From A to Vegan

Vegan Holiday Gifts for Him

If you have to buy a gift or stocking stuffer for a vegan friend, boyfriend or husband here is a list of some of my favorites. Some of the links are the same from Vegan Holiday Gifts for Her. I hope this list will help. Or check out the From A to Vegan gifts. Food If he loves food and what vegan doesn’t, you can buy a gift card to his favorite local vegan friendly restaurant or you could make him a romantic dinner from a recipe from The Post Punk Kitchen or one of the cookbooks... Read More

Vegan Holiday Gifts for Her

I always stress out trying to find the perfect gift and stock stuffers for my wife, Chris, during the holidays. If you are also trying to find a gift for your vegan friend, girlfriend or wife I hope this list will help. Or check out the From A to Vegan gifts. Candy My wife has a sweet tooth, so I know chocolate is always a good purchase. We just ordered Rescue Chocolate Peanut Butter Pit Bull and it was delicious. We also love Sweet & Sara Peanut Butter Smores. Allison’s... Read More

Interview with Allyson Kramer

Allyson Kramer is an artist, food photographer, blogger, vegan and gluten-free recipe writer, and cookbook author. Allyson has been cooking since her teens but didn’t learn of her gluten intolerance until a health scare forced her to research treatments for her ailments. Now in great health, Allyson has a new cookbook, Great Gluten-Free Vegan Eats, and has recently completed a second book which is due out next year.  Her web site, Manifest Vegan, is a popular resource for... Read More

Veganomicon: Vegan Cookbook Review

If you can only afford one vegan cookbook, then buy Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero. All of the recipes have been kitchen tested, so you know the recipes will be easy to make and delicious. This is a great book if you want to learn to cook vegan food or improve your skills. We started using Menus for the Masses on page 266 for ideas for the Bucks County Vegan Supper Club. This is an easy way to get started on planning a meal. Veganomicon’s... Read More

Review & Give-away: Spork-Fed and Nasoya

After I posted the review on Nasoya’s Super Firm Tofu, Nasoya contacted me with the fun offer to review the Spork-Fed cookbook and to do a give-away (see below) for our readers. Who could pass that up? I’ve been a huge fan of Jenny Engel and Heather Goldberg since they first started their Spork Foods online cooking classes and couldn’t wait to try some of the recipes in their cookbook.   Spork-Fed Cookbook Review I’m always pleasantly surprised when... Read More

Review: Great Gluten-Free Vegan Eats Cookbook

The From A to Vegan crew met new cookbook author Allyson Kramerby chance this past March when we met Christy Morgan, aka the Blissful Chef, on her east coast cookbook tour. Christy was staying with Allyson and they both came out to meet us for brunch and an interview. I was delighted to find out that Allyson was the author of one of my favorite blogs, Manifest Vegan and that she would be coming out with her own cookbook. Well, here it is: Great Gluten-Free Vegan Eats! Allyson’s... Read More

Review: Healthy Voyager’s Global Kitchen Cookbook

There’s such a great variety of vegan cookbooks on the market nowadays that you’re bound to find one you love, whether you’re vegan or just veg curious. The Healthy Voyager’s Global Kitchen is a collection of traditional recipes from around the world in their vegan version. There is definitely something for everybody in this cookbook. The recipes are mostly hardy dishes (I have several bookmarked for when cold weather rolls around again) that will definitely... Read More

Review: The New Fast Food Cookbook

How many people do you know own a pressure cooker? I have a lot of foodie friends here in PA and inevitably we always talk about food, food storage, what’s in season, where to get this, how to make that, and all of the gadgets we own and use and how we use them. In all these years I haven’t run into a single one of my American friends that owns a pressure cooker (most of my Brazilian friends do, though). I know quite a few people that own a pressure canner but not... Read More

Review: Blissful Bites Cookbook

Not so Indian Indian Pizza with tofu feta Every time I pick up a new vegan cookbook and start trying recipes I think “wow, this is my new favorite cookbook”. Thank goodness we have so many great vegan cookbooks to choose from. It seems that there’s at least one new book coming out each month. Blissful Bites by Christy Morgan, aka The Blissful Chef, is one of these books. I picked it up, flipped through it and fell in love. The book is full-color, with beautiful... Read More

Interview: Christy Morgan – The Blissful Chef

Last weekend we had the most awesome pleasure of meeting Christy Morgan, The Blissful Chef, and Allyson Kramer from Manifest Vegan. We enjoyed an awesome brunch at Mi Lah’s and headed to Rittenhouse Sq. (Philly) afterwards to talk to Christy about her new cookbook, Blissful Bites. Watch our video below to hear all about it. About Christy Christy Morgan is a “green chick”, holistic nutritionist, educator, and vegan macrobiotic chef to many faces in Hollywood.... Read More