Celebrate Vegan: 200 Life-Affirming Recipes for Occasions Big and Small [Paperback]

Dynise Balcavage (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2011

200 life-affirming recips for occasions big and small.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Praise for Celebrate Vegan

“Gather, rejoice and feast: Dynise has all the dining milestones covered, joyfully so. Her Italian mojitos should be a tradition for every holiday!”

– Terry Hope Romero, author of Veganomicon and Vegan Pie in the Sky

 

“Celebrate Vegan is a must-have book for anyone that loves to eat! Dynise makes every occasion a celebration, with 200 deliciously fabulous vegan recipes to celebrate holidays big and small.”

– Julie Hasson, author of Vegan Diner

 

Praise for The Urban Vegan

"The Urban Vegan is fresh, hip, and intelligent, and simply perfect for everyone – from the city dweller who wants to do a vegan dine-in to the rural cook who yearns to sample the vegan delicacies a large urban centre has to offer."

–  Dreena Burton, author of Eat, Drink and Be Vegan

 

“With an engaging, down-to-earth tone, but quirky and charming, Balcavage delivers the best of the world’s flavors to your kitchen, from Western Europe to the Middle East, and back home to Philly favorites.”

– VegNews

 

“You don’t have to convert to veganism to appreciate Balcavage’s healthy, Easy-to-make recipes.”

– GRID

 

“Dynise Balcavage's "The Urban Vegan," is less fussy, more funky, with vegan versions of sophisticated eats. It also requires specialty ingredients, but delectable dishes such as millet-crusted mushroom-leek pie and cherry-chocolate chunk scones are easy to make.”

 – The Seattle Times, Food and Wine section

 

“The Urban Vegan: 250 Simple, Sumptuous Recipes from Street Cart Favorites to Haute Cuisine is by Dynise Balcavage, who details life as a city vegan on her blog, UrbanVegan.net. Selections range from Marsala mushroom crepes and sweet-potato gnocchi with basil cream sauce (made with soy milk) to minty mojitos and sherry-infused pate (made with cremini mushrooms and pecans, rather than goose liver). As she puts it, newer recipes have transformed vegan cooking from "oat cuisine" to "haute cuisine."

– Winston-Salem Journal

 

“The Urban Vegan: 250 Simple, Sumptuous Recipes from Street Cart Favorites to Haute Cuisine by Dynise Balcavage is one of our absolute favorite new cookbooks!”

– GIrlyGirl Army

From the Back Cover

Traditional and contemporary plant-based recipes for holiday celebrations year-round

 

Food and holidays go hand in hand, but for many vegans, cooking celebration menus can be stressful. Now, from the author of The Urban Vegan, comes this gathering of flavorful, animal-free celebratory recipes, both traditional and contemporary, using seasonal ingredients. Celebrate Vegan covers the spectrum of holidays from across the globe—public, religious, and even quirky, lesser-known holidays—and includes recipes for important milestones, such as birthdays, weddings, and anniversaries, as well as menus for everyday celebrations like Girls’ Night In, Snow Day, Tailgate Party, and Slumber Party. Easy-to-follow recipes, cooking tips, and holiday lore make this a book for seasoned chefs and cooking novices alike.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Lyons Press; First edition (November 1, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762770678
• ISBN-13: 978-0762770670
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #953,498 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dynise Balcavage is the author of Celebrate Vegan, Urban Vegan and the upcoming Pies and Tarts with Heart. Her cruelty-free recipes have appeared in VegNews, Vegetarian Times, Philadelphia Daily News and Végétariens magazine (in French). Dynise has been interviewed in the New York Times and the International Herald Tribune and has done cooking demonstrations across the globe, from New York to Paris. She teaches food writing at New York's Natural Gourmet Institute and is an avid runner and traveler. She lives in Philadelphia with her 2 former alley cats. She blogs at urbanvegan.net and tweets and vines at theurbanvegan.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Eh November 13, 2011

By C. Vegan

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

I loved Balcavage's first book, Urban Vegan, so I was really looking foward to this one. While the recipes aren't bad, they're really nothing special either. I've also had some major technical problems with some, like the vegan crab cakes made with tofu falling apart completely. I haven't given up hope completely yet, but so far I've been pretty disappointed.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Unique recipes.. November 16, 2011

By Hunter's Wife

Format:Paperback

I'll start by saying that I have an omnivore's house (as if my sign-on didn't give that away), So I make no claims of being vegan, but I do incorporate veganism / vegetarianism heavily into our diet. That said, I really like this book because as if the holiday's aren't stressful enough, there is alway one dietary restriction to incorporate into the meal. This is a great book to add to the library. The serving sizes are large to accomodate larger groups, the dishes are simple and easy to make.

I started with the Thai-Centric Mac & Cheese because I saw it demonstrated on her blog and the recipe intrigued me. Easy to make, meat-eater husband thought it was wonderful and took a big batch in for leftovers. Recipe was also easy to cut in half, since I wasn't sure how we would get through 8 servings.

Just like her last book, well thought out. Great read. Good book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for your cookbook collection! January 4, 2012

By D. Wenz

Format:Paperback

I love Dynise Balcavage's The Urban Vegan, so I was super excited to hear that she was working on a new cookbook. I was even more excited when it arrived and could start cooking from it! Celebrate Vegan is chock full of recipes for just about every holiday you can think of. The recipes are divided into 6 sections: New Year's Celebrations, American Celebrations, International Celebrations, Religion-Based Celebrations, Milestone Celebrations and Everyday Celebrations. (I like that everyday celebrations includes links like "Sick Day" and "Snow Day"!) There's an icon key to let you know if the recipe is fast, frugal, kid-friendly, something you can make ahead and/or omnivore friendly. I really think most of these recipes are omnivore friendly, so this is the perfect book for celebratory meals for family and friends who might not all have the same dietary needs. And the recipes all look so good that you won't want to wait until a special occasion to make them!