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Vegan Food & Cooking

Whether you're a culinary convert, or just curious, we can help you learn about vegan options in the kitchen.

Selected Books

Atlas, Nava
Vegan Holiday Kitchen: More than 200 Delicious, Festive Recipes for Special Occasions
Nava Atlas is the author of numerous vegetarian and vegan cookbooks. You can preview some of the meatless, eggless and dairy-free recipes in this collection at VegKitchen.com.
 
Brill, Steve
The Wild Vegan Cookbook: A Forager's Culinary Guide (in the Field or in the Supermarket) to Preparing and Savoring Wild (and Not So Wild) Natural Foods
TX837.B824 2010
In this book (formerly published in hardcover as The Wild Vegetarian Cookbook) Brill describes how he forages year-round for local, organic foods in New York City.
 
Chuck, Maxine Effenson
125 Best Vegan Recipes
TX837.C4655 2005x
Kid-friendly recipes, plus recommendations for the pantry and the freezer.
 
Engel, Jenny and Heather Goldberg
Spork-Fed: Super Fun and Flavorful Vegan Recipes from the Sisters of Spork Foods
Spork-Fed is an upbeat introduction to vegan cuisine whose aim is not to turn the world into vegans, but to show how simply delicious this kind of eating can be. Spork Foods is a Los Angeles-based gourmet vegan food company owned and operated by sisters Jenny and Heather Goldberg. They also offer online vegan cooking classes.
 
Forks Over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health
TX392.F67 2011
This is the how-to companion to the feature documentary Forks Over Knives.
 
Hasson, Julie
Vegan Diner: Classic Comfort Food for the Body and Soul
TX837.H376 2011x
Portland chef Julie Hasson offers vegan alternatives for those suffering withdrawal from classic comfort food like sausages, macaroni and cheese and stew.
 
Klein, Donna
The Tropical Vegan Kitchen: Meat-Free, Egg-Free, Dairy-Free Dishes from the Tropics
TX837.K5478 2009
In this wide-ranging culinary tour of the Caribbean, Central and South America, Thailand, Indonesia, Hawaii, Australia, Africa, India and many other exotic places, learn to prepare easy yet authentic tropical combinations with ingredients available at any supermarket.
 
Morgan, Christy
Blissful Bites: Vegan Meals That Nourish Mind, Body, and Planet
TX837.M676 2011
If you want a preview of her recipes while you are waiting for the book, visit the Blissful Chef.
 
 
Pierson, Joy, Angel Ramos and Jorge Pineda
The Candle 79 Cookbook: Modern Vegan Classics from New York's Premier Sustainable Restaurant
The chef and owners of the organic vegan restaurant Candle 79 in New York City will show you how to create sophisticated plant-based dishes.
 
Nixon, Lindsay S.
The Happy Herbivore Cookbook: Over 175 Delicious Fat-Free and Low-Fat Vegan Recipes
TX837.N575 2011
Vegan chef of one of the top 50 food blogs on the Web, HappyHerbivore.com, Lindsay Nixon, gives hundreds of thousands of her followers recipes each month, showing that the vegan diet is not only healthy but delicious, too.
 
Sass, Lorna J.
Short-Cut Vegan: Great Taste in No Time
TX837.S269 2008x
For those of you who don't eat any animal products, Lorna Sass has a cookbook for you too!
 
Terry, Bryant
Vegan Soul Kitchen: Fresh, Healthy, and Creative African-American Cuisine
TX837.T434 2009
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 Kitchenrecipes use fresh, whole, high-quality, healthy ingredients and cooking methods with a focus on local, seasonal, sustainably raised food.
 

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DVDs

Forks Over Knives
(DVD) RA784.F647 2011x
Inspired by remarkable discoveries made by Dr. T. Colin Campbell, nutritional biochemist, and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, former surgeon at the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic, several groundbreaking studies were conducted. This documentary examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods.
 

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Browse the Catalog

For additional titles, browse the library catalog under the subjects:

 

Web Sites

  • American Vegan Society
    The American Vegan Society, founded 1960,
  • Vegan Outreach
    A global organization working to end animal exploitation through the promotion of a vegan lifestyle
  • Vegan Society
    Founded as the first vegan society in 1944 in the United Kingdom, The Vegan Society provides advice on ways of living free of animal products for the benefit of people, animals and the planet.
 

Pittsburgh Region

  • Three Rivers Vegan Society
    The Three Rivers Vegan Society was founded in 2009 to provide resources and education about vegan living in the Greater Pittsburgh area.