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Vegan Unplugged: A Pantry Cuisine Cookbook and Survival Guide [Paperback]

Jon Robertson , Recipes by Robin Robertson
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Book Description

August 20, 2010

No fridge? No stove? No time? No problem.

Vegan Unplugged lets you make the most of it, when you have to make the best of it.

Vegan Unplugged is your go-to pantry cookbook for a variety of real-life scenarios. Eat well when you don't feel like cooking or don't have time to cook. Make tasty meals whenever you're on the road, visiting non-vegans, camping, or any time the power goes out.

Let Vegan Unplugged show you how to prepare gourmet quality meals with pantry ingredients in fifteen minutes or less. Use the Five-Day Meal Box to feed up to four people for five days, and personalize your home pantry for any emergency.

The instructions are simple and the meals easy. Make great Pantry Cuisine dishes such as Almost-Instant Black Bean Chili, Pantry Pasta Salad, Fire-Roasted Blueberry Cobbler, and many more, specially developed by chef and author Robin Robertson.

This book is a must have for all vegans, and anyone else who wants to discover the ease and practicality of great-tasting, nutritious Pantry Cuisine. It also features a concise emergency preparedness section for you, your family, and your companion animals. Vegan Unplugged is a 100% vegan, comprehensive revision of Jon and Robin's 2005 book Apocalypse Chow, containing new recipes and important new content.

Vegan Unplugged...because we all need a back-up plan...with recipes.


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Editorial Reviews

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Vegan Unplugged is an insurance policy every family should purchase. It can turn a disaster into an adventure.

--Howard F. Lyman, author of Mad Cowboy

Prepare to meet the new, gourmet style of Pantry Cuisine. Vegan Unplugged dishes up flavor and variety with dozens of delicious recipes that can be prepared in minutes, even when the refrigerator is bare. A must-have for any day when your resources are limited or your motivation to cook is waning.

--Alisa Fleming, author of Go Dairy Free

Vegan Unplugged provides a unique and important combination: healthful recipes and strategies for surviving an emergency or natural disaster. And there's no going hungry with the Five-Day Meal Box. It will not only help you avert personal health disasters, it will give you all the tools you need to handle any situation that comes your way.
--Neal Barnard, M.D., President, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine


Whether it s a hurricane, earthquake, or just a simple power outage, Vegan Unplugged can save the day--it's a survival guide with gourmet sensibilities.
--Erik Marcus, publisher of Vegan.com and author of The Ultimate Vegan Guide


From weather-related power disruptions to any need to quickly cobble up a tasty meal, Jon Robertson has a plan that covers these and many other situations when being prepared is the key. By enlisting his wife, well known chef and cookbook author Robin Robertson, the author ensures that regardless of circumstances, delicious dining can still be an option. With Jon's scope of vision and attention to details, his guide calls you to adventure instead of being stuck in a hapless situation.
--Chef Ken Bergeron, author of The Professional Vegetarian Chef


In the years to come, it s going to be increasingly important to be able to prepare healthy meals when the power is out and when fresh food is unavailable. Vegan Unplugged is a marvelous resource to help you prepare healthy and inexpensive meals using nonperishable ingredients. Highly recommended for those prudent enough to recognize we could be in for a bumpy ride.

--John Robbins, author of The New Good Life, The Food Revolution, and Diet For a New America

Prepare to meet the new, gourmet style of Pantry Cuisine. Vegan Unplugged dishes up flavor and variety with dozens of delicious recipes that can be prepared in minutes, even when the refrigerator is bare. A must-have for any day when your resources are limited or your motivation to cook is waning.

--Alisa Fleming, author of Go Dairy Free

Vegan Unplugged provides a unique and important combination: healthful recipes and strategies for surviving an emergency or natural disaster. And there's no going hungry with the Five-Day Meal Box. It will not only help you avert personal health disasters, it will give you all the tools you need to handle any situation that comes your way.
--Neal Barnard, M.D., President, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine


Whether it s a hurricane, earthquake, or just a simple power outage, Vegan Unplugged can save the day--it's a survival guide with gourmet sensibilities.
--Erik Marcus, publisher of Vegan.com and author of The Ultimate Vegan Guide


From weather-related power disruptions to any need to quickly cobble up a tasty meal, Jon Robertson has a plan that covers these and many other situations when being prepared is the key. By enlisting his wife, well known chef and cookbook author Robin Robertson, the author ensures that regardless of circumstances, delicious dining can still be an option. With Jon's scope of vision and attention to details, his guide calls you to adventure instead of being stuck in a hapless situati --John Robbins, author of The New Good Life, The Food Revolution, and Diet For a New America

Prepare to meet the new, gourmet style of Pantry Cuisine. Vegan Unplugged dishes up flavor and variety with dozens of delicious recipes that can be prepared in minutes, even when the refrigerator is bare. A must-have for any day when your resources are limited or your motivation to cook is waning.

--Alisa Fleming, author of Go Dairy Free

Vegan Unplugged provides a unique and important combination: healthful recipes and strategies for surviving an emergency or natural disaster. And there's no going hungry with the Five-Day Meal Box. It will not only help you avert personal health disasters, it will give you all the tools you need to handle any situation that comes your way.
--Neal Barnard, M.D., President, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine


Whether it s a hurricane, earthquake, or just a simple power outage, Vegan Unplugged can save the day--it's a survival guide with gourmet sensibilities.
--Erik Marcus, publisher of Vegan.com and author of The Ultimate Vegan Guide


From weather-related power disruptions to any need to quickly cobble up a tasty meal, Jon Robertson has a plan that covers these and many other situations when being prepared is the key. By enlisting his wife, well known chef and cookbook author Robin Robertson, the author ensures that regardless of circumstances, delicious dining can still be an option. With Jon's scope of vision and attention to details, his guide calls you to adventure instead of being stuck in a hapless situation.
--Chef Ken Bergeron, author of The Professional Vegetarian Chef


In the years to come, it s going to be increasingly important to be able to prepare healthy meals when the power is out and when fresh food is unavailable. Vegan Unplugged is a marvelous resource to help you prepare healthy and inexpensive meals using nonperishable ingredients. Highly recommended for those prudent enough to recognize we could be in for a bumpy ride.

--John Robbins, author of The New Good Life, The Food Revolution, and Diet For a New America

About the Author

Jon Robertson is an author and has been a publishing professional for more than twenty-five years. He is the publisher and editor of Vegan Heritage Press. Robin Robertson is the author of twenty cookbooks, including Vegan Planet, Vegan Fire & Spice, 1,000 Vegan Recipes</i, and Vegan on the Cheap. She writes regularly for VegNews magazine.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 216 pages
  • Publisher: Vegan Heritage Press (August 20, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0980013127
  • ISBN-13: 978-0980013122
  • Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 7.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #456,252 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jon Robertson is a publisher, editor, and author with twenty-five years experience in various aspects of the trade. Author of the novel, "Permelia Lyttle's Guide to the End of the World," in 2007, he founded Vegan Heritage Press, an independent, Virginia-based book publishing company dedicated to bringing excellent vegan cookbooks to the marketplace.

Jon is the author of several non-fiction books, including "Vegan Unplugged," a pantry/survival cookbook, which he co-authored with Robin Robertson. He has worked as a newspaper stringer and magazine feature writer. Jon's article, "Writing from the Ground Up," appeared in the February 2008 issue of Writer's Digest. Two of his plays have been produced and one published. He has also worked with several opera composers as a librettist.

Jon is a native of Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, attended The Pennsylvania State University, and received his B.A. in English with a minor in philosophy from King's College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He lives and works with his wife, author Robin Robertson, in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.

See his company website at www.veganheritagepress.com and his blogs at www.jonrobertson.com and http://veganheritagepress.blogspot.com.

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The recipes are super easy and look yummy. yvette  |  9 reviewers made a similar statement
Kids thought it was too spicy so will add spice at the end next time. SMB  |  7 reviewers made a similar statement
I bought this as a gift for one of my daughters but found myself wanting to try many of the recipes. Beach Grandma  |  6 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars My new absolute favorite cookbook! February 24, 2011
By SMB
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
All of the previous reviews are spot on! This book is amazing! I bought it because I too did not have electricity for a week a few years ago, and we subsisted on take-out food (we were lucky they had electricity!). Yes, we stocked up on stews and soups (we were not vegetarian at the time), but it turned out to be 80 degrees. None of that sounded appetizing so it languished as we ate out for every meal, every day. After reading that the author considers artichokes, roasted red peppers, capers and olives emergency food, I was sold.

However, my "emergencies" these days are different and look like this:

- Kids home sick for a week and can't make it to the store.
- Summertime and don't feel like dragging kids to store (where I say no 500 times).
- Just got back from vacation and have "nothing to eat."
- Are very busy and don't want to buy a bunch of fresh produce that will likely go bad.
- Last year had 2 blizzards back to back, I so wish I had this book then!
- Only have a few minutes between homework and evening activities and need to whip up a good meal.

Just after getting this book and marking no fewer than 10 recipes that I already had the ingredients in my pantry, and doing a very small trip to supplement that, both my kids came down with strep throat, one after another. As soon as they got well, we were hit with a snow storm. I wasn't able to go to the store for over 2 weeks. We ate like royalty this whole time! Sure, my husband probably could have helped out, but I didn't let him because I was so eager to try these recipes (there isn't ONE recipe in the book I don't want to make). This is what we tried:

Samosadillas- husband especially loved this!
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars An Emergency Kitchen Supply Staple October 20, 2010
Format:Paperback
These days there are oodles of vegan cookbooks on the market, yet I am amazed when ones such as this one still manage to carve a new niche. Vegan Unplugged is in fact so useful that I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to my non-vegan comrades too. It covers ...

Preparing for Emergencies (earthquakes, hurricanes, power outages)
Road Trips
Hotel Stays (on a budget or a special diet with limited kitchen supplies)
Camping Cuisine
College and Dorm Room Cooking
Uncooks (you know who you are)
Being Resourceful with an Out of Commission Kitchen (Boy could my aunt and uncle have used this when they were living out of their basement and eating out every single night as their entire house was remodeled!)
An Empty Fridge and No Desire to Go Grocery Shopping (oh this happens all too often, doesn't it?)
These are the obvious uses, but I found one more use ...

... taking care of an overstocked pantry. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem, but, we are moving, a fair distance, and the last thing I want to do is pack up boxes full of pantry food. Noodles, nut butters, various types of rice, lentils, split peas, flours ... we are talking loads of heavy stuff here, and I want it gone within two months! My goal may be unrealistic, but with Vegan Unplugged, I am at least making a serious dent ...

Thus far I have made and we have enjoyed the Unplugged Peanut Noodles (a combination of the recipes for Rice Noodles with Spicy Peanut Sauce and Asian Noodle Salad with Peanut Dressing); Old Bay Chickpea Cakes; Sweet Treat Chocolate Truffles; and the Kitchen-Sink Cappelini (good base recipe to play around with.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my most useful cookbooks! September 11, 2010
Format:Paperback
Some time back, I found a copy of Apocalypse Chow by Jon & Robin Robertson in a used bookstore. It is a wonderful little book, with lots of practical suggestions for emergency preparedness, and recipes designed for use when one needs to eat from the pantry, or with minimal/no power. I have found the recipes very useful also for nights when I want to make something delicious with very little time or work or grocery shopping. It's really the perfect book for the budget conscious student or the busy office worker, even apart from the emergency planning aspect. Somehow, it never got the attention it deserved and went out of print. Thankfully, it has been re-issued in a new, updated, retitled edition. As this year has brought encounters with ice, fire, and flooding, the need to be prepared is high in my consciousness. Last night, we made Puttanesca in a Pinch - wonderful flavor, cheap, ingredients right out of the pantry, and ready in about 15 minutes. Vegan or not, don't miss this one.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars This book is such a great idea! September 8, 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I had the good fortune to spot this new title as I was buying another cookbook, and bought it as well to have on hand in case of power outages. But I was curious about the recipes, so even with the power on, I've been having some fun trying them out.

The recipe titles are clever and intriguing, but the main thing is that they're simple and quick to make. While lining up the ingredients, it was fun to realize that I already had most of them in the pantry.

Last night, I made the Technicolor Dream Salad. This salad is ingenious and addictive and easy to make, although it does taste best served chilled, so refrigerate it if you have power (or put it in the ice chest for awhile if you don't). I also tried the Curry in a Hurry and the White Bean-Spinach Fritters with the same delicious results.

I'd definitely recommend this book to have on hand for emergencies, but it's also fantastic just to cook everyday meals from even when the power's on. The book's so inexpensive, I bought extra copies to give as gifts to friends.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Cool book
If you are vegan you should have this book. You never know when you may need it. I'm putting the suggested disaster kit together little by little. Read more
Published 2 months ago by yvette
5.0 out of 5 stars Better than I thought
Some of my family members are vegetarians. I bought this as a gift for one of my daughters but found myself wanting to try many of the recipes. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Beach Grandma
5.0 out of 5 stars Recipes
This book has a lot of insight besides recipes. It tells you what you need to be ready for utility breakdowns and storms. Verry good book to have! Read more
Published 4 months ago by WildJoyce
5.0 out of 5 stars Great cookbook!
Vegan Unplugged takes vegan cooking into the wilds -- and also into the power outage, the road trip, and the omni-inlaw weekend visit. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Evz42ful
5.0 out of 5 stars Good for everyone, veg or carnivore
If you live in a hurricane prone area, as I do, or any area that might undergo any type of disaster, then get this book!!! Read more
Published 13 months ago by Kim Schnitzius
4.0 out of 5 stars handy to have
Am glad to have this resource. One never knows when the power will go out for a period of time or some other emergency will happen so that the recipes and other suggestions will... Read more
Published 16 months ago by roy m. wall
5.0 out of 5 stars This book could save the day!
I've had this book for awhile, but didn't assemble the 5 day meal box until Hurricane Irene was on her way. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Jennifer Lee Brittingham
5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful in multiple ways
As a prepper and the mom of a vegetarian daughter who is flirting with veganism, this book surpassed my expectations! Read more
Published 23 months ago by Diana Glass
5.0 out of 5 stars VEGAN UNPLUGGED- An essential resource
VEGAN UNPLUGGED is right at the top of my list of essential cookbooks. Over the years, I have been caught in tornadoes, severe electrical storms, hurricanes, earthquakes and ice... Read more
Published 24 months ago by Terri Merritts
5.0 out of 5 stars Proven!
My wife and I got this book soon after publication. Based on the title one might think it's only for those few situations where you'd actually be roughing it. Read more
Published on May 9, 2011 by Chris Hagianis
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