Vegan Bookworm

                                                         *just a few of my cookbooks.*


I love to read. It's a passion of mine, much like cooking. Cookbooks are some of my favorite things to flip through. This is because I can dream about making the meals, enjoy the pretty pictures, and not have to devote a large part of my brain to a story line (this is a side effect of children- reading a book becomes impossible, and finishing a book is akin to gaining your PhD in finding personal time).

I have a vast library of vegan cookbooks. Go to any bookstore, grab a vegan cookbook off a shelf, and I most likely have it. Most of the books I have I don't use. I have a few staple books that I go to, and in these I can always find something to make with what I have on hand (if I don't feel like dragging the family to the grocery)

My recommendations are:

By Isa Chandra Moskowitz- (the post punk vegan queen)

Veganomicon- the bible for all things vegan cooking
Vegan Brunch- okay,  I just got this one, but the pictures alone are fab
Vegan with a Vengeance- just totally awesome food

By Collen Patrick Goudreau

The Vegan Table- excellent source of menus for every occasion, for every season, for every amount of people
Color Me Vegan- exciting recipes grouped by color of fruit or veggie involved. The Kid's favorite

By Robin Robertson

1000 Vegan Recipes- the name says it all

By Microcosm Publishing

Please Don't Feed the Bears- I don't know almost any of the music they recommend rocking out to. I never lived the gutter punk lifestyle. Yet, this is the best cookbook. EVER. It's my darling. My precious.



It's nice to have a variety of cookbooks, because cooking the same thing all of the time is boring. I find that just flipping through a cookbook is enough to inspire me. I have been perusing through my collection, trying to find just the right meal, and the right dessert, for a celebration.

You see, the first wedding anniversary is Wednesday. The Husband and I live a simple life, without the strappings of luxury (like going to dinner, or the movies, or out for drinks). I was planning to cook a dinner fit for royalty, with recipes cultivated with love. Yet, he has to work. So instead, we will probably have lunch, and hit a little restaurant that is near and dear to both of us- a site of many secret lunch dates and intimate confessions, back when I was a sad pregnant girl and he was left alone in a bad marriage. A quaint little bookstore, from where the Husband brought me vegan lasagna before he was even the Husband (or, when he was the Husband of another). A trip down memory lane, to enjoy the positive silliness of how we found one another. I just hope Book Lover's still makes good food.