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PLANT-FORWARD COOKBOOKS
I have been collecting cookbooks since I started cooking at age six. With over 750 books, my library consists of a wide variety of cuisines and topics, and within the past decade, it has included plant-based books.
Whether you follow a plant-based diet, are vegetarian, or are vegan curious, I have recommended some plant-based books I own and enjoy reading and using.
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Chef Jose Andres|
This cookbook will transform how we think about—and eat—the vast universe of vegetables
THE COMPLETE PLANT-BASED COOKBOOK
America’s Test Kitchen
500 Inspired, Flexible Recipes for Eating Well Without Meat
101 Entirely Plant-Based, Mostly Gluten-Free, Easy and Delicious Recipes
Angela Liddon
Angela shares meal prep plans, helpful make-ahead tips, and nourishing Plant-Based Meals bursting with layers of flavor.
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DELICIOUSLY ELLA HEALTHY MADE SIMPLE
Ella Mills (Woodward)
Delicious plant-based, dairy and gluten-free recipes that will help you get healthy food on the table in less time, with less work and with fewer ingredients.
Ella Mills (Woodward)
Delicious plant-based, gluten-free recipes and lifestyle tips for packed lunches, snacks, and simple meals that are easy and accessible to everyone.
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FAST EASY CHEAP VEGAN
Sam Turnbull
101 Recipes You Can Make in 30 Minutes or Less, are inexpensive, and use 10 Ingredients or Less.
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Sam Turnbull
Sam Turnbull’ Craving Vegan Cookbook shares 101 drool-worthy vegan and plant-based comfort food dishes that hit the spot and will satisfy all your cravings.
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Delicious meatless recipes that will change the way you eat and can hold their own at the center of the plate.
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More than 100 extraordinary, unfussy and accessible recipes from the restaurant that Is reinventing vegan cuisine.
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Isa Chandra Moskowitz
Who knew vegetables could taste so good? Vegan powerhouses Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Romero bring a brand-new edition of this beloved vegan cookbook to celebrate its 10th anniversary.​
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Isa Chandra Moskowitz
These 150 simple and satisfying plant-based recipes include something for every meal of the day, from comforting classics to international favorites.
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Isa Chandra Moskowitz
Recipes that build your skills—from easy-peasy pasta to more challenging sautés and baked dishes—from the bestselling author of Veganomicon.
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Charity Morgan
Charity shares more than 100 recipes for living a meat-free life without giving up your favorite comfort foods. She proves that vegan food can be fun, filling, healthy, and above all else unbelievably delicious.
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Pierre Hermé
A collection of delicious vegan pastries from renowned pastry chef Pierre Hermé.
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What Pierre Hermé loves most in his culinary world is finding new tastes, experimenting with new techniques and letting his imagination guide him to find the perfect balance between flavor
and texture.
A unique collection of life lessons from renowned chef
and humanitarian
José Andrés.
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Change the Recipe is a collection of his most affecting and powerful life lessons: hard-won wisdom from a man who has dedicated his life to changing the world through
the power of food.
VOILA VEGAN DESSERTS
by Amanda Bankert
85 Decadent Plant-Based Desserts from an American Pâtisserie in Paris.
Plant-based sweets adored by even
the most discerning pastry lovers.
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​Since 2016, Amanda Bankert has
been the surreptitious purveyor of vegan treats in the world’s most
butter-obsessed city: Paris. It started with donuts; Bankert, an American expat, brought the first artisanal versions of the stateside delicacy to France with her bakery, Boneshaker,
in the 2nd arrondissement.
Boneshaker then expanded from donuts to brownies, to French desserts like macarons and profiteroles—all
made without dairy or eggs—and
The Parisians who devoured her
wares didn’t even notice.
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BE A PLANT-BASED WOMAN WARRIOR:
LIVE FIERCE, STAY BOLD, EAT DELICIOUS
Ann & Jane Esselstyn
The original “Julia Child of plant-based cooking” teams up with her daughter to offer a multigenerational celebration of the power of a plant-based lifestyle— with 125 recipes.
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The Esselstyn family is three generations plant-based strong. Encouraged to create recipes without dairy and meat when her husband’s research pointed to the impact of diet on reversing disease, Ann Esselstyn began feeding her family creative, plantbased meals more than thirty years ago. She and her daughter, Jane Esselstyn, are bolts of energy from the same strike of lightning and have become fierce, big spirited advocates for a plant-based lifestyle, reaching hundreds
of thousands of fans through their previous books and their popular YouTube channel
Farmer Lee Jones
An approachable, comprehensive guide to the modern world of vegetables, from the leading
grower of specialty vegetables
in the country.Featuring more than 500 entries, from herbs, to edible flowers, to varieties of commonly known and not-so-common produce. With 100 recipes created by the head chef at The Chef's Garden Culinary Vegetable Institute, readers will learn innovative techniques to transform vegetables in their kitchens​.
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THE VEGAN CREAMERY: PLANT-BASED CHEESE, MILK, ICE CREAM, AND MORE
Miyoko Schinner
A delectable collection of over 75 plant-based recipes for vegan butters, creams, cheeses, desserts, and more, from the award-winning chef and bestselling author of Artisan Vegan Cheese.
Now you can make all the dairy products you love—milks, creams, cheeses, savory spreads, and rich desserts—with nuts, seeds, and other plant-based ingredients instead of animal products.
THE ENGINE 2 SEVEN-DAY RESCUE DIET: EAT PLANTS, LOSE WEIGHT, SAVE YOUR
HEALTH
by Rip Esselstyn
The runaway New York Times bestselling diet that
sparked a health revolution is
now simpler and easier to
follow than ever!
The Engine 2 Diet has sold hundreds of thousands of copies
and inspired a plant-based food revolution. Featuring
endorsements from top medical experts and a food line in
Whole Foods Market, Engine 2 is the most trusted name in
plant-based eating. Now, Esselstyn is presenting a powerful, accelerated new Engine 2 program that promises staggering results in record time. In just one week on The Engine 2
Seven-Day Rescue Diet, readers can expect to: Lose weight |
Lower total cholesterol | Lower triglycerides |Lower blood
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Great gifts
GHOSTWRITING | CO-AUTHOR COOKBOOKS
Available on Amazon
VIVA LA LOBSTER
​RECIPE BOOK
Chef Grant MacPherson Photographer Bill Milne
Anne Callaghan
Recipe Writer, Production
While celebrating the Canadian lobster, this collaboration features dishes inspired by award-winning Chef Grant MacPherson's global culinary adventures & captured by renowned food photographer Bill Milne. With a Gold Medal in the Culinary Olympics, twenty-plus worldwide culinary competition medals & four spectacular cookbooks, MacPherson strikes gold again with his latest cookbook, Viva La Lobster.
JOE KNOWS FISH
Taking the Intimidation Out
of Cooking Seafood
Joe Gurrera, Citarella Photographer Bill Milne
Anne Callaghan
Writer, Food Stylist
In his debut cookbook, Joe Gurrera, one of New York’s most-beloved fishmongers, and owner of the prestigious Citarella markets, is on a mission to show us how easy it is to cook seafood.
HONEY SALT FOOD AND DRINK
A Culinary Scrapbook
Elizabeth Blau and Chef Kim Canteenwalla,
Photographer Bill Milne
Anne Callaghan
Ghostwriter
Honey Salt Food and Drink is a culinary scrapbook devoted to friends, family and community, featuring nearly 300 pages of family recipes, restaurant favorites and expert tips and tricks for the avid foodie.
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