The urban vegan : 250 simple, sumptuous recipes, from street cart favorites to haute cuisine

Cafe culture -- All-night breakfast at the diner -- Lunch cart -- Soup kitchen -- The melting pot -- Pasta -- House party -- Urban garden -- Haute cuisine (not oat cuisine) -- Desserts (just desserts) -- Saucy vegans -- Happy hour -- Animal rights resources -- Menu ideas.;Over 250 recipes organized by themes including cafe culture, breakfast at the diner, lunch cart, urban garden, haute cuisine, just desserts, and happy hour. & nbsp; At-a-glance icons signify which recipes are low-fat, fast, omnivore-friendly, kid-friendly, and frugal. Also included are essential tips covering vegan cuisine, an overview of the vegan pantry, and numerous menu ideas that will please even the staunchest omnivores!

Sampling ruby-red organic berries at a farmers’ market. Comparing thirty varieties of rice noodles in a Vietnamese food store. Ordering "good and greasy” vegetarian rotis from a street cart. This is the life of the urban vegan! Dynise Balcavage brings this fresh cuisine to life with 250 original animal-free recipes inspired by the colorful culinary landscapes of urban areas. Whether you are a dedicated herbivore or someone seeking a healthy, varied, and delicious diet, this book provides mouthwatering inspiration no matter which city market, restaurant, or corner store you visit.

Recipes are organized by themes including cafe culture, breakfast at the diner, lunch cart, urban garden, haute cuisine, "just desserts,” and happy hour.  At-a-glance icons signify which recipes are low-fat, fast, omnivore-friendly, kid-friendly, and frugal. Also included are essential tips covering vegan cuisine, an overview of the vegan pantry, and numerous menu ideas that will please even the staunchest omnivores!

Among the 250+ recipes:

Pecan Streusel Coffee Cake Chocoholic Waffles

Rapini Panini Honeydew Pomegranate Jigglers Hot & Sour Coconut Soup Savory French Terrine Hedonist’s Stuffed Mushrooms Chickpea Paprikash Lemon Poppyseed Tempeh Un-Fried Ice Cream

Designed to help vegans--and all readers--find inspiration for a healthy, varied, and delicious diet in each city market, restaurant, and corner store that they visit, this book presents 250 delicious, and even decadent, original vegan recipes inspired by the colorful culinary landscapes of urban areas. Accompanying the recipes are shortcuts, entertaining ideas, and menu themes that will please even omnivores; an overview of the vegan pantry; and helpful icons that alert readers to low-fat, kid-friendly, fast, omnivore-friendly, and frugal recipes at a glance Presents original vegan recipes inspired by the culinary landscapes of urban areas, with tips for shortcuts, ideas for entertaining, menu themes, an overview of the vegan pantry, and suggestions for low-fat, raw, gluten-free, and frugal cooking.