I initially resisted picking it up because it's targeted at people who are learning to cook vegan food and I've been doing so for decades. So anytime I was hosting a dinner, I needed to make sure that something on the menu would be suitable for them to eat.

Richard Makin packs each recipe with genius vegan “hacks” to help everyone from novice cooks to plant-based pros. Super fast and easy recipes, a LOT of pantry staple ingredients - which she even mentions in the prelude, that was her goal.The author then provides some cooking tips and then shares common vegan ingredients, how they are used and what to look for in that particular item. Isa Chandra Moskowitz is the bestselling author of Isa Does It, Veganomicon, Vegan with a Vengeance , and many more.

A primer on plant-based cooking, from the bestselling vegan author Isa Chandra Moskowitz Isa Chandra Moskowitz is the undisputed queen of vegan home cooking. You'll learn to make delicious meat alternatives and proper, grateable vegan cheeses, and find out just how versatile tofu can be. I used a mixture of baby spinach and baby kale instead of straight up spinach and added 3 cups cooked quinoa.I thought it wouldn't be anything I needed to add to my collection, but as soon as I flipped through I immediately found a bunch of recipes that I wanted to try so I bought it. From Isa Chandra Moskowitz—the bestselling author of Veganomicon—comes a book dedicated to her true love: the home cook. This is a very versatile cookbook and I highly recommend it to anyone learning to cook or interested in some vegan dishes. This cookbook is for beginners as well as experienced vegan cooks as the author tells you in the introduction. I will admit that I was really quite impressed with how delicious the cookies I made from the book were.