num_pages: 223
description: The mere mention of soul food brings thoughts of greasy fare and clogged arteries. Bryant Terry offers recipes that leave out heavy salt and refined sugar bad fats and unhealthy cooking techniques and leave in the down-home flavor. Vegan Soul Kitchen recipes use fresh whole high-quality healthy ingredients and cooking methods with a focus on local seasonal sustainably raised food. Terrys new recipes have been conceived through the prism of the African Diasporacutting pasting reworking and remixing African Caribbean African-American Native American and European staples cooking techniques and distinctive dishes to create something familiar comforting and deliciously unique. Reinterpreting popular dishes from African and Caribbean countries as well as his favorite childhood dishes Terry reinvents African-American and Southern cuisinecapitalizing on the complex flavors of the tradition without the animal products. Includes recipes Double Mustard Greens &amp; Roasted Yam Soup; Cajun-Creole-Spiced Tempeh Pieces with Creamy Grits; Caramelized Grapefruit Avocado and Watercress Salad with Grapefruit Vinaigrette; and Sweet Cornmeal-Coconut Butter Drop Biscuits.
language: English
title: Vegan Soul Kitchen: Fresh, Healthy, and Creative African-American Cuisine
publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books