I'm not a cookbook collector. Oh, I collect books and have a whole wall of bookshelves to prove it. But I need my cookbooks to be more than pretty decoration. If they don't work for me, I scavenge what I will use, put it in a three ring binder and the cookbook moves to a new home. Vegan with a Vengeance is moving in.
Why?
I've made nine recipes. One of them twice. All but one of them stellar. The following is a list of the items I've tried.
Seitan. Terrific and easy. Yum.
Sparkled Ginger Cookies. AMAZING. All thumbs, and big toes, up.
Fauxstess Cupcake. They taste freakishly like the original.
Chocolate Chip cookies. Good
Pumpkin Muffins. Really good.
Lemon Gem Cupcakes (I made a bundt version... very, very lemony delish)
Gingerbread Apple Pie (Good and got raves from non-Vegans.)
Cold Udon Noodles with Peanut Sauce and Seitan (making that one for dinner tomorrow, the sauce and seitan are done, pretty sure it's going to be delish.)
Other recipes are marked with "gotta try this" strips of paper. Others won't be ones that tempt me. She has a pancake recipe that looks way too involved and I have a pancake recipe that I LOVE. Scrambled Tofu, tried it, didn't love it and I have another recipe I like better. Many of her recipes are comfort food makeovers or fun twists on standard ethnic dishes.Moskowitz is clever, creative and funny. Her bodacious attitude peppers the book with comments and she shares her story, her kitchen tool list, and her ingredient must haves. Her cat, Fizzle, pops in with interesting facts throughout the book.
I don't think Vegan with a Vengeance could be the only Vegan cookbook you'll ever need, but it certainly can add a whole lot of interesting spice to your menu repertoire.
