Vegan Food for the Rest of Us : Recipes Even You Will Love (9780547522104)

Recipes for regular people who love great food by "a humorist and cookbook author whose recipes really work." To create her very best recipes for Beat This!, a cult favorite and a hilarious book full of seriously delicious recipes, Ann s formula was simple: "Double the chocolate and add bacon." But when she decided to go vegan, what in the world was she going to put in her pound cake buttons? For a while, her kitchen resembled a molecular gastronomy lab. After a hellish incident with seitan, she made a decision: No more foods that made her hungry for her former life. No recipe would make the cut in her new life unless her husband liked it enough to beg for second helpings. More than 100 Hodgman-family-tested recipes later, Vegan Food for the Rest of Us was born, full of brilliantly original culinary discoveries, honest and funny writing, and yes, the very, very best recipes." All her life, Ann Hodgman craved butter, cream, cheese, and bacon. Then she decided to go vegan. After a hellish incident with seitan, she made a decision: No more foods that made her hungry for her former life. No recipe would make the cut in her new life unless her husband liked it enough to beg for second helpings. More than 100 Hodgman-family-tested recipes later, Vegan Food for the Rest of Us was born, full of original culinary discoveries, honest and funny writing, and yes, the very, very best recipes. -- Adapted from Amazon.com summary Optional but not really : pantry staples Appliances, utensils, and miscellany Breakfasts you'll want to wake up for People eat too much : appetizers Things that start with S : soups and salads (oh, and breads) Something else that starts with S : sides The "meat" of the matter : mains A few life-changing sauces Worth it, I swear What you really care about : desserts. Vegan cooking for regular people, by the author of the witty Beat This! Cookbook