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A review by mrsthrift
Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook by Isa Chandra Moskowitz
5.0
My wife & I have been working through this cookbook for a year now. Finally, I am going to write my review of it. Isa Chandra Moskowitz is a vegan foodie sensation. If you make vegan food regularly, you know there are basic techniques and styles we all rely on, and every once in a while, some sort of revolution sweeps through the vegan cooking world, and suddenly everyone is looking at their tofu a little differently. Veganomicon is that moment.
We are busy people who love to cook delicious vegan food, and we often try to tackle five new recipes a week, so we read a lot of cookbooks. We cook for a twelve-year old, too, so kid-friendliness is a high priority. Maybe, though, our kid-friendliness is different, since our kid is a life-long vegetarian with a lot of adventurous eating under his belt.
The book is well organized and easy to use. Ingredients are listed in the order you use them - it's the little things, you know? Ingredients are exotic enough that you should have access to a few specialty groceries or a coop, but not so insane that you can't make these recipes in a small town. I live in a small city and can find pretty much everything we need.
There are some classics in here, recipes we make over and over again. A lot of the recipes are easily adapted to keep things interesting. The muffins and soups are strong points - recipes worth repeating. And the vodka sauce? It's delicious. It makes a pasta dinner special! Our kid asks for it by name.
I only made one thing from this cookbook that I wasn't crazy about - the chickpea cutlets - and nearly everyone I've talked to about them LOVED the recipe, so I can only think that I did something wrong?
Any time I talk to anyone about vegan cooking (which is OFTEN!) I always end up talking about this book. it's just one of the best, most dependable, most rewarding cookbooks available today. vegans and non-vegans can both indulge and delight in these recipes. even my vegan-hating co-workers were converted to vegan-appreciation by a few of the cookie recipes.
We are busy people who love to cook delicious vegan food, and we often try to tackle five new recipes a week, so we read a lot of cookbooks. We cook for a twelve-year old, too, so kid-friendliness is a high priority. Maybe, though, our kid-friendliness is different, since our kid is a life-long vegetarian with a lot of adventurous eating under his belt.
The book is well organized and easy to use. Ingredients are listed in the order you use them - it's the little things, you know? Ingredients are exotic enough that you should have access to a few specialty groceries or a coop, but not so insane that you can't make these recipes in a small town. I live in a small city and can find pretty much everything we need.
There are some classics in here, recipes we make over and over again. A lot of the recipes are easily adapted to keep things interesting. The muffins and soups are strong points - recipes worth repeating. And the vodka sauce? It's delicious. It makes a pasta dinner special! Our kid asks for it by name.
I only made one thing from this cookbook that I wasn't crazy about - the chickpea cutlets - and nearly everyone I've talked to about them LOVED the recipe, so I can only think that I did something wrong?
Any time I talk to anyone about vegan cooking (which is OFTEN!) I always end up talking about this book. it's just one of the best, most dependable, most rewarding cookbooks available today. vegans and non-vegans can both indulge and delight in these recipes. even my vegan-hating co-workers were converted to vegan-appreciation by a few of the cookie recipes.