The Tropical Vegan Kitchen: Meat-Free, Egg-Free, Dairy-Free Dishes from the Tropics [Mass Market Paperback]

Donna Klein (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 6, 2009

Irresistible vegan recipes from all over the world from the author of The Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen and Vegan Italiano.

In this culinary tour of the Caribbean, Central and South America, Thailand, Indonesia, the Canary Islands, Hawaii, Australia, Africa, India, and many more exotic places, readers will learn how easy it is to prepare authentic tropical vegan dishes with readily available ingredients. The book includes:

? More than 225 delicious and nutritious meat-free, egg-free, and dairy-free recipes for appetizers, soups, salads, main courses, side dishes, beverages, and desserts
? A glossary of tropical fruits and vegetables with information on buying and storage
? Cook?s tips throughout
? Comprehensive nutritional analysis for every recipe

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Veteran vegan cookbook author Klein (The Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen, Vegan Italiano) sets her sights on the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, the Pacific Rim and other exotic locales for this impressive collection of over 225 tropical vegan recipes. Eschewing meat, eggs and dairy, Klein delivers tasty vegan soups, sides, mains and desserts, leaning heavily on tropical fruits like papaya, pineapple and coconut for sweetness and richness. Black beans and potatoes are omnipresent-those with an aversion to either need not apply-but the breadth of her offerings is commendable, and many dishes will delight non-vegans as well. Simple sorbets and granitas make a refreshing and easy-to-assemble treat on a hot day, and her litany of unique salads (Thai Green Papaya with Peanut, Curried Sweet Potato with Orange, Peruvian Lima Bean and Red Radish) burst with flavor. Many items, such as Baked "French Fried" Yucca with Papaya Ketchup and Cambodian-Style Hot And Sour Eggplant require a fairly deep larder and competent knife skills, but those comfortable in the kitchen should find new favorites here.
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About the Author

Donna Klein, a food writer who has contributed to The Washington Post, Vegetarian Gourmet, Veggie Life, The Herb Companion, and Yoga Journal, studied French regional cooking at Le Cordon Bleu, Paris.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: HP Trade; Original edition (January 6, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557885443
• ISBN-13: 978-1557885449
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #491,533 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Donna Klein is a food writer whose work has been featured in such publications as the Washington Post, The Yoga Journal, Body and Soul magazine, and Vegetarian Gourmet.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book whether you are vegan or not!, March 4, 2009

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This review is from: The Tropical Vegan Kitchen: Meat-Free, Egg-Free, Dairy-Free Dishes from the Tropics (Mass Market Paperback)

I love this book, as well as Donna Klein's other books, "Vegan Italiano" and "The Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen." My son is allergic to dairy, soy, eggs, and beef, and we try not to eat too much meat, so these books have been great! "The Tropical Vegan Kitchen" does have some recipes with soy in them because it includes the tropical regions of Asia, but there are also plenty of soy-free recipes as well. So many vegan cookbooks just tell you how to use soy to pretend you are eating meat. Klein's books have real recipes that are healthy, tasty, easy to make and use ingredients you already have if you frequent the produce section or farmer's market.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wish There Were More, May 24, 2009

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Voice_of_Reason "Voice_of_Reason" (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Tropical Vegan Kitchen: Meat-Free, Egg-Free, Dairy-Free Dishes from the Tropics (Mass Market Paperback)

This cookbook contains many great recipes! So far, I've tried Caribbean-Style Potato Vegetable Curry, Thai Pumpkin Curry (yes, I like curry), and African Beans and Potatoes. All three recipes were easy to follow and turned out great. Nutritional information appears at the end of each recipe. For uncommon ingredients, Klein suggests where you might find them, although I haven't had to go out of my way yet. One thing I find odd, though, is there are only 225 recipes - this book is a bit thin, and there isn't as much variety as you'd think there could be. For Klein's Mediterranean recipe book, for which she had fewer countries to work with, she came up with over 300 recipes. Pages 10-12 of the "Tropical Vegan Kitchen" list around 100 tropical countries, yet they merit 25% fewer recipes than her other regional cookbook. I wish there were more recipes here, or at least fewer Thai recipes (the most common country of origin in this book), which would have left more room for recipes from Haiti, Borneo, or Suriname.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tasty and simple, June 14, 2009

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This review is from: The Tropical Vegan Kitchen: Meat-Free, Egg-Free, Dairy-Free Dishes from the Tropics (Mass Market Paperback)

I am not a vegan but I simply love this book! I do, actually, live in the tropics so the ingredients are fresh and readily available. Either way, however, I feel that she does not use extravagant ingredients as I have found in other vegetarian/vegan cookbooks. Even if you do not live in this climate, you can find all of these ingredients in most grocery stores.

The recipes are simple and tasty. I sometimes do change a few of the recipes or add a bit more to them but this is more personal preference than a necessity.

I would recommend this book to anyone who would like to add a bit more spunk to their daily diet. If you like tropical fruit, trying new things and a variety of cuisines..then you will enjoy this book.