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Vegan 100: Over 100 Incredible Recipes from Avant-Garde Vegan by Gaz Oakley

pixie_d's review

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2.0

Maybe if I were vegan I'd give it more stars, but for me this was "just okay." Be warned they made little effort to translate the British to American ingredients. Some of them have the American equivalent in parentheses, but you probably already knew things like aubergine (eggplant). But what the heck is a "chestnut mushroom"? And why is "caster sugar" translated in one place as "granulated" and in another as "superfine" sugar? Those are not the same thing.
Photos were largely uninspired, although there were a couple shots of very impressive plating.

eososray's review

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3.0

I could not use a few of the recipes due to the use of seitan, and I am not keen on tofu, so that cut out a few more, but I did find 7 that look very interesting. From sausages to mayo to croquettes. If will be fun to try them out.

panelparty's review

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3.0

I wanted to love this so much more than I did! I'm a huge fan of Gaz's Youtube show. Maybe seeing him in action makes the somewhat difficult and ingredient-laden recipes look much simpler to create, but reading this I didn't find a single thing I wanted to make :(

sdawson's review

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4.0

While these recipes are amazing and unique realistically I never take the time to make them as they require a little too much effort for my daily life style. The book is stunning and the pictures are perfection. It's a great one for the collection, but one that I never use.

agkis's review

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5.0

Will buy this!

dray's review

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5.0

it is cookbooks like this that will bring in the age of vegan cooking. What fun and creativity! Gaz Oakley really offers something for everyone, all in the realm of comfort foods, but with the added dash of inspiration and uniqueness. Yumm. Thanks.

librarian_nic's review

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5.0

Having followed the Avant-Garde vegan Instagram since going vegan, I was super excited to read this. Not disappointed! The photos that went with some of the recipes made me ready to get my apron on.

The temperature and cooking measurement notes through me (being from the US, we're not taught the Metric system, and the author's from Wales), but I was happy to see both units there. Thanks, Gaz!

kimveach's review

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4.0

Looks like delicious recipes but it is from Britain and not all ingredients are standard for the US. Definitely not whole food plant based, there is a tremendous amount of oil used in this book. Both in the main ingredients and frying. There were a few that look like ones I'd enjoy translating into wfpb dishes.

alexandrakanapki's review

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5.0

Best cookbook ever!