Customer Rating: 
Summary: Daily food bible!
Comment: I refer to this book each day to plan our family's meals. Vegans and non-vegans alike love these recipes! If you are looking for new ways to get protein into your diet, you must have this book!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Book, Awesome Recipes
Comment: People tend to turn their noses up at my diet, particularly family members, calling my diet boring and tasteless...until I cook them something from this book. Once they taste these dishes, they sort of scratch their heads and say "well ok, THIS is really really good," and then they look surprised that they even said it. This is the first vegan cookbook I bought after transitioning, for good, to the vegan lifestyle, and it's the one I use the most. The writing is impeccable, and entertaining, the recipes are very easy to follow, and so far I haven't been disappointed with any of them. I'd recommend this for new and long-time vegans as a great overall cookbook with tons of variety, witty writing, and comprehensive instructions on food selection, preparation, and even menu planning. There are lots of recipes that don't call for vegan ingredients, like tempeh or tofu (though there are also plenty of those too), which is refreshing. I'd even give this book to omnivorous friends and family members as a gift. I highly recommend.
Customer Rating:
Summary: My favorite book
Comment: Vegan recipes from the internet are always hit or miss. I find good ones here and there but I stopped going to the internet first when trying to figure my menu for the week. Instead I lay all my books in front of me and find new recipes. This book is the first I look in. There is so much that I still want to cook from this but only so much time. The best recipes are the Mediterranean, Latin, Cookies, some of the more savory dishes, and what I will call new york inspired. Their approach asian dishes are different from me as I like a bit more flavor, but that is a choice the core recipes are more than fine.
Anything with tempeh is great in this book. I've read a lot of people complaining about complicated recipes. There are what I call weekend recipes in here but they are far from hard. But there are many quick recipes. I can tell a quick recipes when I see it, not hard.
There greatest achievement? Getting me to like eggplant.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Best vegan cookbook - Worthy of the title!
Comment: This is by far my favorite vegan cookbook. The recipes in this book, while challenging, are perfect. I have made at least 15 recipes and they are all amazingly delicious and foolproof. I am not a great cook, but this book challenges me and teaches me to be better. There are also some very easy and delicious recipes here as well, like chickpeas romesco and smokey grilled tempeh, which is the best tempeh recipe ever. Isa and Terry have extremely discriminating tastes and they will not steer you wrong. I love the indexes in the back that organize it by low fat, easy to find ingredients, etc. This is a MUST HAVE for any vegan, vegetarian, or person who wants to eat healthier.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Love It!!
Comment: After becoming vegan, I got into a cooking funk - and I really loved to cook! I discovered this book and purchased it through Amazon...thankfully, I am out of my "funk"!! I regularly make the Black Bean Burgers (the ready made ones are full of salt and gross stuff), the Jalapeno cornbread was great, and the book is written in a way that is fun, and makes vegan cooking less scary. I am currently waiting for my Vegan with a Vengence cookbook to arrive, and regularly visit the authors' website, www.theppk.com. I feel like I have my own support group!
Summary: Daily food bible!
Comment: I refer to this book each day to plan our family's meals. Vegans and non-vegans alike love these recipes! If you are looking for new ways to get protein into your diet, you must have this book!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Book, Awesome Recipes
Comment: People tend to turn their noses up at my diet, particularly family members, calling my diet boring and tasteless...until I cook them something from this book. Once they taste these dishes, they sort of scratch their heads and say "well ok, THIS is really really good," and then they look surprised that they even said it. This is the first vegan cookbook I bought after transitioning, for good, to the vegan lifestyle, and it's the one I use the most. The writing is impeccable, and entertaining, the recipes are very easy to follow, and so far I haven't been disappointed with any of them. I'd recommend this for new and long-time vegans as a great overall cookbook with tons of variety, witty writing, and comprehensive instructions on food selection, preparation, and even menu planning. There are lots of recipes that don't call for vegan ingredients, like tempeh or tofu (though there are also plenty of those too), which is refreshing. I'd even give this book to omnivorous friends and family members as a gift. I highly recommend.
Customer Rating:
Summary: My favorite book
Comment: Vegan recipes from the internet are always hit or miss. I find good ones here and there but I stopped going to the internet first when trying to figure my menu for the week. Instead I lay all my books in front of me and find new recipes. This book is the first I look in. There is so much that I still want to cook from this but only so much time. The best recipes are the Mediterranean, Latin, Cookies, some of the more savory dishes, and what I will call new york inspired. Their approach asian dishes are different from me as I like a bit more flavor, but that is a choice the core recipes are more than fine.
Anything with tempeh is great in this book. I've read a lot of people complaining about complicated recipes. There are what I call weekend recipes in here but they are far from hard. But there are many quick recipes. I can tell a quick recipes when I see it, not hard.
There greatest achievement? Getting me to like eggplant.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Best vegan cookbook - Worthy of the title!
Comment: This is by far my favorite vegan cookbook. The recipes in this book, while challenging, are perfect. I have made at least 15 recipes and they are all amazingly delicious and foolproof. I am not a great cook, but this book challenges me and teaches me to be better. There are also some very easy and delicious recipes here as well, like chickpeas romesco and smokey grilled tempeh, which is the best tempeh recipe ever. Isa and Terry have extremely discriminating tastes and they will not steer you wrong. I love the indexes in the back that organize it by low fat, easy to find ingredients, etc. This is a MUST HAVE for any vegan, vegetarian, or person who wants to eat healthier.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Love It!!
Comment: After becoming vegan, I got into a cooking funk - and I really loved to cook! I discovered this book and purchased it through Amazon...thankfully, I am out of my "funk"!! I regularly make the Black Bean Burgers (the ready made ones are full of salt and gross stuff), the Jalapeno cornbread was great, and the book is written in a way that is fun, and makes vegan cooking less scary. I am currently waiting for my Vegan with a Vengence cookbook to arrive, and regularly visit the authors' website, www.theppk.com. I feel like I have my own support group!