS: - Lists of essential tools and post punk pantry items - Suitable substitutes for those without all the fancy kitchen gear and ingredients - Inventive twists on classic dishes - Handy resources for vegans and punks - The story of The Post Punk Kitchen - Rockin' recipe intros and descriptions - Even fun facts and tips from Isa's cat, Fizzle! From Publishers Weekly Review About the Author Great Cookbook delicious, CHEAP, & animal-free The BEST Vegan RecipesProduct Details
Editorial Reviews
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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"(The book) has got plenty of attitude, and the killer recipes to back it up. Watch out Betty Crocker." -- Erik Marcus, author of Meat Market--Animals, Ethics, and Money, publisher of Vegan.com
"... Integrates Isa's NY and punk roots with a sophisticated culinary palate and political nuance that only comes with experience." -- Josh Hooten, Herbivore Magazine
"Vegan with a Vengeance shows you can make great, healthy food and still live with yourself in the morning." -- Jim Lindberg, Pennywise
"This fun and creative book is delicious for people like me, who don't eat pets!" -- Joan Jett
"This is, hands down, the most kick-ass vegan cookbook ever. We're going to buy copies for everyone we know..." -- Bob and Jenna Torres, authors of Vegan Freak: Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World
ISA CHANDRA MOSKOWITZ has been cooking up trouble in New York City since the eighties, when she discovered punk rock and vegetarianism. Her public access cooking show, The Post Punk Kitchen, filmed in her small Brooklyn apartment, has been a smash hit since it hit the airwaves in 2003. She has been inspiring fans of vegan food and loud music ever since.Customer Reviews
Just got the book last week and I LOVE it!! The recipes are cheap, easy and delicious! I am going to order Veganomicon now - they say it is better but I don't see how!
isa isn't joking. these simple recipes make a variety of reasonably priced & yummy vegan-friendly meals. my husband 7 i never ate vegan until we got this book & it made it all so simple. get her veganomicon for things a little more complex & adventurous. but by all means do yourself a favor & get a little isa in your life.
Seriously, don't waste your time with other vegan cookbooks. This one is really so completely and utterly wonderful. To be honest, I'm not vegan, but hard times called for less meat and dairy, and we have a friend who is both lactose-intolerant and vegetarian, who introduced me to the vegan cupcake book...which led me to this. Frankly, I think the fact that I'm not vegan and still love everything in here is a tribute to how great it is. The recipes are very straightforward, very realistic, and don't contain long lists of expensive ingredients you'll never use again. AND I haven't made anything from it that I didn't love. You NEED this!
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