Though I have only made a few from this cookbook so far, I have made several from Appetite for Reduction: Fast and Filling Low-Fat Vegan Meals and Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook and been impressed with almost every single one. Very good, but necessarily recommended for those exploring/dabbling in a plant based diet. In fact, these baked goods are among the best I have ever tasted. But what strikes me again, after working my way through Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World and The Joy of Vegan Baking, is how baked goods suffer not at all from lack of eggs or milk products. I almost feel like laughing when I hear 'don't tell them it's vegan'-as though unaugmented vegetable matter were something queer. If everyone knew that going meatless was so bloody delicious, this would end any argument. I probably would use 1/4-1/2 cup less sugar because I am not enamored of sweets so sweet, but let's not quibble. And the Macadamia-Coconut-Carrot Cake is, without exaggeration, the far-and-away BEST carrot cake I have ever encountered. Make it a day early if you've guests coming and this recipe will stay in your memory forever.

Isa credits Terry Hope Romero with the Chili Sin Carne recipe that ROCKS with its own calypso band on days 2 and 3. I should have known, after using Veganomicon for a couple of years, that the cookbook that launched Isa Chandra Moskowitz was bound to be a keeper. 'Fronch' Toast Biscuits and White Bean Sausage Gravy Chile sin Carne al Mole Apple Pie-Crumb Cake Muffins Three Kinds of Knishes (Knish Madness!) Revolutionary Spanish Omelet Tempeh Reuben Braised Cauliflower with Three-Seed Sauce Ethiopian Seitan and Peppers No-Bake Black Bottom-Peanut Butter Silk Pie Coconut Heaven Cupcakes.

With tips for taming your tofu, doing away with dairy, and getting rid of the eggs, you'll find recipes for: The book that started it all is back, with new recipes, ways to make those awesome favorites even awesomer, more in-the-kitchen tips with Fizzle-and full-color photos of those amazing dishes throughout. Several books - including Veganomicon, Appetite for Reduction, Isa Does It, and Superfun Times Holiday Cookbook - later, the punk rock priestess of all things tasty and animal-free returns to her roots-and we're not just talking tubers.

Ten years ago a young Brooklyn chef was making a name for herself by dishing up amazing vegan meals - no fuss, no b.s., just easy, cheap, delicious food. The classic first cookbook from the coauthor of Veganomicon is back with even more tasty recipes, chatty anecdotes, and money-saving tips for easy plant-based cooking, featuring tempting full-color photos throughout.

Veganomicon by Isa Chandra Moskowitz