'Much more than a cookbook, Vegan Soul Kitchen reads like a rich gumbo of the African American experience, a history lesson with a mouthwatering twist. Van Jones, author of the New York Times bestseller The Green Collar Economy One of those rare cookbooks I look forward to cooking through from cover to cover.' This is a beautiful book brimming with nutrient-packed, approachable everyday recipes. 'From gumbo to grits, goobers to greens, Vegan Soul Kitchen dispels the notion that great tasting soul food has to be bad for you. Heidi Swanson, author of Super Natural Cooking, publisher of Here are recipes you will enjoy using time and again.' Here's proof that natural foods can be fascinating and sensuous. ''Do you think a commitment to healthy eating means enduring bland and boring food? Vegan Soul Kitchen will not only show you otherwise, but will make it easy for you to create fabulously delicious and exotic dishes. This book is full of easy, tasty, seasonal recipes that also happen to be vegan and affordable!' John Robbins, author The Food Revolution and Diet for a New America 'Bryant Terry knows that good food should be an everyday right and not a privilege. Named a 'Top Ten Vegan Cookbook' by VegNews, July/August 2010 Winner of Treehugger's Green Award for Best Cookbook of 2010 (4/9/10) 'There's no going wrong with Bryant Terry's bible for anyone wanting to cook in the rich southern tradition sans animal (and cholesterol).'

'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. Includes recipes for: Double Mustard Greens & Roasted Yam Soup Cajun-Creole-Spiced Tempeh Pieces with Creamy Grits Caramelized Grapefruit, Avocado, and Watercress Salad with Grapefruit Vinaigrette and Sweet Cornmeal-Coconut Butter Drop Biscuits. Reinterpreting popular dishes from African and Caribbean countries as well as his favourite childhood dishes, Terry reinvents African-American and Southern cuisine,capitalizing on the complex flavors of the tradition, without the animal products. Terry's new recipes have been conceived through the prism of the African Diaspora,cutting, pasting, reworking, and remixing African, Caribbean, African-American, Native American, and European staples, cooking techniques, and distinctive dishes to create something familiar, comforting, and deliciously unique. Vegan Soul Kitchen recipes use fresh, whole, high-quality, healthy ingredients and cooking methods with a focus on local, seasonal, sustainably raised food. Bryant Terry offers recipes that leave out heavy salt and refined sugar, bad' fats, and unhealthy cooking techniques, and leave in the down-home flavor. The mere mention of soul food brings thoughts of greasy fare and clogged arteries.

Vegan soul kitchen by bryant terry