When I first went vegan many years ago, there were about 5 vegan cookbooks on the market, and they each covered vegan cooking in general, since it was pretty much a foreign topic at the time. Nowadays the vegan cookbook market seems to be exploding (so much so that Barnes and Noble changed the sign […]
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Interview Series: Barbara Sitomer from Gone Pie
Gone Pie vegan bakery started in a storefront on east 7th street in manhattan as Bread & Roses, and has since evolved into a wholesale/on-line business, catering to those with specialized diets. I first noticed Gone Pie’s baked goods a few years ago at the ice cream parlor formerly known as Lula’s Sweet Apothecary in New York City. After picking up […]
Cookbook Review and Recipe: The Blender Girl Cookbook by Tess Masters
I first met Tess Masters at Vida Vegan Con in Portland, OR, last year. She and I were staying in the same hotel, and we ran into each other with mutual friends on the elevator. Because Portland is so far away from home, I was feeling extremely jetlagged. I wasn’t really in any state to […]
Cookbook Review and Giveaway: Plant Power by Nava Atlas
One of the first cookbooks I bought after going vegan many years ago was by Nava Atlas, and I cooked from it often at the time. Flash-forward to present day and my Ikea Billy Bookcase is now jammed packed with vegan cookbooks. My most recently acquired cookbook was also written by Nava Atlas, and like […]
Cookbook Review & Giveaway: Paleo Vegan by Ellen Jaffe Jones and Alan Roettinger
Most people who have heard of the Paleo diet probably associated it with being, above all things, very contrary to a vegan lifestyle. I’m somewhat guilty of this myself, knowing numerous self-proclaimed Paleo acquaintances whose diets are heavily meat-centric and almost entirely lacking the grains and legumes that are staples for many vegan diets. Therefore, […]