Burton, Dreena. Vive le vegan! Simple, delectable recipes for the everyday vegan family

Kliatt, Jan, 2005 by Claire Rosser

BURTON, Dreena. Vive le vegan! Simple, delectable recipes for the everyday vegan family. Arsenal Pulp Press. (103, 1014 Homer Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6B 2W9). 189p. illus, index, c2004. 1-55152-169-5. $19.95. JSA

Being a vegetarian is no longer the oddity it once was. (I've been a vegetarian for almost 30 years, and believe me, it's more mainstream now.) Being a vegan, however, is just catching on and it's harder to find tasty vegan recipes. This book helps to provide just such recipes. A vegan diet has no animal products, so recipes cannot use such mainstays (especially for vegetarians) as eggs, milk, and cheese. It requires serious changes, so this book does a real service by handling basics: breakfast foods, baked goods, sauces and toppings, salads, soups, dips, main courses, and desserts. There is a section, cooking notes, which describe basics such as methods of soaking beans, toasting nuts and seeds, cooking grains. There is a handy glossary that describes ingredients most people may not know about: Kamut flour, miso, flax oil, chipotle hot sauce.

This is a good resource, filled with interesting recipes, and useful for those just venturing into the whole vegan way of cooking and eating. Claire Rosser, KLIATT

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