num_pages: 304
description:  A new kind of flavor-first vegan cooking. . . . Stunning.  Food &amp; Wine The Best Cookbook Gifts for Vegans Vice Best Food Books of the Year  USA TodayReinventing plant-based eating is what Tal Ronnen is all about. At his Los Angeles restaurant Crossroads the menu is vegan but there are no soybeans or bland seitan to be found. He and his executive chef Scot Jones turn seasonal vegetables beans nuts and grains into sophisticated Mediterranean farethink warm bowls of tomato-sauced pappardelle plates of spicy carrot salad and crunchy flatbreads piled high with roasted vegetables. In Crossroads an IACP Cookbook Award finalist Ronnen teaches readers to make his recipes and proves that the flavors we crave are easily replicated in dishes made without animal products. With accessible unfussy recipes Crossroads takes plant-based eating firmly out of the realm of hippie health food and into a cuisine that fits perfectly with todays modern palate. The recipes are photographed in sumptuous detail and with more than 100 of them for weeknight dinners snacks and appetizers special occasion meals desserts and more this book is an indispensable resource for healthy mindful eaters everywhere.
language: English
title: Crossroads: Extraordinary Recipes from the Restaurant That Is Reinventing Vegan Cuisine
publisher: Artisan