Candle 79 is a cookbook featuring vegan cuisine written by Joy Pierson, Angel Ramos and Jorge Pineda. This cookbook features vegan classics from New York’s premier sustainable restaurant Candle 79. This restaurant has continually been rated one of the best vegan restaurants in the country, so the recipes within the Candle 79 cookbook won’t disappoint. These recipes are designed to be appealing for vegans and those that eat meat. The recipes are simple and allow you to prepare impressive dishes at home. This cookbook jumps right into the recipes after a short introduction and history of the Candle 79 restaurant.
PRO
Includes several vegan recipes
Recipes are restaurant quality
Encourages healthy cooking at home
Recipes are simple and green
Recipes are designed to be appealing to omnivores as well as vegans
CON
Recipes may not appeal to the avid meat eater
DIET and NUTRITION
Candle 79 is all about cooking and eating vegan recipes similar to those found in the premier Candle 79 restaurant in New York. This cookbook is also a great way to add vegan recipes to your regular cooking rotation. All types of courses are included in this cookbook such as:
Amuse-Bouches and Appetizers
Soups
Salads
Entrees
Sides, Sauces and Secrets
Brunch
Desserts
Drinks
The sides and entrée chapters offer the most recipes while soups and brunch offer the fewest. All of the recipes offered can be served as weeknight dinners or to company on a special occasion. Below are just a few of the vegan recipes you will find in Candle 79:
Roasted Artichokes with Spring Vegetables and Crispy Onion Rings
Arancini with Roasted Plum Tomato Sauce
Heirloom Tomato-Avocado Tartare
Tortilla Soup
Stuffed Avocado with Quinoa Pilaf and Chipotle-Avocado Dressing
Potato Gnocchi
Live Lasagna
Seitan Piccata
EXERCISE
Candle 79 is a cookbook so there is no exercise direction provided.
CONCLUSION
Enthusiasts of good vegan cuisine will enjoy the recipes within Candle 79. This cookbook offers a variety of different recipes that will satisfy all family members. This collection of recipes answers the request of those that want to cook local, seasonal and organic foods at home on a regular basis. Eating a vegan meal doesn’t have to mean that you sacrifice flavor and Candle 79 will help you get on track to fixing restaurant quality meals at home.
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