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The anticipated Mouthwatering Vegan cookbook by food author Miriam Sorrell, to be released by Random House Canada on Tuesday, will be available in Malta shortly.
Over 300 pages long, with more than 130 cholesterol-free recipes and cover endorsements from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) president and co-founder Ingrid Newkirk, British actor Martin Shaw and the legendary Sir Paul McCartney, the book showcases just how accessible, varied, delicious and nutritious meat-free eating can be.
Sorrell’s vegan.com food blog has attracted almost 60,000 followers in just over two years, and her winning the Best Online Recipe category in last year’s UK Vegan Awards, which included worldwide nominations, has placed her in the upper echelons of international vegan chefs.
The book also features dishes that celebrates pulses and vegetables
Sorrell constantly pushes the boundaries, challenging herself to replicate dishes that are usually impossible to include in a meat-free diet, and thereby opening up the scope for what vegan eating can be.
She has been labelled as a culinary genius by many of her followers, and is the first person in the world to have created a proper plant-based vegan egg (http://mouthwateringvegan.com/2013/04/27/the-perfectvegan-fried-egg-sunny-side-up/).
Good food has several dimensions – taste, texture, aroma, appearance – but taste always takes priority in Mouthwatering Vegan.
Appearance also ranks high, which is not altogether surprising, since Sorrell is also a food photographer and stylist and shoots her own pictures, including the cover shots and all other images in her book.
It includes recipes for favourite comfort foods in all their vegan glory, as well as meat-free, egg-free and dairy-free recipes that combine the idea of eating healthily with food that is immediately satisfying, tastes great and is easy to prepare – from delicious dips, appetisers and soups to main courses including curries, pastas, stews, burgers and salads.
As one might expect from an advanced nutritionist, there are recommended juices and smoothies and – at the sweeter end of scale – cookies, cakes and desserts.
Mouthwatering Vegan transforms home-cooking classics into vegan-accessible, delicious dishes. Also included are Sorrell’s own recipes for dairy-free cheese, cream and mayonnaise, together with chilli con carne, shepherd’s pie, mince and ale pie.
The book also features dishes that celebrate pulses and vegetables, such as aubergine, chickpea and potato curry, stuffed tomatoes and zucchini casserole, red bean nut burgers, spicy rice and quinoa eggplant bake and super mushroom and walnut loaf.
Although as an advanced nutritionist Sorrell understands and promotes the health benefits of a vegan diet, she is a fervent animal activist and this has constantly motivated and inspired her in creating her unique meat-free recipes.
Many of her recipes are inspired by the Mediterranean, the Middle East and the Far East and all of them enjoy the health benefits of vegan cooking without sacrificing the taste.