4.5
Customers say
Customers find the recipes in this cookbook delicious and simple. They appreciate the unique vegan content and easy-to-follow instructions. The book offers great pictures and color photographs. Many readers describe it as a fun and interesting read with charming writing. However, some customers have experienced issues with the binding falling apart or pages tearing.
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Vegan powerhouses Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Romero update their beloved cookbook with 25 new dishes, revisions throughout for more than 250 recipes, stunning color photos, and tips for making your kitchen a vegan paradise.
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. You’ll find 25 new dishes and updates throughout for more than 250 recipes (everything from basics to desserts), stunning color photos, and tips for making your kitchen a vegan paradise. All the recipes in Veganomicon have been thoroughly kitchen-tested to ensure user-friendliness and amazing results. Veganomicon also includes meals for all occasions and soy-free, gluten-free, and low-fat options, plus quick recipes that make dinner a snap.
Publisher : Balance; Special Edition (September 26, 2017)
Language : English
Hardcover : 432 pages
ISBN-10 : 0738218995
ISBN-13 : 978-0738218991
Item Weight : 3.6 pounds
Dimensions : 8.75 x 1.25 x 10.25 inches
Spunk Monkey –
This essential tome just got even more essential-er
Do you have the old edition? Are you considering whether or not to get the 10th anniversary edition? I initially vacillated back and forth, trying to decide whether or not to do it. I generally don’t like wasting money, and try to avoid unnecessary repurchasing of things I already have. Ultimately, obviously, I did get the new edition, and was very glad I did so.Let’s take a step back and say that the cookbooks of Isa Chandra Moskowitz, a number of which were co-written with Terry Hope Romero, changed my life. I’ve been a vegetarian/vegan for a while, and I’ve owned different of vegetarian/vegan cookbooks, and I’ve always cooked, but something about Ida and Terry’s stuff is on a whole other level. It’s like the apex of the form. The book Isa Does It was the first cookbook I owned where I just went through and cooked almost everything, one after another. The results always seemed to range from “Unbelieveably Good” to “Really, Really Good.” I love the diversity of the recipes, including curries, nori roles, pies, pizzas, tofu/tempeh/seitan creations, comfort foods to fancy stuff, quick and easy meals to more involved. And the books are charmingly written, the attitude best described as punk, urban, DYI, and funny, and I appreciate that this attitude was never entirely lost/abandoned as time went on and mainstream acceptance must have been a lure. After finding their work, I started cooking a whole lot more, and now I’d say that cooking is a bit of a hobby. If I had the energy, I’d cook every night. Their cookbooks were instrumental in that development.The new edition is gorgeous. It’s a nice, sturdy hardcover without a slip cover. The cover illustration looks great — an ornate V immersed in various growy green things, all in different shades of green. The front and rear cover is glossy, and the inside pages are of a higher quality than before. The formatting has been changed; in essence, the new edition looks very similar to Isa Does It and The Superfun Times Vegan Holidary Cookbook, which makes sense because the copyright page says that the book was designed by Laura Palese, who, as it turns out, also designed Isa Does It and Superfun Times.Most recipes now occupy their own page. The recipes themselves are easy to read and are well organized, and include mini-intros, notes, tips, and icons. It looks like some of the recipe’s mini-intros have been revised. The Amazon blurb claims that 250 recipes have been revised, and the text now includes 25 new recipes. There’s new intros written by both the authors, but it still includes the old one. And there’s the addition of photographs, which, frankly, adds a lot. I’m not sure if they were also taken by Vanessa Rees or Joshua Foo, who worked on Isa Does It and Superfun Time (for some reason I couldn’t find the photograph attributions in this new edition), but they are similar in style and are beautiful. My only gripe (if you can even call it that), is that I prefer cookbook bindings/spines that are designed to lay flat. Isa Does It has this type of binding/spine, but Superfun Times and the Veganomicon doesn’t either. It’s nice when you don’t have to put a stack of CDs or whatever on the corner to try to keep it down, etc. But the old edition didn’t have it either, and it’s be no means a deal breaker.I highly recommend this new edition. If you are new to Ida/Terry and don’t have the old edition, this is the one to get of the two. If you have the old edition and are considering getting the new one, do it. It isn’t essential to switch, I mean, you will survive just fine with the old one, but the changes are aesthetically and content-lly substantial enough to justify a new purchase, as it feels like an entirely new book.Some call this The Joy of Vegan Cooking. Well, this essential tome just got even more essential-er.
Laura A. Albert –
Happy with this purchase
This book was described as being in very good condition and it was indeed in near-perfect condition. It was wrapped VERY carefully for mailing and I didn’t have to wonder if they book would be OK upon opening.So this is kudos for the seller:)As far as the content of the book…my son owns it and he has cooked from it many times. The recipes are thoughtfully written and dependable. The photos are beautiful. I’m very happy to add it to my collection.
C’antel Birmingham –
Great cookbook
Enjoying cooking, we pick a new recipe weekly. Some really goodHaving great fun
Amazon Customer –
Great Book, Great Cooks!
I received this today, and have to admit I was surprised to see a 4 star review. This is a beautiful cookbook with loads of information and updated recipes. Realize there were no kale recipes in the original and this flaw has been fixed thoroughly. If you have other Isa cookbooks, you will see a few similar recipes, but most of these are fabulous and I can’t wait to try them. Because I have allergies, I always have to alter the recipes slightly, but I can tell you that bones of every recipe I’ve ever tried of these authors stands up to the indiginities my allergies cause! They teach enough here to allow anyone from a novice to an expert to learn how to prepare wonderful, nutritious food that will stun and amaze your vegan and nonvegan friends. I will be taking a few of these dishes to a vegan potluck at the end of the month, and I know I don’t even have to try them first! Isa and Terry have convinced from their other books that they are great and inventive cooks who have mastered the art of vegan cooking. I looked at the original ten years ago and it looked too complicated. This one is not at all intimidating and is a joy to hold in my hands.
R.L. –
Gorgeous book with wonderful recipes–but recipies don’t have nutrition info.
I’d give the book 5 stars except that the recipes don’t contain nutrition info (calories, carbs, sugar, protein, etc.). A book this comprehensive should include that content.
Amazon Customer –
The best vegan cookbook I’ve ever used
I checked this out at the library and loved it so much I bought a copy for my best friend and for myself. I’m not a full time Vegan, but I like having Vegan meals here and there. Both my friend and I are allergic to milk so the recipes are great to use as side dishes or as a main.
Karen –
Recipes turn out perfectly!
I’m still trying more of the recipes as time allows. The kale Caesar salad is my all time favorite I omitted the oil and increased lemon juice and the dressing is sublime. Beautiful book to read and steps are easy to follow.
Zintis –
Truly great vegan cookbook
As a vegetarian for 30 years, and then vegan for 8, I know my way around the kitchen. This is a terrific book, offering fairly simple, interesting ideas for all sorts of vegan dishes. The authors are only a little chatty, not obnoxiously so. Very much enjoying using the book and highly recommend it even for those who might already have a number of other vegan cookbooks.
Nichole –
Amazing book. We’re new to the vegetarian lifestyle and my husband is vegan as he’s lactose intolerant.I like that the recipes aren’t bare bones basic. I’ll take a more flavourful recipe that’s a little more complicated over easy and quick. I like the photos. I like the cooking tips of different grains etc in the front of the book. Out of the 5 vegetarian/vegan cookbooks I ordered, this is my favourite.Does not have a photo for every recipe is the only negative, but that’s just my personal preference.
Thorsten M. –
Tolle Rezepte, andere Gerichte als in europäischen Büchern.Wir haben uns ein Set “Cups and Spoons” dazu bestellt, macht das abfüllen der Zutaten einfacher.
Ulises Olguin Soto –
This is one of the best veggie vegan cooking books I’ve ever seen, a lot of tips, a lot of recipes, but primarily the ways, and the ingredients for do what people think it’s impossible. The only bad thing is hasn’t a lot of photos.
Dimitri Safonov –
If you’d have one vegan cookbook to start with, buy this one. Easy, straightforward and very passionate. Love Seitan and pasta suggestions
Tracker Girl –
Received the book this morning, and went through it cover to cover, page by page flagging the recipes I want to try. I picked up one of the recipes on their blog and it was off the chart D-LISH, easy peasy and fast to make for a family of 4. I have picked out recipes for the Christmas Holidays, like the Cranberry Sauce, Rolls and Muffins for the morning. What I really liked about this book was in the back, it doesn’t just have an alphabetical index, it has choices like Soy Free, Gluten Free and more!! Win Win!! There is a chart for measurements, minimal stocking of your basics.The Recipes are not complicated like some of the other books I have on my shelf, would be nice to have more pictures but, the book would have had to be massive to fit them in. And the pictures they do have, are very well done, full pages.I HIGHLY recommend this book! whether you are a seasoned Vegan or just starting out, it’s a Gotta Have!