American Vegan Kitchen [Paperback]

Tamasin Noyes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 11, 2010

The comfort food of America's diners, cafes, and bistros brought home to the vegan table!

Do you ever crave the delicious comfort foods served at your local diner, deli, or neighborhood cafe? This cookbook shows you how to make vegan versions of your favorite dishes in your own home kitchen.

These 200+ recipes will satisfy vegans and non-vegans alike with deli sandwiches, burgers and fries, mac and cheese, pasta, pizza, omelets, pancakes, tasty soups and salads, casseroles, and desserts. Put together your own Blue Plate Specials from the roadside eateries of Route 66. Sample favorites from the cafes of San Francisco to the bistros of New York. Enjoy truly great American flavors from tempting ethnic dishes to the homestyle comfort foods of the heartland.

Recipes include: Around-the-Clock Coffee Cake, Beer-Battered Onion Rings, Darngood Donut Bites, Cajun Pot Pie, Fork-and-Knife Reubens, Midtown Greek Salad, Spicy Balsamic Maple Wingz, Yankee Cornbread, Southern Fried Seitan, Mom's Apple Pie, and many more.

From coast-to-coast and cover-to-cover, American Vegan Kitchen helps you serve up great homestyle vegan recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and desserts. The book contains 30 full-color photos and helpful icons to bring American comfort food home to your table.

More praise for American Vegan Kitchen:

Tami Noyes has a special gift for creating luscious comfort food recipes. Whether you're a dedicated herbivore or an omnivore dipping your toes into vegan waters, American Vegan Kitchen offers a plethora of down-home recipes to please every palate. You'll find yourself making Tami's easy, satisfying dishes over and over again. Dynise Balcavage, author of The Urban Vegan

After years of whetting our vegan appetites online, Tami has written a wonderful cookbook filled with the kind of irresistible recipes she's known for, making it even easier for us to enjoy her marvelous dishes. American Vegan Kitchen is sure to become an indispensable addition to bookshelves everywhere. Celine Steen, author of 500 Vegan Recipes

Editorial Reviews

Review

Imagine taking classic American favorites for breakfast, lunch, dinner, side dishes, and dessert, and veganizing them in the most exciting ways imaginable. That s just what Tamasin Noyes has done here. American Vegan Kitchen offers a staggering assortment of the best American-style comfort food that I've ever seen.

--Erik Marcus, author of The Ultimate Vegan Guide and publisher of Vegan.com


With so many great dinner destinations, American Vegan Kitchen is the ideal road trip every vegan will want to take.

--Terry Hope Romero, co-author of Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar and Veganomicon

American Vegan Kitchen is thoroughly enjoyable, full of pleasant nostalgia, well-seasoned vegan recipes, and scrumptious photos. Just about any North American can find a delicious vegan version of a childhood (or lifelong!) comfort food. The author provides clear instructions, good information, and recipes designed for maximum flavor. This book will be well-used in any vegan kitchen.

--Bryanna Clark Grogan, author of Nonna s Italian Kitchen and The Fiber for Life Cookbook

About the Author

Cooking is a way of life for Ohio native and author, Tamasin Noyes. Tami has been cooking and developing recipes for more than twenty-five years and has worked in a number of restaurants. She is also a committed recipe tester for many well-known vegan cookbook authors.

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Vegan Heritage Press (February 11, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0980013119
• ISBN-13: 978-0980013115
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #435,906 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #59 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Special Diet > Low Cholesterol

More About the Author

For Ohio native and author, Tamasin Noyes, developing recipes for American Vegan Kitchen came naturally. She has worked as a committed cookbook tester for many well-known vegan cookbook authors and has cooked in several restaurants. She grew up helping her mom in the kitchen and has loved comfort food since she was a kid. Tami also enjoys discovering vegan food options when traveling whether it's in a small town cafe, a local diner, or a metropolitan bistro.

"I love cooking because of the creativity in taking basic vegan ingredients and transforming them into delicious new dishes," she says. "Improvising and creating recipes in the kitchen is a way to put yourself out there and discover common ground with others. I especially like the practicality of cooking (we all have to eat), as well as the art of it. To me, vegan cooking is the most nurturing thing we can do for our planet and those we love, and I've dreamed of creating comfort food for vegans for a long time."

In addition to developing recipes, Tami enjoys food photography and took all the photographs for the American Vegan Kitchen photo insert. For more of Tami's great recipes and food photos, visit her blog at www.veganappetite.com.

Customer Reviews

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, you need this one., February 27, 2010

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C. Mahoney "Clea" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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I know what you're thinking...do I really need ANOTHER vegan cookbook? Or, if you have none (yet), why would I purchase this book? Well, I was a tester for Tami and her recipes basically turned me into a gourmet chef. Easy to prepare with simple and no-fuss ingredients, the recipes in American Vegan Kitchen make any meal feel special and even got the meat-eating boyfriend's hearty endorsement. Favorites include the (baked!) onion rings, City Skillet tofu and potatoes, an amazing marinade for tofu skewers (coffee and liquid smoke-- need I say more? Sounds strange, but it's the closest I've had to a smoky, meaty taste in tofu), and the seitan. Now, I've tried at least 4 recipes for seitan but the ones in this book never cause any of the usual problems (gumminess, flavor, texture, what have you). The cinnamon flapjacks are great, and the yeasted waffles are my favorite of the many recipes I've tried. The roasted garlic pretzels are adorable and great for a party. The San Fran seitan wraps are great for quick weeknight meals, and taste much fancier than the ingredients would have you believe. The mustard mac and slaw turned me, a former slaw-hater (I couldn't even stand to look at the stuff) into someone who has to be restrained from making it weekly. Need I say more? Probably not. You'll love this book....and if not, well, something is wrong with your tastebuds.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential reading for foodies, March 3, 2010

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E. Slater "vegan newbie foodie" (USA) - See all my reviews
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I purchased American Vegan Kitchen after seeing lots of buzz about it on a vegan foodie forum. In the week or so that I've had it, I've made a few of the recipes and everything has been outstanding! You want a vegan cheesesteak that everyone (meat eaters included) will love? It's here, along with a killer beer battered onion ring recipe. Craving donuts? Check out the "Darngood Donut Bites!" My family also tried the spaghetti pie, and all of us could not stop eating it (including my 2 and 4 year olds.)
The book has a nice mix of really decadent comfort food recipes as well as many lighter selections, i.e. soups, salads, etc., and some really interesting additions like "Deli Rubenettes," baked jalapeno poppers with lime cream and "quickels" (quick pickles.) There is also a basics section that has lots of good information on essential ingredients and cooking tips.
Without a doubt, American Vegan Kitchen is a great addition for both new and experienced vegan cooks, as well as for those who are interested in experimenting with vegan cooking. Highly recommended!

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely essential and delicious, February 27, 2010

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John P. Plummer (Nashville, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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The last couple of years have seen a plethora of new vegan cookbooks - many of them quite good. Tami Noyes' book is among the excellent few that stand above the rest. Being familiar with her blog for some years, I knew her book would be noteworthy, but she has truly excelled. We have made a number of recipes, and fed them to family and friends to great praise. The No-Tuna Melt Panini, Incrediburger, and Sloppy Joe are going into permanent rotation in our house. This is fantastic, flavorful comfort food which will appeal to a broad audience, vegan or not. Bravo!