Reviews

Sweet Potato Soul: 100 Easy Vegan Recipes for the Southern Flavors of Smoke, Sugar, Spice, and Soul: A Cookbook by Jenne Claiborne

annieca's review

3.0

2.5 stars rounded up. Yes, there are some recipes I'll try. But holy sweet potato batman! It is almost every single recipe including... green bean casserole! What?! Her descriptions were a bit off-putting as well. The exclamation points, the "oh this is just as good as meat" - it felt preachy and fake all at the same time.

thereadingwells's review

informative lighthearted

4.75

malorisaurus's review against another edition

4.0

I will have to make several adaptations to these recipes to make them suitable for all of my dietary needs, but there is a solid foundation to all of these recipes that I can work from them easily. I also loved the author’s balance of personal stories and connection to each of these recipes. I grew up with southern and soul food, and my dietary restrictions from autoimmune disease and now veganism really made me feel like I was never going to be able to eat some of my favorite foods ever again (still looking for a delicious vegan biscuits and gravy, and chicken fried steak lol). I am so excited to make a sweet potato pie and fried “chicken” (cauliflower).